Companion Discussion
Mar. 16th, 2008 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ostarellaThought I'd throw this out on LJ - get my 2 cents worth in ;-)
What are your thoughts on this drastic change of direction for the series? Was it inevitable? Was it necessary? Was it successful?
I have mixed feelings on the change. On the one hand, I loved the fact that the show moved away from the comic to the more serious. I have nothing against the humor, but I didn't care for the slapstick, especially the way it changed Face's character. It almost seemed like the more bumbling Face became, the more "capable" Murdock got, and I didn't care for that. Murdock was not SF, after all. I think some kind of change was necessary, and I didn't mind Stockwell's part, but I think it could've worked better had the team been "independent contractors" for him, rather than "kept men".
What is your reaction to the new characters, Hunt Stockwell and Frankie Santana?
After actually reviewing the eps, I didn't mind Stockwell (again, with the above caveat). He wasn't nearly as nasty as a lot of fanfic (including my own) made him out to be. I don't think he really thought they were minor irritants that he could use - I think he took that attitude to exert some control over them.
Frankie was, in reality, just irritating. He had no real use to the team, except in the writers' eyes. And his attitude of Latin Stud was nauseating. He did have his moments, as in this first ep, but he should have remained, as someone on the list mentioned, a temporary fixture.
For better or worse, would you have been as interested in TAT, from a fanfic standpoint, if not for season five?
I think Season Five enhanced my interest. I certainly tend more toward the S5 "atmosphere" in my stories.
I have mixed feelings on the change. On the one hand, I loved the fact that the show moved away from the comic to the more serious. I have nothing against the humor, but I didn't care for the slapstick, especially the way it changed Face's character. It almost seemed like the more bumbling Face became, the more "capable" Murdock got, and I didn't care for that. Murdock was not SF, after all. I think some kind of change was necessary, and I didn't mind Stockwell's part, but I think it could've worked better had the team been "independent contractors" for him, rather than "kept men".
What is your reaction to the new characters, Hunt Stockwell and Frankie Santana?
After actually reviewing the eps, I didn't mind Stockwell (again, with the above caveat). He wasn't nearly as nasty as a lot of fanfic (including my own) made him out to be. I don't think he really thought they were minor irritants that he could use - I think he took that attitude to exert some control over them.
Frankie was, in reality, just irritating. He had no real use to the team, except in the writers' eyes. And his attitude of Latin Stud was nauseating. He did have his moments, as in this first ep, but he should have remained, as someone on the list mentioned, a temporary fixture.
For better or worse, would you have been as interested in TAT, from a fanfic standpoint, if not for season five?
I think Season Five enhanced my interest. I certainly tend more toward the S5 "atmosphere" in my stories.
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Date: 2008-03-16 09:04 pm (UTC)