Yeah, I mean, "some good shows have shaky first seasons" is NOT AN ARGUMENT to watch a shaky first season. "Some good shows have shaky first seasons" can be used as a supporting argument if the show becomes good in season two to win over people who gave up in season one.
I think the outright this-is-the-worst criticism that MAoS gets is more extreme than I would do, though I am a few episodes behind, and am yep pretty bored, but it's not comparable to Buffy or Dollhouse or Angel's first season, let alone Firefly's. But even if it were, how about EXPLAINING WHY IT IS AS GOOD, what brilliant storytelling is it doing that we're missing, specifically? And yes to everything else.
I mean, I think "don't be so hard on the show, it's its first season" is a fine argument to defend fans of the show against people attacking their preferences, or whatever, because yeah, I think people have a right to like something on the expectation that it'll get better without being labeled sheep because of it, it's the idea that people should change how they themselves view the show and view *television as a whole*.
Also: look, Dr. Strangelove is one of my top ten favourite movies. And the first couple times someone used a riff on "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love X," I was charmed by the reference, but I feel somehow this has gotten way overused. It probably always was, but it seems to be constant, and I'm kind of grumpy about that. And, I guess, sorry, you're using *Dr. Strangelove* to explain to people how you should lower your expectations of speculative fiction about world-threatening military power?
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Date: 2013-12-14 08:36 pm (UTC)I think the outright this-is-the-worst criticism that MAoS gets is more extreme than I would do, though I am a few episodes behind, and am yep pretty bored, but it's not comparable to Buffy or Dollhouse or Angel's first season, let alone Firefly's. But even if it were, how about EXPLAINING WHY IT IS AS GOOD, what brilliant storytelling is it doing that we're missing, specifically? And yes to everything else.
I mean, I think "don't be so hard on the show, it's its first season" is a fine argument to defend fans of the show against people attacking their preferences, or whatever, because yeah, I think people have a right to like something on the expectation that it'll get better without being labeled sheep because of it, it's the idea that people should change how they themselves view the show and view *television as a whole*.
Also: look, Dr. Strangelove is one of my top ten favourite movies. And the first couple times someone used a riff on "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love X," I was charmed by the reference, but I feel somehow this has gotten way overused. It probably always was, but it seems to be constant, and I'm kind of grumpy about that. And, I guess, sorry, you're using *Dr. Strangelove* to explain to people how you should lower your expectations of speculative fiction about world-threatening military power?