I can forgive Alias for really bad dialog, the gadgets are cheap Bond rip offs, and there are so many plot holes you could make a whiffle ball out of the show. The decisions by the characters are really bad and the plots are just plain silly.
I forgive all that. I like brain candy, and I never realized how cute I think Jennifer Gardner is. She's really not my type.
*Season 1: Third episode spoilers*
However, I can NOT FORGIVE or suspend disbelief...wait for it... the fight scene where she beats up Zoey. No!! They went too far!! I'm only watching episode 4 because Zoey is still alive.
After she's out of the show there is no need to continue watching.
*Deep exhale*
I feel better now. Thank you for this place to rant.
[ May 14, 2008, 01:15 AM: Message edited by: lem ]
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I don't remember a character named Zoey... do you mean Anna, played by Gina Torres who played Zoey in Firefly?
I am in the middle of the 4th season of Alias (via Netflix) and am very quickly losing interest. They shoulda quit while they were ahead.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Yeah, I meant Gina Torres. They were ahead?
[ May 13, 2008, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: lem ]
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
I can forgive Lucas for really bad dialog, the gadgets are cheap Bond rip offs, and there are so many plot holes you could make a whiffle ball out of the show. The decisions by the characters are really bad and the plots are just plain silly.
I forgive all that. I like brain candy, and I never realized how cute I think Natalie Portman is. She's really not my type.
*Season 1: Third episode spoilers*
However, I can NOT FORGIVE or suspend disbelief...wait for it... the fight scene where he beats up Padme. No!! They went too far!! I'm only watching episode 4 because Chewie is still alive.
After Yoda's out of the show there is no need to continue watching.
*Deep exhale*
I feel better now. Thank you for this place to rant.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
lol
By the way, I learned how to appreciate Alias. It is not an action show or a drama show. Trying to view it through either of those lenses will only end in disappointment.
It is a fashion show. You don't need a good script for a good fashion show. Just someone who can strut the outfit.
Every episode Sydney dresses up in new customs and walks down halls or runs down halls. She swingers her hips and shows off the latest designer clothes.
Sometimes she slips a little and falls, but that's ok. She always gets back up. If a 200lb man punches her in the face with full force, she is still able to go to her after work parties with no bruises.
I wonder what neato outfit I get to see next episode.
Posted by swbarnes2 (Member # 10225) on :
quote:Originally posted by lem: lol
By the way, I learned how to appreciate Alias. It is not an action show or a drama show. Trying to view it through either of those lenses will only end in disappointment.
It is a fashion show. You don't need a good script for a good fashion show. Just someone who can strut the outfit.
Every episode Sydney dresses up in new customs and walks down halls or runs down halls. She swingers her hips and shows off the latest designer clothes.
Sometimes she slips a little and falls, but that's ok. She always gets back up. If a 200lb man punches her in the face with full force, she is still able to go to her after work parties with no bruises.
I wonder what neato outfit I get to see next episode.
There's one ep where Sydney parachutes into a party, and whatver she's wearing instantly turns in to very elegant dress.
I thought it would be neat to have the fictional job of designing multi-functional spy outfits, like "make an electrician's work outfit that can quickly change into a business suit" or "make a pair of heels that look sexy, and you can run in, and that you can pull the heel off as a stabbing weapon if necessary", or "make a necklace that you can quickly remove and use as a garrot" or "bulletproof lingerie".
You also have to figure that if she's flying all over the world, but can't show signs of jetlag, she must have killer drugs to help her not be jetlagged.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
How about the one with the ball of plutonium. The panic is over her maybe dropping it, which you're supposed to think would cause a nuclear explosion (it wouldn't), and Sydney handles it with her bare hands without getting radiation poisoning.
That was early in the first season, as I recall, and it was the point at which I decided that the show required some serious suspension of disbelief. Afterwards, I was fine with the poor research and plot holes.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote: The panic is over her maybe dropping it
Let's not forget that minutes after she escapes she drop it on the stairs. Why didn't the guy just kill her if dropping it did nothing?
Why does she have to be the one to retrieve it if there is a full swat team on the outside. She offered nothing to the situation.
Why oh why are those writers making good money when CA Bridges could do much better in his sleep?