I decided this needed it's own special section.
And speaking of things I can't stomach (Alias discussion coming up so i fyou haven't watched the premiere and want to be surprised read no further) WHAT THE HELL were they thinking, killing off Vaughn?????? WTF? There's some discussion on the fan boards that perhaps he's not really dead - Matt in fact was trying to make the same argument to me, and Matt doesn't even like the character - but I think that's just wishful thinking on a lot of fans parts. I think he's dead and gone. I'll be happy to be proved wrong, of course.
But this leads to another gripe - why is it that the strong females in a series never get their men? Dark Angel, for instance . . . sure they were sort of together in the end, but considering they still couldn't have any physical contact w/ each other due to the deadly virus thing, that barely counts. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: after a slew of guys that never worked out, the only guy that might have possibly kind of worked out kills himself for her, and yes, again, she's left w/o her love. (and yes, this means I've finally been moved over into the Spike camp, after a long hold out for Angel . . . but just barely.) Alias: they freaking killed her fiance in the series premiere. They killed her old flame in season 2. They put Will into witness protection never to be contacted again. They freaking KILLED VAUGHN.
I mean, I get the whole "These are strong women, they don't need men" argument, but come on. I flatly reject the argument that being a strong woman can't go hand in hand w/ having a man. Sure, there are some guys (read a lot of guys) that get turned off by strong female personalities. especially in the younger years. Once people grow up I think men go for it a little more. But in highschool? Hell no. But puh-lease, after all the crap they put these gals through just so they can have them show off their hot figures while ass-kicking, you'd think they'd let them have this happiness in their lives!
*sigh* yes yes, I know they're just TV shows. But it's late at night and you know how I get when I start ranting. ;-)
Saturday, October 01, 2005
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Why should they be any different from the strong male characters?
Generally speaking, if "the Guy" does indeed "get the Girl," then we have clearly reached "the End." That sort of thing is never resolved until the story is wrapping up. This is because, of course, we have no story if there is no conflict, and people who are already married or at least might as well be are far less exciting - it removes one element of conflict that the writers can use, and removes a significant amount of angst. Thus, unless you're watching "Desparate Housewives," married people are boring.
Now, there are quite a few big stories where "the Guy" does indeed "get the Girl." Han Solo ends up with Leia. Marty McFly ends up with Jennifer. However, in both of these cases (and in many more like them) this happens ... at the end of the third movie of the trilogy. At the End. The Story has been told, and there's nothing more to worry about - they're free to become boring, married folk, their tension and conflict having been contributed already. All that's left to do is create a poorly produced cartoon about the adventures of their fictional progeny.
This brings me to my next observation regarding your leading ladies; they're all TV shows, as you mentioned. I'm not pointing this out to suggest that they're inconsequential (which they may be, but that's irrelevant to this discussion). I'm suggesting that they never get to be happy because the network wants another season out of them. Sydney can't have Vaughn for the same reason that Hercules (oh, I mean Captain Dylan Hunt) can't bring his wife back through time to the present, Sam Beckett can't quite make it home (until, you guessed it, the End) and Mal Reynolds never manages to work things out with Inara (I still haven't seen the movie, so if something happens, please don't correct me just yet).
The bottom line is, in the words of Mick Jagger, you can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get to film another season.
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