(least favorite is The Message, though reviews on that one are always moxed; it seems it's a love it or hate it ep.
After seeing it, I wasn't that fond of the Message, myself. You're right, probably the weakest of the bunch. Tho that guy who played Tracy looked awfully familiar. Had he been on Buffy or Angel at some point? Like Star Trek casting, Joss Wheden seems to recycle his actors!
Han had another love of his life, Leia was rebound girl; Jaina constantly puts her mother down; Mara is soo much more powerful and wise than any Jedi, including the males like Yoda or Ben). Just hopeless, I tells ya! :-/
Woo, someone who agrees with me! ;) I guess I couldn't quite decide what about Jaina was driving me nuts, but the putting down of her mom probably added to that. Overall I thought she was a lot of whiny/bitchy. And to be fair to Mara, I think a lot of the writers tended to use Mara wrongly. I think she was good in some books and not so good in others, depending on who was writing her.
And to be fair to Padme fans, I also wonder if part of my problem with Padme is that Natalie Portman looks like a 12-year-old boy. She's so young! Pretty, but so skinny and YOUNG. And even when holding a blaster, it was never steady; no decisive movements. She looked weak. Leia was always someone I could relate to, from childhood on, because though young herself she never looked or acted like a little girl who was out of her element (as you say, thanks to Carrie Fisher!).
I've heard good things from others about Shatterpoint as well. I guess I'll just have to check it out! And after writing Mace I'm more interested in him. :)
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Date: 2005-10-31 01:44 am (UTC)After seeing it, I wasn't that fond of the Message, myself. You're right, probably the weakest of the bunch. Tho that guy who played Tracy looked awfully familiar. Had he been on Buffy or Angel at some point? Like Star Trek casting, Joss Wheden seems to recycle his actors!
Han had another love of his life, Leia was rebound girl; Jaina constantly puts her mother down; Mara is soo much more powerful and wise than any Jedi, including the males like Yoda or Ben). Just hopeless, I tells ya! :-/
Woo, someone who agrees with me! ;) I guess I couldn't quite decide what about Jaina was driving me nuts, but the putting down of her mom probably added to that. Overall I thought she was a lot of whiny/bitchy. And to be fair to Mara, I think a lot of the writers tended to use Mara wrongly. I think she was good in some books and not so good in others, depending on who was writing her.
And to be fair to Padme fans, I also wonder if part of my problem with Padme is that Natalie Portman looks like a 12-year-old boy. She's so young! Pretty, but so skinny and YOUNG. And even when holding a blaster, it was never steady; no decisive movements. She looked weak. Leia was always someone I could relate to, from childhood on, because though young herself she never looked or acted like a little girl who was out of her element (as you say, thanks to Carrie Fisher!).
I've heard good things from others about Shatterpoint as well. I guess I'll just have to check it out! And after writing Mace I'm more interested in him. :)