Hmm. I think most of my confessions are old news *shrugs* But there are a few, I guess, that I haven't talked much about before.
One is that I don't like Lee's first big scene with his Dad in the mini. I love Jamie, but he's trying too hard in that scene and it doesn't come across to me as real fury and grief. I didn't *believe* him.
Another is that - based on his interviews and podcasts - I like RDM a lot, and I think he's overall quite a good writer and generally thoughtful about his own work and in some instances his self-criticism is right on the money, which is a rare thing when someone is evaluating his own work. I think he made some big mistakes with his storytelling, but I admire everything he did right as well. None of us want to criticize the actors or attack them for their interpretation of their characters, even when they wholeheartedly promoted storylines and interpretations that enrage us. We love them, so we don't get as mad or call them morons or failures when they say things about their characters that we disagree with. But RDM doesn't get much charity :) He was in charge, and the buck stops there, so to a certain extent if we hated certain parts of the show then he is the person most responsible. But, if that's our logic then we should also hold him most responsible for the things we loved about the show, too. I just feel a bit defensive of him, sometimes, because the criticism tends to be so harsh.
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Date: 2011-03-17 04:37 pm (UTC)One is that I don't like Lee's first big scene with his Dad in the mini. I love Jamie, but he's trying too hard in that scene and it doesn't come across to me as real fury and grief. I didn't *believe* him.
Another is that - based on his interviews and podcasts - I like RDM a lot, and I think he's overall quite a good writer and generally thoughtful about his own work and in some instances his self-criticism is right on the money, which is a rare thing when someone is evaluating his own work. I think he made some big mistakes with his storytelling, but I admire everything he did right as well. None of us want to criticize the actors or attack them for their interpretation of their characters, even when they wholeheartedly promoted storylines and interpretations that enrage us. We love them, so we don't get as mad or call them morons or failures when they say things about their characters that we disagree with. But RDM doesn't get much charity :) He was in charge, and the buck stops there, so to a certain extent if we hated certain parts of the show then he is the person most responsible. But, if that's our logic then we should also hold him most responsible for the things we loved about the show, too. I just feel a bit defensive of him, sometimes, because the criticism tends to be so harsh.