Anne wrote:I'm with Beth on SGU. I tried. I even watched the second season, but... none of the characters were loveable (yes, with exception of Eli maybe) and I need that in a show. I need chracters I can relate to or love. I need my heart to be in it, otherwise it's not working for me. I don't care if it's complicated or deep. I watch shows to really get into it and I can do complicated. But if the cast is not doing it for me, than I can't go on watching.
I felt the same way about SGU. There wasn't a single character I found likeable enough to care about. I stayed with it all the way to the end, out of loyalty, but none of the characters grew on me. I found Rush to be particularly unlikeable and flat, and since it was the first thing I had ever seen Robert Carlyle in, his character was influencing my impression of him as an actor.
Then Once Upon a Time came on the air and I was blown away. In every scene, Carlyle was brilliant, and no matter what incarnation he was playing, whether Rumpelstiltskin or Gold, there was so much depth, there were so many subtle nuances, he even managed to make the Dark One "likeable". And talk about complicated - plots don't get much more convoluted than Once Upon a Time. So I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that it must have been some combination of producing or writing or directing, or maybe it was just that undefinable "chemistry" that failed to bring to life the characters that these actors were capable of playing. At least for me, it just never clicked.
Not to make this a Once Upon a Time thread - I just wanted to point out what was an eye-opening contrast to me. I realize that this is a "favorite episode" topic, so I'll have to think about that. I do know, however, that Solitudes and Abyss will be right at the top for me.
Kate