Yeah, I have the "Dr. Fred is a Doll" theory myself, but I think I voiced it last week.
BtVS had the ability to get me invested in and care about even the characters I didn't like. Like, I've never been huge on Willow the way everyone else is, but it made me feel her pain more than I've felt the pain of characters I absolutely adored in other shows. And while I agree with everyone else that it did take BtVS a bit to get going, it (and AtS and Firefly) had the ability to hit me with an emotional "ping" even in those earlier episodes, something this isnt' doing yet.
I agree that Boyd is pretty fantastic, but there's also the fact that he entered the company of his own free will, and doesn't speak out against things like Echo-who he seems to PLEASE BE PLATONIC love-literally being whored out for the weekend with seeming regularity.
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Date: 2009-02-23 05:59 am (UTC)BtVS had the ability to get me invested in and care about even the characters I didn't like. Like, I've never been huge on Willow the way everyone else is, but it made me feel her pain more than I've felt the pain of characters I absolutely adored in other shows. And while I agree with everyone else that it did take BtVS a bit to get going, it (and AtS and Firefly) had the ability to hit me with an emotional "ping" even in those earlier episodes, something this isnt' doing yet.
I agree that Boyd is pretty fantastic, but there's also the fact that he entered the company of his own free will, and doesn't speak out against things like Echo-who he seems to PLEASE BE PLATONIC love-literally being whored out for the weekend with seeming regularity.