The Good, the Bad, and the Ang Lee
While some of you have been busy with living life, going out to watch Summer Blockbusters, or attending weddings where someone thinks it’s been okay to still do The Macarena (It. Is. Never. Okay.), I’ve been sitting down and taking advantage (read: sucked in) of some of the new programming for the summer. I can’t say I’m proud of some of the things I watch, or that they are particularly good, but I do love watching things with another adult in order to have someone to discuss it with. Since I don’t have anyone to watch “Twin Peaks” with me (but gladly watched it on my own, though part of the garmonbozia The Man From Another Place had to have been referring to was simply the act of watching some of the episodes in the second half of the second season post-Laura Palmer’s killer reveal), I take what I can get.
…With So Much Drama in the STC, it’s Kinda Hard Bein’ Someone Named Winnie D…
Okay, not really, but when else would I get a chance to use a Snoop quote. But I digress… (when don’t I?) My name is Winnie, and I’m a spoiler whore.
*STC readers speak in unison*
“Hi, Winnie!”
That’s right, I just spent hours (off and on) online looking for spoilers/waiting for updates and uploads about a mystery-based show I’m somewhat invested in – “Harper’s Island”. And eventually I got what I wanted. Why are these episodes/recaps even available? Because it’s yet another CBS show that they aired in Canada days before they air it in the U.S. (if it was Canadian-based, I’d understand/accept/support, but it’s not). To top it off, the ending was predictable, the survivor(s) clichéd, and the producers pretty much lied to anyone who did figure it out early (not simply people shadow stabbing like Cake). I get while working for a show, you have to try to preserve the ending from being spoiled for those who don’t care to find out (not me!), but why not rather throw out a “no comment” or a former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales-style “I do not recall”? Why do you have to say “don’t believe what you’re reading/that’s not true”, “it’s someone you don’t know/expect” or, on the flip side “it’s a main character” when it’s really someone who was just brought on whose role got beefed up just to be “the” killer.
Winnie’s WhiningTM aside, I still love a whodunit, so I’ll be watching on Saturday when it airs here. I know some people don’t care for spoilers (I’m okay with it for most shows, but not interested in leaked movies), but for me, they enhance my viewing – 99% of the time, they make me want to tune in even more to see how it was actually done. At the same time, I really love when they’re not available, because I’m good at figuring out twists myself. nothing about Ang Lee in this…
Ang Lee's Directed: HULK (2003)
Spoiler: Ang Lee=red herring. Oh, and… Lenoil Eihcir!
Thanks for your time,
Winnie
