Okay folks! So Season 2 is over and now the gnashing and wailing and waiting
begins till Season 3!
I thought, to keep y'all occupied in the intervening months, that I'd
gradually write a few L Word articles and bits and bobs to keep us all
discussing the show, its' impact and its' cast and crew.
If anyone has any ideas for other pieces I could do, just drop me a line!
(email addy at bottom of this page) I have a couple more pieces up my sleeve
for now, but your input would be greatly appreciated :-)
I thought I'd start us all off with the following....
Don't forget though folks, these are purely MY opinions, and NOT those of
the owners of this website!
~GOOD~
Bette's wardrobe this season
~BAD~
Everyone else's wardrobe this season!
(the wardrobe masters for Dana, Jenny and several others on the show should
be taken out and shot. Or worse!)
~GOOD~
Mia Kirshner's acting this season
~BAD~
Jenny Schecter's mental state & outfits this season
~GOOD~
That there is an actual theme song this season
~BAD~
The new opening sequence this season. IT SUCKS!
~GOOD~
The standard of acting all round
~BAD~
The continuity and standard of writing all round.
~GOOD~
Some of the guest stars (Ossie Davis, Camryn Manheim, Holland Taylor, Sandra
Bernhard, Anne Ramsay etc)
~BAD~
Some of the guest stars (Betty, Betty, Betty, WAY TOO MUCH DAMN BETTY!)
~GOOD~
Leisha Hailey and her genius comedic acting
~BAD~
Alice Pieszecki and her rapidly regressive wardrobe! (Methinks she's stuck
in a time warp! - 70's disco era, 50's diner waitress, etc....)
~GOOD~
Any moment where Shane and Carmen shared on-screen time
~BAD~
The fact that there were so few moments Shane and Carmen shared on-screen
time!
~GOOD~
The development and revelation of back-story for Jenny's character
~BAD~
The fact that that CONSTANTLY had to be preceded by some godawful
carnival/fairground freak show creative writing moment!
~GOOD~
The fact that it's been brought out into the open that Jenny is a cutter
~BAD~
The fact that every time Jenny had one of her godawful outfits on, (she wore
a dead Muppet, a tacky gymnast's leotard etc!) I wanted to cut MYSELF!
~GOOD~
The introduction of Mark and his friendship with Shane
~BAD~
The WAY the writers felt they had to introduce him into the show - i.e. in
creepy/arty voyeur spy cam guy mode
~GOOD~
Anytime Pam Grier is onscreen - whether she says something or not! The woman
is class, as is her acting.
~BAD~
The fact that Pam Grier is woefully underused on the show!!! BOO!!!! Fore
shame on you Ilene!!!
~GOOD~
They brought Lara back! WOO HOO!
~BAD~
She wasn't on my screen very much! BOO HOO! MORE Lara in Season 3 please!!!
~GOOD~
The more mellow, 'less Alpha' Bette
~BAD~
The still-somewhat-lacking-in-spine Tina
~GOOD~
The introduction of Helena as a baddie
~BAD~
The fact that Helena seems very much to be a one-dimensional, almost
pantomime baddie! Spoilt Sugar Mommy much?!
~GOOD~
The cute, funny, sexiness of Alice and Dana together (OOOOH, let's play
fantasy dress up!!!)
~BAD~
The underlying fact that Alice is clearly a classic
neurotic/possessive/needy girlfriend type - RUN DANA, RUN!!!!
~GOOD~
The fact that we HAVE seen nearly all the characters at work, at one point
or other.
~BAD~
The fact that no one seems to GO TO work on a REGULAR basis, and yet they
all live a life of luxury etc!
~GOOD~
The way we all came to love to hate Tonya! BOO! HISS! ;-)
~BAD~
The shamefully crappy/forced/badly written/unbelievable/trite way they got
rid of Tonya!
~GOOD~
The Hotness That Is Carmen
~BAD~
The Badness That Was Carmen's hairdo at the start of season 2! ARRRRRGH!!!
~GOOD~
Jenny's new haircut (her hair continually scared me witless throughout
season 1!!!)
~BAD~
Jenny's continuing descent into
freaky weirdness. OH THE HUMANITY!
~GOOD~
Alice telling Shane, "Look, Yoda needs to get some better advice, OR Yoda
needs to shut the fuck up!" - BEST line in The L Word so far IMHO ;-)
~BAD~
Ivan saying to Kit (of Marina), "SHE may be a Contessa, but as far as I'm
concerned, Kit, YOU'RE a queen" - MOST CHEESY/WORST line in The L Word
so far IMHO ;-)
~GOOD~
The girls all going on the Olivia Cruise in 'Land Ahoy'
~BAD~
The blatant and continual product placement of Olivia Cruises! Why not just
call that episode 'Enjoy An Olivia Cruise!' instead?!
~GOOD~
The new theme tune. Ok, so I hated it at first, but I've grown to like it
now! ;-)
(I still think Breathe by Melissa Etheridge would be a way better theme tune
though!)
~BAD~
How we had to endure Variations On The Theme Music in nearly every episode!
ENOUGH already with different versions of the theme tune over everything!!!
~GOOD~
The fact that Ilene must have listened to the fans and brought Lara back for
season 2
~BAD~
Lets hope she listens to the fans again and cuts back on the Jenny
weirdness/arty fartyness factor in season 3
~GOOD~
Bette in full flow - when she's angry, defending herself or her family, or
facing an enemy - what a magnificent sight to behold!!
~BAD~
Anytime Tina is being spineless or mousy etc. *yawn*
~GOOD~
The fact that Season 2 has now ended means we don't have to endure Jenny's
'writing' efforts
~BAD~
The fact that all through Season 2 we had to endure Jenny's 'writing'
efforts!
~GOOD~
The gorgeous Bette/Tina love scene in 'Late, Later, Latent'
~BAD~
The painfully stilted Jenny/Tim sex scene in 'Life, Loss, Leaving'
~GOOD~
Alice knitting at the start of season 2
~BAD~
Alice being clingy and paranoid at the end of season 2 (I wonder, can taking
up knitting make you like this?*weg*)
~GOOD~
Pick up line Shane uses on Carmen in 'Life, Loss, Leaving', thus:
Shane: "I like a girl with ambition"
Carmen: *laughs* "Fuck you!"
Shane: *smiling, relaxed and sexy, accepting the unoffered offer* "okay...."
*they proceed to have sexy sex on the mixing console*
HOW SMOOTH & FRESH IS THAT!!!! ;-)
~BAD~
Presumably, anything said by Gomey to ANY woman. EVER.
or
Pick up line Bette uses on the brunette in 'Lynch Pin', thus:
Bette: "Would you like to dance?"
*later, they proceed to have standee-uppy sexy in Bette's hotel room*
HOW CHEESY & TIRED IS THAT!!!! ;-) 15 old boys at discos use that line!!!
LOL!
~GOOD~
Gomey.
Cause he makes every other man on the planet look sophisticated, caring and
desirable.
~BAD~
Gomey.
Cause he really has no redeeming features to his character. At all. No,
seriously folks! NONE! He made Beavis & Butthead look like Mensa candidates!
~GOOD~
There were thankfully few straight sex scenes in season 2.
After all, if we wanted to watch straight people have sex, all we'd need to
do is watch ANY OTHER drama on TV!
~BAD~
The lesbian sex scenes in season 2 were still nowhere near as
graphic/frequent as the straight sex scenes (Tim/Jenny etc) in season 1!
DOUBLE STANDARDS people!!! Tsk tsk tsk.......
~GOOD~
The simple fact The L Word gets shown on TV around the world!
~BAD~
JUST because it's the only lesbian TV show on our screens, DOESN'T mean the
writers/directors can be complacent!
There needs to be improvements in the writing, storylines, flow and
continuity, and we WANT them BEFORE season 3 starts, NOT gradually becoming
apparent as season 3 airs! We don't care how they do it - poach writers from
other, better shows, try different directors and take chances perhaps - but
they MUST do it, for this show to be considered not only breakthrough TV,
but ALSO damn good drama/comedy entertainment!!!
Ilene, take note hun - we're not just gay women gagging for any old tiny
titbit of lesbianism on our screens!
We want QUALITY, not just QUANTITY! Let's just hope you can deliver in
Season 3......
Agreed with any of the points made here? Disagreed? Have something to say?
Email
thesci-fibard3@ntlworld.com and let her know!
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