Yeah, it's rather hard to be properly scared by Daleks. The only reason I have any respect for them is because of Jack. I mean, if I laugh at them all the time then it gets harder to take his first death and the consequences thereof seriously. ;-)
The jealousy thing got on my nerves even the first time around - I guess it's because it's one of my pet peeves overall. I hate it that women are constantly pitted against each other in stories, usually over a man. And in S1 I'd been so happy to see Rose usually connect with other women and girls, taking their side, it felt jarring that suddenly she was getting jealous whenever the Doctor spoke to another woman. It's at its worst mid-season, now I've gotten to the later episodes and it's not so bad.
I actually don't watch TV shows often, because I have a hard time finding ones that do it to me (and I'm not the most visually oriented person, so it takes a bit more effort to start watching a new one). But when I do, I fall hard. Normally it's books and theatre that do this for me, but TV shows are a special way of storytelling and I realise now they can have a powerful effect on me as well. Should probably seek out others that work for me as well as this one. Then again, I'll take quite a while to catch up here.... :-)
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Date: 2016-08-29 05:39 pm (UTC)The jealousy thing got on my nerves even the first time around - I guess it's because it's one of my pet peeves overall. I hate it that women are constantly pitted against each other in stories, usually over a man. And in S1 I'd been so happy to see Rose usually connect with other women and girls, taking their side, it felt jarring that suddenly she was getting jealous whenever the Doctor spoke to another woman. It's at its worst mid-season, now I've gotten to the later episodes and it's not so bad.
I actually don't watch TV shows often, because I have a hard time finding ones that do it to me (and I'm not the most visually oriented person, so it takes a bit more effort to start watching a new one). But when I do, I fall hard. Normally it's books and theatre that do this for me, but TV shows are a special way of storytelling and I realise now they can have a powerful effect on me as well. Should probably seek out others that work for me as well as this one. Then again, I'll take quite a while to catch up here.... :-)