Hornblower intro... but I *like* h/c!
Jan. 24th, 2008 11:42 amOkay, so I'm listening to this Horatio Hornblower podcast (I swear her accent sounds incredibly fake... and that's mighty annoying) and the host is discussing which episodes in the series to start a new viewer out with. She recommends Mutiny or Loyalty, instead of starting at the very beginning of the series. And I'm just about ready to turn the damn podcast off at that suggestion. LOL
Aside from the fact that I hate watching things out of order, that kills me. Yes, they're great parts of the series, and I see her point about wanting to draw someone into the series at a more established (less rough) and exciting point. However, I've got to say that if I didn't already care about Horatio and Archie and know their backgrounds, I wouldn't care too much about what happens to them in Mutiny- I mean, yes, I'd care. But... especially the conclusion... how can you START at that point??? Why would you want someone to?! It's like recommending someone start reading Harry Potter at book 5 because it's a more exciting book with a tone closer to the rest of the series.
Okay, and then to make matters worse, the host says she wouldn't recommend introducing someone to the series with the first episode because Horry starts out seasick and who wants to see that? What's interesting about that? Well, to an h/c fanatic I can honestly say that's when I first fell in love with the character! He's all weak and miserable and out of his element and awwwwwww! I couldn't have pictured a better way to introduce him! I'd also argue that it's an important aspect to his character- showing how he starts out (and when he starts out) and where he goes from there. For me, watching a series or a movie or reading a book is about getting to know and feel for a character. To see him slowly grow and change and come into his own is brilliant. Seeing a complete stranger in an interesting situation and THEN going back and figuring out who the heck he is and why he reacts the way he does isn't at all interesting to me. Plus, yeah, nifty sick & miserable!character scenes that make me squee MUST be endured by all! And, hey, I can relate to/empathize with being teased and being in a strange place. Sadly, I can't relate to being in a naval battle, exciting as it might be to watch.
*shrug* It's not a bad podcast- I've listened to other episodes and I'm looking forward to the audio drama, I think. But... really... saying that no one finds Horatio's misery interesting? Good way to make me switch you off and go listen to HP podcasts instead! LMAO
PS- I'm not really aggravated, but I wanted a good excuse to see Snape & Sirius in the mood icon there *G*
PPS- I'm going to have to mirror this to my insane journal next time I go home... because I'm at work now and can't do that. So sorry for the delay IJ readers, but you're probably used to me forgetting to mirror posts anyway.
Aside from the fact that I hate watching things out of order, that kills me. Yes, they're great parts of the series, and I see her point about wanting to draw someone into the series at a more established (less rough) and exciting point. However, I've got to say that if I didn't already care about Horatio and Archie and know their backgrounds, I wouldn't care too much about what happens to them in Mutiny- I mean, yes, I'd care. But... especially the conclusion... how can you START at that point??? Why would you want someone to?! It's like recommending someone start reading Harry Potter at book 5 because it's a more exciting book with a tone closer to the rest of the series.
Okay, and then to make matters worse, the host says she wouldn't recommend introducing someone to the series with the first episode because Horry starts out seasick and who wants to see that? What's interesting about that? Well, to an h/c fanatic I can honestly say that's when I first fell in love with the character! He's all weak and miserable and out of his element and awwwwwww! I couldn't have pictured a better way to introduce him! I'd also argue that it's an important aspect to his character- showing how he starts out (and when he starts out) and where he goes from there. For me, watching a series or a movie or reading a book is about getting to know and feel for a character. To see him slowly grow and change and come into his own is brilliant. Seeing a complete stranger in an interesting situation and THEN going back and figuring out who the heck he is and why he reacts the way he does isn't at all interesting to me. Plus, yeah, nifty sick & miserable!character scenes that make me squee MUST be endured by all! And, hey, I can relate to/empathize with being teased and being in a strange place. Sadly, I can't relate to being in a naval battle, exciting as it might be to watch.
*shrug* It's not a bad podcast- I've listened to other episodes and I'm looking forward to the audio drama, I think. But... really... saying that no one finds Horatio's misery interesting? Good way to make me switch you off and go listen to HP podcasts instead! LMAO
PS- I'm not really aggravated, but I wanted a good excuse to see Snape & Sirius in the mood icon there *G*
PPS- I'm going to have to mirror this to my insane journal next time I go home... because I'm at work now and can't do that. So sorry for the delay IJ readers, but you're probably used to me forgetting to mirror posts anyway.