disappointment
quote:
Originally posted by bonnee:
I’m particularly troubled by your fear that you might be attacked for expressing such a judgement. As I’m sure we all are at sadgeezer.com. We are all friends here and all opinions are given a fair hearing (LOL).
Bonnee, the only reason your “opinions” were treated with dismissal was that you presented them as acts of provocation. You didn’t present any real critical thinking regarding why you didn’t like S4, only unbased accusations of “selling out” and insights like “Season 4 is stinking up the 2 universes.” In fact, you later admitted that these expressions *were* done as acts of provocation (and later went on to do the same thing — for apparantly no good reason, as doing so negated the intent of your expressed “reasons” for doing so here — at lexx.com’s board under a different name).
(And let me continue with the extended parenthetical statements by saying that the reason that you *continue* to be treated in a dismissive fashion is that your actions have essentially *all* been provocations. From continually making snide comments regarding the current season in order to “get a reaction,” to needling both sides of the argument in a heated exchange between DT and myself, to adapting mocking screen names chosen precisely to provoke reactions from those mocked, to using those screen names on *other boards* where there is no reason to do so other than to extend the argument outside the borders of this discussion area, you have consistently acted only to generate the opposing reaction. You pose as taking a defensive stance against…well, *something*…but your actions have all been offensive.)
Lily presented her disappointment with S4 in a way that deserves respect and consideration. She offers details as to why she finds S4 lacking, and though I may not agree with her assessment, I do understand why she feels this way. She hasn’t presented herself as being courageous enough to expose an “unspoken truth” that we all share about this season. She said in plain, simple language why she felt let down, and left it at that. There was no questioning of others’ tastes, no extended writings about why her position was an objective fact as defined by various schools of philosophical thought, and, perhaps most importantly, she didn’t post 2-line “pithy” comments in practically every thread regarding this season and say the same shallow thing over and over and over and over…
As for others’ opinions: As much as I argue with DT, I don’t immediately write off his opinions or attack them without thinking. I may take issue with the way in which he presents them, or the reasoning that brought him to those opinions (if I see that reasoning as being flawed or misinformed), but I always give his ideas and opinions consideration, and as I’m sure even he will attest (and has, in stating that I was agreeing with him), they are not simply dismissed as being worthless.
That being said, I’d like to apologize to Lily if she has ever received the impression that I, personally, would express anger at her frustration and disappointment with S4. I fully understand her reasoning behind her opinion, even though I don’t fully agree with it. While I’ve been disappointed with a handful of episodes, I’ve felt the same way with handfuls of eps from the previous 3 seasons as well. But humor (and this season, like the second, is primarily humor-based) is an extremely subjective artform, and what provokes bellylaughs from one can be seen as overly cartoonish, exaggerated and silly to another. This humor can, based on how well it’s accepted by the individual viewer, obscure other aspects of the program if it’s not seen as being complimentary, and it’s obvious that this is the case with you. I’m sorry that you feel this way, and if you *do* decide to continue watching, I hope that you find the rest of the season to your liking. If not, well, you can always pretend that it didn’t happen and ignore it like I do with the 3rd season of [i]Star Trek[/i] and the ’98 [i]Godzilla[/i] film. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
–Aleck