30 Days of Awesome Ladies - Day 8
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Day 8: Favourite Female Character in a FANTASY/SUPERNATURAL show
George Lass (Dead Like Me)
Dead Like Me is not a well-known programme - in fact, I don't know anyone in RL who's actually heard of it, aside from when I asked them 'Have you seen Dead Like Me?' This is a shame, because it's an excellent show with a solid, well-woven premise, a very cool fantasy element, and a strong cast playing brilliant, intriguing characters. The second season was undoubtedly poorer than the first, no doubt due to the departure of key staff, but even so I think it should have run beyond two seasons. There is a follow-up film though, which I have yet to see.
Georgia Lass is the show's central character. She is dead (at this point you may begin to see where the title of the show has come from). George is not thrilled to be dead, especially considering that she was killed by a falling toilet seat from a Russian space station. When it turns out that she has to become a Reaper, guiding souls to the next life but never actually getting to access that next life herself, she is even less impressed. Then she learns she is also still visible to those around her - albeit with a different appearance - and she has to get along in the world, including the horror of getting a day job.
The thing I instantly loved about George, and the thing that many people would no doubt instantly hate, was her sarcasm - evident immediately in the voiceover. George has a biting wit which sits comfortably alongside her self-involvement, apathy, bitterness and general teenage angst. I can't think of another American programme with such a cynical teen protagonist; in some ways she's like a young Greg House. And I adore her - because if I had been killed at 17 by a toilet seat, I would probably have bitched and snarked my way through the afterlife too.
Normally, you'd expect a character like George to Learn and Grow. And she does, a little - in her own twisted, messed up ways, she begins to build relationships with the fellow reapers, establish a career and friendships with the odd people at her work, and guide her dysfunctional family to ways of dealing with their grief. But she never really changes; she never loses her edge, and I love her for it. If I had to be a reaper, I'd want her reaping and snarking right there next to me.
Day 8: Favourite Female Character in a FANTASY/SUPERNATURAL show
George Lass (Dead Like Me)
Dead Like Me is not a well-known programme - in fact, I don't know anyone in RL who's actually heard of it, aside from when I asked them 'Have you seen Dead Like Me?' This is a shame, because it's an excellent show with a solid, well-woven premise, a very cool fantasy element, and a strong cast playing brilliant, intriguing characters. The second season was undoubtedly poorer than the first, no doubt due to the departure of key staff, but even so I think it should have run beyond two seasons. There is a follow-up film though, which I have yet to see.
Georgia Lass is the show's central character. She is dead (at this point you may begin to see where the title of the show has come from). George is not thrilled to be dead, especially considering that she was killed by a falling toilet seat from a Russian space station. When it turns out that she has to become a Reaper, guiding souls to the next life but never actually getting to access that next life herself, she is even less impressed. Then she learns she is also still visible to those around her - albeit with a different appearance - and she has to get along in the world, including the horror of getting a day job.
The thing I instantly loved about George, and the thing that many people would no doubt instantly hate, was her sarcasm - evident immediately in the voiceover. George has a biting wit which sits comfortably alongside her self-involvement, apathy, bitterness and general teenage angst. I can't think of another American programme with such a cynical teen protagonist; in some ways she's like a young Greg House. And I adore her - because if I had been killed at 17 by a toilet seat, I would probably have bitched and snarked my way through the afterlife too.
Normally, you'd expect a character like George to Learn and Grow. And she does, a little - in her own twisted, messed up ways, she begins to build relationships with the fellow reapers, establish a career and friendships with the odd people at her work, and guide her dysfunctional family to ways of dealing with their grief. But she never really changes; she never loses her edge, and I love her for it. If I had to be a reaper, I'd want her reaping and snarking right there next to me.
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Date: 2012-04-27 04:25 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-04-27 01:04 pm (UTC)As long as I can stop with the show and not watch the godawful 'movie' that followed it without Rube and a recast Daisy, I'm good. :D
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Date: 2012-04-27 11:44 pm (UTC)Also... I knew my f-list would be cool enough to have heard of DLM but I didn't expect the use of icons!! Awesome. You are honoured with applauding-icon.
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Date: 2012-05-04 06:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-05 01:01 am (UTC)I do not have Netflix *sob* but I've just noticed they're doing a month's free trial, so I am tempted... I know I'll get sucked in and end up paying for it though!
Your icon = JOY
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Date: 2012-05-05 01:06 am (UTC)And yeah, netflix did suck me in to where sometimes I've paid for it and not used it that whole month. But to just stream is only 8 or 9 bucks a month, so it's usually worth it. of course I use various less-than-legal sites as well, but netflix is better quality and lets me watch random obscure movies, and the movie quality on some of those other sites can suck.
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Date: 2012-05-04 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-05 12:59 am (UTC)I shall go and reply to your other comments now lol!
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Date: 2012-05-05 01:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-05 02:14 am (UTC)I love to comment too! So you'll prob get sick of my comments :) I always look at my posts that don't have comments on in a sort of squinty-eyed 'What's wrong with you, why does nobody like you' sort of manner. I'm sure it's very healthy.
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Date: 2012-05-05 05:40 am (UTC)And I've been having that same trouble lately, with no one commenting on my journal and wondering what's up...but I've been posting some very depressing shit so maybe people want to avoid that...so beware. Hopefully it'll be better now.