I was watching tv last night and Sarah Connor Chronicles was on. At the very beginning of the show that end up killing one of the most important characters and don't even stop the action. No change in music, nothing, just a panned down shot of him with a bullet hole in his head. For me it was a tradegy, it was like reading when Sirius Black died in Harry Potter. It was something that the mind can't really comprehend until after it has occured. These tragic heroes turned icons are gone and without even a final goodbye or dramatic death. It's as if they never really mattered. Watching the death of this character was tragic not only because I liked what he was about and what he did, but he held emotional value for me. But the way he was taken was just awful and tragic, a hero unworthy of his character.
Anyone else become angered by these tv or movie deaths that are so sudden and unpredicatable?
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You know, this is something that I would never have thought to write a blog post about, but it is totally true. I think that 24 is another one of these shows where people just seem to die and its not even a big thing. They kill off the main characters like its going out of style. I wonder if this is to make the shows feel more lifelike? I really do not know why it is that they have chosen to do this now that I am thinking about it. It is interesting though to see this on TV shows now, because that was one thing that you could always count on in older programs. The main characters always survived no matter what shenanigans they got themselves into. MacGuyver anyone?
ReplyDeleteIt's also interesting to note how people can sometime's get soo attached to these characters. One of my best friend's watches One Tree Hill (gag) obsessively and when one of the character's died, she was in a bad mood for literally about 2 weeks. Over a fictional character's death! I think the producers of these shows sometimes do TOO good of a job making their characters seems relevant to viewers lives and we in turn grow very attached to them, and sometimes almost see ourselves in them. Just some thoughts!
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