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RGB report
Mar. 9th, 2005 09:18 amOkay, so, last night I got up enough nerve to watch the first two episodes of Real Ghostbusters on my DVD- 'Ghosts R Us' and 'Killerwatt'.
Short version: the Suck Fairy did not succeed. The cartoon was good. I was happy.
( Here's the long version. )
Totally unrelated to any of the above is the fact that I could feel the effects of other fandoms kicking in as I watched. See, for all that I love the main character, "Challenge of the Yukon" was not a good show. It was a radio show written to please an audience that wasn't particularly discriminating; its listeners wanted a clear-cut good guy, an adventure in fifteen (later thirty) minutes, and a nicely dramatic resolution. This is not a formula for great writing or heavy character development. I listened to quite a lot of the series and came away determined to create a viable, realistic version of Sergeant Preston that was still recognizable as the character from the show. The skills involved started patching over a lot of the holes in the two RGB episodes I watched last night. One of the skills in question involved taking what I was listening to or seeing, and mentally rewriting it into something more workable at the same time that I was listening/watching. That helped. So did the fact that if a scene didn't visually ring right, I still had the movie fresh in my head and could easily patch in a live-action version.
In summation: I was relieved that what I saw was still good, and my brain wanted very much to make it even better, so now I can breathe easy and watch other episodes later. Especially if![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladymondegreen still wants to get together for that next week. (Or anyone else in the NYC/NJ area, for that matter.)
Short version: the Suck Fairy did not succeed. The cartoon was good. I was happy.
( Here's the long version. )
Totally unrelated to any of the above is the fact that I could feel the effects of other fandoms kicking in as I watched. See, for all that I love the main character, "Challenge of the Yukon" was not a good show. It was a radio show written to please an audience that wasn't particularly discriminating; its listeners wanted a clear-cut good guy, an adventure in fifteen (later thirty) minutes, and a nicely dramatic resolution. This is not a formula for great writing or heavy character development. I listened to quite a lot of the series and came away determined to create a viable, realistic version of Sergeant Preston that was still recognizable as the character from the show. The skills involved started patching over a lot of the holes in the two RGB episodes I watched last night. One of the skills in question involved taking what I was listening to or seeing, and mentally rewriting it into something more workable at the same time that I was listening/watching. That helped. So did the fact that if a scene didn't visually ring right, I still had the movie fresh in my head and could easily patch in a live-action version.
In summation: I was relieved that what I saw was still good, and my brain wanted very much to make it even better, so now I can breathe easy and watch other episodes later. Especially if
ladymondegreen still wants to get together for that next week. (Or anyone else in the NYC/NJ area, for that matter.)
