The "big deal" is this (IMHO only, of course):
1. The thing is Alias has such a massive cult following because of its
intricate, character-driven format. It's not "24" - it's not "Buffy". It's unique and needs to stay that way. I don't want it re-invented every darn year. Revitalized, yes. Do I want it to evolve? Of course. I want it to stay interesting. But completely reinvented? Um, no. That's just my opinion, mind you, so don't gouge me!
2. For S5 I wanted the characters I've been watching (and spending my money to watch) for four years to get resolution. I still have questions about them and I don't like the answers I'm going to get - it's like Alias
used to be the same as a good book that you couldn't bear to put down, but now JJ & Co. are determined to turn it into a cookie-cutter dime store novel. I don't want NEW BLOOD. I want:
- Sark back, damn it
- Sloane evil
- Irina getting under Jack's skin when he doesn't want her there.
- Vaughn as a double-dipper after all those years as a boyscout would have rocked my socks. Then maybe Sydney would have had to take a huge bite out of a Jack-sandwich. She would've been able to understand her father alot more - and her mother. Vaughn truly loves her, and S5 could have been about accepting that in the face of seeming betrayal - so that they don't turn into her parents.
3. But no. Intead the TPTB are going to kill a main character off to prove that they have the cojones to do just that. IMHO if they wanted to pull such a stunt then they should have picked a character who is not
absolutely integral to the resolution of the FIRST conflicts ever presented to us lowly viewers.
Those would be:
- Sydney's happiness and her quest for a normal life.
- The loss of a fiance and that normal life
- Not having the world around her see her for who - and what - she really is
- Her relationship with her father. Have you ever heard the expression "You never understand a man until you walk a mile in his shoes?"
- Overcoming all of this, loving Vaughn anyway - and taking back her life.
4.
MV has stuck by this show through thick and thin for four years. Just when he finally gets a story arc that's NOT reminicent of a soap opera his character is
killed off so that someone else can tell his story second hand.
5. Would it have killed JJ and TPTB to let them get married? It's easy enough to write the marraige into the background, or *gasp* even use it as a springboard for more conflict
that doesn't mess with S/V. I could sit here all day and list off possible directions they could have taken the show in. I won't. I don't care enough anymore (thanks, JJ. or NOT.). Obviously I care enough to write this post, but I'm sure even that will fade.
Sorry for the long post! I needed to get a few things out of my head, I suppose!
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