Jeffko
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Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 20 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 20 May 2013 07:31 am
@cchris_47: Try reloading the page 3-4 times. It worked for me.
As for the comic, it's funny that Kara would 'playfully' doubt Peter, especially since she knows what a straight-arrow guy he is. He must be thinking: "I turned down an offer from a fan AND Vivian handed me her bra! I stayed the course!" lol
There's still that moment Peter and Michelle had at the bar that's just hanging out there... I wonder what will come of that.
Jeffko, 20 May 2013 07:31 am
@cchris_47: Try reloading the page 3-4 times. It worked for me.As for the comic, it's funny that Kara would 'playfully' doubt Peter, especially since she knows what a straight-arrow guy he is. He must be thinking: "I turned down an offer from a fan AND Vivian handed me her bra! I stayed the course!" lol
There's still that moment Peter and Michelle had at the bar that's just hanging out there... I wonder what will come of that.
Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 19 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 17 May 2013 08:02 am
@Xasswuwe: A very good observation, right there. Things might've gone in a completely different direction if he had met him before Christo lol!
Jeffko, 17 May 2013 08:02 am
@Xasswuwe: A very good observation, right there. Things might've gone in a completely different direction if he had met him before Christo lol!Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 17 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 15 May 2013 11:21 am
@AmusementPark: I agree that any work of art will cause its viewers/readers to react, as that is one of the key points of it. I don't think Gibson has ever denied that.
However, I feel that what he is reacting to is some readers inability to let go of their preconceptions as the story changes. Reacting to something seen is one thing, expecting our preconceptions to become canon or expressing anger when those preconceptions are challenged (the sign of any good piece of art) is something else.
Claiming that Gibson didn't write his story well enough strikes me as odd. Well enough for whom, exactly? As you've said, each person brings his/her own life experience to the table. Therefore, how can one artist possibly hope to create something that everyone absorbs the same exact way?
Verily, Gibson is telling the story with a specific mindset. Also, it's clear that he has strong feelings on the subject matter. Expecting him to divorce himself completely from his attachment to his own creation and viewpoints is as absurd as telling you to not be affected by what you read. While it's easy to claim that any artist should just leave his work be considered free from his own views, I imagine that's gotta be hard as hell when he saw so many people getting the wrong message, and not just from his art, but also from other readers, whose opinions affected their own.
He chose to step up and clarify his message. Does this mean he didn't express it well enough in the first place? I don't think so. What I do think is that it's pretty easy for us readers to flip out about stuff happening in the story when we know more than all its characters combined. Would we react in exactly the same way if we only had the point of view of only one character to go on? It's easy to judge when we have a bird's eye view. Dude just wanted to chime in, is all.
Jeffko, 15 May 2013 11:21 am
@AmusementPark: I agree that any work of art will cause its viewers/readers to react, as that is one of the key points of it. I don't think Gibson has ever denied that.However, I feel that what he is reacting to is some readers inability to let go of their preconceptions as the story changes. Reacting to something seen is one thing, expecting our preconceptions to become canon or expressing anger when those preconceptions are challenged (the sign of any good piece of art) is something else.
Claiming that Gibson didn't write his story well enough strikes me as odd. Well enough for whom, exactly? As you've said, each person brings his/her own life experience to the table. Therefore, how can one artist possibly hope to create something that everyone absorbs the same exact way?
Verily, Gibson is telling the story with a specific mindset. Also, it's clear that he has strong feelings on the subject matter. Expecting him to divorce himself completely from his attachment to his own creation and viewpoints is as absurd as telling you to not be affected by what you read. While it's easy to claim that any artist should just leave his work be considered free from his own views, I imagine that's gotta be hard as hell when he saw so many people getting the wrong message, and not just from his art, but also from other readers, whose opinions affected their own.
He chose to step up and clarify his message. Does this mean he didn't express it well enough in the first place? I don't think so. What I do think is that it's pretty easy for us readers to flip out about stuff happening in the story when we know more than all its characters combined. Would we react in exactly the same way if we only had the point of view of only one character to go on? It's easy to judge when we have a bird's eye view. Dude just wanted to chime in, is all.
Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 17 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 15 May 2013 08:33 am
@reign: I don't think Mr. Twist meant to criticize people associating a given real-life individual to one of his characters, but rather their inability to separate said perceptions from what's actually going on in the story and therefore injecting the behaviour/words of that real-life person into a fictional character's own behaviour.
For example, let's say I know a guy named Jack who became friendly with my girlfriend, always hung out with her when I wasn't around, and eventually ended up with her as she chose to end our relationship. Seeing Rick hang around Lauren so much might very well dredge up these feelings within me and colour my view of him, but seeing the story develop shows (so far) that he is content with being friends with Lauren and that she doesn't seem to want to leave Sam. Therefore, the story differs from my own life experience, despite some initial similarities. If I choose to ignore actual story development in favour of my own experience and project it onto the characters, I'm now telling "my story" instead of watching someone else's unfold.
/2 cents
Jeffko, 15 May 2013 08:33 am
@reign: I don't think Mr. Twist meant to criticize people associating a given real-life individual to one of his characters, but rather their inability to separate said perceptions from what's actually going on in the story and therefore injecting the behaviour/words of that real-life person into a fictional character's own behaviour.For example, let's say I know a guy named Jack who became friendly with my girlfriend, always hung out with her when I wasn't around, and eventually ended up with her as she chose to end our relationship. Seeing Rick hang around Lauren so much might very well dredge up these feelings within me and colour my view of him, but seeing the story develop shows (so far) that he is content with being friends with Lauren and that she doesn't seem to want to leave Sam. Therefore, the story differs from my own life experience, despite some initial similarities. If I choose to ignore actual story development in favour of my own experience and project it onto the characters, I'm now telling "my story" instead of watching someone else's unfold.
/2 cents
Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 16 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 06:03 pm
@Miamistax: I lean that way as well. The mistrust I was referring to relates to the argument they had beforehand, when Sam came back to the appartment and overheard Christo and Lauren talking. There was suspicion in Sam's voice about Rick, but also an implicit accusation toward Lauren, to the flavour of 'how can you not see this?', as it were. However, I wasn't clear about that in my last comment, sorry.
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 06:03 pm
@Miamistax: I lean that way as well. The mistrust I was referring to relates to the argument they had beforehand, when Sam came back to the appartment and overheard Christo and Lauren talking. There was suspicion in Sam's voice about Rick, but also an implicit accusation toward Lauren, to the flavour of 'how can you not see this?', as it were. However, I wasn't clear about that in my last comment, sorry.Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 16 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 12:04 pm
@towel: Yep, someone out there has an opinion that differs from yours. No need to ridicule them for it.
For what it's worth, I don't agree with Jodie's assessment, either. I think Lauren had something to say and she said it, and was perfectly justified in doing so. Furthermore, the 'man she knew more than a month', meaning Sam, for all the history they had together, was the guy who ended up not trusting her and striking a guy she thought of as a friend.
This arc has obviously shown us how we as readers have our own viewpoints and personal life experience that inform them. Based on this, some folks think Lauren went too far in her talk with Sam and Christo after the bar scene. That said, I don't think that this opinion negates, in their eyes, anything that Sam, Christo or Rick did before that to escalate the situation.
Perhaps I'm way off base here. If that's the case, maybe Jodie can enlighten us further on what she disapproves of.
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 12:04 pm
@towel: Yep, someone out there has an opinion that differs from yours. No need to ridicule them for it.For what it's worth, I don't agree with Jodie's assessment, either. I think Lauren had something to say and she said it, and was perfectly justified in doing so. Furthermore, the 'man she knew more than a month', meaning Sam, for all the history they had together, was the guy who ended up not trusting her and striking a guy she thought of as a friend.
This arc has obviously shown us how we as readers have our own viewpoints and personal life experience that inform them. Based on this, some folks think Lauren went too far in her talk with Sam and Christo after the bar scene. That said, I don't think that this opinion negates, in their eyes, anything that Sam, Christo or Rick did before that to escalate the situation.
Perhaps I'm way off base here. If that's the case, maybe Jodie can enlighten us further on what she disapproves of.
Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 16 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 08:13 am
Welp! All that's left is for Lauren and Sam to have a wee chat. It'd be great if the three of them could get together and have an actual moment that's not filled with either jealousy or violence, just to tie everything together. However, I know life doesn't work like that.
Rick is right that fear is a powerful teacher. However, I think Sam is more afraid of himself than losing Lauren.
As for Lauren feeling weak, I think it's the opposite. It takes strength to go through something like that and still want to keep going. It'd be easy to just drop everything. THAT would be weakness, IMHO.
As much as everyone involved showed weakness at some point or another, I think they've all shown strength since then. Yes, even Rick, since he was willing to show up and hear Sam out, even after being punched.
Jeffko, 13 May 2013 08:13 am
Welp! All that's left is for Lauren and Sam to have a wee chat. It'd be great if the three of them could get together and have an actual moment that's not filled with either jealousy or violence, just to tie everything together. However, I know life doesn't work like that.Rick is right that fear is a powerful teacher. However, I think Sam is more afraid of himself than losing Lauren.
As for Lauren feeling weak, I think it's the opposite. It takes strength to go through something like that and still want to keep going. It'd be easy to just drop everything. THAT would be weakness, IMHO.
As much as everyone involved showed weakness at some point or another, I think they've all shown strength since then. Yes, even Rick, since he was willing to show up and hear Sam out, even after being punched.
Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 12 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 07 May 2013 07:35 am
Having seen Cake perform live, I can attest to the sheer skill of their bass player. I love me some Cake.
Jeffko, 07 May 2013 07:35 am
Having seen Cake perform live, I can attest to the sheer skill of their bass player. I love me some Cake.Comment on 4.14 Back in The Saddle 11 of Pictures of You
Jeffko, 06 May 2013 07:59 am
Good: being favourably reviewed in any publication. Bad: my gut reaction to this whole money thing... methinks that's gonna be a source of drama later on. Paranoid, you say? Perhaps.
You keep on keeping on, Mr. Twist! Haters gonna hate, but that's their thing.
Jeffko, 06 May 2013 07:59 am
Good: being favourably reviewed in any publication. Bad: my gut reaction to this whole money thing... methinks that's gonna be a source of drama later on. Paranoid, you say? Perhaps.You keep on keeping on, Mr. Twist! Haters gonna hate, but that's their thing.
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Jeffko, 21 May 2013 08:07 am
I loved her body language in this page and the last: playing with her hair, avoiding eye contact and acting nonchalant... That last one we're all used to, but the first two are indicative (to me, at least) of someone who is nervous or worried about something and is trying to disguise it. It feels like she was bracing herself for some infidelity news, but attempting to come off like she doesn't care. Perhaps she actually doesn't, but as it's the first time I've seen her use that kind of body language, I can't help but wonder.
I'm also curious as to whether Peter's commitment to monogamy and a LTR will scare Kara off. Hell, he may be about to tell her about the moment he had with Michelle. So many possibilities!