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« on: March 10, 2007, 08:35:46 PM »
I hesitate to criticize 1841PT now, after having seen Adam for the first time since original broadcast. I think 1841 had for the first time I know of in DS a prominent romantic component that didn't connect immediately to anything supernatural. That divides viewers between romance fans, and supernatural fans, when both were merged before. Either camp could tread over into the other camp when it was made as palatable as they had made it, in earlier storylines.
1841 PT seems divisive and alienating to the portion of us who don't go for straightahead romance stories. It also makes DS more like regular soap operas than it had been. Even the supernatural element was one of those unnamed "horrors" that you never see, that they expect the viewers to invent in their own imaginations. Sorry, I was faked out with the Leviathans briefly, and that's the last time that's ever going to happen. And it dragged on and on and on in the same way. Endless repetition. We've got to have the lottery. But wait, we did it wrong, so again tonight, which is to say, next week. Then they forget about it for awhile, then it becomes the most urgent thing in the world again suddenly. Looks like I got over that reluctance to criticize.
But... it's perfectly competent as DS. I need to watch Adam in better personal circumstances, but after seeing that, to me there's Adam, and then there are all the rest: all the competent storylines that have no question of possible "camp".