tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post1831118048674386586..comments2022-03-24T16:11:50.124-04:00Comments on The Man From Porlock: LockjawCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-62918678259998763102007-09-29T12:24:00.000-04:002007-09-29T12:24:00.000-04:00I predict this season will be the last for this sh...I predict this season will be the last for this show. And if that's the case, I hope that the supporting characters go out with their own identities rather than reductive commentators on the central characters. (Which happens on TV shows enough that "The Simpsons" once spoofed it.)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-61828559721421638772007-09-29T01:00:00.000-04:002007-09-29T01:00:00.000-04:00This helps me understand why I couldn't watch the ...This helps me understand why I couldn't watch the whole hour. I thought it had to do mainly with the fact that I had been out of contact with the characters over the summer; they no longer felt like people you know but seemed like aquaintances you remember. And it reminded me of how I felt watching "The Office" in the first season--it felt too much like being at work. Being at work at the insurance agency where I spent entire days in the file room and entire weeks typing forms in triplicate carbon copies. And not liking anyone there except for one broker that I only got to work with for one week. I didn't want to spend Thursday nights feeling like I was back at work. But, it's the characters that keep you going just like it's the people that keep you going in a not-so-great job. And this show has some very fun characters. So, I don't know if this season will get better once the characters are more familiar and endearing again, once they seem more solid again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com