Monday, January 19, 2004
Nicknames and Nitpicking.
Tony Tomato. My best friend has taken to calling Almeida 'Tony Tomato.' I don't know why she calls him that and she can't fully explain it herself other than to say she has trouble remembering character names and so associates names with things - most notably with vegetables. I don't quite get it because I don't think Carlos Bernard resembles a tomato but my lovely friend is a little weird so there you go :) (Sorry chickie! You know I love you really!)
The problem with Tony Tomato and some of the other nicknames I've seen for 24 characters (Cloudy-ah, Bitchelle, Crystal Gael - all tm TWoP forums) is that I'm unable to watch the show without hearing those name interpretations. It's an inner flaw of mine that prevents me from tuning that amusing stuff out while watching this serious show. Part of me wishes I'd never heard these nicknames because that's all I hear in my head when I watch the show.
Don't get me wrong though, I think the nicks, for the most part, are clever and funny although I'm not particularly fond of the nicks that make fun of a person's looks (and here I'm thinking of Chloe's nickname of 'potato face' - that's just not nice.) But the others that are clever plays-on-words are funny. And I understand that not everyone feels the way I do about nicknames and can watch and enjoy 24 just fine knowing Cloudy-ah will buy it between 10pm and 11pm. I'm envious of people who can do that. I'm just not one of them.
I can't explain how it sort of.. I don't know.. dilutes the impact of the show for me. It's like reading the nitpick threads (something I stopped doing very quickly due to my inner flaw) and then seeing the show. During some emotional or pivotal scene, all I can think about is whether the origins of Claudia's little brother, Sergio, are indeed Hispanic and are the Hispanics in the scene pronouncing it the right way. Argh.
So I may have to stop visiting fan forums after the show airs even though I do love reading fan reactions. But there's always a few fans who puncture my little bubble world (and of course they're entitled to their opinions of the show and far be it from me to denounce them - I just mean it's hard to read about a specific episode and skip the odd post in a thread that totally denigrates it) and it's beginning to bother me. I like my bubble world. I'm digging the show and I'm still in the beginning throes of my love affair with it since I'm a relatively new fan. Season Three is my first season watching it actually on telly and probably explains my desire to avoid the nitpicks from those more jaded and cynical than I about the show. I don't want to compare Season Three to Season One and point out the flaws. I just want to know how Jack will react to Claudia's death and whether or not he's able to convince Nina to work with the Salazars. I want to know why Palmer doesn't just let Wayne resign until his important healthcare bill passes and then rehire him. I don't care how politics work in the real world. This is 24-world and things are just different there.
Anyway, I don't really know where I'm going with this post. I do tend to run on you know. And I do hate these breaks between episodes. I had it pointed out to me that the prez always gives his State of the Union address on the 20th of January. I think that needs to be changed to 'third Wednesday in January' :)
The problem with Tony Tomato and some of the other nicknames I've seen for 24 characters (Cloudy-ah, Bitchelle, Crystal Gael - all tm TWoP forums) is that I'm unable to watch the show without hearing those name interpretations. It's an inner flaw of mine that prevents me from tuning that amusing stuff out while watching this serious show. Part of me wishes I'd never heard these nicknames because that's all I hear in my head when I watch the show.
Don't get me wrong though, I think the nicks, for the most part, are clever and funny although I'm not particularly fond of the nicks that make fun of a person's looks (and here I'm thinking of Chloe's nickname of 'potato face' - that's just not nice.) But the others that are clever plays-on-words are funny. And I understand that not everyone feels the way I do about nicknames and can watch and enjoy 24 just fine knowing Cloudy-ah will buy it between 10pm and 11pm. I'm envious of people who can do that. I'm just not one of them.
I can't explain how it sort of.. I don't know.. dilutes the impact of the show for me. It's like reading the nitpick threads (something I stopped doing very quickly due to my inner flaw) and then seeing the show. During some emotional or pivotal scene, all I can think about is whether the origins of Claudia's little brother, Sergio, are indeed Hispanic and are the Hispanics in the scene pronouncing it the right way. Argh.
So I may have to stop visiting fan forums after the show airs even though I do love reading fan reactions. But there's always a few fans who puncture my little bubble world (and of course they're entitled to their opinions of the show and far be it from me to denounce them - I just mean it's hard to read about a specific episode and skip the odd post in a thread that totally denigrates it) and it's beginning to bother me. I like my bubble world. I'm digging the show and I'm still in the beginning throes of my love affair with it since I'm a relatively new fan. Season Three is my first season watching it actually on telly and probably explains my desire to avoid the nitpicks from those more jaded and cynical than I about the show. I don't want to compare Season Three to Season One and point out the flaws. I just want to know how Jack will react to Claudia's death and whether or not he's able to convince Nina to work with the Salazars. I want to know why Palmer doesn't just let Wayne resign until his important healthcare bill passes and then rehire him. I don't care how politics work in the real world. This is 24-world and things are just different there.
Anyway, I don't really know where I'm going with this post. I do tend to run on you know. And I do hate these breaks between episodes. I had it pointed out to me that the prez always gives his State of the Union address on the 20th of January. I think that needs to be changed to 'third Wednesday in January' :)
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