I tried watching Sanctuary a while back, and just couldn't get through it.
For starters, the main character was insufferable. He was a doctor, and I began the episode pitying and vaguely interested in him, and ended it hating him passionately. He's an asshole. His first response to learning there are endangered supernatural species out there is to go, "they could be dangerous? WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED THEM!" repeatedly. He dramatically flings himself against a wall in apparent revulsion and shock when a man with slightly odd eyes and bone structure enters the room, and continues with this repulsive attitude throughout the entire goddamn episode. I hate him so much it isn't even funny.
If he was in an episode of Dark Angel, Max would have gotten to punch him out at the very least. I take a deeply nasty pleasure in imagining his reaction to Joshua.
I'd heard so many good things about Amanda Tapping that I really wanted to like her character; no such luck. Her response to being asked, 'there are people out there that could be potentially dangerous to us? WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED THEM" is not, for example, "because we don't have a right to murder people because they might pose us harm", it's "I can study them and learn stuff." So basically: they're useful to me. I ended the episode loathing her, too. Oh, and aforementioned slightly odd looking man is the only supernatural creature--besides a sparkly fairy off in the distance--we see not in cages or killing people, and he was so desperately grateful to Amanda Tapping that he hung around until she honoured him with a menial job of serving her. She reminded me of a more PR friendly version of Renfro, but same basic blueprint.
Gee, thanks. I just couldn't get past the first episode.
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For starters, the main character was insufferable. He was a doctor, and I began the episode pitying and vaguely interested in him, and ended it hating him passionately. He's an asshole. His first response to learning there are endangered supernatural species out there is to go, "they could be dangerous? WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED THEM!" repeatedly. He dramatically flings himself against a wall in apparent revulsion and shock when a man with slightly odd eyes and bone structure enters the room, and continues with this repulsive attitude throughout the entire goddamn episode. I hate him so much it isn't even funny.
If he was in an episode of Dark Angel, Max would have gotten to punch him out at the very least. I take a deeply nasty pleasure in imagining his reaction to Joshua.
I'd heard so many good things about Amanda Tapping that I really wanted to like her character; no such luck. Her response to being asked, 'there are people out there that could be potentially dangerous to us? WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED THEM" is not, for example, "because we don't have a right to murder people because they might pose us harm", it's "I can study them and learn stuff." So basically: they're useful to me. I ended the episode loathing her, too. Oh, and aforementioned slightly odd looking man is the only supernatural creature--besides a sparkly fairy off in the distance--we see not in cages or killing people, and he was so desperately grateful to Amanda Tapping that he hung around until she honoured him with a menial job of serving her. She reminded me of a more PR friendly version of Renfro, but same basic blueprint.
Gee, thanks. I just couldn't get past the first episode.
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