Irritating individuals
Apr. 14th, 2004 11:09 amWhat is it with some fans? Why can't they just shut up and watch their TV shows without critiquing every part of it?
The Significant Other (who is an SF fan of long standing) came home from a reading last night wet, tired, and a bit combative. So we sit down (at midnight, which is already past my bedtime) to decompress with a tape of today's episode of DS9, which happens to be the second half of the series premiere. This is supposed to be relaxing, right? Yeah, sure.
Now, we've both seen this episode at least twice (admittedly, several years ago), we know how scientifically accurate most Star Trek plotlines are, we know that there are problems with how the series handles an alien race which presumably has no concept of linear time, and yet the S.O. has to sit and bitch about all of these -- and wait, there's more! -- throughout the entire thing.
By 12:30 a.m., I'm ready to strangle him, but because all that would do would be to create problems with the local cops, I just do my "uh-huh" number, sip my tea, and think of the next chapter of the Patrick O'Brian novel that I'm going to read once I get to bed...
The Significant Other (who is an SF fan of long standing) came home from a reading last night wet, tired, and a bit combative. So we sit down (at midnight, which is already past my bedtime) to decompress with a tape of today's episode of DS9, which happens to be the second half of the series premiere. This is supposed to be relaxing, right? Yeah, sure.
Now, we've both seen this episode at least twice (admittedly, several years ago), we know how scientifically accurate most Star Trek plotlines are, we know that there are problems with how the series handles an alien race which presumably has no concept of linear time, and yet the S.O. has to sit and bitch about all of these -- and wait, there's more! -- throughout the entire thing.
By 12:30 a.m., I'm ready to strangle him, but because all that would do would be to create problems with the local cops, I just do my "uh-huh" number, sip my tea, and think of the next chapter of the Patrick O'Brian novel that I'm going to read once I get to bed...