![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Apr. 10th, 2007 11:29 pmAs a show, the Unit has always been slightly strange to me, but I guess its because of splitting the plot points between the bad ass spec-ops guys and their wives. Take tonight, for example. ( spoilers within )
So, I'm watching Before Sunset for like the jillionth time, just because it happens to be on HBO, and the movie always spurs questions within me. Like if someone I knew wrote a book, and included a character based on me, what would he be like? I remember in high school, one of my acquaintances was working on a story, and his version of me was this sidekick type with an encyclopedia-like knowledge of things. So whenever the protagonist would need help about some subject, this fictional version of me would chime in with some useful clue. Its like is that how he saw me, as some sort of egghead who knows something about everything? Well, I guess that's not too bad, but its not like I know a lot about stuff, I think my head is filled with more useless knowledge than anything else. In any case though, if I were to be a fictional character, I'd like something more juicy and substantive than a plot element to further the story with some useful piece of knowledge. But I guess I'm just not that interesting to be anything more than that or the pervy goofball comic relief. Alas, I'm definietly not a bad boy, but at the same time I don't think I have the conviction to be the white knight/boy scout hero.
But getting back to the movie, as I've said before, I think this movie's question is a little more complex than the first one's. What questions? ( cut for spoilers )
So, I'm watching Before Sunset for like the jillionth time, just because it happens to be on HBO, and the movie always spurs questions within me. Like if someone I knew wrote a book, and included a character based on me, what would he be like? I remember in high school, one of my acquaintances was working on a story, and his version of me was this sidekick type with an encyclopedia-like knowledge of things. So whenever the protagonist would need help about some subject, this fictional version of me would chime in with some useful clue. Its like is that how he saw me, as some sort of egghead who knows something about everything? Well, I guess that's not too bad, but its not like I know a lot about stuff, I think my head is filled with more useless knowledge than anything else. In any case though, if I were to be a fictional character, I'd like something more juicy and substantive than a plot element to further the story with some useful piece of knowledge. But I guess I'm just not that interesting to be anything more than that or the pervy goofball comic relief. Alas, I'm definietly not a bad boy, but at the same time I don't think I have the conviction to be the white knight/boy scout hero.
But getting back to the movie, as I've said before, I think this movie's question is a little more complex than the first one's. What questions? ( cut for spoilers )
