Joan of Arcadia 1x01-1x02
Mon, Sep. 20th, 2004 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterMy first two episodes of Joan of Arcadia...
Well, actually, I watched some random one that Tivo recorded before I left for Italy, on Joan going to some school dance with this scary guy or something, which made me sniffle. These two made me sniffle as well. And they made me laugh out loud multiple times, so the outlook is currently good on what may be my new show.
I really like Joan and just how teenagery and snarky she is. She reminds me a little of Buffy actually, minus the kick-ass Slayer powers. I like her whole family actually, and Grace and especially Kevin. I sniffled a lot when Joan asked God why he couldn't just make Kevin walk again. There's something about the religion in the show that I do like, because Joan asks a lot of the questions that I do about Christianity. I do sort of wonder how long they're going to avoid the question of One True Religion though. But I also enjoy it as a sort of exploration of a faith that I don't have, and how it's about putting faith in something outside of yourself and trusting. I've always thought that that was a really powerful concept.
And I like how everyone in her family talks to each other, because it feels real. And I adore Joan in all her eye-rolling and her "whatever"'s and her hair-flippiness.
I'm a little baffled by the percentage of her dad that's in the show -- I sort of had the impression from LJ that it was mostly about Joan. It's very strange seeing all this police procedure stuff in the midst of Joan's adolescent angst, and I can't quite connect it with the Joan-God conversations that really seem to be the heart of the show.
But looking forward to more episodes ^_^.
Well, actually, I watched some random one that Tivo recorded before I left for Italy, on Joan going to some school dance with this scary guy or something, which made me sniffle. These two made me sniffle as well. And they made me laugh out loud multiple times, so the outlook is currently good on what may be my new show.
I really like Joan and just how teenagery and snarky she is. She reminds me a little of Buffy actually, minus the kick-ass Slayer powers. I like her whole family actually, and Grace and especially Kevin. I sniffled a lot when Joan asked God why he couldn't just make Kevin walk again. There's something about the religion in the show that I do like, because Joan asks a lot of the questions that I do about Christianity. I do sort of wonder how long they're going to avoid the question of One True Religion though. But I also enjoy it as a sort of exploration of a faith that I don't have, and how it's about putting faith in something outside of yourself and trusting. I've always thought that that was a really powerful concept.
And I like how everyone in her family talks to each other, because it feels real. And I adore Joan in all her eye-rolling and her "whatever"'s and her hair-flippiness.
I'm a little baffled by the percentage of her dad that's in the show -- I sort of had the impression from LJ that it was mostly about Joan. It's very strange seeing all this police procedure stuff in the midst of Joan's adolescent angst, and I can't quite connect it with the Joan-God conversations that really seem to be the heart of the show.
But looking forward to more episodes ^_^.
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