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[brokenrecord]

Ok, so this is going to be an entirely unpopular opinion, but here I go anyways: I'm not that upset that Lamb was killed off. I just... I never got the Lamb love. I love Michael Muhney, I think he's totally great and he's so good to the fans, but... it just seems like to me a lot people transfer their love for the actor onto the character. And if you really, truly love the character, then fine, I mean, that's your opinion. But I think Lamb's an asshole, I mean, he's always been an asshole. Everytime I see someone say "OMG I LOVE LAMB" I can't help but remember the pilot, and how he acted when Veronica came in to report her rape. And I just don't understand how some people are now going "OMG VM is now dead to me, I'm no longer going to watch the show!" or "Lamb was the only good thing left about the show!" Because, really? He's not on the show that much as it is, and whenever he's on it's only for someone to make a Lamb-is-stupid joke, or to contrast how inept he is with how awesome Veronica and Keith are at solving mysteries.

I don't know, he's kind of like Dick to me. A lot of people love Dick, and I think the actor is great, and sure, Dick can be interesting, but if he was written off the show, it would make no difference to me. He's still the guy that encouraged his little brother to rape Veronica. And, you know, he's a complete dick.

I don't know, I think I need to just stay away from VM fandom, because I rarely ever agree with anything anyone else thinks.

Time for another opinion that's probably going to be very unpopular: I watched the end of the pilot of The Black Donnellys that's up at yahoo and I don't hate the new song. I mean, of course The Arcade Fire song works better and I'd much rather have that song, but... it's just not an option, and I don't mind the new song. The climax of the song matches up well with the action on screen, in my opinion. I think a lot of people don't like it because Snow Patrol is overused (and I think maybe I heard even this exact song was on Grey's Anatomy? But I could be wrong because I don't watch that show) but none of the shows I watch have been using Snow Patrol, so... that doesn't bother me either. I don't know. I'm not about to download the song and listen to it 50 times a day like with The Arcade Fire song, but I don't think the song is going to ruin the end for me either. What's going on is powerful enough that it doesn't need a song to make it awesome; it already is.

So, there you go. Two probably incredibly unpopular opinions. Feel free to hate me forever and yell at me and such now.

(I think I'm in a bitchy mood tonight. It's been a long day.)

Comments

[bravelove.livejournal.com]

re: vm... OMG thank you thank you thank you. You took the words right out of my mouth, seriously. You're not alone! ;)

Everyone's been raving about The Black Donnellys. I should really check it out.

Right there with you on the bitchy-ness tonight. I think it's something in the air.

[anna-bo-banna.livejournal.com]

"open your eyes" is fine in that scene; it does crescendo nicely with the action. but my problem is it's too triumphant, not dark enough.

i'll miss lamb, but i'm not freaking out about it.

[livewithfreedom.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you. I never understood why everyone loved Lamb so much. I forgot he even existed half the time. :$ I did like some of the scenes between him and Veronica at times and it's sad that he died, but his death really has little effect on the show for me. I still love it just the same. I don't know anything about Michael Muhney, though. Not sure if that makes any difference.

About Dick...I really don't like the guy at all. :-p
I always seem to disagree with the rest of the VM fandom. Like when everyone was in love with Beaver during the second season. I didn't really have an opinion on him either way. :-/

[leucocrystal]

As for the thing with Lamb, I agree -- I'm in the camp that loved Muhney but pretty much hated the character.  However, it's more what he represented in terms of the show, the world they created, and the writing in general that upset me so much with his being killed off.  I posted in more detail about that and tried to explain it as best I could, but I would completely understand if you're staying away from fandom right now, lol.  After 6pm today, my flist kind of... imploded.

[colorito.livejournal.com]

Oh I agree with you about the Black Donnellys. I didn't even noticed the difference until I started reading some comments about the different songs. Then I downloaded Arcade Fire, and even though it really fits better, SP is still a good choice. Both gave me chills so... :)

[singingrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Lamb was such a one-note character most of the time and I actually found his death kind of unsurprising. I don't get all of these negative reactions, the episode itself was pretty good...and there was really nowhere left for Lamb to go as a character. I'm not saying good riddance, but I'm glad that Keith is going to be Sheriff again, it's sort of like Neptune's reign of incompetence is finally coming to an end.

[waterlanding.livejournal.com]

ITA with your VMars thoughts. I HATE Lamb (and, uh, I kind of think MM is really creepy, but that's beside the point). The only regret I have about Lamb's death is that back in Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner, we got interesting Lamb!backstory. If we'd gotten more of that to make him a sympathetic character, then maybe I would've liked him more.

Regardles, I'm sososo glad he's gone and that now we finally get a chance to see Keith as Sheriff.

[campmotha.livejournal.com]

Have to say couldnt care less about lamb, he was nasty, rude and OMG Gahhh. I have been waiting for them to do this and i was so releived when it happened