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norwich36 ([personal profile] norwich36) wrote2009-09-09 05:24 pm
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Smallville

So, season 9. I have to confess, I'm not entirely sure I'm going to be watching. This is not precisely due to the perceived direction of the season (I've read a few spoilers, though not that many); I think it's more a combination of (a) the show moving to Friday nights and (b) my sense of disconnection from the fandom.

Probably the Friday night factor is definitive. What little social life I have takes place on Friday nights, and I know from past experience I'm really *bad* about keeping up with shows I have to tape. (I'm about 4 episodes behind on Merlin, and 3 on Leverage, for example--and at a certain point I don't have a lot of motive to keep up, because the fannish conversation has moved on).

And it was the fannish conversation that kept me in SV long after the first great out-migration, and even after the second. Hell, I *became* active when everyone was leaving, back in season 4, and I have reviewed every single episode since season 5 on. But last year I noticed I was really out of step with a lot of my former SV conversation partners, and I was avoiding their reviews to stop myself from getting into stupid character wars or taking character criticisms personally (and I assume the reverse was also happening, since the comments on my own reviews went way down). So I just don't know what's going to happen this season. I'm not going to say I'm going to stop reviewing altogether. I know better to make that sort of grand pronouncement; it basically ensures I would renege on it a week later. But I know myself, and if I am avoiding people's reviews to avoid conflict, I'm not going to have an incentive to keep up with the show when I'm not watching it live, so I'm expecting a slow fade as the season progresses. Just FYI.

[identity profile] goodvibe.livejournal.com 2009-09-10 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
I only got into lj SV S7, but I've always enjoyed reading your ep reviews since, even if our views weren't necessarily always similar.

If the season does surprise you pleasantly though - I look forward to you sharing your thoughts on the show again. As you said, it could happen - after all, SV is rather unpredictable in this sense, heh.

[identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com 2009-09-10 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. And you're right--many seasons I thought would completely suck turned out to be fabulous, so I probably shouldn't make predictions before the season starts.