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Jul. 20th, 2013 10:12 amOkay guys, I finished the thing. Talk to me about Orphan Black.
. . . maybe I should first talk to you guys about Orphan Black? Okay, for those unfamiliar, Orphan Black is a recent sci-fi show starring Tatiana Maslany as approximately ten characters, plus some other people. The show starts when Sarah Manning, petty criminal, sees a woman who looks identical to her jump in front of a train.
Sarah thinks: okay, creepy, but also, AWESOME, and promptly decides to impersonate the jumper long enough to fake her own (Sarah's) death, ditch her abusive boyfriend, clean out the jumper's bank accounts, and start a ~new life~ with her foster brother and her seven-year-old daughter.
Then it turns out that there are a whole bunch more identical-to-Sarah people running around and Sarah has accidentally wandered into a SCI-FI CONSPIRACY.
High points of the show: some really awesome physical acting from Tatiana Maslany playing approximately ten different characters; a focus on found and biological family, in all its complexity; the fact that 4/5 of the important relationships and interactions on the show are between varied and interesting women (mostly Tatiana Maslany); also several varied and interesting LGBQ characters (no T as of yet); some of the backstory involves an UNDERGROUND NETWORK of REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL WORKERS; WACKY HIJINKS.
Less high points of the show: most characters are white (being mostly Tatiana Maslany); there is an unexpected amount of gore (I guess this could be a high point depending on who you are); many of the plot points are VERY SILLY. (This is not necessarily an actual a low point for me.)
( Okay, for those who have seen the show, NOW come talk to me about the spoilery stuff under the cut! )
. . . maybe I should first talk to you guys about Orphan Black? Okay, for those unfamiliar, Orphan Black is a recent sci-fi show starring Tatiana Maslany as approximately ten characters, plus some other people. The show starts when Sarah Manning, petty criminal, sees a woman who looks identical to her jump in front of a train.
Sarah thinks: okay, creepy, but also, AWESOME, and promptly decides to impersonate the jumper long enough to fake her own (Sarah's) death, ditch her abusive boyfriend, clean out the jumper's bank accounts, and start a ~new life~ with her foster brother and her seven-year-old daughter.
Then it turns out that there are a whole bunch more identical-to-Sarah people running around and Sarah has accidentally wandered into a SCI-FI CONSPIRACY.
High points of the show: some really awesome physical acting from Tatiana Maslany playing approximately ten different characters; a focus on found and biological family, in all its complexity; the fact that 4/5 of the important relationships and interactions on the show are between varied and interesting women (mostly Tatiana Maslany); also several varied and interesting LGBQ characters (no T as of yet); some of the backstory involves an UNDERGROUND NETWORK of REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL WORKERS; WACKY HIJINKS.
Less high points of the show: most characters are white (being mostly Tatiana Maslany); there is an unexpected amount of gore (I guess this could be a high point depending on who you are); many of the plot points are VERY SILLY. (This is not necessarily an actual a low point for me.)
( Okay, for those who have seen the show, NOW come talk to me about the spoilery stuff under the cut! )
