But those eyes! and then he died! What’s not to like?
Roddy
Mohinder, Parkman, Maya(aaaa!), Niki and her various incarnations, West (ugh) from Heroes.
Dare I say it - Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons is an insufferable holier-than-thou know it all.
I get pretty bored everytime Sideshow Bob shows up on The Simpsons.
Yep, I agree with this. I enjoyed his character, and I think they did pretty well with him, but there wasn’t much need for a backstory or that much involvement. (Plus, I think the visit to his homeworld marred an otherwise excellent second season.)
Fred’s character never did much for me, either, until she turned all painted goddess on us. That’s when she became interesting.
Buffy in seasons 4, 6 and 7 was way too whiny and uninteresting; she kept having the same emotional breakdowns, and it just became a tired act.
Spike… well, they ruined Spike. He was great as an occasional guest, but once they neutered him and gave him a soul without giving him a soul, he became trite and spread too thin. Still had some of the best lines, but his puppy love was both unbelievable and annoying.
Still, none of the above holds a candle in the Whedonverse to Kennedy.
I never got the impression that Lorne was neutral. He initially was just “the host” who had his karaoke bar and occasionally helped out Angel & Co., but never seemed to be in cahoots with Wolfram & Hart.
However, on the same show, I’ll have to say that Gunn was the weakest character on the show. He was too one-dimensional and his character didn’t work too well throughout the show, especially during the Fred drama (including his brief stint with hot electric girl) and his lawyering* days.
- Can I use that as a verb?
Peggy is annoying as hell but the writers have created a character that is doing her job, her role. I wouldn’t call Peggy a weakly-written character, rather she’s a hated character. Maybe we should start a most-hated character thread.
Here’s we I have to disagree, and it’s why I’m ambivalent. I found the Pylea arc entertaining, but it was just too much detail about a character whom it was best not to understand entirely. It basically established that Lorne wasn’t a demon qua demon; his people were humans with somewhat different physiologies. (At least there were consistent about it, though, in that Lorne was as vulnerable to Jasmine’s blandishments as anybody else).
Also, I loved Fred and hated Illyria. Fred was interesting as a high-functioning nutcase; I don’t think we were meant to believe that she ever got completely over her Pylea Tramautic Stress Disorder, and she was always just erratic enough to be fun to watch. And, of course, she was quite a cutie.
Buffy in seasons 4, 6 and 7 was way too whiny and uninteresting.
As for Kennedy: How I hate her. It was as if Willow decided the best way to honor Tara’s memory was to be with a woman not one-billionth as interesting.
Yes, but you didn’t use it as a verb in that sentence; you used it as an adjective. Unless you want to get all structural grammar. I can do that, but you’d hate me.
Cordelia in the Princess outfit.
“Numfar, dance the Dance of Shame!”
Robin on How I Met Your Mother.
Both those justify many sins. Particularly the first.
YES! I thought I was the only one.
In Dexter, Deb bugs the crap out of me.
Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me. I realize he’s the main character, but the whole “I see dead people” bit irritates the hell out of me and the supporting characters are hysterical.
Oh, Thank you Lord! Someone else hates this character. I would mute the sound whenever she talks if it wouldn’t risk missing a plot piece.
I was hoping that the Ice Truck Killer would off her last season.
She’s supposed to be like that, though. I mean, I know tons of people that self-centered.
He was weak, but I feel like he was supposed to be annoying, angsty, good for nothing.
On Sopranos, I felt like the whole Vito is gay subplot was subpar. Usually they do great things with character arcs. I loved what they did with Christopher, Adriana, Paulie, Pussy…I just didn’t really feel anything for Vito at all. He never really took anything away in his scenes before they fleshed him out. He was just sort of, eh. Whatever. But when they gave him the little plot of his own he started bugging me.
I also agree on Diane from “Cheers.” Really hated her. Re: Phoebe on “Friends,” it did feel like sometimes all she did was throw out little random comments that were vaguely funny. But really she was no better or worse than any other character…
Andy on WKRP. I suppose he was supposed to be the normal guy, or the hot guy, or whatever, but everyone else fared so much better in the show. I cannot off the top of my head recall an episode that featured him, other than the pilot. I’m sure he was there, but…
Klinger in MASH*. Guy in dress. Then guy who used to wear dress. Couldn’t find an actual character for him, but he was always around.
I’ve been catching the occasional rerun of that show, and man, it did not age well.
Her appearance makes up for it a lot more than it does for most actresses, IMO.
-Joe
I think the character is fine, it’s the actress. She reminds me of Laura Prepon. Fantastically attractive, but a woman who isn’t a very good actress. Her lines are just never delivered quite right.
-Joe