21 Apr 2014 04:47 pm
Tatiana Maslany pwns
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frayadjacentThis interview with Graeme Manson (Orphan Black showrunner)* made me realize something.
It's been obvious to me that Tatiana Maslany has incredible range as an actor. And, through reading a bit about the way the show is made, I've come to realize how technically skilled she is as well, to be able to pour a glass of wine for herself and whatnot make the movement look natural. But I never really thought about what different skill sets those two things are, and now I'm just even more amazed than I was before.
I started the S2 premiere and realized halfway through the "previously on" that I really needed to watch the last few episodes of S1, which Mr. Adjacent and I never got to in our rewatch a few months ago. So watching one episode turned into a four episode marathon, which I actually haven't done since the throes of my Breaking Bad obsession eight or nine months ago.
The episode was pretty good, I thought. I was really glad that Kira and Mrs S weren't with the ProClone, but that last scene with Kira was pretty upsetting. (Which, huh, I just realized, did they film all the Kira scenes last year? She didn't look noticeably older, though I wasn't thinking about it.)
I was actually kind of annoyed that Felix was high. I felt like the show just needed to tell/remind the viewers the basics of his character and used the bar scene to do that. I mean, it was supposed to be that same night, right, and they'd just been talking about running away with Kira. It seems pretty irresponsible for him to just go get high in those circumstances. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see Felix a) have more sex, and b) have more of a life that's independent of Sarah and Alison, but maybe not at such a completely bad time as that?
I was pleasantly surprised that Alison continued contact with her "sisters", since I'd thought from the finale that she was going to cut them off completely.
Paul no longer comes off like a creepdog to me. I was only slightly surprised that Helena was still alive. Superhealing and all that.
I realized I've become very attached to a few bits of headcanon, and I should probably work on letting go of them in case they don't hold up this season.
*Has no spoilers for S2, including the premiere, but it does have a few vague hints at future developments that some might not want to see.
It's been obvious to me that Tatiana Maslany has incredible range as an actor. And, through reading a bit about the way the show is made, I've come to realize how technically skilled she is as well, to be able to pour a glass of wine for herself and whatnot make the movement look natural. But I never really thought about what different skill sets those two things are, and now I'm just even more amazed than I was before.
I started the S2 premiere and realized halfway through the "previously on" that I really needed to watch the last few episodes of S1, which Mr. Adjacent and I never got to in our rewatch a few months ago. So watching one episode turned into a four episode marathon, which I actually haven't done since the throes of my Breaking Bad obsession eight or nine months ago.
The episode was pretty good, I thought. I was really glad that Kira and Mrs S weren't with the ProClone, but that last scene with Kira was pretty upsetting. (Which, huh, I just realized, did they film all the Kira scenes last year? She didn't look noticeably older, though I wasn't thinking about it.)
I was actually kind of annoyed that Felix was high. I felt like the show just needed to tell/remind the viewers the basics of his character and used the bar scene to do that. I mean, it was supposed to be that same night, right, and they'd just been talking about running away with Kira. It seems pretty irresponsible for him to just go get high in those circumstances. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see Felix a) have more sex, and b) have more of a life that's independent of Sarah and Alison, but maybe not at such a completely bad time as that?
I was pleasantly surprised that Alison continued contact with her "sisters", since I'd thought from the finale that she was going to cut them off completely.
Paul no longer comes off like a creepdog to me. I was only slightly surprised that Helena was still alive. Superhealing and all that.
I realized I've become very attached to a few bits of headcanon, and I should probably work on letting go of them in case they don't hold up this season.
*Has no spoilers for S2, including the premiere, but it does have a few vague hints at future developments that some might not want to see.
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