tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7418570245738328137..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #772: Warriors of Kudlak Part 1Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25592213721930008272014-01-02T15:43:44.188-04:002014-01-02T15:43:44.188-04:00Maybe. Though Vader could theoretically been lying...Maybe. Though Vader could theoretically been lying to screw with Luke's head, and the children who thought he was lying really just not wanting to believe this was true. I saw that film when I was a child, just 9 years old maybe, and I don't remember thinking he was lying.<br /><br />If it bothers me in SJA at all, it's that I'm an adult and writer Gareth Roberts, on the team's behalf, said they were making a program NOT for kids but for everyone. And in many ways, it is, especially later. All ages, but not kids only. When I see acting like that, it's just bad acting of the kind actors seem to think is what's expected of them in kids' shows. It talks down to kids, in my opinion. I mean isn't it clear Grantham is bad because he kidnaps children, tries to shoot Sarah Jane, etc.?<br /><br />Or look at Part 2, where the growling alien is shown not to be evil after all. And yet, still a growling monster. So either there's specific acting you must do to show good/evil, or characters are allowed to surprise you by being one but seeming like the other. But human villains seem to think they have to wear their villainy on their sleeves and overact the part.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56448903541338748212014-01-02T07:56:22.085-04:002014-01-02T07:56:22.085-04:00I remember reading an interview with George Lucus ...I remember reading an interview with George Lucus where he spoke about audience screenings for The Empire Strikes Back. He mentioned that for kids of a certain age, when they go to the "I am your father" line was perfectly understandable, but for children just one or two years younger, they all said "he's lying". They couldn't cope with the idea that this bad guy was the dad of the hero.<br /><br />So it's quite possible that the bad guys are made more bad because at the potential age range they are aiming at, kids DO have more of an issue with shades of grey like that.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.com