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So I occasionally watch The Time Tunnel on Hulu (usually if someone's guesting whom I love or if the episode sounds particularly intriguing). This past week I got a Time Tunnel disc out from Netflix to share the Chrissy episode and screencap it (301 pics, squeeee), as well as to do the same with the Wesley episode on the other side of the disc. Mom decided she liked the show and we watched the other episodes too.
Seriously, Tony kind of irritated me in both of the other two. First he gets amnesia and ends up causing a lot of grief for Doug. And the thing is "resolved" with probably the lamest thing ever, as Tony suddenly recovers during a fight with Doug (probably just because he hit his head or something) and doesn't seem to remember anything about having amnesia. Naturally Doug wouldn't want to tell him, probably feeling it better than he forgot. But still, dang, I wanted him to remember and feel bad for what he put Doug through. It's so lame to just have him forget everything. A lot of times the show could expand on intriguing angles, but they don't because each episode is self-contained.
Of course, since Tony doesn't remember in most of that episode, it can't be held against him for the way he treated Doug. Mostly what exasperates me is the way the writers chose to end the matter.
And then the very next episode has them having another rift, this time because Tony falls in love with Kubla Khan's daughter in 1287 A.D. Doug knows it just won't work, especially since they're from other time periods, but Tony just gets mad when Doug tries, calmly and rationally, to talk to him about it. They repeatedly have trouble over it.
I do love that eventually Tony comes around and acts mature about the whole thing. I have to give him credit for that. But honestly, I get so tired of the rifts a girl can create in friendships (even when she's not trying to). Just once I would really like to see a friendship where the person falling in love thinks about his friend as well as the girl. That aggravation is why I have Lou say in some of my fics that he won't marry someone unless she and Ginger can get along and she can accept that Ginger will be around.
One of my least favorite Monkees episodes is The Monkees Get Out More Dirt, since they're all behaving their worst and betraying each other at every turn to get the girl. I like it better in its uncut form, but I don't think it will ever be a favorite (even though the opening laundromat scene will forever be classic).
Admittedly, I'm a little curious to write a fic where a woman starts to strain Lou and Ginger's bond, but I'd want it shown that she wouldn't get far at all and they would realize what was happening. If they argued at all, it would probably just be once and never get that heated. I've written some heated arguments between them before, but those were never over a girl and I don't really want to see that happen.
And back to Doug and Tony, so far it seems like Doug is usually the better friend. I'm hoping there's at least one episode where Doug is in trouble and Tony really shows that he can be a good friend, too. I'm thinking of trying the episode Invasion, where Doug is brainwashed to kill Tony. Yikes. That could either be very promising and intense and have friendship squee, or it could fall flat.
Seriously, Tony kind of irritated me in both of the other two. First he gets amnesia and ends up causing a lot of grief for Doug. And the thing is "resolved" with probably the lamest thing ever, as Tony suddenly recovers during a fight with Doug (probably just because he hit his head or something) and doesn't seem to remember anything about having amnesia. Naturally Doug wouldn't want to tell him, probably feeling it better than he forgot. But still, dang, I wanted him to remember and feel bad for what he put Doug through. It's so lame to just have him forget everything. A lot of times the show could expand on intriguing angles, but they don't because each episode is self-contained.
Of course, since Tony doesn't remember in most of that episode, it can't be held against him for the way he treated Doug. Mostly what exasperates me is the way the writers chose to end the matter.
And then the very next episode has them having another rift, this time because Tony falls in love with Kubla Khan's daughter in 1287 A.D. Doug knows it just won't work, especially since they're from other time periods, but Tony just gets mad when Doug tries, calmly and rationally, to talk to him about it. They repeatedly have trouble over it.
I do love that eventually Tony comes around and acts mature about the whole thing. I have to give him credit for that. But honestly, I get so tired of the rifts a girl can create in friendships (even when she's not trying to). Just once I would really like to see a friendship where the person falling in love thinks about his friend as well as the girl. That aggravation is why I have Lou say in some of my fics that he won't marry someone unless she and Ginger can get along and she can accept that Ginger will be around.
One of my least favorite Monkees episodes is The Monkees Get Out More Dirt, since they're all behaving their worst and betraying each other at every turn to get the girl. I like it better in its uncut form, but I don't think it will ever be a favorite (even though the opening laundromat scene will forever be classic).
Admittedly, I'm a little curious to write a fic where a woman starts to strain Lou and Ginger's bond, but I'd want it shown that she wouldn't get far at all and they would realize what was happening. If they argued at all, it would probably just be once and never get that heated. I've written some heated arguments between them before, but those were never over a girl and I don't really want to see that happen.
And back to Doug and Tony, so far it seems like Doug is usually the better friend. I'm hoping there's at least one episode where Doug is in trouble and Tony really shows that he can be a good friend, too. I'm thinking of trying the episode Invasion, where Doug is brainwashed to kill Tony. Yikes. That could either be very promising and intense and have friendship squee, or it could fall flat.
