proves only that a man like him probably can't survive in Deadwood
Yes. Chalk one up for well-rounded characters and undermining stereotypes. No, wait ...
Presumably, by your logic, this means that Deadwood in 1876 was actually a terribly cosy place to live.
No, it means the show fails to get me to suspend my disbelief. To answer your question from the other subthread about artificiality, and to annoy you by using an sfnal term at the same time, it feels like a failure of worldbuilding. The characters, the stories, and the presentation of those characters and stories don't match up. It's as though Neal Stephenson had written the Baroque Cycle with anachronistic dialogue but everything else done with a straight face.
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Date: 2006-06-08 01:25 pm (UTC)Yes. Chalk one up for well-rounded characters and undermining stereotypes. No, wait ...
Presumably, by your logic, this means that Deadwood in 1876 was actually a terribly cosy place to live.
No, it means the show fails to get me to suspend my disbelief. To answer your question from the other subthread about artificiality, and to annoy you by using an sfnal term at the same time, it feels like a failure of worldbuilding. The characters, the stories, and the presentation of those characters and stories don't match up. It's as though Neal Stephenson had written the Baroque Cycle with anachronistic dialogue but everything else done with a straight face.