In article <vqna14d0cuil0flnsv3p0t6j78998fk4o3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Rob Jensen
<ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:35:08 -0400, Audie Murphy's Ghost
> <takebackamerica@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >> As it stands, Beth and Mick will never consummate their relationship.
> >
> >You're probably right about that. and I hope you are. Moonlight should
> >not become Moonlighting.
>
> I think that JWH is wrong and Beth and Mick *will* consummate their
> relationship -- and sooner rather than later. The show already
> skipped the obvious "when will Lois find out that Clark is really
> Supervampire" trope entirely by the third episode.
>
> Similarly, the will theywon't they thing is entirely played out. We
> know they will, they know they will. So with that issue *and* the
> fate of the show being on the bubble, I'm kinda expecting them to pull
> the trigger on Mick and Beth sleeping together *and* Mick turning
> Beth. If they do, then I figure that they might otherwise have held
> off until the end of the second season, but I think that they really
> are headed toward skipping ahead to the post-coital/post-honeymoon
> issues, conflicts and metaphors, which would really take it into very
> different territory than most, if not all, other vampire series have
> gone.
This all makes a lot of sense to me. They may let Mick and Beth sleep
together before much longer, but I don't know if they'll have Mick (or
somebody else) turn Beth. That might be even worse than letting the
two of them go at it.
> OTOH, I don't expect the show to go totally post-modern, either. No
> Moonlight(ing) for this show. Other than perhaps the occasional
> comedic episode done to break up the pacing, and even then, the fourth
> wall would likely be Beth's cameraman at Buzzwire. (Jeez, I wish
> they'd make Kevin Weisman a regular!)
I've wound up liking this show a lot more than I thought I might when I
first heard about it. The actors have brought it off, there's the
romance stuff and the super-powers stuff, and (most important) they've
avoided drawing out the more obvious payoffs. That part is why I think
you might be right about Mick and Beth becoming a couple. It's not the
obvious thing for the show to do, so early on.
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