Post by lightoracle on Mar 30, 2006 16:21:59 GMT -5
Finally after almost a whole year of looking I've found a Dark Oracle board other than YTV.com!!! (I don't count TV.com.) I'm a big fan of the series, (at least I try to be as YTV keeps changing the time slot,) and have some thoughts on it to share.
I liked how the show went completely away from stereotypes when it comes to the main characters.
For one Lance isn't a total Nazi when it comes to being into RPG's and video games and what not. The usual character like this is always depicted like the geeks in Undergrads so it was nice to see a more complete character who is still into this stuff.
Cally is cute but she is one of the first characters that are the popular kid who isn't like the nasty girls you saw in Popular, OC, or Clueless. In real life the popular kid is such because they are LIKEABLE! "gasp".
Sage is probably the most realistic depiction of a "goth girl" I have ever seen on tv or movies. Almost all goths you see on tv or in movies are like the one in Blair Witch 2. Egotistical, elitest, hurtfull and completely self righteous. (See Ginger in Ginger Snaps for another reference.) In actuallity, most goths I've met are scared, don't interact well with others and very reserved. (And teased a LOT.) The avarage goth kid I've met is the opposite of cool and Sage pulls this off very well. She doesn't try to be cool and maybe that's why so many people think she is. Either way, I like her character a lot for those reasons.
The story is a bit weird and sometimes doesn't go anywhere but I get great enjoyment out of it.
I liked how the show went completely away from stereotypes when it comes to the main characters.
For one Lance isn't a total Nazi when it comes to being into RPG's and video games and what not. The usual character like this is always depicted like the geeks in Undergrads so it was nice to see a more complete character who is still into this stuff.
Cally is cute but she is one of the first characters that are the popular kid who isn't like the nasty girls you saw in Popular, OC, or Clueless. In real life the popular kid is such because they are LIKEABLE! "gasp".
Sage is probably the most realistic depiction of a "goth girl" I have ever seen on tv or movies. Almost all goths you see on tv or in movies are like the one in Blair Witch 2. Egotistical, elitest, hurtfull and completely self righteous. (See Ginger in Ginger Snaps for another reference.) In actuallity, most goths I've met are scared, don't interact well with others and very reserved. (And teased a LOT.) The avarage goth kid I've met is the opposite of cool and Sage pulls this off very well. She doesn't try to be cool and maybe that's why so many people think she is. Either way, I like her character a lot for those reasons.
The story is a bit weird and sometimes doesn't go anywhere but I get great enjoyment out of it.