|
|
Post by wisters on Aug 16, 2014 21:58:22 GMT
Hi, I have recently discovered this show while visiting a friend in Whitby Ontario and since returning home have watched almost all seven seasons. Should be caught up by tomorrow! That will be 7 seasons in 14 days! I'll be back in Toronto for the Fan Expo and I can't wait. I am seriously in love with this show! That hasn't happened to me in a very very long time, and only twice before have I become completely hooked on a television show. Those being the short lived Roswell and prior to that Quantum Leap. Another passion I have is anything Pride and Prejudice related. I am looking forward to exploring this board and learning more about the show and cast while chatting with people who also love the show  Wisty |
|
|
|
Post by Fallenbelle on Aug 17, 2014 0:29:35 GMT
Welcome fellow American! Seven seasons in 14 days-that's impressive!
|
|
|
|
Post by snacky on Aug 17, 2014 0:55:57 GMT
Hi, I have recently discovered this show while visiting a friend in Whitby Ontario and since returning home have watched almost all seven seasons. Should be caught up by tomorrow! That will be 7 seasons in 14 days! I'll be back in Toronto for the Fan Expo and I can't wait. I am seriously in love with this show! That hasn't happened to me in a very very long time, and only twice before have I become completely hooked on a television show. Those being the short lived Roswell and prior to that Quantum Leap. Another passion I have is anything Pride and Prejudice related. I am looking forward to exploring this board and learning more about the show and cast while chatting with people who also love the show Wisty Wow, what a marathon! I've been trying to escort a friend through MM, and we're almost through Season 1...after 3 months.  As an American fan who also very rarely gets addicted to shows, it fascinates me to no end what the "secret sauce" is! Do share if you figure out what it is for you! I'm still trying to figure out precisely how many episodes it took for addiction to occur, too. I started watching on Ovation while house-sitting at someone else's house: so there was an erratic period of catching the show, and then choosing to be at the house when MM was on. And then there was the addiction point where I had to binge watch ALL the episodes. You're lucky to be in Toronto to actually be a "live action" fan! The closest I've come is trying to design my own t-shirt. |
|
|
|
Post by wisters on Aug 17, 2014 14:08:06 GMT
I cannot say when I became addicted to the show, but I have been thinking about it. I do know that I became drawn to the show after a few episodes and it mushroomed from there.
I have been "hooked" (sounds better than addicted) to a few shows and as I think about them I realize that it is the character(s) and their interactions to others that attracts me.
Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap)
Max Evans (Roswell)
Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
and now Murdoch
These characters seem so very different, but the more I think about them, the more similarities I find and I think that is what draws me in. That alone would not be enough, but the dynamic they have with those around them, that clinches it for me.
With MM, it is everything. George and Murdoch mostly.
|
|
|
|
Post by snacky on Aug 17, 2014 16:45:44 GMT
These characters seem so very different, but the more I think about them, the more similarities I find and I think that is what draws me in. That alone would not be enough, but the dynamic they have with those around them, that clinches it for me. I just posted a review someone wrote that claimed that the attractive/feminist part about William's character is he gives other people "space" for their personalities to expand. Reducing that to the symbolic level of gender relations, that character allows for women to have strong personalities while still modeling the desirable traits of (modern) "manhood" himself: reliability/responsibility, integrity, generosity, intelligence, etc. So even though it's a "historical" show, the underlying symbolic effect is still has meaning for modern viewers. I really wish some American "man" magazine like GQ would interview Yannick Bisson and talk about that. (Hopefully YB has thought about it - he seems to be trying to project something like it for his media image). I think American women, especially post-college, would like to see more of this "type", but the media hasn't caught up with (or hasn't decided to care about) their desires yet. I joke around a lot about "where can I get one of those", but I'm not actually looking for a date right now. It's more that I suddenly understand what it is about "one of those" that is so appealing. By framing it as a "space" issue, that review put it in a whole new way, though. That might also be part of the explanation of how characters like this "suck you in". I didn't watch Quanturm Leap, and I don't remember Roswell well enough to make any generalizations here - but were those also fairly quiet characters? Maybe that quiet, which gave you the space to investigate them at your own pace, is what sucks you in. |
|
|
|
Post by plainjane on Aug 19, 2014 18:19:33 GMT
Just wished to say Hello as a new member from the States. I'm totally addicted to MM and have seen every episode from S1 through S7 (thank you Netflix and AcornTV). I can't wait to see S8 and love all the speculation of plots/twists/character development offered by the MM legions of fans. Thanks for making the forum a great place to express our madness for William, Julia and the entire cast and writers. Long live the Toronto Constabulary and its fantastic female medicos!
|
|
|
|
Post by snacky on Aug 19, 2014 19:27:56 GMT
Hi there Jane! Welcome! Happy to see the cult is growing!
|
|
