Bones

Though I have far better things to post about (and to do, considering the mountains of work on my desk after my vacation), I just need to post again about Bones. Specifically—I have never seen a big budget prime time drama have as many continuity errors as this show. They're glaring. People's hair, hands and props moving, props changing color between shots. But this is my favorite:

In "The Skull in the Desert," Booth and Brennan are driving along, desert scenery whipping past them. In one shot of Booth, the scenery behind him cuts from scrub brush to a mesa. Let me repeat that: there's a hugely noticeable cut in the background scenery. Now, either their car is equipped with a teleport, or they are sitting on a set with a projector screen behind them. It is ri-di-cu-lous that nobody caught that before they aired it.

I don't pay a whole lot of attention to this stuff—I don't look for continuity errors. In this show, they are so blatant you can't help noticing them. Not to mention the plot holes and logical inconsinstencies. Why do I still watch you ask? Because the cast is darn entertaining.

One more note: they've done a couple episodes now where Brennan goes on a TV show to publicize her book and bombs. We do not do that to our authors. That's why we have publicists. If an author was as socially awkward as Brennan, no way would we book her on a TV show. If we felt it necessary, we'd give her media training, and the publicist would be on set with them. We don't just throw authors out there and watch them crash and burn. Yet another thing in the long list of egregious misconceptions about publising in this show...

More on Twilight

( Ranty mcRant on Twilight and the lack of perspective of teenagers )

This book is chock full of the peculiar myopia of teenagers—the one that leads to angsty poetry. Bella repeatedly chooses to isolate herself in the belief that someone should swoop in and offer her something better (which is exactly what happens). Eventually most teens gain enough perspective to realize that if they weren't so insistent that they deserve a better life they just might find the life they've got isn't so bad. That perspective is nowhere in these 500 pages.

That this book is so immersed in this immature teen fantasy is undoubtedly why it sells so well. That is also why it's utter crap.

Yes, more on Twilight

I've been seeing lots of commentary on Breaking Dawn, particularly how poor a role model Bella is. Without being spoilery, there are some specific plot points of that book that are obviously the source of the objection.

( But that gave me another thought about Twilight… )

ETA: P.S. I am totally overwhelmed with a number of things right now and so am, of course, using my precious, precious time to obsess over this book that I hated. Go time management skills!