Re: Sofia Curtis
You know, it's nice to be around Sofia fans. She rocks and can totally hold her own amongst Sara and Cath.
Plus, that hair. Jealousy is me. :lol:
Maybe it's because I'm older and have seen so many shows since the 70's that make women always lesser than a man, that to finally see a show portray a female on pair with a man is exciting. I don’t need to see another drama-queen or girl motivated by puppy-love, seen it thousand times before and it always perpetuates the stereotype of women are too emotional and manipulative.
I couldn't agree more! Jealousy is me... :lol: Right there, with ya. I'd give a thousand bucks for Sofia or Cath's hair!
And Tazzer, you are soooooo right. Finally, CSI got it "right" 100%, with a female character. Although I still adore Cath even with her power trip in S5, and Sara, well, power trip or whatever since S1, don't have too much adoration for her character, but that's for a whole 'nuther thread. Point is, the CSI writers simply don't write women very well, IMO. Do women always
have to have a angsty, overbearing, catty bully side, to be realistic? Personally, I know many more women in the real world who are more like Sofia - even tempered, well adjusted, team players, funny, smart, independent, and not making fools of themselves over a man for prolonged periods. Maybe I've just been lucky to meet those sort of women through my life and have been honored to call many of them friends, so I see the Cath/Sara characters as more unrealistic, sometimes. And despite what her critics call "boring/useless", I see Sofia as the more realistic female character. Looking forward to seeing more of her in S6. Like it or not, Sofia-Bashers, I suspect she's not going anywhere very soon (*crosses fingers in case she jinxes it by saying that!*) And, as I posted today in the Spoilers thread, I truly don't see her stealing screen time from the regulars. Our tried & true faves might not be prominent in every single episode, but they will still get screen time throughout the season, and there will be some eps where a more minor character like Vartann/Sofia/Archie etc. won't appear in at all, and other times where they will be, because the script calls for it. And there are probably things behind the scenes that we don't know about, i.e. an actor having another project going on and they request less screen time, etc. I truly feel bad for Louise Lombard, having some people bashing her to the point of wishing her ill in real life, over her minor role in a TV show. I don't care for Sara the character, but I have tons of admiration, affection and respect for Jorja Fox, the person. She seems like a wonderful person in real life - I simply don't care for the character she plays on CSI. In another show, I might love her. And I certainly wouldn't call for the death of her character on CSI, despite me wishing she had considerably less screen time. For me, wishing the death of a fictional character is perilously close to wishing harm on the actual person. It's slightly creepy. Much as I despised what Ecklie did in Mea Culpa, the most I truly wished on his character was a good swift kick in the arse & some major commupance, but not death. Ick.
(And if I actually did wish bodily harm resulting in death to his character immediately after Mea Culpa when my dislike for him was very fresh, then please forgive me. A thousand lashes.
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Anyhoo, once again, I concur with whomever said "It's good to be amongst Sofia fans." And she does have many, many fans - you just have to be at the right place (msg board/thread) to see them. We might not be as vocal as fans of other specific characters, but we're still fans, and we're just as "important", and so are our opinions.
There, rant over! :lol: