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• Sunday, July 22, 2007 01:27 PM

  JFC: I just don't care

  I've watched every episode, and I can't really bring myself to care about figuring out all the little complexities. I have loved many shows that have been accused of stringing the viewer along, but I find myself a very patient viewer. I can live with a slow trickle of sometimes maddeningly inconsistent information (like Carnivale, or Lost) because of strong characters, good acting and an interesting subject matter. But JFC has NONE of those things. All it has is psuedo-spiritual wierdness. I can sit down and start to think about what John's monologue means, and you know what? I lose interest? The entire show is one Deus Ex Machina after another, literally! Understanding that John is essentially Jesus or a Jesus like figure doesn't make the show magically good.

  I loved Deadwood but my disliking JFC has nothing to do with that. In fact, I can almost see some of where Deadwood was going in it. As Deadwood went on, we got caught up more and more in seemingly inconsequential sideplots that served as a way to get across big IDEAS (the whole subplot with the actors comes to mind), vs the first season where there was more activity and movement. But the show was so solid and the acting so fantastic that you went with it. But Deadwood had to earn our respect in order to go on those tangents, earn it with characters and situations we actually gave a damn about. I gave JFC a real chance, and I might force myself to watch a few more episodes because Milch is certainlly a really talented guy. But its work, and work I find totally unrewarding.

  —erithtotl Read erithtotl's other letters
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