What is wrong with me?!

by **Serena Lewis** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:39 am

Recently, I've been watching NCS Series 2, and I've made a shocking discovery...I...am actually beginning to...*sob*...like Destiny Angel...
I can't believe myself!!! What is wrong with me!? I sort of love to hate her...I still slag her off at every oppurtunity, but...I shocked myself...
Anyway, to make this more of a topic, are there any characters you really didn't like, but you now do?
I'll be interested to hear this...
Serena xx

Edit: Okay, I'm starting to freak out over this, and I've decided that it is definately a 'love to hate her' thing. I want her to die a thousand horrible deaths, but I kinda want her around so I can be disgusted and slag off her 'romantic' ( (>bleurk(

) moments. It's kinda like a sport (They should make it an Olympic event...Destiny Bashing...)

by **Elentari** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:28 am

NCS Scarlet is perhaps mildly more tolerable the second time around. :oops:

But I'm afraid Destiny and Blue will remain on my loathe and detest list forever. :twisted:

by **Marion** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:10 am

Oh no, Serena, quick get to sickbay! This is the work of the Mysterons! They have powers we cannot hope to understand, you know :wink:

I heard from Captain Blue that, until you've recovered, he feels it safer to stay away - but he's very concerned about you and sends his best wishes and hopes you get well soon.... :angel)

On a more serious note - I shall have to think about that one....

Website · by **Sage** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:16 pm

I started out not liking Blue, just on the principle of it because they changed him. The pre-show PR really didn't help there either; with the implication he was a brash war monger or whatever.
Then once the series actually got under way and they developed him a bit more I found myself warming to him. Never going to be a patch on the original Blue, but hmm not so bad.

I don't mind NCS Ochre, purely in the abstract, strong likeable* female character is always fine by me. Still would have prefered that they kept the original Ochre in his capacity, and just added her in as a totally original character (i.e. Captain Sienna, or something).

To flip the question, Scarlet went down in my estimations as the series progressed [and there wasn't far to go - never really warmed to OCS Scarlet]. I'd hoped they'd make him a bit more 'human' and such; but then with the whole Destiny love angle thing it went too far.

*as opposed to Destiny Angel, ugh total Mary-Sue.

by **Marion** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:40 pm

I agree with Sage, by and large. I didn't mind having strong female characters either - I just wish they hadn't been retreads of existing characters from the original series. It grated - big time.
I thought Black was better - I loved that cynicism and dry - dare I say black ? - humour. OCS Black doesn't get to say much at all.
Scarlet - hmm - he was never my favourite but the new one just came over as a chump.
Destiny was - and remained - awful. Mind you, I haven't been able to bring myself to watch the new series all the way through again on my DVDs, so I guess that rather weakens my argument. Maybe, when you get over the shock of the new, she's no worse than annoying?

Colonel White didn't have the gravitas of the original, but he was tolerable - and some of the acerbity was still there.
Blue - oh dear. Well, I am a confirmed original Blue-phile, so anything was going to have a tough time being better - or even as good. For a start - the voice was never going to be as spine -tinglingly wonderful as Ed Bishop's. 0---0

However, the original badly-drawn Blue did improve in my estimation when they gave him some witty one-liners. That's not saying much, though.

by **adam** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:42 pm

hi!

Blue is soooo my fav character!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He might not be ahh "emotional" but he is still a very gorgeouse!!!! :grin:

character!!!
0---0

!!!

I like destiny, i don't see anything wrong with her! :roll:

emma

by **Father Unwin** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:41 pm

I would have to say that the new Captain Blue has grown on me considerably.

When I first watched and recorded the series off Ministry Of Mayhem, it seemed to me that he was too gung-ho in character. Also, there seemed to be an inconsistency in the way his appearance was rendered on screen. The change in his hair colour in Instrument of Destruction 1 is well documented but his eyebrows seemed to be yellow in some episodes!

Now, with the benefit of the DVDs, I think that he looks a whole lot better and the rendering really is very good, better than Scarlet in my opinion. Also, although he is a different person to the character created by Ed Bishop, I do like him now and I can't think of someone I would rather have on my side.

The episode 'Storm At The End Of The World' is ranked highest on the TV.COM website and I think much of this is down to a great 'performance' by Captain Blue.

http://www.tv.com/captain-scarlet/show/ ... av_bar;all

by **adam** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:16 pm

hi

The episode 'Storm At The End Of The World' is ranked highest on the TV.COM website and I think much of this is down to a great 'performance' by Captain Blue.

Can't c where that info is, only the list off episodes!?

But yes, his sence of humar was fantastic considering he also got shot 3 times! :cry:

and still kept it!! :grin:

emma

by **Serena Lewis** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:22 pm

Err...I think he got shot once...stomach...dunno...
But his sense of hunour has to be admired...
Serena xx

by **MMK** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:02 am

Marion wrote:On a more serious note - I shall have to think about that one....

Same here.

...although it did kinda happen to me with Black...
I started of liking Scarlet but then I started to like Black... does this mean (in the CS universe) I'd probably end up working for him... and the Mysterons? *starts looking over shoulders*

by **foster** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:53 pm

Yeah its weird...I seemed to have started to like Destiny more now too. I have started watching the series again after practically forgetting what happened at all. Maybe she's that type that needs time for you to warm up to.

I dunno...I still like Blue though...he's still my fave character.

by **gojohnniegogo** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:04 pm

Even re-watching this isnt making me like NCS Destiny, if anything disliking her more than ever...

by **foster** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:01 pm

Oh, I also like Ochre a bit more now. She's my favourite female character.

by **Serena Lewis** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:43 pm

She's mine to, along with Green. I could never decide anything

xx

by **foster** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:12 pm

Me too. I'm actually trying to decide between Blue and Ochre now. I still like Blue the best really, but Ochres accent is really cool. I can't decide!!!! :cry: