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charliesmum) wrote2006-07-05 05:02 pm
charliesmum) wrote2006-07-05 05:02 pm
Hello, I'm pathetic
I haven't really watched the new Doctor Who, even though I know I would totally love it because I adored Doctor Who back in the day and even went to a convention where the resident Doctor (the late, lamanted Jon Pertwee) liked my hat, becuase it was just never on at a time where I could watch it. And then I figured I was so far behind the story arc I wouldn't really enjoy it.
But today I took a work break in the afternoon because Charlie wanted a turn on the computer, and I was watching a ST:TNG and flipped over to the Sci Fi channel during a commercial and Doctor Who was on so I watched a bit of it.
And it made me cry a really lot.
I mean, a really lot. I don't even know who the characters are, really, and it made me cry.
So apparently Rose went accidently back in time, how I don't know because I missed that bit, and saved the life of her Dad who was supposed to die, and then time went all wonky and there were these monster things that were basically sucking away at every living thing because time was broken, and in the very end, even though the Doctor never said so, the Dad realised he had to die to fix things. And Rose had told him he was a good dad, but it was revealed he really kind of wasn't, and he says that to her, and she says 'you would have been' and I just bawled like an idiot. And then of course he does die, and it was really well done and what the hell is wrong with me for not watching this show? Sheesh.
It really is just weird, how fiction, television fiction, can affect me. The other day I cried at a ST:TNG episode - the one where Tori discovers she had a sister that died. Charlie came up to me after the show and looks at me, touches my cheeks and says, 'Is that tears?' and when I said yes he asked why was I crying and I had to tell him because a freaking television show made me sad.
Back when I was a young teenager, I watched M*A*S*H for the first time, and it was the episode where Radar left, and I cried so hard I couldn't even explain it to my mom when she came home later that night.
And there was this really short lived show called "Jennifer Slept Here" and one episode was about the kid's grandfather who nobody appreciated, and he died, and the episode made me cry. Fortunately it made my best friend cry too, so we could laugh at each other.
So, fess up. What TV shows/episodes made you cry?
But today I took a work break in the afternoon because Charlie wanted a turn on the computer, and I was watching a ST:TNG and flipped over to the Sci Fi channel during a commercial and Doctor Who was on so I watched a bit of it.
And it made me cry a really lot.
I mean, a really lot. I don't even know who the characters are, really, and it made me cry.
So apparently Rose went accidently back in time, how I don't know because I missed that bit, and saved the life of her Dad who was supposed to die, and then time went all wonky and there were these monster things that were basically sucking away at every living thing because time was broken, and in the very end, even though the Doctor never said so, the Dad realised he had to die to fix things. And Rose had told him he was a good dad, but it was revealed he really kind of wasn't, and he says that to her, and she says 'you would have been' and I just bawled like an idiot. And then of course he does die, and it was really well done and what the hell is wrong with me for not watching this show? Sheesh.
It really is just weird, how fiction, television fiction, can affect me. The other day I cried at a ST:TNG episode - the one where Tori discovers she had a sister that died. Charlie came up to me after the show and looks at me, touches my cheeks and says, 'Is that tears?' and when I said yes he asked why was I crying and I had to tell him because a freaking television show made me sad.
Back when I was a young teenager, I watched M*A*S*H for the first time, and it was the episode where Radar left, and I cried so hard I couldn't even explain it to my mom when she came home later that night.
And there was this really short lived show called "Jennifer Slept Here" and one episode was about the kid's grandfather who nobody appreciated, and he died, and the episode made me cry. Fortunately it made my best friend cry too, so we could laugh at each other.
So, fess up. What TV shows/episodes made you cry?