tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post3457636652826473319..comments2023-11-16T00:14:27.155-08:00Comments on Unwelcome Commentary: Dawson's Creek: Future Tense (4.4)maxpower03http://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-48563657939739698322013-06-18T15:17:13.860-07:002013-06-18T15:17:13.860-07:00That's so true! It's why I like so much of...That's so true! It's why I like so much of Kevin Williamson's early writing and the tone he inspired through the rest of DC. That kind of self-referential thing. I can see why people would find that annoying, but I always sort of dug it.maxpower03https://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-34938770735001348412013-06-15T00:11:19.842-07:002013-06-15T00:11:19.842-07:00I enjoy the "breaking the 4th wall" on t...I enjoy the "breaking the 4th wall" on this show, done here when joey talks about how they'll all end up at some fictional college like on those teenage dramas that last too long.djronbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790139725452608331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-54470649064961470382012-09-17T15:23:07.854-07:002012-09-17T15:23:07.854-07:00That's some really interesting commentary on D...That's some really interesting commentary on Dawson as a character. I still felt like he was overly petulant and whiny at the very end of the series, but there was definitely growth over the years. Season four, in particular, I thought he was really engaging in. There's this general belief that they made him overly saintly this season, but I thought Gretchen's presence and his drifting from the Joey/Pacey triangle made it all pretty believable. It all went wrong in later years, but I liked him a lot here.<br /><br />Really enjoying your comments, Sebastian.maxpower03https://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-65614520147796556062012-09-14T06:18:21.297-07:002012-09-14T06:18:21.297-07:00I think season four is, perhaps, the best season o...I think season four is, perhaps, the best season of DC other than it's first. In this particular genre, teen soap, I think it stands as some of the better storytelling.<br /><br />I enjoyed this episode quite a bit and, like you, rather liked the way they explored the different ways people deal with their last year of school and the forthcoming change in their lives.I also like that the gradual tension they are building up between Joey and Pacey come from the fact that they appear to be on different paths rather than just doing a simple love triangle plot involving dawson- which could be very tempting considering how well the triangle worked at the end of series three. <br /><br />I'm not quite the Dawson hater that you seem to be but I also like the maturation of Dawson this season (In fact the continuing maturation of dawson throughout season five and six is one of the better elements of the not so good college years- actually, season five isn't too bad it's more season six that is terrible) and really enjoyed the relationship between him and Gretchen. Actually, some of what you find annoying about Dawson's character traits are what I find quite interesting when you take the show as a whole. If you were to watch Dawson in season one or two and then watch him in four or five, out of all the characters you really see Dawson grow up. When I watch the early episodes (avoiding the fact that they all look twenty five) Dawson's character comes across the most adloescent in his self absorbtion and idealism, which is probably truer of more teenagers than you'd think, and yet when I look at the episodes toward the end of the shows run he seems the most mature. I guess what I'm trying to say is that with his character more than any you get a real 'coming of age'. <br /><br />Anyway's keep up the good bloggingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com