I agree that the juxtaposition was purposeful, and not just for the sake of drama. I think the theory that it was supposed to put the game in perspective is a good one; if there are any flaws to FNL, it's occasionally getting caught up in itself and believing that football really can act as a metaphor/representation of everything else. So I thought wrapping the attack and the game around each other did make each of them kind of stand on their own feet. I also kind of saw it as an exploration of two sorts of violence and aggression, one sanctioned and idolized, one horrible. (I had just watched A History of Violence the night before, so that could be the reason.) I guess in the end I just feel that nothing else in the nineteen previous episodes made me feel like they have ever done anything for cheap drama.
I found your journal in a quest to find screencaps for my own site www.twofangirls.com, if you're wondering where I came from :) We've done a lot of Veronica Mars, but we're trying to branch out and do FNL as well.
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Re: hopefully posting without typos this time, GAH
Date: 2007-04-05 10:22 pm (UTC)I agree that the juxtaposition was purposeful, and not just for the sake of drama. I think the theory that it was supposed to put the game in perspective is a good one; if there are any flaws to FNL, it's occasionally getting caught up in itself and believing that football really can act as a metaphor/representation of everything else. So I thought wrapping the attack and the game around each other did make each of them kind of stand on their own feet. I also kind of saw it as an exploration of two sorts of violence and aggression, one sanctioned and idolized, one horrible. (I had just watched A History of Violence the night before, so that could be the reason.) I guess in the end I just feel that nothing else in the nineteen previous episodes made me feel like they have ever done anything for cheap drama.
I found your journal in a quest to find screencaps for my own site www.twofangirls.com, if you're wondering where I came from :) We've done a lot of Veronica Mars, but we're trying to branch out and do FNL as well.