oh, Mentalist, you have failed me
Oct. 22nd, 2008 01:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidI've really been enjoying The Mentalist. Simon Baker is nice to look at and his character is complex like woah. (yeah, have you seen where he sleeps?)
But after last night I can't trust this show.
The wolf is not the bassoon. Peter's grandfather is the bassoon.
I guarantee you that there are five-year-old children who know this. Maybe not many, but they're out there.
Yet obviously "Patrick Jane", Simon Baker, the rest of the cast, the guest stars, the writers, the producers, the camera crew, the director, the lighting people, the grips and the gaffers and the best boys, and WHOEVER THE HELL ELSE was involved in the making of this episode DID NOT KNOW.
And this was not a throwaway line situation - a plot point hinged on Patrick's knowledge of "Peter and the Wolf".
The writer got it wrong, and no one else suspected or tried to verify the information. /o\
And as a bassoon player, I am enraged. Enraged, I tell you!
Introduction to Peter and the Wolf narrated by David Bowie
But after last night I can't trust this show.
The wolf is not the bassoon. Peter's grandfather is the bassoon.
I guarantee you that there are five-year-old children who know this. Maybe not many, but they're out there.
Yet obviously "Patrick Jane", Simon Baker, the rest of the cast, the guest stars, the writers, the producers, the camera crew, the director, the lighting people, the grips and the gaffers and the best boys, and WHOEVER THE HELL ELSE was involved in the making of this episode DID NOT KNOW.
And this was not a throwaway line situation - a plot point hinged on Patrick's knowledge of "Peter and the Wolf".
The writer got it wrong, and no one else suspected or tried to verify the information. /o\
And as a bassoon player, I am enraged. Enraged, I tell you!
Introduction to Peter and the Wolf narrated by David Bowie
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:38 pm (UTC)Never mind. :)
Okay, more seriously, I understand exactly what you mean. There's a difference between willing suspension of disbelief and needing a lobotomy to enjoy a show. Something like that takes me completely out of the moment and leaves me spluttering in outrage and indignation. NOT how I usually like to spend my evenings.
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Date: Oct. 23rd, 2008 12:09 am (UTC)And it's appalling to think of all those ignorant people who let the mistake happen. *shakes head sorrowfully*