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Please, no John Hughes endings

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nichidani:
Not going to mention anything about horrible 80s movies, but I will give my opinion.

I thought of Angus as more of a playful sort of guy who 'liked a challenge', rather than a total creep. I think it is going a little far to say he is being a stalkerish weirdo.
Sven is a total jerk, but I like his character because it is showing development. He is bummed out about treating people bad and feels remorse. I feel that it's realistic and I respect Jeph more for writing multi-faceted characters.

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: raoullefere on 15 Sep 2009, 02:05 ---Y'know, I had forgotten about Ducky in Pretty in Pink. Maybe you didn't watch the same film I did. Angus could do worse than being compared to Ducky, who is loyal, decent within reason of beein an over-reacting teen, and truly wants Andie to be happy.
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I seem to recall thinking Duckie was gay, anyway.  Don't know why, exactly. 

I always preferred Some Kind of Wonderful to Pretty in Pink, anyway.  Roles are reversed, so gender issues are different, more surprises, and a better story with better (more developed?) characters and a better "ending". 

Cartilage Head:
I have to agree that Sven is an awful character and I don't see how anybody likes him at all, seeing as how he has no redeeming traits AND is completely one-dimensional and not interesting.

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Cartilage Head on 15 Sep 2009, 17:09 ---I have to agree that Sven is an awful character and I don't see how anybody likes him at all, seeing as how he has no redeeming traits AND is completely one-dimensional and not interesting.

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Hear, hear! 

I think that people had high hopes for Sven not because of Sven, but because of the coincidence of his being the first guy Faye had a relationship with post-trauma.  Even Dr. Corrinne said it was good that she made "contact" with another person. 

But I think we can all agree that all parties were warned, and the unhealthiness of the relation won out.  Sven's got a shitload to work out before he's even worthy of friendship from Faye, let alone them ever getting together again.  I really have the impression that, until a comedically inopportune moment, we won't be seeing Sven for a while! 

Although I did enjoy the interplay between him and the nameless intern.  She was the only character of color so far, too... well, there was Tai's crush (Brittany?  Brianna?  Brandy? I'm not in the mood for archiving tonight...), but I don't think she even had lines. 

Misplaced or not, people are gonna Faye/Sven ship for a long time, and Angus will be bearing the brunt of it.  Nice guy, Angus.  Stable, at least.  Well, relatively speaking! 

nichidani:
There was Meena, she wasn't 'of color' as in 'black', but she was dark.

I think Sven is an interesting character. He is not one-dimensional, because he is going through changes and showing actual remorse for his actions. It is obvious he cared about Faye's feelings, and the dynamic between Sven and Dora is interesting. That's how I feel about it.

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