Uh........ I was kidding about the hockey and the fishing for heaven's sake. None of us can say anything other than our impressions about either of these guys, because none of us know them personally.
Yes, there is a lot of negativity. It's born of those who are disappointed that the show has gone the way it has.....that one of the principal actors has left before the show actually ends for real..... and it's also born of those who have constantly risen to baits that weren't actually held out. All of those knee jerk reactions to even any slight healthy criticism of one of their much loved actors.
I have seen WW3 occur just because someone dared to suggest that MS might not, in their eyes, be the wonderful actor that his fans loyally declare he is. I have even seen horrific arguments break out because someone actually dared to ask a question about either his or RDA's personal life. Innocent questions sometimes, asked from a standpoint of interest and not a desire to pry and those people have literally been ripped apart to the extent where they back away in bewilderment and then sometimes don't post at all.....ever again. I have sometimes been shocked rigid by the reactions of many people and the outright hostility displayed.
I have just come from a list where someone has actually left online fandom because she was pushed to the point where the whole thing was no longer enjoyable and has led to severe family problems.
In all honesty, some of the behaviour I have seen on these lists and forums has been shocking.
And all of this over just a TV show. 45 minutes of supposed viewing pleasure.
Negative? Oh yes. I have seen that.
Who knows what RDA likes or whether MS is more intellectual? Listening to classical music doesn't necessarily make you an intellectual. It just means that you enjoy music of that nature. I am nowhere near an intellectual, but I love classical music with a passion. It can inspire emotional depths in me that constantly surprise me, but I am not an intellectual.
The thing that saddens me most of all about this show and what it has come to, is that now....when many people remember the show in the future, all they will see is the bickering, nastiness and hysteria over the four principal actors and the fact that it has turned into almost a science fiction soap opera in which the lives of those four characters are far more important than anything else.
They will forget about the awesome concept of the show...a gate that can transport people to other worlds than our own....the notion that 'out there' there may be things so awe inspiring and may hold the key to our own existence....and that there might be an enemy out there so fear inspiring that they hold a whole galaxy in thrall.
Okay, so off my soap box. I myself still watch the show and still look forward to another season, just as I enjoy the re-runs and the fanfiction......hell I even still write my novel about it.
And doing all of that is the best compliment and ovation that I, a simple viewer, can give it.
