A Most Peculiar Mademoiselle - "They cannot appreciate beauty. They cannot create art."

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legoline

02 May 2009 @ 11:37 pm

"They cannot appreciate beauty. They cannot create art."

Reading about Summer Glau on

berlinghoff79's journal made me realise that I really, really need to continue watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

T:SCC may not be the greatest show that has ever been, but this bit right here instantly catapulted itself among my favourite moments on television ever.

For those not watching the show: She is a machine, a terminator. He is a soldier from the future who more than anything hates machines, and claims that they're souless creatures.

And then the writers go ahead and do something like this.

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aislingde.livejournal.com on May 2nd, 2009 10:15 pm (UTC)

Ok, das ist für mich ein Grund, ganz dringend mit der Serie anzufangen - ich habe nur noch keine Ahnung, wann ich Zeit dafür habe.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:48 am (UTC)

Das geht mir mit einigen SErien so *seufz*

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ewanspotter.livejournal.com on May 2nd, 2009 10:22 pm (UTC)

You seriously need to finish.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:48 am (UTC)

I know, I know. Soooon.

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smallship1.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 12:18 am (UTC)

Yes. It's a standard trope when dealing with non-human humanoids (demons, vampires, robots, and so on) that what sets us apart from them is that we (or at any rate some of us) can appreciate beauty and create art and so on, because we have "souls." It's supposed to make up for them being so much better than us at everything else. And a wise writer shows us that this is simply whistling in the dark, empty bragging to soothe our all too justified fear that we are not as good as we could be. They're better than us at everything else and they can do this too. And too many of us have never tried.

The nonhumans become, then, not an enemy to be defeated by force, but a signpost and a wake-up call to us, to stop sleepwalking through our human lives and be more. Because if they can create art and appreciate beauty, then so can any and all of us. And so we should.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:57 am (UTC)

Well said. Your comment here makes me want to print it out and take it to wherever I go, just as a reminder to myself.

Thank you.

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lastalda.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 05:23 am (UTC)

Actually, this was my favourite moment of the whole season.
The series really isn't that great, and it gets stuck without moving on rather soon. But it does have its moments. :)

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:49 am (UTC)

Oh, actually I think the series is among the best shows that are currently on television. I just don't think it is the greatest show that has ever aired ;-)

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lastalda.livejournal.com on May 4th, 2009 06:05 am (UTC)

It was one of the three shows we regularly watched this year, so it must be among the better. It's just that Lost and BSG are way better. :P

T:SCC was nice to watch (and a definite x-hundred percent improvement from the movies) but towards the end of the season I got the feeling that, you know, everything's more or less told. There are a few points for development, but really not that many that I can see more than one more season coming.

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amalthia on May 3rd, 2009 05:55 am (UTC)

This scene made season 1 for me.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:49 am (UTC)

Yes. And the scene where Derek takes John to the playground on his birthday.

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amalthia on May 3rd, 2009 08:54 pm (UTC)

I almost cried on that one! Really SCC can sometimes be a bit slow but it totally makes up for it with emotionally powerful scenes.

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kerimaya.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 05:56 am (UTC)

Wow. Einfach Wow.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:50 am (UTC)

Ich kriege jedesmal wieder Gänsehaut.

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annj-g80.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 07:09 am (UTC)

I positively LOVED that theme. But I'm also way behind with this show. :-( I think I'm missing half of the second season

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:51 am (UTC)

Me too :-(

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noxie3.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 07:50 am (UTC)

I love that scene so much. One of my favourites, if not the favourite of the show.

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shironezumi.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:36 am (UTC)

Mine, too.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:52 am (UTC)

Same here. The first time I saw it it took my breath away. It still gives me goose bumps.

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roguem.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 09:12 am (UTC)

I loved that scene.

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:52 am (UTC)

Me too.

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berlinghoff79.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 09:35 am (UTC)

Summer told us that it was her favourite scene(don't remember if overall or just S1). She was allowed to choose her own music and chose Chopin, because he's her favourite composer and because that particular piece is the beauty of humanity/mankind come to life or something like that.

Did I mention I saw Summer?

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:53 am (UTC)

Oh! It's so cool that she was allowed to pick it.

Yes. You did.

Did I mention I saw Misha?

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shironezumi.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:36 am (UTC)

How far have you watched yet?

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legoline.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 10:54 am (UTC)

2x15 I think?

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morelindo.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)

Gosh how clichéd. But each to their own.

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killmotion.livejournal.com on May 3rd, 2009 11:53 pm (UTC)

She pretty much does her ballerina stuff in any show she's in because that's what she was before an actress. Gratuitous ballet dance! But she's so good! It reminds me I should watch it. I bought S1 because it was cheap but I haven't seen any episodes.

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