Speaking personally, I never really saw any problem with the original geeky S1 Connor at all. Howver, I liked what I first thought was going to be a harder-edged S2 Connor (and I preferred the make-over he got), but then TFWIC kept turning him into the comic-relief again and making him do really fucking daft stuff, like abandoning, then shooting Abby.
Like Munchkin, I attribute quite a lot of sloppy writing to the series and I'm not really sure TFWIC know the difference between a palaeontologist and an evolutionary zoologist, in the same way that distinctions like lad assistant or research assistant have clearly passed them by.
The trouble with Primeval is that at times the difference between sloppy writing and deliberate plot-laying can be difficult to spot eg the disappearance of the dead Cleaner and his subsequent reappearance. We all thought it was sloppy writing at first, which indicates that we've become used to sloppy writing to some extent.
I find Connor difficult to write, because I can't get easily into the geek mind-set, and I worry about getting his dialogue right, but I do like the character.
I agree with Louise about disliking using the time-line change to presume a different background, as that does disengage one somewhat from the characters.
Abby is another character that TFWIC really can't seem to make up their minds what to do with. And another female team-member may mean that they never get their heads round Abby, which would be a shame. With some more practice (Silk and Steel, and the Ghost series), I think I could quite get to like writing her. It would just be good to have more to work with.
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Like Munchkin, I attribute quite a lot of sloppy writing to the series and I'm not really sure TFWIC know the difference between a palaeontologist and an evolutionary zoologist, in the same way that distinctions like lad assistant or research assistant have clearly passed them by.
The trouble with Primeval is that at times the difference between sloppy writing and deliberate plot-laying can be difficult to spot eg the disappearance of the dead Cleaner and his subsequent reappearance. We all thought it was sloppy writing at first, which indicates that we've become used to sloppy writing to some extent.
I find Connor difficult to write, because I can't get easily into the geek mind-set, and I worry about getting his dialogue right, but I do like the character.
I agree with Louise about disliking using the time-line change to presume a different background, as that does disengage one somewhat from the characters.
Abby is another character that TFWIC really can't seem to make up their minds what to do with. And another female team-member may mean that they never get their heads round Abby, which would be a shame. With some more practice (Silk and Steel, and the Ghost series), I think I could quite get to like writing her. It would just be good to have more to work with.