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some Kinnporsche thoughts
Sep. 5th, 2022 08:10 pmLet's make a couple of things very clear:
1. This show is a mess. Not visually--it's stunningly shot and the director and cinematographer both deserve awards. But plot-wise and priorities-wise and pacing-wise and just so many other things. A MESS. (a mess.)
2. It's that specific kind of sexist that we are all familiar with from slash fanfic where all the dudes are gay (ALL the dudes) and there are no women except for one token woman to cheer along our ship (who only shows up a handful of times) and one more who exists only to be a pawn (and only shows up in like the last thirty minutes of the whole show). I've really never seen a show so egregiously uninterested in women. It's appalling.
3. The main ship is made up of two very, very pretty himbos who are very, very cute together.
4. The secondary ship? Is top tier. WOW. Like, a little too rushed for me as an ace person, but their dynamic is amazing, their scenes are incredible, and I will read a million fics.
5. The other secondary ship is so boring I can't believe I sat through all their scenes OMG it was the worst.
6. Yes, all three ships are m/m. THERE ARE NO WOMEN.
7. The pacing is some of the worst I've ever seen. Soooo much time is spent on pointless stuff and the actually plotty or character-building stuff just doesn't get enough focus. What's there of character-building is good, actually. I like our leads! I super like our secondary ship and also the traumatized big brother! But there was so much wasted potential that could have been explored deeply.
8. This show is allegedly "about" mafia families. This show is not about mafia families. It is completely and totally uninterested in how organized crime actually works or what it involves. I'm not saying it needs to address that stuff in anything like a realistic way. Of course it doesn't. But you can embrace the pulpy stuff and not just the aesthetic! Come on! The mafia place setting is only there to make sure that one of our leads is fabulously wealthy and needs a bodyguard. That's it. I have seriously read 10k word fanfic mafia AUs that care more about organized crime.
9. My main conclusion is that this show is only worth watching (for me personally) because of Tankhun, Vegas, and VegasPete. I'm glad I watched it for them, but even though KinnPorsche are cute and funny, I wouldn't have waded through the whole show for them.
10. I recommend this show to you if any of the following are true about you:
a. You really like softcore porn between two very pretty himbos alternating with them being absolute goobers
b. You are into the kind of ship that involves lots of blood and crying and pointing guns at each otherand chains and you are willing to watch like 10 episodes before they even start interacting.
c. You like the kind of slashfic described above where women might as well not even exist.
I only check one out of three, but whatever. I really am looking forward to all the VegasPete fics.
( now for spoilers )
[I'm going to come back here later and put all my liveblogs in this post]
In conclusion: come at me with some VegasPete fic recs.
1. This show is a mess. Not visually--it's stunningly shot and the director and cinematographer both deserve awards. But plot-wise and priorities-wise and pacing-wise and just so many other things. A MESS. (a mess.)
2. It's that specific kind of sexist that we are all familiar with from slash fanfic where all the dudes are gay (ALL the dudes) and there are no women except for one token woman to cheer along our ship (who only shows up a handful of times) and one more who exists only to be a pawn (and only shows up in like the last thirty minutes of the whole show). I've really never seen a show so egregiously uninterested in women. It's appalling.
3. The main ship is made up of two very, very pretty himbos who are very, very cute together.
4. The secondary ship? Is top tier. WOW. Like, a little too rushed for me as an ace person, but their dynamic is amazing, their scenes are incredible, and I will read a million fics.
5. The other secondary ship is so boring I can't believe I sat through all their scenes OMG it was the worst.
6. Yes, all three ships are m/m. THERE ARE NO WOMEN.
7. The pacing is some of the worst I've ever seen. Soooo much time is spent on pointless stuff and the actually plotty or character-building stuff just doesn't get enough focus. What's there of character-building is good, actually. I like our leads! I super like our secondary ship and also the traumatized big brother! But there was so much wasted potential that could have been explored deeply.
8. This show is allegedly "about" mafia families. This show is not about mafia families. It is completely and totally uninterested in how organized crime actually works or what it involves. I'm not saying it needs to address that stuff in anything like a realistic way. Of course it doesn't. But you can embrace the pulpy stuff and not just the aesthetic! Come on! The mafia place setting is only there to make sure that one of our leads is fabulously wealthy and needs a bodyguard. That's it. I have seriously read 10k word fanfic mafia AUs that care more about organized crime.
9. My main conclusion is that this show is only worth watching (for me personally) because of Tankhun, Vegas, and VegasPete. I'm glad I watched it for them, but even though KinnPorsche are cute and funny, I wouldn't have waded through the whole show for them.
10. I recommend this show to you if any of the following are true about you:
a. You really like softcore porn between two very pretty himbos alternating with them being absolute goobers
b. You are into the kind of ship that involves lots of blood and crying and pointing guns at each other
c. You like the kind of slashfic described above where women might as well not even exist.
I only check one out of three, but whatever. I really am looking forward to all the VegasPete fics.
( now for spoilers )
[I'm going to come back here later and put all my liveblogs in this post]
In conclusion: come at me with some VegasPete fic recs.
