I'm just not a maverick
Recap: After watching the season and show opener two Saturdays ago, I was excited about the TV show "24." I was looking forward to watching the next three episodes/hours on the DVD we had rented.
Shari and I sat down to watch the next three episodes (or at least 1 or 2) last Saturday night. Am I allowed to change my mind about what I think. By the end of the second hour, I was tired of Jack's attitude, but was willing to watch one more because Shari was still into it. By the end of the third hour, I was through, and Shari watched the fourth hour alone while I enjoyed a few shows from the first season of Hogan's Heroes. I can tell you that, by the end, the good guys win (though I doubt if all of them live to enjoy it), and the bad guys lose (probably being blown up in the process, since terrorists generally don't like to go out without a fight with lots of bullets used up).
Lest anyone think I can't handle violence, action, or nail-biting, "what's-going-to-happen-next" style of shows (Why does it bother me that somebody might think that?), the reason has nothing to do with that... though it's amazing how unrealistic some of that stuff was. No, the big hang-up for me is that the show goes against every loyal grain in my body. Ask my wife - I am a golden-retriever to the nth degree. Once I'm committed to something, I'm committed. That's one of the reasons I hesitate to commit to too much, I guess. Anyway, everything about the show (from my perspective) communicates that the maverick is always right, and those who go by the book - those who try and support those in authority - are not only wrong, but occasionally dead wrong (pun intended). Personally, I'd like to see Jack actually humble himself and admit he's wrong... but that's not in the script, as dad used to say.
From our perspective, as the viewer, of course it makes sense. Even a friend of mine asked, "If Jack is right so often, you'd think, after four seasons, that people would start listening too him instead of constantly making him buck authority." But then, we as the viewers know he's right from the beginning of the show, so of course we're going to support his decisions. I can't do it...
And, as I read this, I realize I'm making a mountain of a mole hill. Oh, well, I'll post it anyway. Weed through the rambling and get that I've decided that I don't like 24 because it simply rubs me the wrong way. I guess I'll never be much of a maverick.
Now, what does that have to do with recreating youth ministry? Hmmm.
Shari and I sat down to watch the next three episodes (or at least 1 or 2) last Saturday night. Am I allowed to change my mind about what I think. By the end of the second hour, I was tired of Jack's attitude, but was willing to watch one more because Shari was still into it. By the end of the third hour, I was through, and Shari watched the fourth hour alone while I enjoyed a few shows from the first season of Hogan's Heroes. I can tell you that, by the end, the good guys win (though I doubt if all of them live to enjoy it), and the bad guys lose (probably being blown up in the process, since terrorists generally don't like to go out without a fight with lots of bullets used up).
Lest anyone think I can't handle violence, action, or nail-biting, "what's-going-to-happen-next" style of shows (Why does it bother me that somebody might think that?), the reason has nothing to do with that... though it's amazing how unrealistic some of that stuff was. No, the big hang-up for me is that the show goes against every loyal grain in my body. Ask my wife - I am a golden-retriever to the nth degree. Once I'm committed to something, I'm committed. That's one of the reasons I hesitate to commit to too much, I guess. Anyway, everything about the show (from my perspective) communicates that the maverick is always right, and those who go by the book - those who try and support those in authority - are not only wrong, but occasionally dead wrong (pun intended). Personally, I'd like to see Jack actually humble himself and admit he's wrong... but that's not in the script, as dad used to say.
From our perspective, as the viewer, of course it makes sense. Even a friend of mine asked, "If Jack is right so often, you'd think, after four seasons, that people would start listening too him instead of constantly making him buck authority." But then, we as the viewers know he's right from the beginning of the show, so of course we're going to support his decisions. I can't do it...
And, as I read this, I realize I'm making a mountain of a mole hill. Oh, well, I'll post it anyway. Weed through the rambling and get that I've decided that I don't like 24 because it simply rubs me the wrong way. I guess I'll never be much of a maverick.
Now, what does that have to do with recreating youth ministry? Hmmm.
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posted by Pastor Paul at
9:51 PM
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Ever read Chesterton's "The Man who was Thursday?" There's a wonderfully droll dialogue at the very beginning over whether poetry derives from order or anarchy. I think you'll find that Chesterton agreed with you about maverickhood. Maverickliness? Mavericity?
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Joel, at 9:49 AM
I have heard so much about this author, but I have never even seen one of his books. I need to make a trip to the library one of these days.
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Pastor Paul, at 1:34 PM
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