Do they think that we're stupid? - Page 3

Originally posted by: mahalaxmik

I guess I am letting the off screen drama ruin the on screen drama for me.

I should shrug it off and enjoy the drama while it lasts in its entirety.
Thank you guys for bringing that to my notice. I shall try not to rain on the parade.😊

Originally posted by: Elysia

@ Srush

Srush, they've been dragging this whole deal with blind Dutta for weeks now. Yes, Dutta did falter for a while when he realized that he was shrouded in utter darkness, but Dutta's vulnerability has always been turned into hell-fury and aggressiveness. By now, he would be back in control, even as a blind person. He would be telling Seema and Chacha what to do, but instead it seems that he has no plan at all. He's just letting them take him wherever they want. He could be walking into a trap for all he cared. He should at least be shown planning something.

Even as blind, he wouldn't be sitting in the car like a good boy while Seema and Chacha went out. He would need the air, to move around and get rid of the restlessness. If he sensed something about the behosh girl in the backseat and she fell forward, he wouldn't just push her back against the seat, but go into the backseat and try to see if he could wake her up. He would do something, because he's Dutta. In my opinion, the whole scene in the car was shot wrong. Dutta should've been in the backseat and instead of Naku's hand landing on his shoulder - awkwardly - they just could've shot the scene in a more intense and logical way. For instance by having her head landing on his shoulder as they were side by side in the backseat. The thing is that the scene lacked most of the emotions that Tasha scenes usually awaken in me whenever they're in a scene together.

Shreya : The episodes are lacking the 'spark' is what I call it...that spice making us want to watch it again and again....too much of hatred and gross is not what I want to see at the end of the day...

Originally posted by: sub_rosa

Hmm...I think all our dissatisfaction stems out of the single fact that since Jan Dutta HAS NOT been in action! We are so used to see him as the driving force...in a way he still is though...the raw energy that he brings about...his scorching screen-presence as the man in control...we are sorely missing all that! And this total immobility on Dutta's part has kind of reiterated the fact we always knew...LTL is nothing without him!

This is the only "difference" I can see between LTL then and now...warna, technical and writing glitches, bloopers etc, were always there in the show in abundance. They seem a little more glaring now...earlier Dutta would blind us with his brilliance, so that we'd chose to ignore/overlook them.

Originally posted by: Elysia

@ Srush

Hun, I do try to enjoy the good things in the episodes - for instance, I very much enjoyed the scene between Kala and her mother - but the issue, for me, is that the mistakes are more overpowering than the good things. If these mistakes were simple mistakes, small and insignificant mistakes, then I would've been able to overlook them and enjoy the overall episodes. But the thing is that it's obvious that the mistakes are results of carelessness. The problem is that, in my opinion, these mistakes are coming close to not only assassinating strong characters, but also resulting in the scenes with Tasha in becoming anything but intense or powerful.

It seems to me that the new director doesn't know the actors and the characters very well. In fact, it seems that he doesn't know them at all. It's my personal belief that Dutta can be vulnerable, but never weak. He may have lost his eyesight. He may feel alone and vulnerable. But when among people that he cannot trust, he would never let them steer him around. He would never end up on a fan while trying to escape Chaskar. Clearly, the director had no sense of his character or the fact that it would look completely stupid and irrational that a blind Dutta would've climbed up on a fan. This was a major blooper. However, hilarious, it was annoying as well.

Srush, they've been dragging this whole deal with blind Dutta for weeks now. Yes, Dutta did falter for a while when he realized that he was shrouded in utter darkness, but Dutta's vulnerability has always been turned into hell-fury and aggressiveness. By now, he would be back in control, even as a blind person. He would be telling Seema and Chacha what to do, but instead it seems that he has no plan at all. He's just letting them take him wherever they want. He could be walking into a trap for all he cared. He should at least be shown planning something.

Even as blind, he wouldn't be sitting in the car like a good boy while Seema and Chacha went out. He would need the air, to move around and get rid of the restlessness. If he sensed something about the behosh girl in the backseat and she fell forward, he wouldn't just push her back against the seat, but go into the backseat and try to see if he could wake her up. He would do something, because he's Dutta. In my opinion, the whole scene in the car was shot wrong. Dutta should've been in the backseat and instead of Naku's hand landing on his shoulder - awkwardly - they just could've shot the scene in a more intense and logical way. For instance by having her head landing on his shoulder as they were side by side in the backseat. The thing is that the scene lacked most of the emotions that Tasha scenes usually awaken in me whenever they're in a scene together.

Now as for the editing glitches... I'm sure there have been a couple of editing glitches in the history of LTL before, but recently those glitches have been happening too often, even the music seems wrong and out of character at times. The crew behind these things used to focus on even the smallest of all details pre-February. Now it just feels like they quickly put together an episode and out to the audiences. They're not handling them with much care.

The glitches, the awkward music cuts, the directing, the lack of focus on Dutta when he's actually present in an episode, the Naku's dream sequences inside Dutta's head, Dutta just sitting there and letting people take him anywhere - and most importantly, the way they haven't focused on his restlessness regarding the sleeping girl in the backseat. They could've done so much with that scene, yet they decided not to. I feel like they're purposely trying to ruin it, or just being careless because they have other plans now.

Mishal performs so beautifully, yet they don't capture it the way that they used to. With focus on his impulsive movements and small details in his performance. They just edit it wrongly and present to us a poor episode. I'm sorry, but that's how I feel. Compared to episodes from as close as just December, these February episodes are close to a complete disaster. The actors do their job beautifully, as always, their performances are top-class... but if the director and the people behind the editing don't do their job as beautifully as they used to do, then of course the episodes are going to seem messy. Just apart from the performances, of course. It's the actors that save the episodes, in the end.

I'm not content with the new director. I'm not content with the editing of the episodes. I'm not happy about the lack of focus on Dutta's character when he's in a shot, or his "interaction" with Naku. What all this combined is making me think is that something's going on, because I've never seen this kind of carelessness and bloopers on LTL before.

If they don't want to go any higher, then they should at least maintain the standards of this show. The directing of a scene, the editing, it plays a part in conveying a character's emotions as well as the actor's acting itself. Mishal brings such beautiful performance to the table, yet the director decides to butcher it by having him sit on a fan?

I just... okay, these are just my thoughts, but really. Try and watch just as recent as the December or beginning of January episodes, and then compare them to the February ones. If this was just a woops kind of mistake, I would let it go. But it's not. It's carelessness, at least to me.

Srush, I'm sorry that I'm unloading all this on you, but you always listen, so that's why 😳

I have really, really tried to enjoy the episodes - overall. But I didn't just fall in love with a story and its characters. I fell in love with the way that the episodes were put together as well, the details. It bothers me to see that fade, knowing that it's not accidental mistakes, but lack of care, engagement, or understanding of characters and the show from a director's side.

Or maybe, the root is someone else. Maybe the channel is meddling with the show's crew and telling them what to do or not do. Maybe they changed the director on purpose and blah blah blah. Honestly, I'm sick and tired of speculating. I've decided yesterday that I won't be watching this show until Colors announce that Mishal is staying till it ends and he returns in his full power to the PN, and until they fix those editing glitches.

I'm not watching and I'm not creating any new threads. Srush, for you, I'll wiggle my eyebrows just to let you know that despite my depressed state of mind - I still find Dutta hot *wiggles eyebrows*

Originally posted by: Elysia

I hope that you're right. I really do.

@Pooja: Recently, I've had this weird feeling that they have been trying to assassinate Dutta's character. In today's episode, I kept thinking that they were dragging the episode, keeping him weak and helpless. Dutta is never weak when it comes to his enemies. He's in a vulnerable position right now, but not weak. But they just have him sitting in the car.

Okay, so it's fine that he's sitting in the car. But the Tasha scene? Why didn't they focus more on the scene? Why didn't they make it more intense? They could've done so much with that scene, have her wake the tiniest bit and make a sound or something, and he'd be alarmed but not in a I-recognized-her-moan kind of way, more like there's-something-about-this-woman kind of way. I felt like the focus was on the surroundings, the suspense of his enemies roaming about and all that rather than on Tasha's moment. What was with the sound glitches? Usually they play Tasha's music out and film their scenes more intensely, with more focus on every little movement.

I'm telling you, Pooja. They're being careless. Something fishy about it. I've got a bad feeling, but I'm not going to let it take over my mood. I'll keep emailing those ducks.