It was more gratuitous than necessary, I agree there, but it served to show how out of whack the priorities in the household were and the higher concern his father had for possessions than his own son. Plus it showed how desperate Steve was for some form of love and compassion.
shareNo, I thought it was an important detail for character development.
shareI agree, thedude00 - she stated down the line that he was watching himself as they had sex. But it also showed how females can be as detached as guys can and only regard sex as just that sex - no attachment. She had a boyfriend, if you remember.
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I don't mind sex scenes, but that scene was pretty graphic and makes me reluctant to recommend this show to my more conservative friends, even though I enjoyed the show very much.
shareWell, it's a television show. None of it is actually NECESSARY.
But, the sex scene was quite effective and, in my opinion, entirely in step with the poetics of the pilot episode. The use of the computer in the scene really drives home the symbolism of technology utilized throughout the series. There is a great Biblical metaphor when Steve lies on the bed with the computer concealing his genitalia like a fig leaf. The idea of shame -- born from the tree of knowledge -- yada, yada, yada.
This is an important premise to embrace if we as viewers are to understand the story this TV show has to tell. It isn't a literal, linear story. It is conveyed through metaphor, pathos, and other classic theatrical devices that have disappeared from so much of the fiction modern audiences consume in the 21st century.
So, to answer your question: No. Wholeheartedly disagree.
i thought how jaded and empty it made Steve at the beginning, and how even then he was yearning for a deeper connection. yes the boning was a bit much but overall it was necessary
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how in the name of fxxk can a sex scene be unnecessary?
shareBecause 'Nancy Soccer-Mom Wilson's" conservative friends might be offended. Even though if the same episode of Breaking Bad has 10 people killed and a decapitation (BRW I loved BB). It's just American prudishness and hypocrisy about sex versus violence, nothing new here.
I think it's critical to understand the emptiness and anger he feels in his life. It also contradicts the totally BS stereotype that only men want sex, and it shows to us 'old' 40 year olds that sex is a lot different in high than it was 20, 30 100 years ago.
It was another example of the new TV formula. Every cool show has a sex scene, right? Just get it over with. Kaboom! Done. Tick the checkbox.
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