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exsequarOh, TEEVEE. So much of you! I am watching fully seven shows this season, with the addition of Glee to my regular rotation (not without reservations! but it's there), which is far, far more than I've ever watched as they air. Most of my shows are light fluffy stuff, but I'm glad to have things like Dollhouse and Supernatural to balance them out. I can't wait until Friday Night Lights comes back. I want to cry every week!
Anywhoodle. Some thoughts on this week in television before I crash into bed.
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exsequar I needed something Dollhouse-y, because after this season premiere I know I'm just gone. And it needed to be Topher. I happened to find a high-def screencap of this moment, which actually snatched my breath away when it first happened. Completely unexpected, and utterly moving. Topher is my most complete favorite, and to have his depth acknowledged in such a quiet, poignant way... yeah. ♥ And I took advantage of some of the gorgeous stylistic touches of the show itself, using the images of the five sleeping pods and the memories whisking away. I'm rather pleased with it! I've also changed up my journal title and what have you, but no one ever notices that stuff anyhow. :)
So here we go! There's space between each review so you don't have to be too worried about spoilers.
Dollhouse 2x01 - Vows: Dollhouse was PHENOMENAL. It pretty much completely blew my face off. I LOVED and was completely intrigued by the complicated Saunders-Topher conclusion to season 1, but I never dreamed it would become half of the season 2 premiere! I have always loved Topher with reckless abandon, and noted every nuance of his character, and the idea that he had designed an imprint that he would be around every day to hate him was so poignant and awful and heartbreaking that I didn't know what to DO with myself. And THEN, Joss blows my mind by revealing that he actually DIDN'T do that, and Topher's kind of in shock from these waves of hostility and hatred rolling off of Claire, but you can tell he kind of feels he deserves them, and it's just one big delicious mess of angst and existential crisis! Fran Kranz and Amy Acker were absolutely phenomenal. I've always known Fran was talented, and Amy is Amy (ILLYRIA, ANYONE?), so it was a complete treat to see the two of them really get to flex their muscles and bust out a scene of such intricacy and anguish that it had tears in my eyes.
I think that Eliza ate her acting wheaties, because she did a fantastic job this week. (I love that girl, but Echo has not been as good a fit for her as Faith was - good to see her growing into the role, which we already saw some of in Omega). She and Jamie Bamber were the most exquisite duo, both when dancing oh so sweetly at their wedding and when fighting in the study - that scene was so intense and moving and well done, wow. Two of my most favoritest TV actors come together! THANK YOU JOSS. I was deeply grateful for everything Jamie is, from British accent to broad shoulders and piercing blue eyes, nom nom nom nom. I hope he comes back!
Sierra and Victor are very intriguing, and I hope they get more much-deserved screen time this season. Both of them are simply powerhouses of acting potential, and it's a shame that the Echo-centric concept doesn't let them flourish as much as I'd like. One of my only complaints about this episode, but it already felt chock full so it's okay! Just, more in the future plz. :)
I like that Paul continues to be completely faily and creepy, and that Adele calls him out on it. He was set up as the knight in shining armor, and he's turned out to be possibly the least-likable character on the entire show. Just another example of Joss brilliantly subverting expectations, especially with an actor capable of such warmth as Tahmoh.
ALEXIS DENISOF YAY. Gimme moooore. *grabbyhands*
This episode was very close to Joss at his best. I am insanely excited for the rest of this season, and right now I am declaring Dollhouse my favorite show of Fall 09. :)
The Big Bang Theory 3x01: OMG OMG OMG EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDD
Ahem. I mean. YAY! How often does your OTP get brought together in such a thoroughly adorable and sweet way?? SHE LEAPT INTO HIS ARMS. ASfsdkf;lksdf;lksjdf. And his sweet baffled and super pleased face! "Um, hi!" "HI!" :DDDDD And he gave her a SNOWFLAKE. From the NORTH POLE. And explained the POLYMER HE USED. And she CUT HIM OFF WITH A KISS. How long has she been wishing she could do that?! (Well, not terribly long, cause she's a silly girl, but I KNOW I HAVE.) I have watched all their smoochy snuggly scenes like 10 times since I first saw it. THEY ARE SO CUTE AND A LITTLE AWKWARD AND OH MY GOD MY HEART. And the last scene was hilarious. "Leonard?" "Yeah?" "It's weird." "Yeah." Awwww, precious faily children. <3333 GET OVER IT, STAT. AND CONTINUE TO BE ADORABLE AT ME.
In conclusion: :DDDDDDDDDDDDD and I can't wait to download tonight's episode!!
Bones 2x02 - This was a pretty good episode. The plot was way too melodramatic and filled with "Dun dun DUNNNNNNNNN" music for my tastes, but as usual the character throughlines more than made up for it! Everyone being so flaily and faily about Wendell leaving was just too sweet. I would have preferred they kept Adorable Random Trivia-Knowing British Guy of the interns, but Wendell would have been my next choice, so I'm down with this. :) The last scene where they told him he could stay totally made me get all teary, awwwww. I love how Hodgins has a bit of a mancrush on him. I also ADORE Cam and her motherly instincts. I hope we get to see her with that girl she adopted!!
The plumbing scene was completely adorable, and made up for Bones pissing me off for most of the episode.
Merlin 2x01 and 2x02: As glad as I was to have Merlin back, I thought 2x01 was even MORE faily and ridiculous than this show usually is. Arthur's personality seemed to have been erased back to pilot levels of pratdom, and Merlin was even more spectacularly incompetent than he usually is. Storming into Arthur's chambers and declaring creepily "Cedric is possessed by an evil wizard" is TOTALLY GOING TO WORK!!! *facepalm* Why not share the, I don't know, EVIDENCE that Cedric was the only one with access to Arthur's keys?! SIGH. And then there was the truly horrible attempts to "fight" the gargoyle(s?) by the "knights" of Camelot, better known as the Pansies of Camelot, christ. Just - the whole thing hit a cheese note that really grated after episodes like To Kill a King. I think the appropriate conclusion is: MOAR MORGANA.
2x02, sadly, did not have more Morgana but it was a better episode by far. Arthur still seems to be taking memory-erasing pills and treating Merlin like less than a piece of dirt he found on the bottom of his shoe. But his storyline with Gwen was sweet if frustrating. I loved how she stood up to him, I love her passion and her gumption and her big brown eyes, omg. (She looked RADIANT this whole episode, oh Angel!! <3) My biggest problem with this episode is that IT WAS A KNIGHT'S TALE. It blatantly stole enormous part of the film, from the style of shooting the jousting to a peasant pretending to be a knight to a POINTED LANCE DISGUISED BY A SCULPTED FIST, WHAT. It was all just so blatant that I couldn't believe what I was seeing. That is not homage, that is thievery! But I suppose there are worse things to steal from, so *hands*. Overall, I was entertained, which is par for the course for Merlin The Ridiculous.
Next week: MOAR MORGANA. FINALLY.
Glee 1x02-1x04: Okay, this show is growing on me. As they take time to give each of the characters their moment in the spotlight, they're starting to actually reveal some characters instead of caricatures. I still don't actually like almost anyone, except for Kurt (omg the dancing, omg the football, OMG COMING OUT TO HIS DAD, omg my HEART), Mercedes, Emma, and sometimes Will (though when he ran off to do Acafellas at the expense of his kids in Glee? I was SO angry at his selfishness). But sometimes when I'm just getting comfortable with a character, like Finn, he'll say something like "Did you know you can, like, take books from the library? All of them!" And I'm just like WE KNOW HE'S A DUMB JOCK OMG STOP IT. I despise Sue with the fire of a thousand suns, and not in the "love to hate" way, just in the GET OFF MY SCREEN way. And I think Rachel is self-absorbed, arrogant, and irrational. I also hate Mr. Schu's conniving, lying gold-digger of a wife. She's had a few moments where I found her tolerable, but NOW SHE'S PLOTTING TO STEAL A GIRL'S BABY JUST SO SHE WON'T HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH HER HUSBAND, WHAT. Ahem. Sorry. I still have some rage about this show.
But the music is fucking amazing. Despite my dislike for Rachel, Lea can flipping SING. I have listened to Take a Bow like a million times in the past couple days. I also love Bust Your Windows, &Mercedes;! I hope that girl gets more storylines and more songs.
I guess Glee's brand of comedy still rubs me the wrong way. It's on the right path, in some ways, but we'll see if I fully warm up to it. I'm feeling much better now about it than I did after episode 2.
Supernatural 5x03 Free to Be You and Me: I don't have the energy or willpower to talk about this extensively here. I have enormous problems with Castiel and everything he represents and every way he's been handled, but my flist is a very Castiel-friendly zone so I'm not even going to bother. (It's very, very difficult to have some of my closest friends enjoying a show on a level that actively disturbs me, as opposed to simple indifference. So I think I'll be keeping my dialogue to a minimum.) If you're curious about my stance,esorlehcar has articulated it very clearly. (PROSTITUTION IS NOT FUNNY.)
That said, I LOVED Sam's part of this episode. The first scene with Jess had me flailing and biting my knuckles and making suppressed squealing sounds. JESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Adrianne is so unspeakably stunning, and she and Jared have glorious chemistry. So even though the conversation was subtly dark and fucked up (hahaha, SURPRISE SURPRISE HI LUCIFER), I was completely swept away. I'm really glad they let Sam express those emotions again, because they've been buried very, very deep for over two seasons, and it's good to have evidence that that love is as strong as it ever was. I have a soft spot in my heart for those two.
He also brought the woobie faces with a vengeance this week. And then he kicked some major hunter ass, which was both hot and heartbreaking that he HAD to do it, and alskjslkdjf. POOR SAMMY. Everyone's (including him!) saying he started the apocalypse, but HELLO THAT WAS DEAN. If Dean hadn't broken the first seal, no one could have broken the last. I'M JUST SAYIN'. Someone cut that kid a break. :(
Sam as Lucifer's vessel and Dean as Michael's is so incredibly heavyhanded, but whatever, I'll roll with it. The potential for Sam's interactions with Lucifer is both chilling and exciting, so I'm looking forward to that. Let's just say that Mark Pellegrino is a vast fucking improvement over Genevieve Cortese!
I'm not thrilled with where this is headed, but I'm willing to hold out. (Oh, who am I kidding - the world would have to end before I stopped watching Winchesters willingly. HA HA YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!) Also, NEEDS MOAR HARVELLES. Just sayin.
Okay, that is ENOUGH TV rambling! I also watched Castle, and it was mostly status quo, which is to say deeply adorable and wonderful. Now it is 40 minutes past when I promised myself I'd go to bed, so I am GOING! Goodnight! (And please talk to me about TV!!!)
Anywhoodle. Some thoughts on this week in television before I crash into bed.
But before I get started, I has a new layout!! :D -->
exsequar I needed something Dollhouse-y, because after this season premiere I know I'm just gone. And it needed to be Topher. I happened to find a high-def screencap of this moment, which actually snatched my breath away when it first happened. Completely unexpected, and utterly moving. Topher is my most complete favorite, and to have his depth acknowledged in such a quiet, poignant way... yeah. ♥ And I took advantage of some of the gorgeous stylistic touches of the show itself, using the images of the five sleeping pods and the memories whisking away. I'm rather pleased with it! I've also changed up my journal title and what have you, but no one ever notices that stuff anyhow. :)So here we go! There's space between each review so you don't have to be too worried about spoilers.
Dollhouse 2x01 - Vows: Dollhouse was PHENOMENAL. It pretty much completely blew my face off. I LOVED and was completely intrigued by the complicated Saunders-Topher conclusion to season 1, but I never dreamed it would become half of the season 2 premiere! I have always loved Topher with reckless abandon, and noted every nuance of his character, and the idea that he had designed an imprint that he would be around every day to hate him was so poignant and awful and heartbreaking that I didn't know what to DO with myself. And THEN, Joss blows my mind by revealing that he actually DIDN'T do that, and Topher's kind of in shock from these waves of hostility and hatred rolling off of Claire, but you can tell he kind of feels he deserves them, and it's just one big delicious mess of angst and existential crisis! Fran Kranz and Amy Acker were absolutely phenomenal. I've always known Fran was talented, and Amy is Amy (ILLYRIA, ANYONE?), so it was a complete treat to see the two of them really get to flex their muscles and bust out a scene of such intricacy and anguish that it had tears in my eyes.
I think that Eliza ate her acting wheaties, because she did a fantastic job this week. (I love that girl, but Echo has not been as good a fit for her as Faith was - good to see her growing into the role, which we already saw some of in Omega). She and Jamie Bamber were the most exquisite duo, both when dancing oh so sweetly at their wedding and when fighting in the study - that scene was so intense and moving and well done, wow. Two of my most favoritest TV actors come together! THANK YOU JOSS. I was deeply grateful for everything Jamie is, from British accent to broad shoulders and piercing blue eyes, nom nom nom nom. I hope he comes back!
Sierra and Victor are very intriguing, and I hope they get more much-deserved screen time this season. Both of them are simply powerhouses of acting potential, and it's a shame that the Echo-centric concept doesn't let them flourish as much as I'd like. One of my only complaints about this episode, but it already felt chock full so it's okay! Just, more in the future plz. :)
I like that Paul continues to be completely faily and creepy, and that Adele calls him out on it. He was set up as the knight in shining armor, and he's turned out to be possibly the least-likable character on the entire show. Just another example of Joss brilliantly subverting expectations, especially with an actor capable of such warmth as Tahmoh.
ALEXIS DENISOF YAY. Gimme moooore. *grabbyhands*
This episode was very close to Joss at his best. I am insanely excited for the rest of this season, and right now I am declaring Dollhouse my favorite show of Fall 09. :)
The Big Bang Theory 3x01: OMG OMG OMG EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDD
Ahem. I mean. YAY! How often does your OTP get brought together in such a thoroughly adorable and sweet way?? SHE LEAPT INTO HIS ARMS. ASfsdkf;lksdf;lksjdf. And his sweet baffled and super pleased face! "Um, hi!" "HI!" :DDDDD And he gave her a SNOWFLAKE. From the NORTH POLE. And explained the POLYMER HE USED. And she CUT HIM OFF WITH A KISS. How long has she been wishing she could do that?! (Well, not terribly long, cause she's a silly girl, but I KNOW I HAVE.) I have watched all their smoochy snuggly scenes like 10 times since I first saw it. THEY ARE SO CUTE AND A LITTLE AWKWARD AND OH MY GOD MY HEART. And the last scene was hilarious. "Leonard?" "Yeah?" "It's weird." "Yeah." Awwww, precious faily children. <3333 GET OVER IT, STAT. AND CONTINUE TO BE ADORABLE AT ME.
In conclusion: :DDDDDDDDDDDDD and I can't wait to download tonight's episode!!
Bones 2x02 - This was a pretty good episode. The plot was way too melodramatic and filled with "Dun dun DUNNNNNNNNN" music for my tastes, but as usual the character throughlines more than made up for it! Everyone being so flaily and faily about Wendell leaving was just too sweet. I would have preferred they kept Adorable Random Trivia-Knowing British Guy of the interns, but Wendell would have been my next choice, so I'm down with this. :) The last scene where they told him he could stay totally made me get all teary, awwwww. I love how Hodgins has a bit of a mancrush on him. I also ADORE Cam and her motherly instincts. I hope we get to see her with that girl she adopted!!
The plumbing scene was completely adorable, and made up for Bones pissing me off for most of the episode.
Merlin 2x01 and 2x02: As glad as I was to have Merlin back, I thought 2x01 was even MORE faily and ridiculous than this show usually is. Arthur's personality seemed to have been erased back to pilot levels of pratdom, and Merlin was even more spectacularly incompetent than he usually is. Storming into Arthur's chambers and declaring creepily "Cedric is possessed by an evil wizard" is TOTALLY GOING TO WORK!!! *facepalm* Why not share the, I don't know, EVIDENCE that Cedric was the only one with access to Arthur's keys?! SIGH. And then there was the truly horrible attempts to "fight" the gargoyle(s?) by the "knights" of Camelot, better known as the Pansies of Camelot, christ. Just - the whole thing hit a cheese note that really grated after episodes like To Kill a King. I think the appropriate conclusion is: MOAR MORGANA.
2x02, sadly, did not have more Morgana but it was a better episode by far. Arthur still seems to be taking memory-erasing pills and treating Merlin like less than a piece of dirt he found on the bottom of his shoe. But his storyline with Gwen was sweet if frustrating. I loved how she stood up to him, I love her passion and her gumption and her big brown eyes, omg. (She looked RADIANT this whole episode, oh Angel!! <3) My biggest problem with this episode is that IT WAS A KNIGHT'S TALE. It blatantly stole enormous part of the film, from the style of shooting the jousting to a peasant pretending to be a knight to a POINTED LANCE DISGUISED BY A SCULPTED FIST, WHAT. It was all just so blatant that I couldn't believe what I was seeing. That is not homage, that is thievery! But I suppose there are worse things to steal from, so *hands*. Overall, I was entertained, which is par for the course for Merlin The Ridiculous.
Next week: MOAR MORGANA. FINALLY.
Glee 1x02-1x04: Okay, this show is growing on me. As they take time to give each of the characters their moment in the spotlight, they're starting to actually reveal some characters instead of caricatures. I still don't actually like almost anyone, except for Kurt (omg the dancing, omg the football, OMG COMING OUT TO HIS DAD, omg my HEART), Mercedes, Emma, and sometimes Will (though when he ran off to do Acafellas at the expense of his kids in Glee? I was SO angry at his selfishness). But sometimes when I'm just getting comfortable with a character, like Finn, he'll say something like "Did you know you can, like, take books from the library? All of them!" And I'm just like WE KNOW HE'S A DUMB JOCK OMG STOP IT. I despise Sue with the fire of a thousand suns, and not in the "love to hate" way, just in the GET OFF MY SCREEN way. And I think Rachel is self-absorbed, arrogant, and irrational. I also hate Mr. Schu's conniving, lying gold-digger of a wife. She's had a few moments where I found her tolerable, but NOW SHE'S PLOTTING TO STEAL A GIRL'S BABY JUST SO SHE WON'T HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH HER HUSBAND, WHAT. Ahem. Sorry. I still have some rage about this show.
But the music is fucking amazing. Despite my dislike for Rachel, Lea can flipping SING. I have listened to Take a Bow like a million times in the past couple days. I also love Bust Your Windows, &Mercedes;! I hope that girl gets more storylines and more songs.
I guess Glee's brand of comedy still rubs me the wrong way. It's on the right path, in some ways, but we'll see if I fully warm up to it. I'm feeling much better now about it than I did after episode 2.
Supernatural 5x03 Free to Be You and Me: I don't have the energy or willpower to talk about this extensively here. I have enormous problems with Castiel and everything he represents and every way he's been handled, but my flist is a very Castiel-friendly zone so I'm not even going to bother. (It's very, very difficult to have some of my closest friends enjoying a show on a level that actively disturbs me, as opposed to simple indifference. So I think I'll be keeping my dialogue to a minimum.) If you're curious about my stance,
esorlehcar has articulated it very clearly. (PROSTITUTION IS NOT FUNNY.) That said, I LOVED Sam's part of this episode. The first scene with Jess had me flailing and biting my knuckles and making suppressed squealing sounds. JESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Adrianne is so unspeakably stunning, and she and Jared have glorious chemistry. So even though the conversation was subtly dark and fucked up (hahaha, SURPRISE SURPRISE HI LUCIFER), I was completely swept away. I'm really glad they let Sam express those emotions again, because they've been buried very, very deep for over two seasons, and it's good to have evidence that that love is as strong as it ever was. I have a soft spot in my heart for those two.
He also brought the woobie faces with a vengeance this week. And then he kicked some major hunter ass, which was both hot and heartbreaking that he HAD to do it, and alskjslkdjf. POOR SAMMY. Everyone's (including him!) saying he started the apocalypse, but HELLO THAT WAS DEAN. If Dean hadn't broken the first seal, no one could have broken the last. I'M JUST SAYIN'. Someone cut that kid a break. :(
Sam as Lucifer's vessel and Dean as Michael's is so incredibly heavyhanded, but whatever, I'll roll with it. The potential for Sam's interactions with Lucifer is both chilling and exciting, so I'm looking forward to that. Let's just say that Mark Pellegrino is a vast fucking improvement over Genevieve Cortese!
I'm not thrilled with where this is headed, but I'm willing to hold out. (Oh, who am I kidding - the world would have to end before I stopped watching Winchesters willingly. HA HA YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!) Also, NEEDS MOAR HARVELLES. Just sayin.
Okay, that is ENOUGH TV rambling! I also watched Castle, and it was mostly status quo, which is to say deeply adorable and wonderful. Now it is 40 minutes past when I promised myself I'd go to bed, so I am GOING! Goodnight! (And please talk to me about TV!!!)
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Date: 2009-09-29 05:05 am (UTC)re Glee: i find myself really only able to love emma and kurt (ohh, kurt <3333), and yet idk. i'm sort of completely hooked. i blame the musical numbers. they had me at don't stop believin.
re. SPN: much as i love misha (and i do) i'm castiel-indifferent, so you can always talk to me! and while i was all, "oh, of course he is" when it came to the lucifer's vessel thing, i lovelovelove jess, and i flailed when i saw her again. and while i have been team dean (well, more team samanddean, but for the purposes of s4 i was team dean), everyone needs to CUT SAMMY A BREAK. poor darling.
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Date: 2009-09-29 05:17 am (UTC)Is it just me or is Merlin decidedly inferior to what it was at the end of last season? Not only have they retconned Arthur back into a prat, but the A plots are particularly lame so far. (I was practically reciting lines from A Knight's Tale alongside the last episode.) Hopefully Morgana can inject some awesome next week.
I have listened to Lea sing Take a Bow...*checks*...33 times. Most of which were consecutive. Part of me wants to think critically about Glee, but I've practically been genetically conditioned not to. Unless it fails really epically, it's basically going to be the show of my heart forever.
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Date: 2009-09-29 08:20 am (UTC)I missed my shows so much and didn't realize it until they were back again.
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Date: 2009-09-29 03:40 pm (UTC)Dollhouse: first of all, YOUR HEADER, MY HEART. Topher is my faaavorite, oh god. I loved the Saunders/Topher storyline, everything that goes on inside the Dollhouse is a lot more interesting than what goes on outside. Then again, outside has Jamie Bamber so I'm not complaining! I loved him! Eliza was really good in this episode, she is definitely coming into her character. Paul continues to be... Paul, but now I can go "Hi Helo hiii! Look, there's Apollo!" Idk, I amuse myself. This was my favorite premiere by far!
TBBT: SO MUCH LOVE AND AWKWARDNESS AND LOOOVE. That is all! Hee!
Merlin: Arthur as Heath Ledger? This episode was an improvement from the premiere but I am back to really? REALLY? I kept expecting Paul Bettany to show up. Actually, that wouldn't be so bad, get on it, casting people! The Arthur/Gwen storyline was sweet and slightly awkward but I'm glad she said what everyone was thinking. NEEDS MORE MORGANA, SHOW. I really hope next episode delivers! I am looking forward to the return of Mordred.
Glee: I have problems with this show and I really want to like it but something isn't clicking. I hope it hits its stride soon! Will's wife makes me irrationally angry. And I want them to make Rachel a more sympathetic character. The singing is fantastic, though. And I love Kurt and Mercedes!
SPN: I've only seen the first ten minutes and all I can say is JESS!!! \o/ As somebody else mentioned, Adrianne and ALAN TUDYK. I've read people's reactions to the episode, and I know you and I are on the same boat re: Castiel. :/
I haven't seen Bones yet. /o\
♥♥♥
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Date: 2009-09-29 05:58 pm (UTC)Mr Nigel-Murray ftw! (I thought his name was Nigel for ages). I don't think Wendell is going to be the only intern though, because Clark is apparently in this weeks ep, so they seem to be rotating them again.
I have moments where I love Castiel, and others where I'm a bit meh. I think part of it is because I miss the days of Sam and Dean and just them, Castiel's arrival started the decline of them in a way, and that makes it hard to like him sometimes for me.
I'm impatient so I've been downloading all my shows because they don't start over here for ages (Bones and SPN especially, but also Dollhouse and Fringe)
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Date: 2009-09-29 08:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-29 10:52 pm (UTC)Everyone's (including him!) saying he started the apocalypse, but HELLO THAT WAS DEAN. If Dean hadn't broken the first seal, no one could have broken the last. I'M JUST SAYIN'. Someone cut that kid a break. :(
BUT THIS IS TOTALLY WHAT I'M SAYING! It kills me that Sam's taking the full brunt for Lucifer being on Earth when holy hell Dean totally started it. The brothers need to get back together stat, these separate adventures already have me all sad.
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:10 am (UTC)Emma and Kurt are completely darling. And the music is amazing. I'm just not fully there yet. :)
Well, obviously, Sam screwed up royally in season 4, and there was a bit of character assassination going on there, tbh. But I do believe that he successfully lied to himself and always thought he was doing the right thing (how was he supposed to know killing Lilith was a BAD thing?!) so I can't blame him TOO much. And Dean pissed me off sometimes last season too, so they're kind of on equal footing with me for the moment. But Castiel is just - ugh! He feels so completely shoehorned in, the way they're using him now. He's comedic relief and a new buttsex partner for Dean, which is so fucked up given that HE'S A FUCKING ANGEL and they could do SO much more interesting with him. Also, why does no one even WORRY about Jimmy? We don't know he's dead! Dean doesn't know! Yet it's not even an issue, even though they did a whole retcon for Ruby because of this very issue. ARGH RAR ETC.
*breathes*
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:13 am (UTC)JESSlolol ADRIANNE + ALAN = THE BEST THING EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.I hope Merlin's just taking some time to catch its stride, not sophomore slumping! The promos have looked truly amazing, and I'm hoping that wasn't just a good selective editing job.
I've listened to Take a Bow 35 times, also many consecutive! :D Ugh how so amazing?! Not that I give even half a shit about Rachel and Finn, but it's such a phenomenal vocal performance.
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-30 02:18 am (UTC)I was hoping that maybe the whole "it was amazingly enough money for THREE scholarships! wow!" thing was a way of keeping three interns in rotation. GIMME MY MR. NIGEL-MURRAY, SHOW! He's so darling and... British! ♥
I've slowly come to terms with the fact that Supernatural is two entities to me - pre-Dean's deal and post-Dean's deal. Seasons 1 and 2 exist in this bubble of perfection for me, one where the Winchesters have each other and only each other. After that, all kinds of ridiculous external forces (Kripke trying to manipulate his show to give it more "broad appeal", idfk) twisted and distorted the universe I knew and loved. So while I still get het up sometimes, I'm resigned to the fact that it will never be the Sam&Dean show again, much less a show actually about American folklore. In conclusion, I miss the days of Sam and Dean too, and it's one reason I'm annoyed with Castiel, but it is more than that.
Dude, when you live abroad you HAVE to download American TV. Only way to do it if you want to keep up with the flow of fandom, not to mention it's just totally unfair!
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:22 am (UTC)YAY I'm glad you like my header darling! <333 Topher LIVES in my heart, omg. Helo and Apollo beating each other up was true genius, Joss you evil wonderful man. :DDD
AWKWARD DARLING BOY AND GIRL BEING DARLING AND AWKWARD sdflksjldfkj MY HEART. This week is just as good! EEE!
I totally would not object to Paul Bettany in my Merlin, ngl. But yeah, it was a completely blatant steal. GIMME MY MORGANA. And oooh yes, Mordred is very very exciting!
Right there with ya on Glee. Rachel feels KIND of like me in high school, but she's far too abrasive and selfish for me to actually care about her. I hope they soften her up a bit without killing her spirit. It's possible to be passionate without stepping on everyone else!
JESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥_______♥ Ugh, Adrianne, MARRY ME. Or Alan, I'm not picky. :D
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:29 am (UTC)yeah i feel kind of the same way. i mean, what's castiel really doing at this point? fair enough it's only been a couple of episodes but i really think his role needs to... well, he needs to have a role. something for him to do that isn't just riding shotgun in the impala and hanging round with dean and basically being sammy v 2.0.
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Date: 2009-09-30 02:32 am (UTC)When Rachel hit that note in Taking Chances (her audition for Cabaret), I literally got goosebumps. The girl has pipes.
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Date: 2009-09-30 04:15 am (UTC)