television giveth, television taketh away
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lizzy_copycatI still haven't watched last week's Gilmore Girls. There are two possible explanations: I don't care enough to, and I'm still catching up on Bones, and that's better. Both make sense.
I have watched this week's Without a Trace, however.
If Martin can quote Fight Club then so can I. None of us look any cooler for doing it. But, hey, that was another episode entirely...
There was ONE scene I liked this week. One. But it ALMOST made the rest of it worth my time. It also convinced me that TPTB do read message boards. They must. Because THAT was pointed. I loved it. I loved how Jack looked like the ass I think he is. I loved how Sam reacted to Jack being a presumptuous ass. I loved that Sam called it a "fling". I loved how she didn't give a fuck at ALL. Hell, it made me like Sam again. Just for a little while. But how could Anne's pregnancy possibly be a surprise? How?
My shippery heart also liked the fact that Sam and Martin went to Connecticut together, but it would have liked it better if it had lasted for more than 30 seconds. (This is where I WANT to say that it's okay, because good fics can fix that, and do so better than it would've been on the show, because the show needs to, well, CONTINUE, but I just don't think anyone is going to write a good story about it. The operative word here is 'good', I'm sure lots and lots of bad fics will be written about it. Possibly, they will end with a wedding. And babies. So it's NOT okay. There's no one here to fix what's broken, so the show needs to do that on its own. If there were loads of good stories, then I don't think the poor quality of the actual episodes would bother me so much, because I'd be able to get the good stuff somewhere else. There's just not enough good stuff around. But I digress...)
I was very distracted by Stu Collins working for CPS. I'm bad with familiar faces on tv. It's like how I can't watch Cold Case because Kathryn Morris used be on PWOG back in the day and she IS Lindstrom. (Which is weird, because Rod Rowland can play anything, just as long as I get to watch. Probably because of all the gossip about GA and him being on XF around the same time. And SAAB, which I never really watched, anyway.) It's even worse when the familiar face is in a context that isn't all that far from the context I'm used to seeing them in. So, yeah, the MP storyline didn't work for me at ALL. Which isn't just a casting problem. I didn't care. I didn't care where he was, whether or not he died, whether or not anyone else died. I didn't care about anything.
Poppy's appearance confuses me. Not the pregnancy rumors, I abandoned that theory a while ago. But I'm torn. In half the shots, she looked like a campaign poster AGAINST cosmetic surgery, and also tanning, but the other half, she looked okay. And what's up with the tanning, anyway? She's Australian, she should know better. Not that all Australians are smart, but just, skin cancer, HELLO! I don't know. (That was the first thing I was told. "Welcome to Australia. One in three people get skin cancer. Also, crocs bite, so don't try to pet them. Okthxbye.") Maybe it was Tan-in-a-Can. It certainly LOOKED pretty fake. And while it made her freckles go away, it was not enough to conceal some pretty bad skin there. Whoa! But I liked her hair. And I liked how they completely ignored continuity with that and just changed it in between takes.
Speaking of continuity. See, a week ago, Jack was FINE, but now he's bruised and bandaged. What's up with that? Yes, I get that it's supposed to make sense, and we're supposed to be GRATEFUL they showed us that he didn't magically heal overnight and they remember what happens from one week to the next. But it doesn't and I'm not. I was annoyed, actually. At least his chest wound isn't an issue. I'm glad they're continuing to ignore that. I would like it if next week, they can somehow show us that there's also no scar from that. WITHOUT us having to look at ALP's naked torso, because that would SUCK. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Except about ALP taking his clothes off. I really would hate that.
Why have Martin and Danny turned into sixteen year old home boys? [This is not a rhetorical question. I really want to know. Also, I'd like to know if it STOPS? Soon?]
The only thing worse than Martin calling Danny "Bro" was Anne. Everything about her. Except when she said she knows what Jack's "Later" means, so she would just do it herself. Anne's stomach hurting in a way that SCREAMS "Something's wrong with inside your uterus", Anne pulling at the carpet right after that happened. Anne acting VERY weird when she left the office that night. And how far along is she supposed to be, anyway? She knew she was pregnant in the season finale, and that was in May. Assuming she was just a couple of weeks along when she found out, which isn't really THAT likely, it's still November now, which means that she should be six months along, or five and a half at the very least. If she had a miscarriage when she was that far along, she wouldn't be back in the office that day. Not in any hospital I've ever heard about, that's for sure. And it's not like she wouldn't go to the hospital. So does that mean they were just 'pains', and they will continue this stupid storyline? Will there be a LOT of Jack/Anne angsting about there (not) being a baby on the way? The only thing worse than that would be using the baby for comic relief after it's born. Blah.
And one last gripe, which is not about the actual episode: I quote the episode thread at Destined:
With her past coming back to haunt her, and we know it will this season, she probably has enough on her mind.
How do "we" know this? "We" know NOTHING about this. Did Sam say that in a clip that I missed? Okay, yeah, "we" DO know this, but only because people who don't know what Spoiler sections are for have told "us". So it's not like anything got ruined for me, because it's not something I haven't been told by at least five other idiots in the past, but it still pisses me off. It will continue to piss me off every time it happens. Stupid people piss me off. That's how it is. I gave up on liking everybody many years ago, and I recently gave up on wanting everybody to like me. Because if I think YOU'RE a stupid bitch, what does it really matter what you think about me?
I watched Veronica Mars, too, but I'm bored with talking out of my ass now.
I have watched this week's Without a Trace, however.
If Martin can quote Fight Club then so can I. None of us look any cooler for doing it. But, hey, that was another episode entirely...
There was ONE scene I liked this week. One. But it ALMOST made the rest of it worth my time. It also convinced me that TPTB do read message boards. They must. Because THAT was pointed. I loved it. I loved how Jack looked like the ass I think he is. I loved how Sam reacted to Jack being a presumptuous ass. I loved that Sam called it a "fling". I loved how she didn't give a fuck at ALL. Hell, it made me like Sam again. Just for a little while. But how could Anne's pregnancy possibly be a surprise? How?
My shippery heart also liked the fact that Sam and Martin went to Connecticut together, but it would have liked it better if it had lasted for more than 30 seconds. (This is where I WANT to say that it's okay, because good fics can fix that, and do so better than it would've been on the show, because the show needs to, well, CONTINUE, but I just don't think anyone is going to write a good story about it. The operative word here is 'good', I'm sure lots and lots of bad fics will be written about it. Possibly, they will end with a wedding. And babies. So it's NOT okay. There's no one here to fix what's broken, so the show needs to do that on its own. If there were loads of good stories, then I don't think the poor quality of the actual episodes would bother me so much, because I'd be able to get the good stuff somewhere else. There's just not enough good stuff around. But I digress...)
I was very distracted by Stu Collins working for CPS. I'm bad with familiar faces on tv. It's like how I can't watch Cold Case because Kathryn Morris used be on PWOG back in the day and she IS Lindstrom. (Which is weird, because Rod Rowland can play anything, just as long as I get to watch. Probably because of all the gossip about GA and him being on XF around the same time. And SAAB, which I never really watched, anyway.) It's even worse when the familiar face is in a context that isn't all that far from the context I'm used to seeing them in. So, yeah, the MP storyline didn't work for me at ALL. Which isn't just a casting problem. I didn't care. I didn't care where he was, whether or not he died, whether or not anyone else died. I didn't care about anything.
Poppy's appearance confuses me. Not the pregnancy rumors, I abandoned that theory a while ago. But I'm torn. In half the shots, she looked like a campaign poster AGAINST cosmetic surgery, and also tanning, but the other half, she looked okay. And what's up with the tanning, anyway? She's Australian, she should know better. Not that all Australians are smart, but just, skin cancer, HELLO! I don't know. (That was the first thing I was told. "Welcome to Australia. One in three people get skin cancer. Also, crocs bite, so don't try to pet them. Okthxbye.") Maybe it was Tan-in-a-Can. It certainly LOOKED pretty fake. And while it made her freckles go away, it was not enough to conceal some pretty bad skin there. Whoa! But I liked her hair. And I liked how they completely ignored continuity with that and just changed it in between takes.
Speaking of continuity. See, a week ago, Jack was FINE, but now he's bruised and bandaged. What's up with that? Yes, I get that it's supposed to make sense, and we're supposed to be GRATEFUL they showed us that he didn't magically heal overnight and they remember what happens from one week to the next. But it doesn't and I'm not. I was annoyed, actually. At least his chest wound isn't an issue. I'm glad they're continuing to ignore that. I would like it if next week, they can somehow show us that there's also no scar from that. WITHOUT us having to look at ALP's naked torso, because that would SUCK. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Except about ALP taking his clothes off. I really would hate that.
Why have Martin and Danny turned into sixteen year old home boys? [This is not a rhetorical question. I really want to know. Also, I'd like to know if it STOPS? Soon?]
The only thing worse than Martin calling Danny "Bro" was Anne. Everything about her. Except when she said she knows what Jack's "Later" means, so she would just do it herself. Anne's stomach hurting in a way that SCREAMS "Something's wrong with inside your uterus", Anne pulling at the carpet right after that happened. Anne acting VERY weird when she left the office that night. And how far along is she supposed to be, anyway? She knew she was pregnant in the season finale, and that was in May. Assuming she was just a couple of weeks along when she found out, which isn't really THAT likely, it's still November now, which means that she should be six months along, or five and a half at the very least. If she had a miscarriage when she was that far along, she wouldn't be back in the office that day. Not in any hospital I've ever heard about, that's for sure. And it's not like she wouldn't go to the hospital. So does that mean they were just 'pains', and they will continue this stupid storyline? Will there be a LOT of Jack/Anne angsting about there (not) being a baby on the way? The only thing worse than that would be using the baby for comic relief after it's born. Blah.
And one last gripe, which is not about the actual episode: I quote the episode thread at Destined:
With her past coming back to haunt her, and we know it will this season, she probably has enough on her mind.
How do "we" know this? "We" know NOTHING about this. Did Sam say that in a clip that I missed? Okay, yeah, "we" DO know this, but only because people who don't know what Spoiler sections are for have told "us". So it's not like anything got ruined for me, because it's not something I haven't been told by at least five other idiots in the past, but it still pisses me off. It will continue to piss me off every time it happens. Stupid people piss me off. That's how it is. I gave up on liking everybody many years ago, and I recently gave up on wanting everybody to like me. Because if I think YOU'RE a stupid bitch, what does it really matter what you think about me?
I watched Veronica Mars, too, but I'm bored with talking out of my ass now.
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Date: 2006-11-23 06:05 am (UTC)GAH.
Sorry for the spoiler. However, I think people are making that one up myself. I never saw anything concrete about that. I thinkit was just Poppy who mentioned something about it.
ANyway. I agree about the episode.
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Date: 2006-11-23 06:38 pm (UTC)Well, if Poppy said it, people should just yapper on. Because then it can't possibly be true. LOL. I guess that's the problem with not reading spoilers. I don't know when it actually IS a spoiler and getting pissy is appropriate, so I just do it every time someone says something that SOUNDS spoilery. And it's happened so many times lately that it would surprise me if there was a whole episode thread that DIDN'T have someone assume we all want to know what's going to happen. I don't think they'll EVER get it. (Oooh. Idea: "Do it once, get your post deleted, do it again, have your post count changed to zero." That should piss some of them off. *shakes head*)
[I feel another rant coming on, I'll stop while I still can... ;)]
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Date: 2006-11-23 06:47 pm (UTC)Ugh. I like being angry "on priciple". It's just such an EASY thing NOT to do. I don't see why it's such an issue.
"Oooh. Idea: "Do it once, get your post deleted, do it again, have your post count changed to zero." That should piss some of them off."
LMAO!!!!! YES!!! That would be the most freakin' hilarious thing EVER.
Rant away!!!
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Date: 2006-11-23 07:46 pm (UTC)Actually, I don't think it's easy NOT to do it. Not for them, anyway. I think they're too stupid to realize they're doing it most of the time. They must be when the number of times they've been told NOT to do it hasn't stopped it.
Tough love. It's the only way to go. Because it's more fun for the rest of us, I mean.
I'm all out of rant now. Instead, my mind over-compensated by presenting me with another fic idea none of them would be happy with because there is no Sam/Martin smooching at the end. I've had a lot of those lately. :)