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THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PICTURE HERE.
BUT I AM AT WORK AND LJ WON'T LET ME ACCESS ALL MY ALBUMS.
ENJOY THE CAPS-LOCK INSTEAD, OKAY?
TELEVISION IS A POISON, JUST KNOW THAT.


Incredibly General Thoughts on Grey's Anatomy:
My feelings on this season in general are pretty "meh." At the beginning I had really high hopes for some serious friendship angst between Alex and Arizona, but they've pretty much forgotten that they were even friends to begin with. Obviously I ship them like the loser I am, but I had no real delusions about that becoming in any way canon. But in my book, friendship angst is the next best thing, if not better, because TV writers tend to deal with friendship better. And we got a blink and then nothing, which really kind of blew the wind out of my sails as far as this season goes. It was the one thing I legitimately hoped for.

Other stuff: I pretty much love Cristina more than ever now, which is awesome, because I need more reasons to keep watching this show. Random "Jackson basically owns the hospital now" and more "April's religious all of a sudden, so let's talk about it for a year!" stuff just makes me want to turn it off. And I'm really glad the lawsuit/hospital sale stuff is over and things at SGMW can get back to relative normalcy. I kind of enjoy the way they've dealt with certain milestone items like Adele's death and Meredith's pregnancy. Despite the stupid ABC ads blowing stuff out of proportion, the show has actually handled them in a not-nauseating way, which I appreciate, because family-member deaths, weddings, and babies can be my TV kryptonite. The way Meredith and Derek are kind of blase and goofy about most everything helps. I really don't like Owen in a leadership role. I want the Chief to be the Chief again and Owen to go back to being a trauma surgeon without all of the yelling and the grumpiness. Okay, maybe some yelling and some grumpiness. Let's be real. I have to admit they've done a pretty good job with the new interns this season. And my favorite is Brooks. Because she's clearly the best.


Incredibly General Thoughts on Pretty Little Liars:
→ I don't really care about Aria and Ezra. Boy is just so boring and oblivious. I just can't even express how little I care about their storyline and the kid and their romance. I don't even care that I don't care, that's how much I don't care.
→ I was disappointed in the Toby reveal. We need some flashbacks or something because that half-hearted explanation just wasn't doing it for me.
→ There's been this weird turn-around for me with this show, where... I have pretty much fallen in love with Allison and I want her to be alive more than ever. So the finale teasing that possibility was like Christmas for me. Even though I don't believe it for a second.
→ Hanna and Caleb are, believe it or not, my favorite couple on this show. I wasn't all that enamored with their origin story, but as a couple they are perfect. I really dig the whole idea of Caleb not really having a family and Hanna and her mom being his surrogate fam. I still have this huge soft spot for Hanna, especially the way she tried to forgive and reach out to Mona after everything, and her friendship with Lucas. I feel like most people find her annoying, but out of the group, I definitely have the most affection for her. Maybe it's because through everything, she still has these moments where she just acts like a teenager. Which, they're supposed to be, so that makes sense to me.


Even More Vague Thoughts on Switched at Birth:
I legitimately don't have much to say about this show even though I think it's done an amazing job, especially toward the end of the season. I mean there are still a couple of dull "soap-opera-y" plotlines that you have to suffer through, but in general this show just knocks it out of the park with what it's trying to do. The all ASL-episode was fantastic and I feel like the show continues to break new ground with issues that no show before it has even touched. So.. there you go.


Orphan Black: AKA I'm not sure yet:
Two episodes in and I haven't made any major decisions about this show. The pilot was far better than I anticipated, but that may be because I wasn't expecting anything really? I heard about the show a few days before it aired, so there wasn't any real anticipation on my part, which helped with the low, but hopeful, expectations. I really liked the ending of episode two, but the way the story is unraveling, with the audience knowing only what Sarah/Beth knows, there's still so much mystery and anticipation, which I like, but makes it hard to make a complete diagnosis in terms of Whether-This-Show-Is-For-Me-Or-Not. I don't even know how long the season is supposed to be, which could be short given the way some shows on BBCA run. I enjoy the lead character, but her blow-out in Felix' apartment was a little unsettling. I think I'll continue to watch though, because the premise is so unique and I'm still intrigued enough to follow wherever it's heading.


Really Angry and Vague Thoughts on The Vampire Diaries:
So, I love Elijah. That's a thing about me. I also love Rebekah and Katherine. Reasons I will probably watch The Originals. (Not that Katherine will be in it necessarily.) If you know nothing else. Know this.

Otherwise:
My Number One Hated Trope of All Time Has Returned! Free will, you don't have it anymore! Whee. This time it's Elena and Bonnie in the crosshairs. They've pretty much done this to every major character with few exceptions. (FYI I still don't think that the switch is 100% real. The only time we've seen the switch "work" is when it's been "activated" by someone compelling another person to "turn it off." Every other time with the possible exception of Stefan's 1920s flashback, it has been motivated by anger, jealousy, sadness, etc. AKA EMOTIONS. Even Elena isn't exactly acting like someone without emotions. Especially in the most recent episode.) Since the ending of season 2 this trope of taking away a character's free will has been used over and over again on this show and I am fucking sick of it. I resent the fact that people assume the only reason people might hate Julie Plec is because she's a female show-runner. No. I just hate that since taking over as show-runner she continues to take away the agency of the characters rather than allowing them to make mistakes on their own, without being able to blame it on compulsion, siredom, possession, and involuntary switch turning. I think it's sloppy and easy storytelling (and possibly fan service) and I am sick and tired of it. If I quit watching this show, that will be the reason.


So Vague They Don't Even Get Their Own Block:
→ Hart of Dixie. This show always pleases me because it's so lighthearted. I am all caught up, watch every week the day after it airs. I am excited for its return. That is all.

→ How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life. Whether it's Roseanne, Scrubs, or this show, I love Sarah Chalke. She's so adorable here and so I think I'll definitely stick around to see how this one goes.

→ Suburgatory remains the only sitcom (aside from the afforementioned) that I currently watch. I occassionally keep up with Modern Family, but I haven't watched Parks since the first several episodes of the fall. I blame Jane Levy. She's just too cute for words. Plus I enjoy Dallas, Even though I don't appreciate the way they make Alan Tudyk more and more creepy by the episode.

→ Revenge! I practically forgot about this show. The story goes. My mother kept deleting the episodes off the DVR before I had a chance to watch it. So we came to be where we are today. With me completely behind, and very little motivation to catch up.

→ Lost Girl, I'm sorta caught up, and sorta not. I have watched all the current episodes, but I missed a few in the middle. So it's hard for me to comment on anything without basically shouting from the rooftops how much I fucking love Tamsin. Girl has my heart in the palm of her hand. I know she's fucked up but this last episode? That's the last time I do anything nice for you? Oh man. Tamsin, babe, stop being so awesome. I dare you.

→ Shameless, aka, show of my heart but I never have time to download the episodes and there's no easy way to access them without downloading them, so I am basically screwed! I know the finale was this week (right?) and I am like... soooo behind it's not even funny. Not. Even. Funny. Does Showtime have an HBOGo-like feature? And if they do, anybody have a password I can borrow? *whistles innocently*

→ Speaking of HBOGo, I may have watched Girls Season 2. I don't get why I watch this show. It's so aggravating but I am so compelled to watch it none-the-less. I pretty much hate Hannah. There's been maybe one time I have understood her motivations and the rest of the time I just find her selfish and whiny and completely unaware of how her actions are percieved by other people. I'm sorry, Shiri Appleby is probably forever ruined for me. I doubt I'll watch season three. (But that's what I said about season two!)

→ I'm also a handful of eps behind on Once Upon a Time so I'll refrain from commenting. I love Michael Raymond James though. It's required that you know that.

→ Battlestar Galactica! I've been re-watching a few episodes on Netflix. God, this show was good.

→ I can't wait for The Killing!

→ I can't wait for Haven!

→ I'm sure I'm forgetting something!

→ I really hope LJ doesn't mess up my formatting.

Date: 2013-04-09 04:18 pm (UTC)
lynnenne: (tvd: dopplegangland)
From: [personal profile] lynnenne
My Number One Hated Trope of All Time Has Returned! Free will, you don't have it anymore! Whee.

I second your "Whee" and hold up my sarcasm sign.

Date: 2013-04-10 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
Ugh. It's so annoying. If there were a rehab for TV writers who fall back on the same annoying trope over and over, she should check in.

Date: 2013-04-09 04:18 pm (UTC)
geckoholic: (The Killing)
From: [personal profile] geckoholic
Still really enjoying Grey's Anatomy, although I agree on Jackson and April's storylines. Yaaaawn. But I concur on Christina. XD

Oh man, TVD. I want to stick with it, I do, and so far I am, but I'm so miffed about the exact things you mentioned. :I Which is sad, because I used to be pretty into it.

LOST GIRL. SHAMELESS. THE KILLING. HAVEN. :DDDD

Date: 2013-04-10 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I feel like ever since the lawsuit was over it got better, but then the hospital closing/purchase storyline kind of starting to take its place. I'm just glad all that's over!

Me too! I really want it to be good again like s1&s2. The golden age!

I'LL SEE YOUR CAPS LOCK! AND RAISE YOU!

Date: 2013-04-09 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daybreak777.livejournal.com
Hart of Dixie is on tonight! Thanks for reminding me. I'm so not understanding Wade right now. I'm also getting so caught up in writing I forget TV still marches on. And I have to catch the second episode of Orphan Black and see how that goes.

You're rewatching BSG! First two seasons are the best. Enjoy!

Date: 2013-04-10 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I can't wait for HoD. It's just pure enjoyment for me. Even the Wade stuff. I get it. He had that whole "I'm not good enough for her or anyone so fuck it all" moment. I like that he screwed up even though I am slightly terrified it will ruin him and Zoe forever... but I'm hoping not. I LOVE Tansey and George actually. They found a way to make George not-boring. SHOCK OF SHOCKS.

I hope you like OB. It's keeping me on the edge of my seat for sure!

They really are the best. MAN. GOOD TV WAS GOOD.

Date: 2013-04-09 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com
In 100% agreement on TVD. (Though I'm a few episodes behind, because ugh.) TBH I find this variation of 'no free will' even worse than the ones that came before it, and the ones that came before it were bad.

Revenge....there was something earlier this season that was just like "no, I'm quitting, this is just bad," but for some reason I'm still watching it. And enjoying it again, but it's not the AMAZING TV that I thought it was toward the beginning of the first season. Still annoying of your mother to delete the episodes before you got the chance to watch them! :(

Lost Girl.......I had vowed to quit after last season, and unlike Revenge I actually did. But hearing about Tasmin makes me wonder if I should give it a shot? Do she and Bo actually have chemistry? I hated Bo/Lauren so bad (even though, or perhaps especially, because I wanted a queer 'ship), but I know you did too, and you are saying good things about Tasmin, so....

Date: 2013-04-10 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
Yeah it's pretty bad when it outdoes itself on that particular front. Just when you think it isn't possible...

See, I feel like right now there's no way I could go back. My mom wasn't understanding how I was in bed asleep by 8:30 PM every night. She legit thought I had watched them. It was an accident. But still, she could have asked first, ahahah.

Tamsin could have chemistry with a brick wall, yo. (Unlike Lauren, who is so forced. I legit do not comprehend why the fandom loves her so much and fangirls Zoie so much. I am sure she's a nice person, I just can't stand her mechanical/forced acting. Blahhhh.) Anyway, Tamsin alone is worth the price of admission for season three. That and Vex there in the beginning who I LOVED SO MUCH. (He better be back soon!) GIVE IT A SHOT. Tamsin will knock your socks off.

Date: 2013-04-10 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com
But couldn't you get them off the website? or netflix or an eztv torrent or whatever?

(Unlike Lauren, who is so forced. I legit do not comprehend why the fandom loves her so much and fangirls Zoie so much. I am sure she's a nice person, I just can't stand her mechanical/forced acting. Blahhhh.)

I don't know, it seemed like half the problem was Zoie and half was Anna. I didn't really think Bo had that much chemistry with anyone, but with Lauren it was even worse. And I thought Lauren/Nadia was....well, not amazing, but a LOT better than Lauren/Bo. ...........................Do people other than lesbian-fetishizing straight dudes like Lauren? Coz that would be a plausible reason?

And, I did like Vex, too. And I like that she's got some Dark Fae pals now, it seemed kinda bizarre when she was Light Fae in all but name. (I suppose she could've gone "lighter than light fae"--it seemed like they were teasing that with the comment about her being an obnoxious vegan--but I'm not sure that would've been very interesting.) ANYWAYS, I guess I'll have to check this out. Tamsin starts in, what, ep 2? 2 eps isn't a big investment......

....Though I have Doctor Who and Game of Thrones and several new anime I want to watch and I probably shouldn't underestimate this term just because a class I thought might be hard is filled with idiots. *grumble* hmm.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
Well my interest in catching up has dwindled to practically nothing, the ABC website only has the most recently aired eps, not the whole season, and I just don't have time to download them regularly. Shameless, which I love like burning, is another show I am behind on but I don't have showtime so I have to download them, which I haven't had a chance to do, so I haven't even had a chance to watch that show. :(

Yeah I didn't see a problem with Bo having chemistry with peeps. Check out tumblr, TONS of people other than lesbian-fetishizing straight dudes like Lauren. I don't get it and I know I never will. (Just like I never got all the Juliet love on LOST. Who I had similar problems with.)

Yeah I always thought she was lighter than light. She chose humans didn't she? And she's got Kenz. But now she's much more balanced that way. Tamsin is worth the investment. Trust me.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com
So, that first episode was so offensive IDEK. Evil lesbian separatists? Check. Evil transsexual deceiver mass-rapist? Check. Checking her trans status by sexually assaulting her? Check.

BUT. TAMSIN IS AMAZING. SHE IS THE BEST.

I am officially watching this show again, and it is entirely Tamsin's fault.

Date: 2013-04-09 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lenina20.livejournal.com
I agree in SAB. A lot.

I agree on TVD too. Like - I loved the streak of eps that came after Christmas up to 4x15 - and from then on it has been awful, for some reason I don't care/seem able to pinpoint. And also - the switch isn't real, right? I mean - it's a thing that stops working after 2 centuries so it isn't real; it at most suggestion. But yesss - as someone who obsesses with issues of responsibilty, the fact that certain characters' responsibilities are always erased/ignored/exonerated by deux-ex-machina bullshit (the FUCK Bonnie doesn't remember???) is crappy writing - but the alternative is that those 'extreme' things characters do, like Caroline killing twelve people with a stroke, or humanity-on Elena cold-bloodedly deciding to exterminate an entire original bloodline of tens of thousand of vampires to grow a map... are also glossed over and also have no repercusions in terms of characterization whatosever. So what's worse at this point? Ugh.

I love Elijah, Stefan, and Klaus - so I'll be watching The Originals. Also, I love the way Marcel looks, thank you. But I'm still fuming at the retcon around Katherine in the latest ep, ugh. No.

SHAMELESS. BEST SEASON EVER. WELL - NOT LOVING WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BABY KAREN.

and you know I can only use CAPSLOCK WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST SHOW THAT EVER EXISTED, AKA PLL. I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TOBY REVEAL UGH ME NO LIKE AND I'M STILL SHAKING THAT JASON MIGHT BE THE DEAD ONE BUT THEN WHY NOT REVEAL PLEASE NO NO NO NO NO - I ALSO DON'T CARE ABOUT ARIA AND EZRA BUT STILL LOVE THE POINT THEIR STORY MAKES IT'S GOOD THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER NOW AND YES HANNA MARIN IS THE QUEEN OF ALL AND OH MY GOD WHO IS ANNOYED BY HANNA EVERYBODY LOVES HANNA SHE'S THE STRONG ONE HAVE YOU READ JACOB CLIFFTON AMAZING AMAZING UNBELIEVABLE REFLECTIONS ON HANNA?

I MISS YOU MY FAVORITE SHOW PLEASE COME BACK. :)

Date: 2013-04-10 12:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com


I doubt that it's even halfway real to begin with. I remember Rose laughing and being like "oh yeah, I'll turn mine off if you turn yours off" *eyeroll* I don't even remember when they mentioned in canon that the supposed switch "dulls" over time. I think it's an excuse for bad behavior. Whenever we've supposedly seen Damon turn off his switch, he was always acting out. It was a temper tantrum is what it was. The exact opposite of turning your emotions off. It was turning them up to full blast. (And then crying about it afterward.) It's a stupid plot device and I am so irritated that it hasn't just died. It takes away the consequences for all of the characters, as much as they hand wave them already, we don't need that adding to it. And without consequences, what's the point? Grr.

Ugh, I really need to catch up. *eternal sadface*

Hahaha. Yes you did tell me. I forgot about that. Jason better not be dead. I almost forgot about him BT-dubs. Whoops. Which is stupid because he so intrigues me. I don't really see the point of Aria/Ezra. Like if the point is that he's too old for her, it's just coming at a weird time and in a weird way. They're in two different places in their lives? Well that much is obvious. They always have been. Aria to me is the worst secret-keeper of them all. If anything, I'm not even sure that Ezra knows Aria at all. I'm glad they're broken up because it was getting to be a real drag, but for me the point was pretty much that they'd written them into a corner. A really boring corner. With no sharp edges at all. (So it's not really a corner, so much as... a circle of some kind.) Also, NO! I have not read his praise of Hanna! I could go looking but I wouldn't know where to start with 3 seasons of reviews? Got any links handy? I can't wait to read. Especially after the stuff he wrote about Sarah Linden from The Killing. Ugh. I hope he re-caps that when it comes back.
Edited Date: 2013-04-10 12:49 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-04-10 10:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lenina20.livejournal.com
I'm going to be an awful person here and tell you that you have to read ALL THE RECAPS (he started recapping after ep 8 of season 1, I think) because they are - and I not exagerating - the best thing I have ever read that has been published on the Internet. I love them more than I love the show, and you know how much I love the show.

But - start with this, the recap of the ep (I need to rewatch because Jaria and Claire Holt thank you) in Hanna talks to Alison in Therapy Anne's office:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/pretty-little-liars/blind-dates-1.php?page=1

Regarding Aria/Ezra, what I meant about the point it makes has to do with how it represents 'statutory rape' as another bullshit social norm that presupposes and actually enforces the victimizaiton of young girls by taking for granted the fact that they cannot make their own decisions. It's certainly a very controversial point to argue, easier for me I guess because it's a thing (statutory rape) that does not exisit in my country, so I can see it as a cultural relative and really enjoy how Aria/Ezra totally subverts your typica five-ep arc in ALL teenage shows about forbidden relationships with teachers that always end up teaching a valuable leassons - why in PLL is like, this fixed, established, durable part of the narrative - a constant of stability and boredom that it just won't go away and that basically characterizes Aria and her whole obsession with maturity - in perfect correspondence with her place in her family and among the liears. Jacob Cliffton, who loves to hate Aria and really hates Aria/Ezra, explains it very well here, if i remember correctly:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/pretty-little-liars/the-goodbye-look-1.php

I also recommend this particular recap that explains the show and the girls from the point of its Lolita references:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/pretty-little-liars/a-kiss-before-lying-1.php

And... well, ALL OF THEM REALLY. Another favorite part of his analysis that I adore is how he explains Jenna and all the 'fear' that surrounds the character and also makes up the character. Just let me know if you enjoy his recaps, and I can maybe rec you some more, though I actually rec reading them all in chronological order. Because they're brilliant and insightful and pretty much hilarious.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
You really are awful! That's... wow. I don't know. Haha. I'll start with the links you've provided here. Seems like a good jumping off point.

I think I'll start with that Aria/Ezra big because I'm intrigued now.
Edited Date: 2013-04-10 01:53 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-04-09 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hamarakissa.livejournal.com
I agree TVD is totally on my nerves too - I just wish that the character's could make their own mistakes. Elena definitely has some sort of 'feelings' going on with the way she's still acting. Julie is just dumb :\ And that's disheartening in itself. I'm just excited and happy to have Katherine and Elijah back on my screen :D

Yes, Shameless had its finale for this season and it was a heartfelt great finale as always - I hope you'll be able to catch up! What episode did you end on?

BSG will always be epic! <3

I can't wait for The Killing either!!! :D

PLL - Ugh I absolutely dislike Aria/Ezra now and that needs to be over. That whole things with his son and blah, blah, blah - I just DON'T care! So glad we're on the same page there :) I do love Spencer/Toby no matter what and I'm sure they'll explain more when the series comes back. Hanna/Caleb are just amazing too - I like where their story has gone and where it continues to go :) I also hope Allison isn't really dead

This season of Grey's also has me 'meh' for the most part. I want the Chief to be Chief again just because Owen in this role isn't the Owen we knew and loved before - I miss that trauma surgeon Owen. I love Christina - always have, always will. I love Meredith and her friendship with Christina. April and the whole religious thing... NEEDS TO BE OVER WITH! Ugh I'm sick of it - every episode it's about April and how she's a born again virgin :| Which isn't possible, just fyi. Any way - if they could just get over that and make April more of a person with bigger issues that would be great. I will always miss Mark and Lexie :(

Date: 2013-04-10 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
UGH LJ ATE MY COMMENT, BRB.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I am not even sure which episode it was to be honest. I'd have to go back and read the descriptions. Maybe I should wait until the fall to catch up, that way the wait for new episodes in the winter will be lessoned. (I realize how little sense that makes, ignore me.)

THE KILLING! MY BABIES!

I used to like Aria/Ezra, but it's been such a drag for such a long time. I feel like moreso than the other liars with their SOs (periodically) Aria can't really be herself around him. She needs to move on. Yes SPENCER/TOBY! They have an epic love (though I still need more explanation from him). I really wanted to make a fanvid to the Imogen Heap cover of Thriller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxrIBCwyk80) (with some cuts for time) but who knows if I'll ever get around to it. (Maybe someone will do it before me.) Ugh yes, I need Aly to be alive. Or like, a genius zombie! It's the only way.

I agree about Owen. But mostly I don't see him as that role model that Chief was. In fact, Webber actually still kind of plays that role, only without the power to be able to make the decisions he used to, to help, to teach a lesson, in spite of what his feelings were telling him, etc. I want that back. Yeah April's character has been rather one note for the entire year. I feel like if that actors have any influence over the general arc of their characters, it's possible Sarah Drew has influenced this. I have read her twitter and it just seems like the might be more into that storyline for personal reasons. But then she may just be publicly supporting her boss's decisions too, haha. To be honest, they had driven Lexie and Mark (as individual characters and as a couple) so far into the ground by the end, that I don't even miss them now. If it's not having them at all, or having them in that half-assed way, I choose not at all.

Date: 2013-04-09 11:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waltzmatildah.livejournal.com
"Meh" is mostly my reaction for Grey's too. I'm still watching and waiting and wishing and hoping but they're killing Alex this season, my God, he is so irritating, and that is the ~actual ~saddest for me. Only April and Owen are more irritating, imo! I even prefer watching most of the new interns over his immaturity. WHY HAS HE GONE SO BACKWARDS?? WHYYYYYY? There was so much potential.

My faves so far this season are Cristina, Jackson, and Meredith. I'm even really enjoying Meredith/Derek which is a TOTALLY NEW CONCEPT FOR ME!

I don't watch anything else you've mentioned above, but I want to start Orphan Black so I didn't read your recap of that one. I've heard good things about it and am looking forward to catching up.

Oh, I watched one episode of TVD, the most recent one. I know you said you love Elijah but I just mostly wanted to punch him in the face. His, "I know my Katerina is still in there somewhere, underneath all the Katherine..." makes him almost as misogynistic as the Salvatores with regard to Elena. URGH. Also, what did they DO to Katherine's characterisation this episode? I'm all for Katherine wanting things for herself and letting her guard down enough to get them, but I am TERRIFIED that this 'change' has nothing to do with her and everything to do with the JP's need to drive the dichotomy between Katherine and Elena. I (cynically, probably) think the 'softening' of Katherine is simply to emphasise the 'hardening' of Elena without actually having to dirty Elena's character in the process (so that, post her inevitable 'saving', she'll be able to go back to being The Good One). I'm also worried that the 'softening' of Katherine is going to lead to her death. This is based off nothing but my own fears. She said once that "love makes you weak". I fear she may pay for it with her life in some form of poetic justice. I want to be proved wrong but... I AM NERVOUS (which is kinda ridiculous because I've watched ONE episode! Haha! BUT STILL, MY BB KATHERINE!!!!)

I just hate that since taking over as show-runner she continues to take away the agency of the characters rather than allowing them to make mistakes on their own, without being able to blame it on compulsion, siredom, possession, and involuntary switch turning. I think it's sloppy and easy storytelling (and possibly fan service) and I am sick and tired of it. If I quit watching this show, that will be the reason. THIS ~IS (one of) THE REASONS I STOPPED WATCHING. Katherine sucked me back in for one episode, but I don't know if it was enough to keep me (especially given the hiatus that has immediately followed). But yes to everything.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE KILLING TO COME BACK EITHER!!!!!!!

Date: 2013-04-11 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I kind of feel the same about Alex. At first, despite myself, I kind of enjoyed his friendship with what's her face (how much I don't care is showing, isn't it?) but now it's just like, ugh. And he's so sidelined. Blah.

I am excited to hear what you think of Orphan Black!

Okay, when he said that. I totally took that to mean "my Katerina" as in the girl who still believes in love and actually cares about him and isn't just using him. Not the way you took it. I am going to cling to that though. Because I agree with you. The other way is icky. Can't we just have my way?

What did LJ do to my comment? Ugh this app is for the birds sometimes.

Anyway. I said that I was pretty sure that I read she is coming back after hiatus. And the I took it back and was completely unsure. So there's that. AND she better not die.

Also, THE KILLING!!!!!

Date: 2013-04-11 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waltzmatildah.livejournal.com
The name you were looking for is Jo but, to be honest, they seem to have even dropped any semblance of a friendship between the two of them in favour of just showing Alex being pissy/cringe-inducingly immature that she's off shagging someone else. SO RIDICULOUS. Argh. I also enjoyed those initial episode that had them being friendly etc, but now? God. I need to have a sharp chat with Meredith for ever putting the idea in his head to start with! Just pleeeeease bring Izzie back, Shonda! PLEEEASE! For me?!

Orphan Black. I've just gone back and read your thoughts because I've seen both episodes now. I actually really, really loved it. It's exactly up my alley as far as shows go, mystery that's drawn out (The Killing style?) over the course of many episodes etc as opposed to single episode case/crime shows where everything's wrapped up in 42 minutes. I really love the lead actress, and the character, Felix. Also, shallow note, I am a complete sucker for British accents!! They're my kryptonite for sure! Haha! Some spec (based on nothing but my opinion) for her behaviour/outburst... Maybe it's something to do with however they've been cloned? I mean, Beth was clearly on a LOT of meds. Maybe it'll be a 'symptom'?

Or maybe it'll be nothing, haha!!

TVD. Ooh, can I borrow your interpretation of Elijah?? I like it better than mine! I think I've been programmed to default to misogynistic interpretations on this show by, well, pretty much every other episode ever! Haha! I'm just worried they're going to go down the route whereby Katherine has to prove herself 'worthy' of Elijah's devotion by shedding everything that makes her ~Katherine and re-adopting Katerina's traits. This stems from the clear message that has been sent from day one that Katherine is not ~good ~enough for the Salvatores and that Elena is the doppelgänger more worthy of their devotion. You know? The usual grossness.

So, while I think my interpretation probably has a little more 'show history' behind it, I definitely like yours more and can see how it could still fit just fine (as long as they're careful with it).

Date: 2013-04-10 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] favoritexrecord.livejournal.com
I don't really care about Ezra/Aria, either. I mean, I don't really dislike them, I just don't care. I always found them kind of boring.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I didn't at first but now I definitely do.

It's like, enough already. Do something interesting or at least involve him in the plot, or GTFO.

Date: 2013-04-10 05:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com
Also re: PLL, I basically stopped watching because of Ezra/Aria-related cognitive dissonance. Like, for a long time I *totally shipped them*. I mean they weren't always perfect, and I was like "ok, this is fiction. If this was real life I'd be like 'noEzrayou'refiredreallyleavetownorI'mcallingthecops.' BUT IT'S NOT. So I can pretend this is fanfiction or something and enjoy it as a guilty pleasure. Because it totally hits my kinks just right." ............Until Aria's parents find out and have the reaction that *any parent ought to have* if this were in the real world...and suddenly I can't just put that cognitive dissonance aside for the sake of fantasy anymore.

Date: 2013-04-10 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
That was never my problem with them. At all.

Although as time went on Ezra just looked kind of lame. Can't get a job, his teenage girlfriend's got more going on in her life than he does. A little pathetic, haha.

Date: 2013-04-10 02:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com
ouch-but-true.

Also everything was getting pretty repetitive because there was really nowhere for their relationship to *go*, no way it could develop or grow.

Date: 2013-04-11 12:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crickets.livejournal.com
I kind of feel the same about Alex. At first, despite myself, I kind of enjoyed his friendship with what's her face (how much I don't care is showing, isn't it?) but now it's just like, ugh. And he's so sidelined. Blah.

I am excited to hear what you think of Orphan Black!

Okay, when he said that. I totally took that to mean "my Katerina" as in the girl who still believes in love and actually cares about him and isn't just using him. Not the way you took it. I am going to cling to that though. Because I agree with you. The other way is icky. Can't we just have my way?

Ugh. Katherine better not die. I am pretty sure I read she is going to be back after hiatus? I am not sure actually. I may have made that up.

THE KILLINGGGGG!

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