Burn Notice
Finally caught up on S2 Burn Notice, and god, USA, what a douchebag thing to do to split the season like that. As if Sci-Fi splitting BSG isn't douchey enough. Hope USA isn't seriously thinking of putting out two DVD sets or some fucking nonsense like BSG has done either.
Urgh, I shouldn't have started with a negative like that, because I LOVE THIS SHOW. It's fun and fluffy and I want Jeffrey Donovan's babies cock. Uh. I mean. I'm sorry for the TMI, but you can't possibly watch this show and not want Jeffrey Donovan's cock. Trufax. I don't really have a lot to say, sadly, because BN is a show I enjoy and that's about it. I don't have meta, I don't analyse much. Which isn't to say that there aren't some deep character stuff going on or that Jeffrey Donovan's performance isn't nuanced like mad, but I just enjoy it. Plain, simple joy.
The only major thing I don't like...
Fiona's passive aggressive tactics this season. Meh. I have a love/hate relationship with Fiona. She's really kickass and tuff and fabulous, but at the same time, she kinda rubs me the wrong way, and I can't fully embrace her. I love what she is on paper, but there's just something off. Like I keep checking myself. I second guess her awesome.
I think it's her pursuit of Michael. Like, on one hand, I think they're MFEO, on the other hand, it makes Fiona kind of pathetic, and I don't like that. I actually LOVED it in the beginning of S2 when she was like, "you suck, Michael, I'm done with you." I cheered, dude. But she just resorted to passive aggressive manipulation rather than outright aggressive pressure, which bothers me WAY more, because there's a whole history of passive aggressive needy female characters, and I don't need HER to be one of them, too. I want the relationship to evolve, and it hasn't. It tries my patience when relationships don't evolve. When it's the same fucking thing over and over again. My favorite canon TV het romance of all time is John Crichton and Aeryn Sun from Farscape, and their relationship evolved as they each changed. There were different emotional and situational barriers through the course of the show. It wasn't the same lameass reason again and again. I'm getting tired of Fiona chasing Michael, and Michael ducking and dodging because he wants to protect her, or because he sucks at emotional commitment. Blah blah blah. Because despite all the shiny awesome, it's the same fucking story of the woman who wants commitment and the man who wants to shy away, and that's... I don't know. Really fucking sexist? Or worse, really fucking boring.
With that said, Michael's whole "I'm not afraid anymore" speech in "Good Soldier" was really awesome, but mostly because Jeffrey Donovan fucking sold it. I hope it actually goes somewhere in the rest of the season though, because I do think it's a serious cop out for him to be saying all that indirectly. I know Michael's emotionally repressed and all, but seriously. EVOLVE ALREADY. Just makes me appreciate Pushing Daisies all the more for characters who actually TALK shit out. I think I'm tired of "MY SEKRIT REASONS! MY SEKRIT EMO PAIN!" because everybody's fucking like that on TV. It's awesome when you've got characters who either want to talk or acknowledge that talking is the mature thing to do. Like PD, like Life, and oh, those shows happened to be endangered. While SEKRIT EMO MANPAIN Patrick Jane gets 16 million viewers.
I LIKE THE MENTALIST DON'T GET ME WRONG. But yeah, a part of me is still kinda resentful. :/
I'm getting off topic. But I'm done anyway. I just want Fiona and Michael to fucking EVOLVE. I don't think it's beyond the scope of the show, no matter how fluffy and formulaic it wants to appear on the surface.
Oh oh, wait, sorry, I need to WHINEY COMPLAINY PANTS about one more thing. Michael Shanks. Dear god, please tell me he's not coming back for the second half of S2. I tried. I really tried. I don't want to hate him purely because he's got insane fangirls. I really try not to do that for any actor, because it's the Jesus Syndrome. It's not their fault that they've got stupid and crazy fans. But no, I fucking hate Michael Shanks, and I fucking hate Victor, and I really hope I never see his sorry ass on BN again. Victor = older male version of Elle from Heroes, that same kind of sassy LOL look at me I'm so eeeeeeeeeeeeevil. Oh my god, if you have to act like you're cool, you're NOT cool. If you have to act like you're evil, you're NOT evil. Charming sociopathy comes naturally. cf. Simon Baker in Smith. Not this sassy bullshit.
It just bugs me all the more because of all his crazy fangirls. They already pissed me off back during S6 24 when he showed up for 3 episodes, THREE, and all his BATSHIT fangirls DEIGNED to give lowly 24 a chance because their god DEIGNED to appear on the show. Much like what I've seen for his TWO episode appearance on BN. Now, obviously, I have tuned into shows for the sake of my favorite actors. Famously, I watched a whole episode of Numb3rs for TWO MILLISECONDS of Christopher Daniels. Other notable instances include Connor Trinner on a couple episodes of SGA, Tahmoh Penikett on an episode of Smallville, Michael T. Weiss on Crossing Jordan, but you know, there's tuning in to a show you don't normally watch for this one episode with an actor you like, and then there's condescending bullshit about how you'll give this show you totally didn't give a shit about before a chance because OMG [INSERT NAME HERE] is on it for three seconds. Just feels like a slap to the face to those of us who are actual fans of the show and it gives me a giant case of the BITCH PLZ.
And yes, as I've said, crazy fans should have no bearing on the actor, but Shanks has had two chances to impress me, and both times, he's been made of fail. Undeserved praise bugs me, which is why my hate is disproportionately large.
BUT OKAY BITCHING IS DONE DON'T LET THAT DECEIVE YOU I REALLY REALLY LOVED S2.1
I just love competence, man. Michael is overflowing with competence. It's so HOT. So hot, in fact, that it makes me want to cry like a 14 year old at an N'Sync concert. You know, does that simile even work anymore these days? It's been forever since N'Sync. What concerts do the 14 year olds cry at now?
BUT ANYWAY. Yes. Michael. Omg. And Jeffrey Donovan. Omg, I want to write epic poetry on how fucking AWESOME he is. And Bruce Campbell! <333333Sam. Bruce Campbell is like an unending outpour of awesome for the past zillion years or something.
I can bitch with coherent sentences, but mostly, I enjoy BN in a very incoherent and flail way.
FLAIL
ETA: I should add that I didn't even realize Victor = Michael Shanks at first. I didn't recognize him and I was annoyed by Victor right off the bat, so I'm technically not biased by the knowledge that Victor is played by him. Victor earned my dislike all by himself. It only amplified when the recognition clicked midway through the scene. But again, I tried to be "objective" but no. HATE.
Urgh, I shouldn't have started with a negative like that, because I LOVE THIS SHOW. It's fun and fluffy and I want Jeffrey Donovan's babies cock. Uh. I mean. I'm sorry for the TMI, but you can't possibly watch this show and not want Jeffrey Donovan's cock. Trufax. I don't really have a lot to say, sadly, because BN is a show I enjoy and that's about it. I don't have meta, I don't analyse much. Which isn't to say that there aren't some deep character stuff going on or that Jeffrey Donovan's performance isn't nuanced like mad, but I just enjoy it. Plain, simple joy.
The only major thing I don't like...
Fiona's passive aggressive tactics this season. Meh. I have a love/hate relationship with Fiona. She's really kickass and tuff and fabulous, but at the same time, she kinda rubs me the wrong way, and I can't fully embrace her. I love what she is on paper, but there's just something off. Like I keep checking myself. I second guess her awesome.
I think it's her pursuit of Michael. Like, on one hand, I think they're MFEO, on the other hand, it makes Fiona kind of pathetic, and I don't like that. I actually LOVED it in the beginning of S2 when she was like, "you suck, Michael, I'm done with you." I cheered, dude. But she just resorted to passive aggressive manipulation rather than outright aggressive pressure, which bothers me WAY more, because there's a whole history of passive aggressive needy female characters, and I don't need HER to be one of them, too. I want the relationship to evolve, and it hasn't. It tries my patience when relationships don't evolve. When it's the same fucking thing over and over again. My favorite canon TV het romance of all time is John Crichton and Aeryn Sun from Farscape, and their relationship evolved as they each changed. There were different emotional and situational barriers through the course of the show. It wasn't the same lameass reason again and again. I'm getting tired of Fiona chasing Michael, and Michael ducking and dodging because he wants to protect her, or because he sucks at emotional commitment. Blah blah blah. Because despite all the shiny awesome, it's the same fucking story of the woman who wants commitment and the man who wants to shy away, and that's... I don't know. Really fucking sexist? Or worse, really fucking boring.
With that said, Michael's whole "I'm not afraid anymore" speech in "Good Soldier" was really awesome, but mostly because Jeffrey Donovan fucking sold it. I hope it actually goes somewhere in the rest of the season though, because I do think it's a serious cop out for him to be saying all that indirectly. I know Michael's emotionally repressed and all, but seriously. EVOLVE ALREADY. Just makes me appreciate Pushing Daisies all the more for characters who actually TALK shit out. I think I'm tired of "MY SEKRIT REASONS! MY SEKRIT EMO PAIN!" because everybody's fucking like that on TV. It's awesome when you've got characters who either want to talk or acknowledge that talking is the mature thing to do. Like PD, like Life, and oh, those shows happened to be endangered. While SEKRIT EMO MANPAIN Patrick Jane gets 16 million viewers.
I LIKE THE MENTALIST DON'T GET ME WRONG. But yeah, a part of me is still kinda resentful. :/
I'm getting off topic. But I'm done anyway. I just want Fiona and Michael to fucking EVOLVE. I don't think it's beyond the scope of the show, no matter how fluffy and formulaic it wants to appear on the surface.
Oh oh, wait, sorry, I need to WHINEY COMPLAINY PANTS about one more thing. Michael Shanks. Dear god, please tell me he's not coming back for the second half of S2. I tried. I really tried. I don't want to hate him purely because he's got insane fangirls. I really try not to do that for any actor, because it's the Jesus Syndrome. It's not their fault that they've got stupid and crazy fans. But no, I fucking hate Michael Shanks, and I fucking hate Victor, and I really hope I never see his sorry ass on BN again. Victor = older male version of Elle from Heroes, that same kind of sassy LOL look at me I'm so eeeeeeeeeeeeevil. Oh my god, if you have to act like you're cool, you're NOT cool. If you have to act like you're evil, you're NOT evil. Charming sociopathy comes naturally. cf. Simon Baker in Smith. Not this sassy bullshit.
It just bugs me all the more because of all his crazy fangirls. They already pissed me off back during S6 24 when he showed up for 3 episodes, THREE, and all his BATSHIT fangirls DEIGNED to give lowly 24 a chance because their god DEIGNED to appear on the show. Much like what I've seen for his TWO episode appearance on BN. Now, obviously, I have tuned into shows for the sake of my favorite actors. Famously, I watched a whole episode of Numb3rs for TWO MILLISECONDS of Christopher Daniels. Other notable instances include Connor Trinner on a couple episodes of SGA, Tahmoh Penikett on an episode of Smallville, Michael T. Weiss on Crossing Jordan, but you know, there's tuning in to a show you don't normally watch for this one episode with an actor you like, and then there's condescending bullshit about how you'll give this show you totally didn't give a shit about before a chance because OMG [INSERT NAME HERE] is on it for three seconds. Just feels like a slap to the face to those of us who are actual fans of the show and it gives me a giant case of the BITCH PLZ.
And yes, as I've said, crazy fans should have no bearing on the actor, but Shanks has had two chances to impress me, and both times, he's been made of fail. Undeserved praise bugs me, which is why my hate is disproportionately large.
BUT OKAY BITCHING IS DONE DON'T LET THAT DECEIVE YOU I REALLY REALLY LOVED S2.1
I just love competence, man. Michael is overflowing with competence. It's so HOT. So hot, in fact, that it makes me want to cry like a 14 year old at an N'Sync concert. You know, does that simile even work anymore these days? It's been forever since N'Sync. What concerts do the 14 year olds cry at now?
BUT ANYWAY. Yes. Michael. Omg. And Jeffrey Donovan. Omg, I want to write epic poetry on how fucking AWESOME he is. And Bruce Campbell! <333333Sam. Bruce Campbell is like an unending outpour of awesome for the past zillion years or something.
I can bitch with coherent sentences, but mostly, I enjoy BN in a very incoherent and flail way.
FLAIL
ETA: I should add that I didn't even realize Victor = Michael Shanks at first. I didn't recognize him and I was annoyed by Victor right off the bat, so I'm technically not biased by the knowledge that Victor is played by him. Victor earned my dislike all by himself. It only amplified when the recognition clicked midway through the scene. But again, I tried to be "objective" but no. HATE.