Alex O'Loughlin is one attractive human being, or how Kylie fell into the Hawaii Five-0 fandom.
I admit this week was a whirl of hiding from the snow, (yep more snow) unhealthy food, Hawaii Five-0 fic and lots of pictures of Alex O'Loughlin. But today I did book flights back to Wellington! (Arrive Tues 30 Aug).
My boxes also arrived from the UK. Totally forgotten what I'd packed but it's nice to be reunited with some things like my S1 Fringe DVDs and some things I picked up in Europe. All my stuff is together. Now, just to sort it before I fly out.
As you could possibly tell from the above, Hawaii Five-0 has sort of totally taken over my brain. The last fandom I embraced this quickly on the basis of fic, having seen hardly any episodes, was Torchwood* or maybe SGA - how I fell into the latter's fic hole is sort of fuzzy in my mind. It's a very different experience than when I fell for Fringe, where I watched the source first and where fic is sort of light on the ground. However, it's still the same, enjoyable 'wheee new fandom' rush. Love it.
I did actually watch the H50 pilot on Wednesday though, taking the total episodes I've watched to: 3! Although, thanks to Tumblr, clips on YT, reading recaps and fic, I'm spoiled in a general way for the entirety of S1 anyway.
So, before I really got into this 'watching the source' thing I tried to remind myself that this is popcorn TV - like a good action movie with likeable characters, awesome banter, car chases, explosions and pretty people - and to try not to pick apart the plot too much. Basically, how I watch NCIS. I was ... sort of successful. I did have some issues with the whole how Steve got to the island plot as ... he had his cellphone on him? That still seems weird to me. Also, he basically got those people killed when he answered his phone. Although, he wasn't to know that I guess. And he didn't have to shoot that dude's brother, he was unarmed, Steve could have grabbed him surely? But then I doubt anything would have saved his father. (Edit: Re-watching it, I noticed the dude was reaching for a gun, so, sorry Steve. Fair call, dude).
(Also while on that plot, and the fact that I know what happens down the line, is it just a coincidence that Hesse, who Steve had been tracking for 5 years, worked for Wo Fat, and that Steve's father's investigation also traced back to Wo Fat? Because that is hard to buy. Or did Wo Fat hire these dudes because he knew on the organised crime/terrorist grape-vine that Hesse had a past with Steve? Are these still unanswered questions? Is it all supposed to make sense?)
See, I was only partially successful. ;) This is the problem with watching a show partially based in a real world situation and not in space, or in a fantasy world, I start applying real world rules to it, and that's not always advisable.
Anyway, apart from that, people got shot, there was some rather gratuitous (but not unwelcome) Alex O'Loughlin and Grace Park skin shots, and Steve and Danny were hilarious. In fact, Scott Caan is pretty awesome all around. I admit to being a little WTF when he got his Golden Globe nod, but to be honest, after seeing this and some clips from the show, dude's damn good. Alex is a little stiff, but I know he loosens up a bit as the season goes on.
* In fact I still haven't seen a full season of TW, unless you count Children of Earth and well the less said about that the better as it's one of the reasons I don't read TW fic anymore and couldn't care less about the show. (I'm sorry Peter Capaldi, you were still awesome).
I would watch more but data caps are the devil. I'm seeing what I can get away with, and to be honest, I can see my resolve crumbling.
I'm also waiting for fandom to produce the 'Steve McGarret meets John Sheppard' or 'Steve McGarrett meets Brad Colbert' fics I know it has in it. This is making me realise, that I have a thing for shows with members of the US military.
Two random H50 things:
Vid rec: You, Me and Steve. Hilarious, and so true.
This is a little old now, but I was going through delicious bookmarks and found this post: Top 20 Steve/Danny moments. Just, ridiculous human beings. And this was only up to 1.18!
I should also put together a recs post, but I've been keeping my delicious up to date with fics I've enjoyed.
Crossposted here (
comments).
My boxes also arrived from the UK. Totally forgotten what I'd packed but it's nice to be reunited with some things like my S1 Fringe DVDs and some things I picked up in Europe. All my stuff is together. Now, just to sort it before I fly out.
As you could possibly tell from the above, Hawaii Five-0 has sort of totally taken over my brain. The last fandom I embraced this quickly on the basis of fic, having seen hardly any episodes, was Torchwood* or maybe SGA - how I fell into the latter's fic hole is sort of fuzzy in my mind. It's a very different experience than when I fell for Fringe, where I watched the source first and where fic is sort of light on the ground. However, it's still the same, enjoyable 'wheee new fandom' rush. Love it.
I did actually watch the H50 pilot on Wednesday though, taking the total episodes I've watched to: 3! Although, thanks to Tumblr, clips on YT, reading recaps and fic, I'm spoiled in a general way for the entirety of S1 anyway.
So, before I really got into this 'watching the source' thing I tried to remind myself that this is popcorn TV - like a good action movie with likeable characters, awesome banter, car chases, explosions and pretty people - and to try not to pick apart the plot too much. Basically, how I watch NCIS. I was ... sort of successful. I did have some issues with the whole how Steve got to the island plot as ... he had his cellphone on him? That still seems weird to me. Also, he basically got those people killed when he answered his phone. Although, he wasn't to know that I guess. And he didn't have to shoot that dude's brother, he was unarmed, Steve could have grabbed him surely? But then I doubt anything would have saved his father. (Edit: Re-watching it, I noticed the dude was reaching for a gun, so, sorry Steve. Fair call, dude).
(Also while on that plot, and the fact that I know what happens down the line, is it just a coincidence that Hesse, who Steve had been tracking for 5 years, worked for Wo Fat, and that Steve's father's investigation also traced back to Wo Fat? Because that is hard to buy. Or did Wo Fat hire these dudes because he knew on the organised crime/terrorist grape-vine that Hesse had a past with Steve? Are these still unanswered questions? Is it all supposed to make sense?)
See, I was only partially successful. ;) This is the problem with watching a show partially based in a real world situation and not in space, or in a fantasy world, I start applying real world rules to it, and that's not always advisable.
Anyway, apart from that, people got shot, there was some rather gratuitous (but not unwelcome) Alex O'Loughlin and Grace Park skin shots, and Steve and Danny were hilarious. In fact, Scott Caan is pretty awesome all around. I admit to being a little WTF when he got his Golden Globe nod, but to be honest, after seeing this and some clips from the show, dude's damn good. Alex is a little stiff, but I know he loosens up a bit as the season goes on.
* In fact I still haven't seen a full season of TW, unless you count Children of Earth and well the less said about that the better as it's one of the reasons I don't read TW fic anymore and couldn't care less about the show. (I'm sorry Peter Capaldi, you were still awesome).
I would watch more but data caps are the devil. I'm seeing what I can get away with, and to be honest, I can see my resolve crumbling.
I'm also waiting for fandom to produce the 'Steve McGarret meets John Sheppard' or 'Steve McGarrett meets Brad Colbert' fics I know it has in it. This is making me realise, that I have a thing for shows with members of the US military.
Two random H50 things:
Vid rec: You, Me and Steve. Hilarious, and so true.
This is a little old now, but I was going through delicious bookmarks and found this post: Top 20 Steve/Danny moments. Just, ridiculous human beings. And this was only up to 1.18!
I should also put together a recs post, but I've been keeping my delicious up to date with fics I've enjoyed.
Crossposted here (
comments).