Weekend TV Round-up
It's getting near the end of regular TV season, so advance warning of SPOILERS for:
LotS, Smallville, FlashForward, Vampire Diaries and Doctor Who.
(And Buffy if you haven't seen past the second half of series 3)
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
SPOILERS.
LotS - Seriously... did we need half an entire episode of torture porn with Cara? Don't get me wrong, I love watching Rahl be sexy and evil, but when does he get to be the one all dirty and sexy in his skivvies? Also, after an entire season of looking for the Stone of Tears, fighting people for it, killing for it, making it the hardest object ever to acquire, Cara just happens to be able to get it in all of ten seconds and bring it to Rahl? We wasted like eight episodes of wandering through epic amounts of forest just for that to happen? Sheesh.
FlashForward - I am SOOOOOO epically happy that Simon leaving didn't equate to Simon actually leaving. Yes, I am a Dommeholic, but I also think he's one of the most interesting and dynamic aspects of that show.
Now that the FBI knows about Janis, shouldn't we... I don't know... place her in a safe house so no agents of Mr. Savvy McEvilBrit come to kill her and her DemFetus? And WTF is Vogel going to do now? I want a Vogel/Benford smackdown. Speaking of Benford, are we to believe he's just going to let Olivia go now so Lloyd can get a one-way ticket to Pound Town? Like, "Sorry babe, I know you're still my wife and all even though we haven't lived together these past couple of months because I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE AND OUR DAUGHTER'S, but because CrazyLarge Hippocampus says you're supposed to be with Lloyd I'm going to buy that. It's no big, I have other ways of finding comfort in life *glug glug glug*" Along those lines, is Dem seriously SO important to the workings of the Universe that he HAS to die or... what? The entire planet implodes?
Vampire Diaries - You know, if I wasn't so completely head over Team Damon heels for Ian Somerhalder, I probably would have realized what was going on with that ending sooner. I was just gagging so badly for him to get his mack on so I could bask in fangirlish glee over those luscious lips getting some action... I went back and watched that scene again and realized that's so not how Elena would have reacted to that moment. Should have clued me in, but it didn't. Can't say I'm sad 'Uncle' is dead though as he's such an asshole (and unlike Damon, not at all hot, just creepy). And Jeremy, WTF? Does that happen in the books, because that's just freaking wrong. Oh, life sucks too much, I'll just ingest some vampire blood and a bottle full of painkillers and wake up to be one of the undead. Anyone ever see the Lie to Me episode of Buffy? That shit never ends well for anyone.
I'm interested for next season to see how the whole Katherine thing plays out, and what Elena's reaction to Bonnie's betrayal is in the long term (which I still don't entirely get because a) Damon didn't kill her grandmother and b) Katherine wanted that device active -- Bonnie really thought that what Katherine wanted was a GOOD thing? Seriously?) I am sad about Ana, I really liked her and she could actually, you know, act. Ah well, less characters at the start of next season could mean more quality Damon screentime ;)
Smallville - Curse you, Callum Blue for being on a show I hate only to get me invested in its terrible cheesiness and then LEAVE. Because now, sadly, I want to know what happens to Clark and his blue-kryptonite-skewered self... and WTF was up with the knitting lady outside Tess' room... and Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole are all wafting in and out with their awesomeness (along with Jett Jackson FTW). Granted, unless Callum somehow comes back next season I will likely stop watching after the first episode or two... but then what do I do for my Callum fix???
Anyone know when Sanctuary is coming back? He's got to at least be in the season opener of that...
Doctor Who - OK... self-loathing at an all time epic level and it's freaking me out. Yes, Doctor not always doing the best thing or choosing the best path. He hurts the people he cares about. He abandons them (unless you're blonde). But... he's wonderful. Granted I'd be worried if he didn't have bouts of this emo-depression and it's a very unique perspective we've been given -- a different side to the maniacal parts of his mine -- and yes, when he gets too sure of himself BAD THINGS HAPPEN. That's why we have companions. That's why he has people who keep him from getting too Master of the Universe in his actions. It's just... I guess I've always understood that he must feel that way, and that guilt and darkness is part or the appeal, but to see it manifested and so hauntingly portrayed in the features of Matt Smith... it's heartbreaking. I adore Steven Moffat so much for taking on this show; I am being constantly surprised and scared and made to think and feel in ways I didn't think I could after Ten. It's like this complete overload of information and imagery and voices and pieces of a larger puzzle we can't see yet... in some ways I feel like there's so much being thrown at me to make me feel what it's like to be in the Doctor's head. It's frustrating and painful and wonderful and funny and sweet and dark and sexy and confusing and anguishing... and I love it all. I don't want it to end.
Also, as a final note, while surfing I flipped to The Prom episode of Buffy. As if I needed any further proof that this is my favorite show ever and can still pack an emotional punch even when I'm on the Obsession Train with so man other things... all I heard was thins exchange:
Buffy: Every now and then people surprise you.
Giles: Every now and then...
And I totally burst into tears. Ten seconds... knowing what was coming, seeing Angel show up in his tux and the look on Buffy's face, that incredible cover of 'Wild Horses' playing... me = sap. Whedon Sap.
LotS, Smallville, FlashForward, Vampire Diaries and Doctor Who.
(And Buffy if you haven't seen past the second half of series 3)
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
SPOILERS.
LotS - Seriously... did we need half an entire episode of torture porn with Cara? Don't get me wrong, I love watching Rahl be sexy and evil, but when does he get to be the one all dirty and sexy in his skivvies? Also, after an entire season of looking for the Stone of Tears, fighting people for it, killing for it, making it the hardest object ever to acquire, Cara just happens to be able to get it in all of ten seconds and bring it to Rahl? We wasted like eight episodes of wandering through epic amounts of forest just for that to happen? Sheesh.
FlashForward - I am SOOOOOO epically happy that Simon leaving didn't equate to Simon actually leaving. Yes, I am a Dommeholic, but I also think he's one of the most interesting and dynamic aspects of that show.
Now that the FBI knows about Janis, shouldn't we... I don't know... place her in a safe house so no agents of Mr. Savvy McEvilBrit come to kill her and her DemFetus? And WTF is Vogel going to do now? I want a Vogel/Benford smackdown. Speaking of Benford, are we to believe he's just going to let Olivia go now so Lloyd can get a one-way ticket to Pound Town? Like, "Sorry babe, I know you're still my wife and all even though we haven't lived together these past couple of months because I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE AND OUR DAUGHTER'S, but because CrazyLarge Hippocampus says you're supposed to be with Lloyd I'm going to buy that. It's no big, I have other ways of finding comfort in life *glug glug glug*" Along those lines, is Dem seriously SO important to the workings of the Universe that he HAS to die or... what? The entire planet implodes?
Vampire Diaries - You know, if I wasn't so completely head over Team Damon heels for Ian Somerhalder, I probably would have realized what was going on with that ending sooner. I was just gagging so badly for him to get his mack on so I could bask in fangirlish glee over those luscious lips getting some action... I went back and watched that scene again and realized that's so not how Elena would have reacted to that moment. Should have clued me in, but it didn't. Can't say I'm sad 'Uncle' is dead though as he's such an asshole (and unlike Damon, not at all hot, just creepy). And Jeremy, WTF? Does that happen in the books, because that's just freaking wrong. Oh, life sucks too much, I'll just ingest some vampire blood and a bottle full of painkillers and wake up to be one of the undead. Anyone ever see the Lie to Me episode of Buffy? That shit never ends well for anyone.
I'm interested for next season to see how the whole Katherine thing plays out, and what Elena's reaction to Bonnie's betrayal is in the long term (which I still don't entirely get because a) Damon didn't kill her grandmother and b) Katherine wanted that device active -- Bonnie really thought that what Katherine wanted was a GOOD thing? Seriously?) I am sad about Ana, I really liked her and she could actually, you know, act. Ah well, less characters at the start of next season could mean more quality Damon screentime ;)
Smallville - Curse you, Callum Blue for being on a show I hate only to get me invested in its terrible cheesiness and then LEAVE. Because now, sadly, I want to know what happens to Clark and his blue-kryptonite-skewered self... and WTF was up with the knitting lady outside Tess' room... and Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole are all wafting in and out with their awesomeness (along with Jett Jackson FTW). Granted, unless Callum somehow comes back next season I will likely stop watching after the first episode or two... but then what do I do for my Callum fix???
Anyone know when Sanctuary is coming back? He's got to at least be in the season opener of that...
Doctor Who - OK... self-loathing at an all time epic level and it's freaking me out. Yes, Doctor not always doing the best thing or choosing the best path. He hurts the people he cares about. He abandons them (unless you're blonde). But... he's wonderful. Granted I'd be worried if he didn't have bouts of this emo-depression and it's a very unique perspective we've been given -- a different side to the maniacal parts of his mine -- and yes, when he gets too sure of himself BAD THINGS HAPPEN. That's why we have companions. That's why he has people who keep him from getting too Master of the Universe in his actions. It's just... I guess I've always understood that he must feel that way, and that guilt and darkness is part or the appeal, but to see it manifested and so hauntingly portrayed in the features of Matt Smith... it's heartbreaking. I adore Steven Moffat so much for taking on this show; I am being constantly surprised and scared and made to think and feel in ways I didn't think I could after Ten. It's like this complete overload of information and imagery and voices and pieces of a larger puzzle we can't see yet... in some ways I feel like there's so much being thrown at me to make me feel what it's like to be in the Doctor's head. It's frustrating and painful and wonderful and funny and sweet and dark and sexy and confusing and anguishing... and I love it all. I don't want it to end.
Also, as a final note, while surfing I flipped to The Prom episode of Buffy. As if I needed any further proof that this is my favorite show ever and can still pack an emotional punch even when I'm on the Obsession Train with so man other things... all I heard was thins exchange:
Buffy: Every now and then people surprise you.
Giles: Every now and then...
And I totally burst into tears. Ten seconds... knowing what was coming, seeing Angel show up in his tux and the look on Buffy's face, that incredible cover of 'Wild Horses' playing... me = sap. Whedon Sap.