( Season 9 Thoughts Be Here )

Let's talk horror television.

Now, we all generally have a standard for what good horror television is, and that's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy managed to mix horror with teen soap and levity, making an amalgam of a show that blended genres even as it defied genre conventions. Buffy was cult television at its best: scary but not terrifying, ( Read more... )

So it's seven in the morning and I'm completely wired. I haven't even been to bed yet. So let's re-watch The Vampire Diaries and quasi-liveblog it!

This turned into a recap with commentary! Yay commentary!

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Happy Sunday, all. I'm at Starbucks, where I basically camp out for the day and do homework. I'm playing hooky for church so I can finish my French homework. Anyway, I'm taking a break from French to do some reaction posts for last week's TV shows. We had a couple premieres, a couple second episodes that were better than the premieres, a new ( Read more... )

So lots of good (and some not so good) TV happened this week, and I figured I'd do some review-like things to celebrate the beginning of the Fall TV Season. Lots of spoilers ho!

Let's start with the not so good . . .

Ringer was a disappointment. No matter how much I love Sarah Michelle Gellar, there's no denying the writing is unworthy of her, as ( Read more... )

So I have to go to a family wedding today, and with my family, weddings aren't joyous occasions. They're the reasons why I have a therapist. Anyway, I was able to finally watch the TVD premiere, so do me a favor and post your reaction posts in the comments so I can follow along with what everyone's squeeing about, okay? I'll catch Doctor Who when I ( Read more... )

First, because I'm so excited I can barely breathe ( OMG OMG OMG!! )

Overall, this was a pretty good episode of The Vampire Diaries. It had certain character interactions I loved, and made the point very clear that the true romance of this series is between the Salvatore Brothers.

( TVD 2.22: As I Lay Dying )

Some TV Talk while I procrastinate on finishing the Massive Paper of Doom, here are watch-along reviews/liveblogs of Game of Thrones 1.03 and 1.04, Doctor Who 6.03 and The Vampire Diaries 2.21.

Game of Thrones Episode 1.03 - Lord Snow ( With Light Book Spoilers (mostly me saying 'Character A gets better') )