"Fornell said that he's here...." " To kill me? Yeah, I know, I just had coffee with him."
Blessed is the weekend! I've spent most of this one with season one of Buffy on in the background as I tackled long-ignored household projects, navigated family fail, and cooked until all of my mixing bowls were dirty, and believe me, I own a lot of mixing bowls. Right now, I am happily rejoicing at having an air-conditioned first floor, and contemplating what to make for dinner.
I have an NCIS-related confession to make: Last night was the first time I ever watched Twilight. I knew before it happened that they were killing off Kate - I had fallen out of the show for no good reason, probably because it was before I had TiVo to help me manage a proper tv-watching schedule, and I heard the casting news, and decided I couldn't tune back in to see the tragedy. I got hooked again sometime in the third season, watching a mix of first season re-runs and new episodes, and recently I bought the second season dvds. I've been watching my way inexorably to Twilight (and SWAK, which I also had not seen, and I feel like is an important precursor to Twilight for the way it both addresses the kind of friend Kate is to her teammates and the nature of the team as a whole.) Last night, I watched Kate get shot in the head, and even though I knew it was coming, even though I had two episode's worth of death fake-out moments between her, Gibbs, and DiNozzo, even though I knew exactly how she was going to die and had already watched several seasons worth of life going on without her, it till hurt an incredible amount. I think it resonated so well because Ari the one to kill her, and the way it fell as the third time they met. I especially appreciated Abby's prophetic dream, and how Kate tells her it's just a bête noir, reminding us of that episode and Ari's first appearance. I liked that the shot catches Kate mid-sentence, that there were no tearful deathbed exclamations, there was just Kate alive and then Kate dead, Gibbs and DiNozzo helpless to do anything to save her because she's already gone.
I think I might start season 3 tonight, because, though I've seen most of it, I haven't seen the first few episodes that resolve Kate's storyline, and I haven't watched Ziva's introduction so close to remembering how much I love Kate. I'm curious to see how she becomes the part of the team, especially considering the way the most recent season ended, where that very thing seems to have been called into question.
I don't think SciFi (or SyFy, whatever that's supposed to mean) is doing the best job of marketing Warehouse 13. I'd seen at least a half-hours worth of teaser trailers and still wasn't really sure I cared to see what it was about. I finally watched it after a friend said her sister recommended it, and then, I watched it on Hulu. (Oh, Hulu, I thought TiVo was addicting.) And it was wonderful! You should absolutely watch Warehouse 13. It's not an X-Files carbon-copy (though if you liked the X-Files, there are definite familiar formulas at work.) It's written and created by Jane Espenson! They use steam-punk-like two-way video communication and brass typewriter keyboards attached to supercomputers. The writing us full of clever jokes and excellent comedic timing, and the two leads have excellent chemistry without it being necessarily chemistry. I've already watched the pilot twice and am looking forward to the second episode. It's a really solid premise, and the characters all seem built to become more interesting once we learn their secrets, not less, and it's wacky enough to keep from getting lost in any potential self-referencing mythology. So if, like me, you were bored to tears by the teasers of Artie firing a zap-ray gun and a narrator talking about saving the President, trust me, they picked the most uninteresting moments for the advertising. There's much better stuff inside.
I have an NCIS-related confession to make: Last night was the first time I ever watched Twilight. I knew before it happened that they were killing off Kate - I had fallen out of the show for no good reason, probably because it was before I had TiVo to help me manage a proper tv-watching schedule, and I heard the casting news, and decided I couldn't tune back in to see the tragedy. I got hooked again sometime in the third season, watching a mix of first season re-runs and new episodes, and recently I bought the second season dvds. I've been watching my way inexorably to Twilight (and SWAK, which I also had not seen, and I feel like is an important precursor to Twilight for the way it both addresses the kind of friend Kate is to her teammates and the nature of the team as a whole.) Last night, I watched Kate get shot in the head, and even though I knew it was coming, even though I had two episode's worth of death fake-out moments between her, Gibbs, and DiNozzo, even though I knew exactly how she was going to die and had already watched several seasons worth of life going on without her, it till hurt an incredible amount. I think it resonated so well because Ari the one to kill her, and the way it fell as the third time they met. I especially appreciated Abby's prophetic dream, and how Kate tells her it's just a bête noir, reminding us of that episode and Ari's first appearance. I liked that the shot catches Kate mid-sentence, that there were no tearful deathbed exclamations, there was just Kate alive and then Kate dead, Gibbs and DiNozzo helpless to do anything to save her because she's already gone.
I think I might start season 3 tonight, because, though I've seen most of it, I haven't seen the first few episodes that resolve Kate's storyline, and I haven't watched Ziva's introduction so close to remembering how much I love Kate. I'm curious to see how she becomes the part of the team, especially considering the way the most recent season ended, where that very thing seems to have been called into question.
I don't think SciFi (or SyFy, whatever that's supposed to mean) is doing the best job of marketing Warehouse 13. I'd seen at least a half-hours worth of teaser trailers and still wasn't really sure I cared to see what it was about. I finally watched it after a friend said her sister recommended it, and then, I watched it on Hulu. (Oh, Hulu, I thought TiVo was addicting.) And it was wonderful! You should absolutely watch Warehouse 13. It's not an X-Files carbon-copy (though if you liked the X-Files, there are definite familiar formulas at work.) It's written and created by Jane Espenson! They use steam-punk-like two-way video communication and brass typewriter keyboards attached to supercomputers. The writing us full of clever jokes and excellent comedic timing, and the two leads have excellent chemistry without it being necessarily chemistry. I've already watched the pilot twice and am looking forward to the second episode. It's a really solid premise, and the characters all seem built to become more interesting once we learn their secrets, not less, and it's wacky enough to keep from getting lost in any potential self-referencing mythology. So if, like me, you were bored to tears by the teasers of Artie firing a zap-ray gun and a narrator talking about saving the President, trust me, they picked the most uninteresting moments for the advertising. There's much better stuff inside.