Hey Harry/Draco Types
Harry/Draco Types: If I had an H/D story, where should I post it? It isn't a first time story, but a them-as-adults story. (emmagrant01, don't you have some sort of comm or something? I think legomymalfoy's is a first time one isn't it?) Why I have this story will become clear later. Thanks!
Meanwhile, some entirely premature eulogies. There are six episodes of Studio 60 and four episodes of Veronica Mars left of their seasons, and then, I think, those shows are over. Why I don't mind:
I really loved the first season of Veronica Mars. It is still, beginning to end, one of the best seasons of television, ever, and eventually the DVDs will be purchased. The second season wasn't as good as I might have liked, and I know some of you really didn't care for it at all. This year, though, has had as many disappointments as successes. Josh noted recently that one problem that television has with portraying college is that people really don't hang out in cliques or conform to types; your friend groups are weird interconnecting masses that films can allude to and books actually portray but television, with its ongoing stories yet conservation of characters, is stymied by. That definitely affected VM this year, but the other problem I think is that the creator and writers don't actually understand that we were in it for the characters and the season-long arc, not the MotW and the drama. Cassie noted that we never got the good fun romance part of the relationships, only the fighting, especially with Veronica. And this year there simply wasn't enough for Logan to do. So I'm going to watch the last four eps of this season, which won't be united by a mystery mini-arc but will be just stand-alones, and then be unsurprised if the CW decides to drop the show. And really, I'm not sure if that show has really come to its natural end, anyway.
Studio 60 just never really worked for many, many reasons, but I cared about it because I cared about the characters. I'm sorry to see them go, and sorry to see this really superb group of actors not appearing on my television every week even though so many of them were so badly miscast that it may be better for them to do other things. Watching the show was an incredibly frustrating experience, with characters that you cared about doing stupid, reckless, even offensive things nearly every week. It was a hot mess of pontification and petty revenge on the part of Sorkin, easily his worst qualities. Work out your issues about your ex-girlfriend and reality television on your own time, Aaron, and leave my television alone. One hopes that the end of this season leaves these characters in a relatively good space-I think we all know that the season (series) finale will be Jordan having her baby-so we can all move on with our lives. But Christ Jesus, what a waste: of good will from viewers and advertisers, of time and energy, and most importantly, of talent.
Meanwhile, another waste is the ever-enlarging empire of the production company Magical Elves, who brought us Project Runway (love!), Top Chef (1: brilliant, 2: ugly), Top Design (yawn) and now some hair styling show. Hair styling? Seriously? I suggest forgoing this in favor of the superlative Blow Dry, starring Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy as old rivals in competitive hair styling, with Josh Hartnett and Rachel Leigh Cook as their star-crossed-lover children. As for this week's Top Design, I found I couldn't bring myself to care, though I'm not sad at all to see the end of Ryan, but in the previews Goil is crying and that is NOT on.
Meanwhile, some entirely premature eulogies. There are six episodes of Studio 60 and four episodes of Veronica Mars left of their seasons, and then, I think, those shows are over. Why I don't mind:
I really loved the first season of Veronica Mars. It is still, beginning to end, one of the best seasons of television, ever, and eventually the DVDs will be purchased. The second season wasn't as good as I might have liked, and I know some of you really didn't care for it at all. This year, though, has had as many disappointments as successes. Josh noted recently that one problem that television has with portraying college is that people really don't hang out in cliques or conform to types; your friend groups are weird interconnecting masses that films can allude to and books actually portray but television, with its ongoing stories yet conservation of characters, is stymied by. That definitely affected VM this year, but the other problem I think is that the creator and writers don't actually understand that we were in it for the characters and the season-long arc, not the MotW and the drama. Cassie noted that we never got the good fun romance part of the relationships, only the fighting, especially with Veronica. And this year there simply wasn't enough for Logan to do. So I'm going to watch the last four eps of this season, which won't be united by a mystery mini-arc but will be just stand-alones, and then be unsurprised if the CW decides to drop the show. And really, I'm not sure if that show has really come to its natural end, anyway.
Studio 60 just never really worked for many, many reasons, but I cared about it because I cared about the characters. I'm sorry to see them go, and sorry to see this really superb group of actors not appearing on my television every week even though so many of them were so badly miscast that it may be better for them to do other things. Watching the show was an incredibly frustrating experience, with characters that you cared about doing stupid, reckless, even offensive things nearly every week. It was a hot mess of pontification and petty revenge on the part of Sorkin, easily his worst qualities. Work out your issues about your ex-girlfriend and reality television on your own time, Aaron, and leave my television alone. One hopes that the end of this season leaves these characters in a relatively good space-I think we all know that the season (series) finale will be Jordan having her baby-so we can all move on with our lives. But Christ Jesus, what a waste: of good will from viewers and advertisers, of time and energy, and most importantly, of talent.
Meanwhile, another waste is the ever-enlarging empire of the production company Magical Elves, who brought us Project Runway (love!), Top Chef (1: brilliant, 2: ugly), Top Design (yawn) and now some hair styling show. Hair styling? Seriously? I suggest forgoing this in favor of the superlative Blow Dry, starring Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy as old rivals in competitive hair styling, with Josh Hartnett and Rachel Leigh Cook as their star-crossed-lover children. As for this week's Top Design, I found I couldn't bring myself to care, though I'm not sad at all to see the end of Ryan, but in the previews Goil is crying and that is NOT on.