Episode Review: 7x05 - Code of Conduct
Beware! Tony-centric rambling, ravings, swoonings and squeeings behind the cut, along with 27 poorly cut and coloured caps! tejas, I swear I'm totally re-writing as well. I just got distracted by Tony's nose and hair. Again. ;-)
( 7x05 - Code of Conduct )
( 7x05 - Code of Conduct )
LOL, I was really surprised to get the news that his dad would be in this season - I wonder if he's the "angry father" that was mentioned in an interview?! I have my fingers, toes, and everything else possible crossed for some kind of emotional fallout. All I can do is wait, obviously, to see what they're going to do, but I have to admit I am hoping that they don't make him into just a nice guy who has just made some msitakes after his wife's death (I hope we get more info on that, too) and too much to drink. I want some payoff for all the angst Tony has hinted or accidentally let slip regarding his past, I don't want his dad's neglect of him to be written off! I'm already half terrified and half excited.
I'm awful when it's too hot, but I'm not sure the way I deal with the cold over here (it's about 5 degrees here today, but that's still okay, LOL) could be called coping or dealing; I just moan a lot and wear about a thousand layers! I'm a little bit scared of electric blankets, but only because my dad once set one on fire and threw it into the neighbour's garden, causing havoc. He was a lot younger and stupider then, but the story has stuck with me!
Not too bad then - I can't believe it's only 2 months to Christmas/other festive holidays already. Eek!
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He could be the "angry father". It would be good if he is as it would keep in with our current perceptions of him. I'm not overly fussed as to how they portray him just as long as they do it so well that I don't care if I had the wrong idea about him. They shouldn't ignore what we have learnt previously but if they do it by just having made mistakes in the past, then I'll be fine with that even though it's not currently how I view him.
The lowest it gets here is about 10-15C in winter during the day. Melbourne is famous for it's flucating weather so it can be 35C one day and 20C the next. I've never had a problem with my blanket and in winter it's pretty much on 24/7!
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I'm going to take some deep breaths and try to relax and just wait until January, because I'm sure my speculation will spiral way out of control otherwise! I think that's the ebst way to look at it, though, to jsut hope that whatever angle they go for, they do it well. But I will still keep my figners secretly crossed for a load of Tony angst, even if they don't actually reveal that much.
I shall mention that to my father, who has yet to turn the central heating on! I'm on top of a hill, just far enough from the sea that we get awesome, deep snow, and it's fairly often icy and freezing! If it hits anywhere between 20 and 25 over here, people walk around topless, it's like a heatwave!
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Yeah, I'm going to have to try and forget about it otherwise the wait until January will drive me crazy! The one good sign is that Tony centric episodes have a history of being filled with angst, so I'm sure we'll get some this time.
From Melbourne it's around 4hrs to the snow but I used to live about an hour away from the Australian snow fields which are generally the only places that it snows on a yearly basis. Very rarely it will snow in some of the surrending hills of Melbourne but that almost never happens. Today it was 20 and I've got the electric blanket on and have put on my winter pjs after wearing just a singlet top to bed the last few nights.
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It's true, and hopefully they'll keep whatever storyline they do go for in keeping with what's been hinted at and said before. I do wonder if they'd been kind of holding out to see if they could get RW, in which case some kind of story might have been in the works for a while and there's definitely potential for angst if that's the case.
Snow fields? That sounds very cool. Well, to be fair, your 20C is probably, in like, all year weather conditions, comparable to our freezing temperatures! Last year the coldest we got was -12C. Now, I tend to live in jammies and a hoodie anyway, but when winter truly hits I usually double up on socks and tops underneath my giant hoodie, and I sleep in about two to three layers, in a sleeping bag, under my thick duvet. And I'm considered to be quite a wimp. Mmm, this chat is making me feel cozy, but also long for my PJs. ;-) (I should mention I'm actually really far south in Scotland, too, hardly Arctic!)
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Quite possibly, I don't imagine he would be the sort of actor you can get last minute.
It's basically just the mountains high enough to get snow in winter and where people going skiing. We were the opposite, having extreme heat last summer with 40+ days. Luckily I was in New Zealand through the worst of it. You are obviously living in the wrong country. But I don't really recommend moving to Melbourne unless you are able to put with 4 seasons in one day. *g*
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He certainly seems like he'd be in demand, and he's quite a bit older than I thought! I didn't realise, from what you were saying over in the no_tiva comm, that he was portrayed in quite such a negative light in the film. But like you say, he mustn't feel too strongly against MW particualrly for that, or I doubt he'd have signed on.
LOL, it's definitely a bit colder than I'd like, and we've just had flash floods! But I don't know, for some reason the rain and cold and general Britishness of the weather has grown on me (possibly due in aprt to my serious affection for hoddies and jammies), and I love how hilariously red we all get whenever we go anywhere warm! But I didn't actually realise there were places to ski in Australia, that's very cool!
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It's not as bad as the biograhy that it was based on but there is enough to cast doubt over him if you didn't bother to investigate further. That's one of the reason's I really want to read his autobiograhy to get his take on the events. The movie did make me hate Christopher Walken who was also there that night, even more than I already did.
I would actually like to live in England for a couple of years. But I think anymore than that, the weather would drive me crazy. It's not up to European standards but for part time skiers and families it's not too bad. But there are still a lot of people in Australia who have never seen snow, as it pretty much only snows in Victoria and parts of sourthern New South Wales.
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I have no strong feelings either way on Christopher Walken, but I am feeling more and more that I need to see this movie! I knew he was on the yacht too, but didn't know too many details. MW seems fairly cool about the whole thing, if you've seen his chat transcript! Going to be very interesting. I think I'm a bit sleepy at the moment, I've calmed down a lot after the initial excitement - I may make it through the next two months after all!
There are a lot of people from Greece and Spain on my course, and they are already totally over our weather and having to wear a million layers, LOL! It's not great. Our snow is great! But it turns to mucky slush awfully quickly.
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Our snow is very icy and hard, which makes it very bad for making snowballs and snowmen.
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Ice in your eyes is not a good plan! Although I bizarrely prefer harder snow to ski on, mostly because I always lose stuff in powder - skis, gloves, poles, ability!
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I have never skiied so I can't say what it's like to ski on. As kids we always went tobogganing and it's been years since the last time we went.
(just want to add that you need to do a new picspam so we can start a new conversation ;-)
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I stand forewarned! It sounds like it might be something I'd be better off watching on mute with some music on. I've gotten through Loving on Youtube with my hands over my mouth and eyes due to embarrassment on his part!
LOL, I'll get right on it! Well, I'll start intensive capping of S2 on Friday and over the weekend - and I need to see 7x06 when I get home tonight, although I'm not sure I'll cap-review. I needed to do it for 7x05 because I was squeeing quite a lot, but as this is a Franks-heavy episode (I've already totally spoiled myself!) there may only be minor snippets of awesome!DiNozzo! ;-) Have you watched it yet?
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I love season 2 Tony! Very Hot *g*
Yeah, I watched and wasn't overly impressed. I really don't like Franks. There was very little Tony in the ep but he was looking really good in the few scenes he was in. And he wasn't shown as being too stupid either which is always good, although they brought back the slightly racist aspect of his character.
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He really is gorgeous in S2. And there are loads of episodes I adore from that season! I'm going to be blind from hotness by the time I'm done!
Franks is the character in NCIS I come closest to disliking, which is saying quite a lot because mostly I adore everyone on the show. I like that he's been so important to Gibbs and was ace with him in the past when he joined NCIS - but does he have to reappear every year in ever-more ridiculous scenarios?
Glad Tony was looking good - he certainly looked hot in the preview - and it was him getting blown up, though I have seen no evidence of whump. *pouts* Not sure how I'll feel about the racist angle - it never goes outrageously far, I guess, and it is fairly realistic. I quite liked the way he was goofing around in the preview about the citizenship issue, too, and he's definitely my American Dream. Thought that line was cynically spot on, very Tony!
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No really whump after being blown up, although he does comment after that he's not exactly at his best. Maybe a possibility for some fanfic, if anyone was writing any. Where has all the fanfic gone lately? As someone who came from an immigrent background, I'm a little surprised at his attitude. And his ability to be sympathic towards people makes it surprising that he is even slightly racist. In this case I think it was more about annoying Ziva. Oh yeah, he's definitly my American dream as well. *g*
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