TV Roundup
Hmmm, it's been a couple of weeks, and I still haven't seen the latest two episodes of BSG. Indicative of something?
Season Finale wrap-up:
There's been something slightly "off" about Ugly Betty since the writer's strike. I understand that there's been some sort of shake-up behind the scenes, and I wonder if that's to blame. If so, then that's a problem, because UB had the best finale of last year and the best opening of this year, but this finale was just okay. I could see the apparently "surprise" cliffhanger coming a mile off.
Here's my problem. Henry's supposed to be a good guy. But he's in New York while Charlie's having his child? He's going to go back to her once the baby is born? Even if they hate each other, which they don't, he doesn't want to be there, and he's not around to help? This has just never really set well with me. It makes Henry selfish and/or wishy-washy. If he treats Charlie that way, what's to stop him from treating Betty that way?
Gio is a nice guy. A bit boring, but nice. The kind of guy Betty should end up with. But at the end of S2? I dunno. Seems a bit like the ending that should come when the series is over.
And Daniel has an illegitimate son whose mother is conveniently dead. Oh, yawn.
On the bright side, Marc and Amanda are back together. Christina's not been around enough, though.
Lost's "big finale"? Wow, what an utter letdown. There was no momentum or suspense that I could really discern. The pacing seemed wildly off. The only things I liked were Hurley and Walt's reunion, Penny and Desmond's reunion (not nearly enough of that or of them, I seriously love Penny and Desmond so much more than Kate or boring Jack or sleazy Sawyer), and the island disappearing was kind of cool. But most of all Penny and Desmond, who pwn all.
I do not understand why Michael Emerson (Ben) is getting such good buzz. All he does is walk around and speak in an affected accent with his eyes bugged out. I get enough of that from David Tennant, thank you. Oh, wait, apparently that's what's being called "excellent acting" nowadays.
Disappointing.
"Silence in the Library" sets up a neat interlocking set of puzzles. I really like that part of it. Not so much the archaeological crew. I actually felt for poor Miss Evangelista. The actress had presence and a personality, however dippy, which can't really be said for the rest of the crew. Including, surprisingly, Alex Kingston. I was expecting to absolutely love her, and instead, I found her kind of irritating. Now, knowing that Alex Kingston is a very good actress, I'm hoping that that's a clue that she's not what she says she is.
And somebody please, for the love of Mike, send Steven Moffat another book besides The Time Traveller's Wife. Even if it's a red herring, it's just too much repetition.
It sounds like I didn't like the episode, but I generally did, quite a lot. It's hard to judge on its own. If the puzzle works out in a way that doesn't cheapen what we've seen before, then it's going to be a good, solid episode. It's not going to be awesome like TEC/TDD or exciting and fun like Blink or an ambitious mess like GitF (or maybe it is), but good ol' basic storytelling, yay.
And I've actually been writing on "Vampire's Kiss" this weekend. Wow. What's going on with that?!
Season Finale wrap-up:
There's been something slightly "off" about Ugly Betty since the writer's strike. I understand that there's been some sort of shake-up behind the scenes, and I wonder if that's to blame. If so, then that's a problem, because UB had the best finale of last year and the best opening of this year, but this finale was just okay. I could see the apparently "surprise" cliffhanger coming a mile off.
Here's my problem. Henry's supposed to be a good guy. But he's in New York while Charlie's having his child? He's going to go back to her once the baby is born? Even if they hate each other, which they don't, he doesn't want to be there, and he's not around to help? This has just never really set well with me. It makes Henry selfish and/or wishy-washy. If he treats Charlie that way, what's to stop him from treating Betty that way?
Gio is a nice guy. A bit boring, but nice. The kind of guy Betty should end up with. But at the end of S2? I dunno. Seems a bit like the ending that should come when the series is over.
And Daniel has an illegitimate son whose mother is conveniently dead. Oh, yawn.
On the bright side, Marc and Amanda are back together. Christina's not been around enough, though.
Lost's "big finale"? Wow, what an utter letdown. There was no momentum or suspense that I could really discern. The pacing seemed wildly off. The only things I liked were Hurley and Walt's reunion, Penny and Desmond's reunion (not nearly enough of that or of them, I seriously love Penny and Desmond so much more than Kate or boring Jack or sleazy Sawyer), and the island disappearing was kind of cool. But most of all Penny and Desmond, who pwn all.
I do not understand why Michael Emerson (Ben) is getting such good buzz. All he does is walk around and speak in an affected accent with his eyes bugged out. I get enough of that from David Tennant, thank you. Oh, wait, apparently that's what's being called "excellent acting" nowadays.
Disappointing.
"Silence in the Library" sets up a neat interlocking set of puzzles. I really like that part of it. Not so much the archaeological crew. I actually felt for poor Miss Evangelista. The actress had presence and a personality, however dippy, which can't really be said for the rest of the crew. Including, surprisingly, Alex Kingston. I was expecting to absolutely love her, and instead, I found her kind of irritating. Now, knowing that Alex Kingston is a very good actress, I'm hoping that that's a clue that she's not what she says she is.
And somebody please, for the love of Mike, send Steven Moffat another book besides The Time Traveller's Wife. Even if it's a red herring, it's just too much repetition.
It sounds like I didn't like the episode, but I generally did, quite a lot. It's hard to judge on its own. If the puzzle works out in a way that doesn't cheapen what we've seen before, then it's going to be a good, solid episode. It's not going to be awesome like TEC/TDD or exciting and fun like Blink or an ambitious mess like GitF (or maybe it is), but good ol' basic storytelling, yay.
And I've actually been writing on "Vampire's Kiss" this weekend. Wow. What's going on with that?!