somebody saaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyve me
So, last year I bought three Smallville boxsets at a charity shop for eight quid each. I already owned season 1, and now I had seasons 2, 3 and 4, which was good because I had watched the show until maybe the first episode of season 4, and maybe not even that in full. I only got around mentaly and literally to watching the first of them tonight. And then I thought 'Won't it be better if I watch the last episode of season 1 as build up first?' (This is how I think). And I was patting myself on the back, because I was enjoying it in the way that you enjoy Smallville - and I spotted an epic typo in the Smallville Ledger - and of course it ends on a cliffhanger, and I was grinniing becayse knew that I had the continuation and all of season 2 to come.
Except, of course, I didn't, because in my season 2 case are season 6 discs. I...AAAARGH. It's my fault for not triple checking at the shop (which is several hours from where I live and the purchase was about nine months ago) because I did see season 6 was for sale, but for the sake of orderliness, I wanted 2, 3 and 4. I remember the assistant doing his best to keep them in order, except obviously he failed in this regard. I am also sorry for anyone who wanted to buy season 6 of Smallville, because I have those discs and I don't want them right now. I wanted to rewatch season 2!
Here's some TV I watched earlier this week.
Chuck 3.07
This was probably the episode I enjoyed the most of the whole season so far, by quite a fair bit. We started off with the acknowledgement that Routh sounds like Cruise in the Mission Impossible pastiche. Plus that mask looks like ike a BAFTA after an encounter with a car windscreen. I thought that the fact that it belonged to Alexander was enough, no need for the whole 'he carried you like a superman' reference. However, the intertextual bit that gave me the most glee was accidental - The Mentalist had used the same building (or the outside of it, at least) as played the museum here a couple of episodes age. Chronologically, I suppose that Chuck really used it first.
ANYway, the thing I was most sad about was that Casey couldn't blow anything up. Poor baby. I even sympathised a little with Morgan. A little. He is still useless, was useless around Anna and not much better around Hannah. Of course, I can't believe that Hannah has very high standards, seeing as she threw herself at Chuck after his very distant 'hold that thought' behaviour. You can put the later rapprochment down to oxygen deprivation. Or that she is generally idiotic. I think when I wanted her to be a spy, I had completely forgotten the ex who was a ring operative, and further thought reminds me that Kreuk's acting can just about cope with what she's doing, but probably couldn't manage the volte face demanded if she was a spy. I didn't love Sarah becoming a prize for Shaw as paralleling the Chuck/Hannah - doesn't she deserve a little agency of her own? And while her lovelife SURELY can't be constricted to spies (even if it is all about the Chuck angst) I actually found her and Shaw almost cute, at moments. Well, I found his pre-planning dorkily endearing, more so than anything else about him. Sarah is more of an improviser - that's always been true about her, in that she is adaptable on the field, no? I feel that she's been thrust into this, and for all the sympathy that's thrown about to Chuck for not being over her, she probably deserves it more. So although it's just that he's there and he's nice (and it looks like it'll always be Chuck :) - why not? For now. Although Shaw probably can't leave it light given his past.
I enjoyed the Eliie-Morgan getting it wrong and the ending was ridiculously awesome, harking back to half a dozen mysterious overlords on such shows. Much more like it.
Identity episode 2
I think the consensus seems to be that it's not great but that there's enough about it to keep you watching. I suppose that's where I'm at. I thought this episode would be a little less interesting plotwise than last week from the first encounter between the killer and her victim onwards, although I suppose that developed nicely enough with two or three looks at parent-child bonds. (The flashback to the posh boyfreind and the Laura Ashley phase was just ridiculous, though.)
My main problem is that I don't care as much about Bloom as the show thinks I should. I just...get annoyed. I get annoyed that every time Martha looks like she's going to lessen the leash (becasue even if you understand what he's been through, COME ON) and the stabbing and the money-laundering and going around saying 'it's top of my to do list'!?!? The last is really annoying! He's not charming enough and I don't care enough abut the results to handwave how Martha lets him get away with it. And seeing as 75% of the show is about Bloom being a maverick and using his magic maverick skillz to investigate in a way that no-one else can, that's a problem. Also there's the pontificating about the nature of identity. Martha seems a bit feeble, It's still very much a 'well, I'll catch it on ITV Player' show. (I forgot that Shooting Stars was back last night.)
Except, of course, I didn't, because in my season 2 case are season 6 discs. I...AAAARGH. It's my fault for not triple checking at the shop (which is several hours from where I live and the purchase was about nine months ago) because I did see season 6 was for sale, but for the sake of orderliness, I wanted 2, 3 and 4. I remember the assistant doing his best to keep them in order, except obviously he failed in this regard. I am also sorry for anyone who wanted to buy season 6 of Smallville, because I have those discs and I don't want them right now. I wanted to rewatch season 2!
Here's some TV I watched earlier this week.
Chuck 3.07
This was probably the episode I enjoyed the most of the whole season so far, by quite a fair bit. We started off with the acknowledgement that Routh sounds like Cruise in the Mission Impossible pastiche. Plus that mask looks like ike a BAFTA after an encounter with a car windscreen. I thought that the fact that it belonged to Alexander was enough, no need for the whole 'he carried you like a superman' reference. However, the intertextual bit that gave me the most glee was accidental - The Mentalist had used the same building (or the outside of it, at least) as played the museum here a couple of episodes age. Chronologically, I suppose that Chuck really used it first.
ANYway, the thing I was most sad about was that Casey couldn't blow anything up. Poor baby. I even sympathised a little with Morgan. A little. He is still useless, was useless around Anna and not much better around Hannah. Of course, I can't believe that Hannah has very high standards, seeing as she threw herself at Chuck after his very distant 'hold that thought' behaviour. You can put the later rapprochment down to oxygen deprivation. Or that she is generally idiotic. I think when I wanted her to be a spy, I had completely forgotten the ex who was a ring operative, and further thought reminds me that Kreuk's acting can just about cope with what she's doing, but probably couldn't manage the volte face demanded if she was a spy. I didn't love Sarah becoming a prize for Shaw as paralleling the Chuck/Hannah - doesn't she deserve a little agency of her own? And while her lovelife SURELY can't be constricted to spies (even if it is all about the Chuck angst) I actually found her and Shaw almost cute, at moments. Well, I found his pre-planning dorkily endearing, more so than anything else about him. Sarah is more of an improviser - that's always been true about her, in that she is adaptable on the field, no? I feel that she's been thrust into this, and for all the sympathy that's thrown about to Chuck for not being over her, she probably deserves it more. So although it's just that he's there and he's nice (and it looks like it'll always be Chuck :) - why not? For now. Although Shaw probably can't leave it light given his past.
I enjoyed the Eliie-Morgan getting it wrong and the ending was ridiculously awesome, harking back to half a dozen mysterious overlords on such shows. Much more like it.
Identity episode 2
I think the consensus seems to be that it's not great but that there's enough about it to keep you watching. I suppose that's where I'm at. I thought this episode would be a little less interesting plotwise than last week from the first encounter between the killer and her victim onwards, although I suppose that developed nicely enough with two or three looks at parent-child bonds. (The flashback to the posh boyfreind and the Laura Ashley phase was just ridiculous, though.)
My main problem is that I don't care as much about Bloom as the show thinks I should. I just...get annoyed. I get annoyed that every time Martha looks like she's going to lessen the leash (becasue even if you understand what he's been through, COME ON) and the stabbing and the money-laundering and going around saying 'it's top of my to do list'!?!? The last is really annoying! He's not charming enough and I don't care enough abut the results to handwave how Martha lets him get away with it. And seeing as 75% of the show is about Bloom being a maverick and using his magic maverick skillz to investigate in a way that no-one else can, that's a problem. Also there's the pontificating about the nature of identity. Martha seems a bit feeble, It's still very much a 'well, I'll catch it on ITV Player' show. (I forgot that Shooting Stars was back last night.)