Bones and Dreams
Sigh. Oh Bones, how you are failing me. We're on episode 2, which means Bones only has another 4 episodes to pull itself together before I sign off the show, barring someone coming to me going ZOMG YOU MUST WATCH!! or such. So far? Not looking good.
The first episode, "The Mastodon In The Room" was so boring. Blah blah blah. I have nothing to say on it except that really, they could not have had a more blah episode. I suppose it was meant to be fraught with tension and such, but I think that this is in part a failing on the writer's part and also in part a failing of the (sorry guys) actors. I feel that maybe if they'd shot the episode directly after finishing the season 5 finale, they would have caught it. But, this episode felt a lot like a group of people (like, oh, say the actors and crew) getting back together after a long separation, and enjoying the feeling of stepping into those comfy shoes. Tension? What tension? And given the fact that they tried to have us on the edge of tension between B+B all season 5...without it there ('cause that's now "old news") it just felt flat. Not that I want to see that tension again--because god knows I was sick of it long before the season wrapped up.
But, this second episode was just majorly disappointing on all levels. I knew who had dun it in the first scene I saw the character, and wasn't misled by any of the false leads. I felt that we spent little to no time on the forensics, where it felt very sort of automatic that we go, yeah, yeah, yeah right Hodgins knows everything and Brennan knows how and why, and Booth will know who it is. Even meeting Booth's new girlfriend felt very flat and contrived because we've already SEEN THIS BEFORE. Every time Booth gets a girl, this is how Brennan acts. It's ridiculous the way they think they can just keep throwing these things at us and expect that it'll feel new just because they change the face of the girl. Even Brennan seeming happy and then looking depressed/upset isn't new (hullo...just saw this in season 5).
Next episode is bound to be more of the same. Oooo...new girl in the group, how WILL they react?!?!?!?! ....puh lease. Plus, it doesn't look like the writers have established any exit for the Girlfriend, so this could drag on ALL SEASON LONG. At the very least, with Angela pregnant, the writers have hinted that they're going to use it as a way to bring up Brennan's bizarre desire for a baby in season 4 (uh, yeah, the one they ignored throughout season 5). Oh, gee, I wonder if that knowledge will come out where the girlfriend can hear it?! OH, I'm just FRAUGHT with TENSION!!!!!
Sigh. I think in many ways, I'm like part of a couple that's decided to go to counseling, but the reality is that I've already got one foot out the door. It's just that we've been together for so long, I don't know how to cut the cord just yet. But, episode 6. That's my limit. If it's gotten to the point where I'm getting more enjoyment from Castle than Bones, and I think that Castle's only redeeming factor is the hilarity of Beloved Nathan....
In other news, my dreams last night were my least favorite: Reality Dreams. You know, the kind that deal with actual things that really happen in my daily life, and therefore when I wake up, I'm not sure what's happened and what hasn't. Like getting two e-mails from folks in my dreams, where I read them and started to REPLY. Now I'm like, okay, crap. So, that DIDN'T happen? Because I have a post-it note for "oh, yeah, remember to reply to that comment with this thing" for several things that I am now pretty sure neither person has ever written (except in my brain). It's all very confusing and unpleasant.
Also, I did things like eat bento (therefore I think that I have to make another bento today....but, I already made one yesterday, and have not eaten it yet), and showered (luckily I have other ways besides just memory to determine the last time I showered, primarily growth of hair, since I have to shave every other day). In fact, I may have done other things in my dream that I'm not aware of yet happened in my dream...I might think that I did them. I caught another one of my dream lies when I checked my book--apparently I "read" some in my dream, though I conveniently cannot recall anything that happened. Uh huh.
So, while I sort out what's what, I'm going to go about the rest of my day. I don't feel like doing much today. But, I'll get started on completing my insane-o kanji list. I wish very much that it was possible to get an external harddrive for my brain where I could download all this information, instead of doing it the hard way, through memorization. D=
The first episode, "The Mastodon In The Room" was so boring. Blah blah blah. I have nothing to say on it except that really, they could not have had a more blah episode. I suppose it was meant to be fraught with tension and such, but I think that this is in part a failing on the writer's part and also in part a failing of the (sorry guys) actors. I feel that maybe if they'd shot the episode directly after finishing the season 5 finale, they would have caught it. But, this episode felt a lot like a group of people (like, oh, say the actors and crew) getting back together after a long separation, and enjoying the feeling of stepping into those comfy shoes. Tension? What tension? And given the fact that they tried to have us on the edge of tension between B+B all season 5...without it there ('cause that's now "old news") it just felt flat. Not that I want to see that tension again--because god knows I was sick of it long before the season wrapped up.
But, this second episode was just majorly disappointing on all levels. I knew who had dun it in the first scene I saw the character, and wasn't misled by any of the false leads. I felt that we spent little to no time on the forensics, where it felt very sort of automatic that we go, yeah, yeah, yeah right Hodgins knows everything and Brennan knows how and why, and Booth will know who it is. Even meeting Booth's new girlfriend felt very flat and contrived because we've already SEEN THIS BEFORE. Every time Booth gets a girl, this is how Brennan acts. It's ridiculous the way they think they can just keep throwing these things at us and expect that it'll feel new just because they change the face of the girl. Even Brennan seeming happy and then looking depressed/upset isn't new (hullo...just saw this in season 5).
Next episode is bound to be more of the same. Oooo...new girl in the group, how WILL they react?!?!?!?! ....puh lease. Plus, it doesn't look like the writers have established any exit for the Girlfriend, so this could drag on ALL SEASON LONG. At the very least, with Angela pregnant, the writers have hinted that they're going to use it as a way to bring up Brennan's bizarre desire for a baby in season 4 (uh, yeah, the one they ignored throughout season 5). Oh, gee, I wonder if that knowledge will come out where the girlfriend can hear it?! OH, I'm just FRAUGHT with TENSION!!!!!
Sigh. I think in many ways, I'm like part of a couple that's decided to go to counseling, but the reality is that I've already got one foot out the door. It's just that we've been together for so long, I don't know how to cut the cord just yet. But, episode 6. That's my limit. If it's gotten to the point where I'm getting more enjoyment from Castle than Bones, and I think that Castle's only redeeming factor is the hilarity of Beloved Nathan....
In other news, my dreams last night were my least favorite: Reality Dreams. You know, the kind that deal with actual things that really happen in my daily life, and therefore when I wake up, I'm not sure what's happened and what hasn't. Like getting two e-mails from folks in my dreams, where I read them and started to REPLY. Now I'm like, okay, crap. So, that DIDN'T happen? Because I have a post-it note for "oh, yeah, remember to reply to that comment with this thing" for several things that I am now pretty sure neither person has ever written (except in my brain). It's all very confusing and unpleasant.
Also, I did things like eat bento (therefore I think that I have to make another bento today....but, I already made one yesterday, and have not eaten it yet), and showered (luckily I have other ways besides just memory to determine the last time I showered, primarily growth of hair, since I have to shave every other day). In fact, I may have done other things in my dream that I'm not aware of yet happened in my dream...I might think that I did them. I caught another one of my dream lies when I checked my book--apparently I "read" some in my dream, though I conveniently cannot recall anything that happened. Uh huh.
So, while I sort out what's what, I'm going to go about the rest of my day. I don't feel like doing much today. But, I'll get started on completing my insane-o kanji list. I wish very much that it was possible to get an external harddrive for my brain where I could download all this information, instead of doing it the hard way, through memorization. D=