studies in light
Oh hai. :)
So, I watched Highlander's Studies in Light tonight on CBS Drama (thanks for the reminder way back, idontlikegravy!), and I have Thoughts:
Shallow Thoughts:
* Definitely wins 'best episode title ever'. Simple and apt, love it.
* Ye gods, AP, you are one helluva pretty man. Bonus points for your wonderfully dorktastic bittersweet grin toward the end at the reunion/deathbed scene.
* Hello early 1990's - you are stamped all over the place. So many bad clothes, rolled-up sleeves, iffy hairstyles, I love it.
* Tessa! I heart you more each time I see you on screen.
* Damn, some scenes are so drawn-out and sloooooow, especially compared to TV's 30 second attention span now.
* Does MacLeod have a thing for former medics who are a bit of a dick or what?
* Lucky there's always a handy piles of mostly empty boxes when they do a motorcycle stunt, isn't it? Also, how the dickens did Richie and Gregor get off that little isolated pier thingie after they'd jumped?
* Aww, Richie, that little pout of confusion and hurt when no-one ate your hotdogs.
* I can't help but smile nostalgically every time I see the borderline ridiculous overuse of wind machines, smoke machines, and let's not forget the staple 90's soft rock during 'emotional' scenes. 'Quick - someone's having a breakdown! For the love of god someone turn up the Bon Jovi!'
Less Shallow Thoughts:
* Gregor - borderline hysterical laughter does not existential angst make. But you do have much potential. Pity we didn't return to the character. I wanted to find out what he did next.
* How old is Gregor supposed to be anyways? Is there an optimum period for Immortal ennui? How amused/scathing would Methos have been after hearing someone couldn't take it after a mere couple of hundred years?
* However, Gregor did bring up a question that has stuck with me - Are Immortals human? (forget Zeist!), or more philosophically, 'What is human?'
* I do so love Tessa and Duncan's relationship. I love that they have obvious chemistry without the directors and writers having to thrust it in our faces. They didn't need to have massive fights every other episode. Good grief, all things considered, they were a pretty healthy normal couple.
* I love that Tessa wasn't drawn as the type of woman who'd endlessly worry about things she couldn't change, that like MacLeod, she'd ultimately take things one day at a time. I love that she didn't fly into jealous rages every time she met a woman from MacLeod's past, that she stops, thinks, and is generally measured in her approaches to people, but also has a stubborn streak and is compassionate. She had a life before meeting MacLeod, and I think she could have worked as an independent character without him.
OK, enough of the fandom blathering, I've got new Supernatural to catch up on - finally!
So, I watched Highlander's Studies in Light tonight on CBS Drama (thanks for the reminder way back, idontlikegravy!), and I have Thoughts:
Shallow Thoughts:
* Definitely wins 'best episode title ever'. Simple and apt, love it.
* Ye gods, AP, you are one helluva pretty man. Bonus points for your wonderfully dorktastic bittersweet grin toward the end at the reunion/deathbed scene.
* Hello early 1990's - you are stamped all over the place. So many bad clothes, rolled-up sleeves, iffy hairstyles, I love it.
* Tessa! I heart you more each time I see you on screen.
* Damn, some scenes are so drawn-out and sloooooow, especially compared to TV's 30 second attention span now.
* Does MacLeod have a thing for former medics who are a bit of a dick or what?
* Lucky there's always a handy piles of mostly empty boxes when they do a motorcycle stunt, isn't it? Also, how the dickens did Richie and Gregor get off that little isolated pier thingie after they'd jumped?
* Aww, Richie, that little pout of confusion and hurt when no-one ate your hotdogs.
* I can't help but smile nostalgically every time I see the borderline ridiculous overuse of wind machines, smoke machines, and let's not forget the staple 90's soft rock during 'emotional' scenes. 'Quick - someone's having a breakdown! For the love of god someone turn up the Bon Jovi!'
Less Shallow Thoughts:
* Gregor - borderline hysterical laughter does not existential angst make. But you do have much potential. Pity we didn't return to the character. I wanted to find out what he did next.
* How old is Gregor supposed to be anyways? Is there an optimum period for Immortal ennui? How amused/scathing would Methos have been after hearing someone couldn't take it after a mere couple of hundred years?
* However, Gregor did bring up a question that has stuck with me - Are Immortals human? (forget Zeist!), or more philosophically, 'What is human?'
* I do so love Tessa and Duncan's relationship. I love that they have obvious chemistry without the directors and writers having to thrust it in our faces. They didn't need to have massive fights every other episode. Good grief, all things considered, they were a pretty healthy normal couple.
* I love that Tessa wasn't drawn as the type of woman who'd endlessly worry about things she couldn't change, that like MacLeod, she'd ultimately take things one day at a time. I love that she didn't fly into jealous rages every time she met a woman from MacLeod's past, that she stops, thinks, and is generally measured in her approaches to people, but also has a stubborn streak and is compassionate. She had a life before meeting MacLeod, and I think she could have worked as an independent character without him.
OK, enough of the fandom blathering, I've got new Supernatural to catch up on - finally!