yes, but MY artistic vision is grammatically correct!
I hate group projects. I hate trying to write things with other people. I’m not going to pretend that I’m a great writer, but I can see so clearly these days how things could be more effectively stated, how they could be more precise or make a greater emotional impact. Sigh. Being the one with the Vision is hard when you're not the one in charge.
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As part of my mission to overanalyze everything, I got the first season of Roswell out of the library last week.
I admit it, I gave up after a few episodes. It’s not nearly as good as I remember, perhaps because I now live in a post-Buffy-and-Veronica-Mars world. Liz is such a dishrag. Max is annoying and expressionless. They are the most boring couple ever. At least Michael and Maria bicker a lot in between makeout sessions, and Isabel and Alex are kind of cute and dorky. Or I’m sure they will be, because I can’t be bothered to watch the rest of the season.
Also, whose dumb idea was it to change the music for the DVDs? It feels like they’re trying to “update” it, when part of the pleasure of TV DVDs is reminiscence value. These were the songs that were hip at the time of the show; this is the music that underlay it and helped bring out the particular emotions of scenes rooted in a particular time and place.
And the Super Alien Power of rearranging molecular structures is kind of lame, really, to say nothing of scientifically improbable. Rearranging tissues, maybe. But how does rearranging the molecular structure of nail polish change its color while rendering it still nail polish? And the bits of Mysterious Mumbo-Jumbo are stupid. I can't believe I used to like this show. Obviously I had no taste when I was fourteen. D:
Here's the real epic fail, though: I knew we were in trouble in the first episode, in the biology lab scene where Liz sneaks a sample of Max's tissue and sees OMG ALIEN CELLS. The teacher says:
“Okay, we’ve spent the last week talking about genus and phylum, and now we’re going to get a little more specific and talk about the difference between species. For today’s experiment you’ll be working in teams of two. Mr. Evans, so nice to have you join us. Okay! Everyone on the right prepare a slide with a vegetable sampling; everyone on the left take a toothpick and get a sample from your cheek.”
So possibly there are multiple vegetable species and other pre-prepared animal slides. But as is... it sounds like the students are supposed to compare animal and plant cells to each other.
There is not enough facepalm in the world for that.
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On to my other favorite topic! I watched the first two episodes of Strongest Chil Woo and wasn’t quite as impressed with the hilarious badness as other people have been. Maybe it loses a lot in translation, since the subs are actually rather good. Have long since given up on The Rose as hopelessly boring.
Watched the first and only subbed ep of Koishite Akuma (the drama of bad CGI vampire fang trailers), which was hilarious. Possibly unintentionally. I was only going to watch that one so I could laugh at snowqueenofhoth, but I might have to keep going for the hilarity. Had to stifle my laughter as I was in the library at the time. Let’s face it, vampirism will never not be a metaphor for sex. I kept snickering every time Vampire Junior felt his teeth to see if his fangs were growing in.
I've started Triple too, and it's the most adorable thing ever. Also decided to give Buzzer Beat a try, after somebody’s recap with screencaps. I think Yamapi actually cracked half an expression once or twice, although his hairstyle is still a crime against hair. I might keep watching-- I like basketball quite a lot, plus there’s a violin girl, pink basketball uniforms, and plenty of gratuitous pretty. Yay!
What are you all watching these days?
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As part of my mission to overanalyze everything, I got the first season of Roswell out of the library last week.
I admit it, I gave up after a few episodes. It’s not nearly as good as I remember, perhaps because I now live in a post-Buffy-and-Veronica-Mars world. Liz is such a dishrag. Max is annoying and expressionless. They are the most boring couple ever. At least Michael and Maria bicker a lot in between makeout sessions, and Isabel and Alex are kind of cute and dorky. Or I’m sure they will be, because I can’t be bothered to watch the rest of the season.
Also, whose dumb idea was it to change the music for the DVDs? It feels like they’re trying to “update” it, when part of the pleasure of TV DVDs is reminiscence value. These were the songs that were hip at the time of the show; this is the music that underlay it and helped bring out the particular emotions of scenes rooted in a particular time and place.
And the Super Alien Power of rearranging molecular structures is kind of lame, really, to say nothing of scientifically improbable. Rearranging tissues, maybe. But how does rearranging the molecular structure of nail polish change its color while rendering it still nail polish? And the bits of Mysterious Mumbo-Jumbo are stupid. I can't believe I used to like this show. Obviously I had no taste when I was fourteen. D:
Here's the real epic fail, though: I knew we were in trouble in the first episode, in the biology lab scene where Liz sneaks a sample of Max's tissue and sees OMG ALIEN CELLS. The teacher says:
“Okay, we’ve spent the last week talking about genus and phylum, and now we’re going to get a little more specific and talk about the difference between species. For today’s experiment you’ll be working in teams of two. Mr. Evans, so nice to have you join us. Okay! Everyone on the right prepare a slide with a vegetable sampling; everyone on the left take a toothpick and get a sample from your cheek.”
So possibly there are multiple vegetable species and other pre-prepared animal slides. But as is... it sounds like the students are supposed to compare animal and plant cells to each other.
There is not enough facepalm in the world for that.
...
On to my other favorite topic! I watched the first two episodes of Strongest Chil Woo and wasn’t quite as impressed with the hilarious badness as other people have been. Maybe it loses a lot in translation, since the subs are actually rather good. Have long since given up on The Rose as hopelessly boring.
Watched the first and only subbed ep of Koishite Akuma (the drama of bad CGI vampire fang trailers), which was hilarious. Possibly unintentionally. I was only going to watch that one so I could laugh at snowqueenofhoth, but I might have to keep going for the hilarity. Had to stifle my laughter as I was in the library at the time. Let’s face it, vampirism will never not be a metaphor for sex. I kept snickering every time Vampire Junior felt his teeth to see if his fangs were growing in.
I've started Triple too, and it's the most adorable thing ever. Also decided to give Buzzer Beat a try, after somebody’s recap with screencaps. I think Yamapi actually cracked half an expression once or twice, although his hairstyle is still a crime against hair. I might keep watching-- I like basketball quite a lot, plus there’s a violin girl, pink basketball uniforms, and plenty of gratuitous pretty. Yay!
What are you all watching these days?