TV Stuff
Boy, I've got alot of crap to get off my chest.
First off Grey's Anatomy - It feels so weird to be on the opposite end of the spectrum with my flist but, yes, I actually liked this ep. Of course, it all falls apart once I start thinking about it. But, as it aired, I ate it up with a spoon.
I think I'd like Derek the Asshole more if I didn't know that, soon enough, the PTB are going to start force feeding me that 'no, he's really not an asshole and pisses rainbows and shits puppies' eventually. Because, no Derek, you don't get to angrily throw darts at the dartboard while firing hateful looks at the ex-slampiece that YOU broke up with. You should be grateful no one's kicked you in the balls. He totally deserved that smackdown from Addison but for TPTB to turn it around to make it look like Addison's the crazy/unprofessional one? Oh No They Di'int!!
Same for you Burke. Goddamn, man. She fell asleep during sex. It's not like Cristina, oh, I don't know, started having an emotional breakdown while you were on top of her!! In this case, it's like the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Plus, I can't get too worked up over Burke getting shot since I know he'll survive.
Then we get to Izzie and, oi, is this a tough one. Because, on the one hand, watching her plead to Denny was like having a gallon of lemon-juice, hydrogen peroxide *and* iodine poured over an open wound..just painfully uncomfortable. Yet, on the other hand, it felt unearned. Izzie's biggest character flaw has always been overempathizing with the patients. Yet here, there was no progression to Izzie's downfall. While it's always been there that there are lines Izzie's willing to cross, nothing foreshadowed what would eventually come. So, while I get what the writer's were trying to do. Ultimately, they failed in the execution. Because Denny, Izzie/Denny ship, doesn't come across as a guy to lose your job/common sense over.
Plus, it makes the "friends" in her life look like self-absorbed assholes. Which, you know, they are..but still. This isn't a case of a friend watching another friend backslide and not knowing what to do but a case of the friend being too oblivious to notice.
Then there's Desperate Housewives - My God, what was this? Rip off the band-aid on ABC night?
I know Bree wouldn't be the awesome character she is if not for Marc Cherry's various Mommy-Issues but, goddamn, could he please give the character a break?
Edie telling Susan to open her shirt then ripping it open? Yeah, someone's been reading them some fan fic. Too bad it wasn't Lynette and Bree.
Speaking of Lynette, I know there has to be more to the Tom Cheating storyline but watching Lynette watch Tom follow another woman upstairs?
If there's a reason why I watch this show it was the scene between Bree and Lynette. This show is at its best when its about the Housewives interacting with each other. Plus, Susan thinking about someone besides herself *first* is never a bad thing.
Then we get to my serious guilty pleasure - Smallville - Why do I watch this show? To me, Smallville's like the world's most kickass shoddily constructed rollercoaster, in which the carriage rides backwards...at 10 miles per hour. So, you spend the ride always going in the wrong direction, seeing what things could be like, all while listening to the operator drone on and on about his juvenile fantasies regarding the cheerleader who wouldn't give him the time of day back in high school.
But, I've come to realize my opinions are the polar opposite of like 99% of the fandom. I don't think Clark's an asshat. I don't think Lex is always right. Hell, I even like Lois and don't think she's a fortysomething whore. So, I have no problem with the catalyst for the battle between the world's greatest superhero versus the greatest supervillian being over their love for a girl...but only if Lana dies. Which I doubt since Gough & Miles seem to have such a hardon for Kristin Kreuk. Who I also don't think is as horrible as fandom makes her out to be. Lana Lang, on the other hand..
Compared to last season, this one's actually been kinda good. Now only if Lois and Chloe could get their own spin off!
And finally - CSI - Does it makes me a bad person that, as good as this episode was, my main thought was - are they making Louise Lombard a regular or not? Because, as much as I like the show, all I really need is one scene of Sofia swaggering down a corridor or something
First off Grey's Anatomy - It feels so weird to be on the opposite end of the spectrum with my flist but, yes, I actually liked this ep. Of course, it all falls apart once I start thinking about it. But, as it aired, I ate it up with a spoon.
I think I'd like Derek the Asshole more if I didn't know that, soon enough, the PTB are going to start force feeding me that 'no, he's really not an asshole and pisses rainbows and shits puppies' eventually. Because, no Derek, you don't get to angrily throw darts at the dartboard while firing hateful looks at the ex-slampiece that YOU broke up with. You should be grateful no one's kicked you in the balls. He totally deserved that smackdown from Addison but for TPTB to turn it around to make it look like Addison's the crazy/unprofessional one? Oh No They Di'int!!
Same for you Burke. Goddamn, man. She fell asleep during sex. It's not like Cristina, oh, I don't know, started having an emotional breakdown while you were on top of her!! In this case, it's like the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Plus, I can't get too worked up over Burke getting shot since I know he'll survive.
Then we get to Izzie and, oi, is this a tough one. Because, on the one hand, watching her plead to Denny was like having a gallon of lemon-juice, hydrogen peroxide *and* iodine poured over an open wound..just painfully uncomfortable. Yet, on the other hand, it felt unearned. Izzie's biggest character flaw has always been overempathizing with the patients. Yet here, there was no progression to Izzie's downfall. While it's always been there that there are lines Izzie's willing to cross, nothing foreshadowed what would eventually come. So, while I get what the writer's were trying to do. Ultimately, they failed in the execution. Because Denny, Izzie/Denny ship, doesn't come across as a guy to lose your job/common sense over.
Plus, it makes the "friends" in her life look like self-absorbed assholes. Which, you know, they are..but still. This isn't a case of a friend watching another friend backslide and not knowing what to do but a case of the friend being too oblivious to notice.
Then there's Desperate Housewives - My God, what was this? Rip off the band-aid on ABC night?
I know Bree wouldn't be the awesome character she is if not for Marc Cherry's various Mommy-Issues but, goddamn, could he please give the character a break?
Edie telling Susan to open her shirt then ripping it open? Yeah, someone's been reading them some fan fic. Too bad it wasn't Lynette and Bree.
Speaking of Lynette, I know there has to be more to the Tom Cheating storyline but watching Lynette watch Tom follow another woman upstairs?
If there's a reason why I watch this show it was the scene between Bree and Lynette. This show is at its best when its about the Housewives interacting with each other. Plus, Susan thinking about someone besides herself *first* is never a bad thing.
Then we get to my serious guilty pleasure - Smallville - Why do I watch this show? To me, Smallville's like the world's most kickass shoddily constructed rollercoaster, in which the carriage rides backwards...at 10 miles per hour. So, you spend the ride always going in the wrong direction, seeing what things could be like, all while listening to the operator drone on and on about his juvenile fantasies regarding the cheerleader who wouldn't give him the time of day back in high school.
But, I've come to realize my opinions are the polar opposite of like 99% of the fandom. I don't think Clark's an asshat. I don't think Lex is always right. Hell, I even like Lois and don't think she's a fortysomething whore. So, I have no problem with the catalyst for the battle between the world's greatest superhero versus the greatest supervillian being over their love for a girl...but only if Lana dies. Which I doubt since Gough & Miles seem to have such a hardon for Kristin Kreuk. Who I also don't think is as horrible as fandom makes her out to be. Lana Lang, on the other hand..
Compared to last season, this one's actually been kinda good. Now only if Lois and Chloe could get their own spin off!
And finally - CSI - Does it makes me a bad person that, as good as this episode was, my main thought was - are they making Louise Lombard a regular or not? Because, as much as I like the show, all I really need is one scene of Sofia swaggering down a corridor or something