TV stuff (Lost, Supernatural, Glee)
Spoilers for the most recent eps, folks.
Glee:
Oh, Glee. <3
MADONNA EPISODE. What more can I say? Just... MA-FREAKING-DONNA EPISODE.
(also... um, I really want this Jesse-joining-New-Directions thing to be exactly what it looks like, because if it turns out to be a Vocal-Adrenaline-related plot I'm going to be majorly disappointed. Plus, I'd quite like to see Jonathan Groff do some Phantom of the Opera stuff.)
Oh, and... *jawdrop* SUE. DARTH SYLVESTER CAN *SING*. SO, UM, HOLY CRAP, GUYS.
Lost:
O-kay, interesting.
Just a couple of thoughts here:
1. Well, it's taken five and a bit seasons, but... I really like Jack at the moment. I figure this is my reward for putting up with five seasons of him being a jackass most of the time.
2. While we're at it, I'm kind of liking David, too.
3. Someone in my office put this idea in my head a few days ago - that in Reality-B, Desmond's driving around, talking to the 815ers and pulling off the occasional hit-and-run, is sort of reminiscent of... well, Jacob, and his whole travelling around, surreptitiously touching people, thing in Reality-A.
My problem is that I have no clue what that means... well, okay, I have an idea, but I can't back it up with anything. The *idea* is that maybe it'll be Desmond who ends up becoming the new Jacob or the Island's new guardian or whatever the hell. I don't even know anymore...
4. Claire still freaks me the hell out.
Supernatural:
You know what? This episode, for me, is pretty much... American Gods, Supernatural-style. (No, really, I was having House on the Rock flashbacks and everything...) Basically, we have a fairly random assortment of non-Judaeo-Christian deities gathered in a hotel conveniently named "Elysian Fields" (that was sort of a giveaway) to discuss what they call "the Judaeo-Christian Apocalypse". Also, a whole debate type thing on the relative merits of Christianity vs. the "pagan" religions.
Personally, I thought Rekha Sharma was a great choice for Kali, the guy playing Baldur got him basically right, and Mercury freaked me the hell out.
(Admittedly, I was a little bit disappointed that it was, y'know, actual Baldur who showed up, not Shadow. It's just... well, yeah... never mind...)
One bugbear: ODIN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE EYE. IT'S A BIG PART OF HIS MYTHOLOGY. A REALLY BIG PART, ACTUALLY.
THEREFORE, MYTHOLOGY FAIL, WRITERS.
OK, elephant in the room time (not you, Ganesh...):
Gabriel vs. Lucifer.
HOLY CRAP that was awesome. Partly because, um, we actually SAW Lucifer for the first time in weeks, and partly because IT JUST WAS, OKAY?
(Wow, poor old Nick-the-Vessel is in really bad shape... Lu'll be needing a new Vessel soon...)
And.. um... aw, crap, another ally bites the dust. (I was kinda hoping it was the fake blade. No such luck, though.) Still, though, this being Gabriel, he manages to help the boys out from beyond the grave. This being Gabriel, though, he does it via a porn movie. Yeahhh...
(btw, him being in angelic witness protection AS LOKI is just... so perfect, y'know?)
PS. Not only are most angels dicks, apparently most gods are, too.
PPS. Pestilence is MATT FREWER. This is *awesome*, guys...
Glee:
Oh, Glee. <3
MADONNA EPISODE. What more can I say? Just... MA-FREAKING-DONNA EPISODE.
(also... um, I really want this Jesse-joining-New-Directions thing to be exactly what it looks like, because if it turns out to be a Vocal-Adrenaline-related plot I'm going to be majorly disappointed. Plus, I'd quite like to see Jonathan Groff do some Phantom of the Opera stuff.)
Oh, and... *jawdrop* SUE. DARTH SYLVESTER CAN *SING*. SO, UM, HOLY CRAP, GUYS.
Lost:
O-kay, interesting.
Just a couple of thoughts here:
1. Well, it's taken five and a bit seasons, but... I really like Jack at the moment. I figure this is my reward for putting up with five seasons of him being a jackass most of the time.
2. While we're at it, I'm kind of liking David, too.
3. Someone in my office put this idea in my head a few days ago - that in Reality-B, Desmond's driving around, talking to the 815ers and pulling off the occasional hit-and-run, is sort of reminiscent of... well, Jacob, and his whole travelling around, surreptitiously touching people, thing in Reality-A.
My problem is that I have no clue what that means... well, okay, I have an idea, but I can't back it up with anything. The *idea* is that maybe it'll be Desmond who ends up becoming the new Jacob or the Island's new guardian or whatever the hell. I don't even know anymore...
4. Claire still freaks me the hell out.
Supernatural:
You know what? This episode, for me, is pretty much... American Gods, Supernatural-style. (No, really, I was having House on the Rock flashbacks and everything...) Basically, we have a fairly random assortment of non-Judaeo-Christian deities gathered in a hotel conveniently named "Elysian Fields" (that was sort of a giveaway) to discuss what they call "the Judaeo-Christian Apocalypse". Also, a whole debate type thing on the relative merits of Christianity vs. the "pagan" religions.
Personally, I thought Rekha Sharma was a great choice for Kali, the guy playing Baldur got him basically right, and Mercury freaked me the hell out.
(Admittedly, I was a little bit disappointed that it was, y'know, actual Baldur who showed up, not Shadow. It's just... well, yeah... never mind...)
One bugbear: ODIN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE EYE. IT'S A BIG PART OF HIS MYTHOLOGY. A REALLY BIG PART, ACTUALLY.
THEREFORE, MYTHOLOGY FAIL, WRITERS.
OK, elephant in the room time (not you, Ganesh...):
Gabriel vs. Lucifer.
HOLY CRAP that was awesome. Partly because, um, we actually SAW Lucifer for the first time in weeks, and partly because IT JUST WAS, OKAY?
(Wow, poor old Nick-the-Vessel is in really bad shape... Lu'll be needing a new Vessel soon...)
And.. um... aw, crap, another ally bites the dust. (I was kinda hoping it was the fake blade. No such luck, though.) Still, though, this being Gabriel, he manages to help the boys out from beyond the grave. This being Gabriel, though, he does it via a porn movie. Yeahhh...
(btw, him being in angelic witness protection AS LOKI is just... so perfect, y'know?)
PS. Not only are most angels dicks, apparently most gods are, too.
PPS. Pestilence is MATT FREWER. This is *awesome*, guys...