"Kneel before your god, Babylon!!!!"
Well. The good thing about last night's Emmys is that most of the winners were so WTF-worthy (or just unworthy) that they lost all credibility. I'm thrilled to bits about The Office, I'm generally glad for Sutherland and Hargitay, and while 24 is more "wildly entertaining" than "best drama", it doesn't completely suck. Oh, and I also *loved* that Kelly Macdonald won. Diane from Trainspotting, aka "Alanna's Favoritest Movie Ever"! Whee! But the rest of the awards? Uh, yeah.
Colbert! Stewart! Godless sodomites! I must find a way to work that into casual conversation.
PopWatch weighs in on the plane crash montage controversy. I totally understand the "insensitivity" arguments, but I'm siding with EW here.
I'd link to individual Go Fug Yourself posts, but they're all worthy.
Oh, and I'm still seeing some non-LJ bloggers and (uninformed) critics bemoaning the Deadwood shut-out. Um, it's a marvelous show, but it wasn't eligible this year. Hang in there, folks! I'm sure it'll dominate in 2007. :)
The always awesome Alan Sepinwall had an excellent observation in his pre-show post:
And therein lies Emmy's biggest problem. Because people who work in television don't actually watch much television, the Emmys are decided on a small sampling from a long season: eight episodes for a series, two episodes for supporting actors and only a single episode for lead actors. That makes it easier for someone like "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Chris Meloni to make the cut. Over the course of the full season, he's solid but unspectacular working within the rigid confines of the "L&O" franchise, but he had one episode last season where his character had to attend therapy, in which he gave the kind of emotional performance of which showbiz awards are made. Problem is, the audience at home doesn't watch television in single-episode increments. They watch most, if not all, of a season of their favorite shows. They appreciate how performances and characters can grow and change over time, that it's not just how you come off in a single week, but over 13 or 20 or 22 weeks.
Yup. This disconnect is why the Emmys are often so damn frustrating, but the current system means that it won't change anytime soon. The blue ribbon panels only reinforced it -- they judged ONE performance in an entire season of work. We might mock some of the nominees, but maybe ____'s one screened performance was indeed better than other, more worthy candidates.
Alas and alack.
Anyway.
A few links:
-- The Annals of Alexis: I found this old Go Fug Yourself gem last night. Omigod, so awesome! I was addicted to Dynasty back in sixth grade. My shameful sekrit is that my very first fanfic was a horrible Mary Sue in which I was Alexis and Blake's long-lost daughter returning home from boarding school. Feel free to unfriend me now.
-- Serpentes on a Shippe! (spoylerez): Geoffrey Chaucer reviews Snakes on a Plane. (Thanks to maidenjedi for the link!)
-- The Bulwer-Lytton winners: I'm particularly fond of the Children's Literature winner.
-- EntWkly reviews the top 10 hits from this week in 1995: Totally worth it for her "Kiss from a Rose" summer camp anecdote.
-- Deepdiscountdvd.com has BSG S2.5 for $27.23, plus free shipping. Commence the pre-ordering. And for the record, NBCU won't be releasing the full season as a consolidated box set, so we're stuck with this. Alas.
-- fahye has written academy!pilots, which makes me a very happy camper indeed. Check out our pataphysical divigation and revel in the awesomeness.
Speaking of BSG... asta77 linked to some photos from yesterday's con, and I made a disturbing observation.
Who else remembers those Big Boy restaurants from the '60s? They're long gone, but their influence lives on... in a wee man from England.
Oh, Jamie. JAMIE. *sigh*
And finally, I'm totally stealing this meme -with permission- from voleuse: Spoil me. Real spoilers, fake spoilers, speculation. For old movies, old TV shows, the fall TV season, books, WHATEVER. My fandoms, your fandoms. Fandoms in which you've never been, but feel the need to talk about spoilers anyway. Get it off your chest.
(Though unlike her, I'll defer to the spoilerphobic and request no actual info from upcoming shows. :)
Colbert! Stewart! Godless sodomites! I must find a way to work that into casual conversation.
PopWatch weighs in on the plane crash montage controversy. I totally understand the "insensitivity" arguments, but I'm siding with EW here.
I'd link to individual Go Fug Yourself posts, but they're all worthy.
Oh, and I'm still seeing some non-LJ bloggers and (uninformed) critics bemoaning the Deadwood shut-out. Um, it's a marvelous show, but it wasn't eligible this year. Hang in there, folks! I'm sure it'll dominate in 2007. :)
The always awesome Alan Sepinwall had an excellent observation in his pre-show post:
And therein lies Emmy's biggest problem. Because people who work in television don't actually watch much television, the Emmys are decided on a small sampling from a long season: eight episodes for a series, two episodes for supporting actors and only a single episode for lead actors. That makes it easier for someone like "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Chris Meloni to make the cut. Over the course of the full season, he's solid but unspectacular working within the rigid confines of the "L&O" franchise, but he had one episode last season where his character had to attend therapy, in which he gave the kind of emotional performance of which showbiz awards are made. Problem is, the audience at home doesn't watch television in single-episode increments. They watch most, if not all, of a season of their favorite shows. They appreciate how performances and characters can grow and change over time, that it's not just how you come off in a single week, but over 13 or 20 or 22 weeks.
Yup. This disconnect is why the Emmys are often so damn frustrating, but the current system means that it won't change anytime soon. The blue ribbon panels only reinforced it -- they judged ONE performance in an entire season of work. We might mock some of the nominees, but maybe ____'s one screened performance was indeed better than other, more worthy candidates.
Alas and alack.
Anyway.
A few links:
-- The Annals of Alexis: I found this old Go Fug Yourself gem last night. Omigod, so awesome! I was addicted to Dynasty back in sixth grade. My shameful sekrit is that my very first fanfic was a horrible Mary Sue in which I was Alexis and Blake's long-lost daughter returning home from boarding school. Feel free to unfriend me now.
-- Serpentes on a Shippe! (spoylerez): Geoffrey Chaucer reviews Snakes on a Plane. (Thanks to maidenjedi for the link!)
-- The Bulwer-Lytton winners: I'm particularly fond of the Children's Literature winner.
-- EntWkly reviews the top 10 hits from this week in 1995: Totally worth it for her "Kiss from a Rose" summer camp anecdote.
-- Deepdiscountdvd.com has BSG S2.5 for $27.23, plus free shipping. Commence the pre-ordering. And for the record, NBCU won't be releasing the full season as a consolidated box set, so we're stuck with this. Alas.
-- fahye has written academy!pilots, which makes me a very happy camper indeed. Check out our pataphysical divigation and revel in the awesomeness.
Speaking of BSG... asta77 linked to some photos from yesterday's con, and I made a disturbing observation.
Who else remembers those Big Boy restaurants from the '60s? They're long gone, but their influence lives on... in a wee man from England.
Oh, Jamie. JAMIE. *sigh*
And finally, I'm totally stealing this meme -with permission- from voleuse: Spoil me. Real spoilers, fake spoilers, speculation. For old movies, old TV shows, the fall TV season, books, WHATEVER. My fandoms, your fandoms. Fandoms in which you've never been, but feel the need to talk about spoilers anyway. Get it off your chest.
(Though unlike her, I'll defer to the spoilerphobic and request no actual info from upcoming shows. :)