I have a double-digit list of posts I want to make but no time in which to write them up. :( Yet, I am feeling chatty today so I will post something completely useless
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I don't have viewing rituals, but this post has convinced me I should! :D
Mostly I just talk to the TV screen and respond OUT LOUD in embarrasing running commentary. Especially if my mom is not around, or the other people watching it with me don't mind/are fandom geeks who do the same. Unless it's Supernatural. Nothing ever really dampens my love of that show, not even the company of people who are disconcerted by my absolute geekery.
One of these days I am really tempted to record my commentary, because I think it would be completely ridiculous.
Which reminds me, I have to set up a friend!date with a co-worker who is also a Supernatural fan. We were going to watch some of the fifth season which just came out on DVD. OMG, it would be so fun to watch it with her! :D
Oh, yes, talking aloud is a must. You have to pick your fellow viewers carefully though. ;) Oh! Oh! And rewind moments. *nods* They are one of the best pleasures of watching prerecorded TV. I especially love it when supacat and I lunge for the pause button at the same time. Smallville provides plenty of those. If it's not gratuitous objectification of pretty people, it's the world's most ridiculous plot twist and/or dialogue. I can't get through most of Justin's scenes in one go because his dialogue delivery is too hysterical.
Your SPN view session sounds very fun. Even though I don't like SPN. :p
tended to use expository dialog more than show things Waaah, I hate that device! It's the scourge of American TV.
I feel I will like the cheer routines. :) Oh god, Glee with cheerleaders was NOT a good way to sell it to me though, as I hate Glee. :/ Perhaps I can just turn the sound down? o.O
I actually have this terrible fear I'm going to LIKE IT. That's almost scarier! /o\
Well, maybe I shouldn't have compared it to Glee. I've never seen it. The very idea seems too saccharine sweet to me.
However, according to what Thomas has said in the press, he said cheer routines will play a very big part in the show and there will be one major one in every episode. So, like Glee, it will have a 'number' toward the end of each outing.
The music was current too, so like Smallville in days of old. It surprised me how many current pop tunes they played throughout the episode.
I say give it a try and see how you like it.
It's produced by Tom Welling, after all. And he's perfect, so maybe the show will improve because I can't imagine anything he does devolving.
It should only get better and better as time passes.
I watched Hellcats last night and... wow, I hate the lead (both the character and the actress) so passionately I don't know how I'll continue. The soundtrack was rocking though, yes. I felt it needed more cheerleading. :p So it's good to hear there will be a cheer routine per ep.
Try watching that one with a roomful of fangirls (and one fanboy) whooping and hollering and consuming a little alcohol and eating yummy snacks. It is an experience that cannot be paralleled. I am not still reeling over how much fun that was!
:( I am so sad I missed that party. I had to make a tough personal choice then to prioritise ringing people I owed phonecalls to. It was necessary... but I remember hearing all the whooping throughout my phone calls... one of my very few VVC regrets. ;)
(I did get to watch it live on HBO from my NYC hotel the following week though. And I had a damn good time on my own! Party of One! *g*)
It was fun reading about your viewing rituals. Though I'm afraid I have no suggestions for how to watch Hellcats. (My second job is being so insane this year I'm wondering if I'll ever have time to watch tv again).
I think you should probably be grateful you are safe from Hellcats. ;) I'm wondering if I should crack out my hula hoop and/or poi to attempt to get into the spirit of ridiculous physical movement...
The only way to truly enjoy True Blood is to get drunk, this post reminded me to call my cousin and see if she wants to watch the finale here...with plenty of wine to keep the laughs flowing.
I written before how much more I get out of Mad Men when I watch it with my mother, who was working at that same time in NYC. Last week she got all indignant when Don said that men purchased suitcases, not women. She was always taking trips with her friends and she bought her own suitcases and when she got married, she was always the one buying suitcases for the family. That and the fact that she makes a stinkface every time Pete is on the screen, if it's possible, she hates him even more than I do.
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Mostly I just talk to the TV screen and respond OUT LOUD in embarrasing running commentary. Especially if my mom is not around, or the other people watching it with me don't mind/are fandom geeks who do the same. Unless it's Supernatural. Nothing ever really dampens my love of that show, not even the company of people who are disconcerted by my absolute geekery.
One of these days I am really tempted to record my commentary, because I think it would be completely ridiculous.
Which reminds me, I have to set up a friend!date with a co-worker who is also a Supernatural fan. We were going to watch some of the fifth season which just came out on DVD. OMG, it would be so fun to watch it with her! :D
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Your SPN view session sounds very fun. Even though I don't like SPN. :p
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Waaah, I hate that device! It's the scourge of American TV.
I feel I will like the cheer routines. :) Oh god, Glee with cheerleaders was NOT a good way to sell it to me though, as I hate Glee. :/ Perhaps I can just turn the sound down? o.O
I actually have this terrible fear I'm going to LIKE IT. That's almost scarier! /o\
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However, according to what Thomas has said in the press, he said cheer routines will play a very big part in the show and there will be one major one in every episode. So, like Glee, it will have a 'number' toward the end of each outing.
The music was current too, so like Smallville in days of old. It surprised me how many current pop tunes they played throughout the episode.
I say give it a try and see how you like it.
It's produced by Tom Welling, after all. And he's perfect, so maybe the show will improve because I can't imagine anything he does devolving.
It should only get better and better as time passes.
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I watched Hellcats last night and... wow, I hate the lead (both the character and the actress) so passionately I don't know how I'll continue. The soundtrack was rocking though, yes. I felt it needed more cheerleading. :p So it's good to hear there will be a cheer routine per ep.
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Try watching that one with a roomful of fangirls (and one fanboy) whooping and hollering and consuming a little alcohol and eating yummy snacks. It is an experience that cannot be paralleled. I am not still reeling over how much fun that was!
I MISS MY VVC TRUE BLOOD PEEPS.
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(I did get to watch it live on HBO from my NYC hotel the following week though. And I had a damn good time on my own! Party of One! *g*)
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I written before how much more I get out of Mad Men when I watch it with my mother, who was working at that same time in NYC. Last week she got all indignant when Don said that men purchased suitcases, not women. She was always taking trips with her friends and she bought her own suitcases and when she got married, she was always the one buying suitcases for the family. That and the fact that she makes a stinkface every time Pete is on the screen, if it's possible, she hates him even more than I do.
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