TV Thursday

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[urban_stoop]

OMG YOU GUYS, PRETTY WOMAN IS ON MY TV. And I can't stop watching even though it's so sexist and cheesy and baaaaaaaaaaad. Richard Gere is a FOX though and Julia Roberts is adorable and... *sighs contetedly*

Anyway, so TV: I thought Robin on HIMYM was fabulous and nearly back to old, amazing Season 1-2 Robin, which is a nice change. TV creates all these fabulous female characters and then takes them down, so it's nice to see them living up to their standards again. Also, is there finally new The Good Wife?

And how creepy is Norah's guy on Brothers&Sisters?! First he makes her spend Christmas away from her family and then he gives her a roofie? Really? Look at your life, look at your choices, Norah.

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[urban_stoop]

Season six is actually quite good, I guess my advice would be to skip most of season 5 (and four, actually) and jump into S6, which has a couple of really good eps so far.

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[theepiccek]

re: skipping s5, I almost did that, because I heard so much negativity about it, but tbh, I'm glad that I watched it, because now I appreciate s6 (and the earlier stuff) way more. but i hated the barney/robin crap in s5.

[popehippo]

I finally quit Glee. Feels like breaking up with a bad ex that, really, I shouldn't have been with in the first place. QQ.

But, I'm super curious about Community now. Whee!

[urban_stoop]

Me too! Cheers, I say we're well shot of it.

[redikolous]

Me too, actually. Too much crap. Sad, because I do like some corners of the fandom.

[bazcat89]

Me too!

My friend was squeeing at me about Glee the other day and I was like "Umm. I've kind of completely turned on Glee..."

Community is awesome.

[bestdaywelived]

I finally caught up on Bones this week. I love, love, love Temperance Brennan. She's such an amazing character, and Emily Deschanel is very talented.

I watched a few episodes of Better Off Ted, and was really annoyed with it. While I loved Portia de Rossi's character, I was really put off by the other female lead. She was supposed to be "quirky" and just came off as really f'ing annoying and cutesy. I hate that. Is it so hard to write a female character who isn't a caricature of annoyingness? Seriously. I hate that show.

[apis_cerana]

I'm sort of getting into Misfits, a UK TV show that is most definitely NOT feminist-friendly for the most part -- it can often be be triggery (one "superpower" a character has is that she makes anyone she touches want to fuck her -- which leads to quite a few scenes where it appears as if she is about to be raped) and features violence and pretty coarse/dark humor

[shadowpiranha]

I love Misfits, despite the serious problem I have with Alisha's power. It scares the crap out of me to even imagine having it, and I think it says a whole lot about rape culture and victim blaming that I'm not sure I like - actually, I'm sure I don't. And I agree that it's not very feminist friendly, but I do like (like you said) that the girls' bodies are 'normal' bodies and not stick thin size zeroes, and that it's an ensemble cast for real despite the fact that Nathan is 'the main one' in the promotional material. It must be because he's the loud comic relief. I do like what the show does in terms of race and interracial relationships though, at least there's that. All-white casts are a) boring and b) not realistic, like we're somehow denying the existence of other races. It bothers me when that happens, and in this show it doesn't. And I love how it's developing

[trenchcoatedson]

"It scares the crap out of me to even imagine having it, and I think it says a whole lot about rape culture and victim blaming that I'm not sure I like - actually, I'm sure I don't"

I've never seen the show, but when I read about it, that's what instantly hit me. I was like, "Wow, so basically, people touch her, and if they rape her, then they can blame it on her?"

I really enjoy things with premises like Misfits (sci-fi -type things but focusing on the characters and their lives), but that just put me off.

[shadowpiranha]

I don't know about blaming it on her, the times it happened in the show all the guys were very confused and didn't remember a thing (it puts them in a deep sort of trance state, I guess; they're 'not themselves') but they ended up apologizing, but still, yeah, I think that's the main thing behind it. She, apparently, has the power to manipulate pheromones. It's not pretty to see, but luckily we don't see it often. I think the feel they try to transmit, though, is that it's a horrible power to have, more like a curse. It certainly feels that way and looks to me like it's treated that way. In my opinion, yeah, that's the shittiest super power anyone can have

[3dog]

Does anyone want to talk about Ugly Betty with me. :| I know it's been over for a while but I just bought the third season and I'm really excited.

[leroaminggnome]

I miss "Ugly Betty" still :(

[katie_g_lynn]

I love Ugly Betty! I don't know what to talk about regarding it, though. Any discussion points haha?

[ouronlylight]

OMG I got into Ugly Betty over the summer and I'm in love. It's like the best parts of American dramas and Latin American telenovelas mixed together. I've only gotten through season one, though; season two is supposed to arrive via Netflix tomorrow. :)