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soleta_nf

Why do I always have mega crushes on Survivor guys?

Nov 30, 2006 21:28

Yul on the current season of Survivor? Totally my ideal boyfriend. Intelligent, modest, fair, caring, ethical, no ego, says really geeky things that makes everyone laugh at him but makes me melt, reads the clues to the hidden immunity idol and immediately goes "Easy!" and finds it right away. And he's smokin' hot if you like the smarties, which I ( Read more... )

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corkdorkdan December 1 2006, 04:02:43 UTC

I want you to know, I'm trying to be very patient since you're under the NaNo deadline. But I expect much discussion of VM once you're finished!! ZOMG LoVe!!!

soleta_nf December 1 2006, 04:46:55 UTC

LOL! The deadline just passed! Want my thoughts now? I didn't really feel like writing up extended thoguhts (though I watched the episode this afternoon). Maybe I will after watching it again, which I most certainly will do soon ( ... )

corkdorkdan December 1 2006, 14:07:41 UTC

First off, if I haven't told you before, I really love that icon, and the episode it comes from. It makes me want to go out and buy the first season to watch it again. It had that adorable scene with Deputy Leo, where he was his normal horny self, and Veronica was so sweet in letting him down gently.

Though the gang of feminists beating up on the Dean's car was a lot much. Hooligan feminists? Ohhhkay.
I like that when Veronica blew her whistle, a fellow rape victim, Parker, was the only one who heard it. Very realistic. I like that she investigated and was kick ass and stood up for Veronica even though no one had stood up for her.I know you have issues with the characterization of feminists on the show in general, but I'm willing to say that there's nothing wrong with them, it's just THIS GROUP that's a bunch of psycho bitches. I mean, after the newspaper corruption, the vendetta against the fraternities, and faking a rape, I wouldn't have been surprised if they killed the dean. What really ruined it for me was when they started ( ... )

soleta_nf December 2 2006, 19:11:53 UTC

I, for one, would be shocked if the feminists killed the Dean ( ... )

corkdorkdan December 2 2006, 22:15:25 UTC

Heh, I don't really think the feminists killed the dean, they've proved they're too dumb to pull off something like that :-P I hope Patty Hearst killed the dean! I'd love to see her back for more episodes. I think your observation about the scotch is astute. I can't imagine what role it plays, but there was a lot of focus on such a random fact. Do you think the dean was poisoned or shot? I assumed it was a shooting, and I thought there was a bullethole in his head, but I don't recall any blood at all ( ... )

soleta_nf December 4 2006, 15:33:38 UTC

I assume shooting, too, but you're right. No blood. :S

I read elsewhere that Moe made a "the prison experiment changes you" comment in earlier episodes, which helps to explain what happened (and that Mercer was one of the prison guards). And, yeah, I read on TWOP about the spit. I will have to watch out for that next time.

corkdorkdan December 5 2006, 00:48:37 UTC

That makes PERFECT sense. Remember also, there was that kid that got picked on (Horschak?) during the prison experiment, and afterwards you see him doing the a-hole guard's homework, and he just says that a-hole guard is an okay guy, but still you're thinking, why are you doing his homework?! It's almost like a brainwash/Stockholm syndrome kind of thing. This is why I love this show. All the clues are there, if you can stitch them together.

soleta_nf December 5 2006, 01:02:38 UTC

Exactly! This plot was very impressive. I really need to re-watch this season. :)

corkdorkdan December 1 2006, 14:18:25 UTC

Oh, and some news from Rob Thomas, which you may love or hate.

Rob Thomas reveals: There has been talk - more than talk - about dropping the whole big mystery idea after this middle mystery and to do all stand-alone episodes and sort of a combination of a few things. The network is behind it, and I am interested in heading in that direction. One feeling is that the big mysteries keep away the casual TV viewers, and the other is that the thing that has been least successful since season one - meaning the things we get the most complaints about - are the big mysteries. My design in season one was that Veronica’s best friend was dead, and every season regular had an integral role in the mystery. And unless they wanted every year to kill Veronica’s friends, it’s hard to have the same emotional connective that’s worth spending seven, eight, nine episodes on a mystery. It’s one of the things we are deciding on right now. [...] But what I think we might do is the final mystery we were going to run instead of running it as our final five is ( ... )

soleta_nf December 2 2006, 19:17:17 UTC

I think I like that idea. I like that it's a short trial that they can reconsider before (a hopeful) season four. I agree that the nature of the mysteries are directly related to how much time viewers are willing to invest, and, after season one, season-wide arcs don't make as much sense. I'm definitely interested to see how the single episode mysteries go. I am liking the smaller arcs so far, it's neat that in one year we will see a variety of plots rather than just things related to an overarching plot that goes in and out of focus at random times (like last season).

What do you think?

corkdorkdan December 2 2006, 22:23:23 UTC

I'm totally on board with doing multiple big mysteries. I think this first one was great, and I like the variety of now being in a second one. I'm a little more leery of dropping the long mystery altogether, because I sort of like the randomness. I like how you can have an episode about some small thing, and then suddenly get hit with a big revelation. But Thomas is right about how that works really well in the first season, and then gets progressively harder. In the first season everyone is new, so it's hard to say, well Logan is obviously 100% good, Duncan is 100% evil, Lily was perfect, etc. Now that we know the characters, you can't really go saying, Wallace must be the rapist! Alias had a similar evolution, where they graduated from big conspiracies to more of a week-to-week action show. It still had some great episodes, but the magic of the early seasons never really came back.

However, I'm completely in favor of whichever option means I get more VM and not canceled VM :-)

soleta_nf December 4 2006, 15:35:57 UTC

However, I'm completely in favor of whichever option means I get more VM and not canceled VM :-)

Agreed!

And I like your idea, too, of not dropping the bigger mysteries all together, but we'll see what happens.

thanks4thefish December 1 2006, 15:13:05 UTC

So, would you believe...Kate has turned me into a VM nut. sigh.

But yeah, this episode was very well done. I loved the look on Logan's face as he walked up to the police cruiser. Logan has become so freakin' emo, I can't really handle it. I don't think that's what draws a woman like Veronica. But really, if they have them reconnect for a third go around, I will lose all respect for the show. New boy blood is needed dammit ( ... )

soleta_nf December 2 2006, 19:01:30 UTC

I'm so glad you got into the show! You have a lot of really insightful observations and comments. You have me convinced, now, that the feminists are there for a reason, as Veronica's foil. And not that people were accusing her of being a "crazy feminist" in high school or anything, but that is the side of the political spectrum her actions would take, so bringing people in who are seemingly "more" feminist than she is, but still so, so wrong, is interesting and further enhances our understanding of Veronica. And you're right that it's also a good lesson that the world is not best understood in blacks and whites, but rather in the shades of imperfection that make up everyday life ( ... )

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