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Apr. 21st, 2010 10:49 pmThings amusing me at the moment:
1. Lost - was actually enjoyable this week. Not a lot happened. They are basically building up to the grand finale. So a lot is being rushed. This happens a lot on tv shows, they spend a lot of time telling us what we already know, then rushing on the more interesting, end-game points. Making me wonder about the huge disconnect between writers and viewers of their work? I've been seeing this a lot lately. May write more later. But bed calls. So no time. Lost- still feels a bit a like a funky and somewhat failed logic game to me, plot-wise, but explaining why requires a lot more brain energy than I really want to expend at the moment.
2. Buffy/Angel Comic Fandom has exploded over how the comic book writers are currently depicting their beloved and favorite characters. This is by the way is not a new phenomena nor limited to Buffy fandom or comics, specifically. ( brief bit on the kerfuffles on my flist surrounding the Buffy and Angel comics, specifically that nasty Willingham and what he's doing to Spike. )
3. Glee - enjoyable episode about Madonna - which even Madonna appreciated. Don't see why not - was quite the homage. Also highly satirical - which is Madonna in some ways. Main impression though? Madonna's music really does sound all alike. That's the problem with Madonna - you listen to a tape of it and you feel like you've listened to the same melody just with different arranging and words for fifty minutes. There's no chang-up. No variation. Don't get me wrong, I like Madonna, quite a bit actually. But...she's not as good a musician/songwriter as she is a performer. That said - rather loved some of the renditions. Missed the one I really really wanted to see - the butch boys singing "What it Feels Like to be A Girl" - because American Idol went too long, so as a result, I got ten minutes of American Idol and lost ten minutes of Glee. Ugh. Oh well, it will be repeated at some point. Or it will appear on youtube. Other main impression? Ryan Murphy really has been reading people's blogs on Glee. (He said they were reading people's blogs on Glee and taking their fans suggestions on how to better the series to heart.) Until this episode, I didn't believe him. But it was obvious here - the shout-outs to female empowerment and how men view it as being all about them, and all about sex, and their getting sex - was quite amazing. Also there's a whole bit about how being a virgin is not a bad thing or something to be embarrassed about. And causal sex not the best thing ever! Hollywood? TV writers everywhere??? Please take notes. Thank you.
1. Lost - was actually enjoyable this week. Not a lot happened. They are basically building up to the grand finale. So a lot is being rushed. This happens a lot on tv shows, they spend a lot of time telling us what we already know, then rushing on the more interesting, end-game points. Making me wonder about the huge disconnect between writers and viewers of their work? I've been seeing this a lot lately. May write more later. But bed calls. So no time. Lost- still feels a bit a like a funky and somewhat failed logic game to me, plot-wise, but explaining why requires a lot more brain energy than I really want to expend at the moment.
2. Buffy/Angel Comic Fandom has exploded over how the comic book writers are currently depicting their beloved and favorite characters. This is by the way is not a new phenomena nor limited to Buffy fandom or comics, specifically. ( brief bit on the kerfuffles on my flist surrounding the Buffy and Angel comics, specifically that nasty Willingham and what he's doing to Spike. )
3. Glee - enjoyable episode about Madonna - which even Madonna appreciated. Don't see why not - was quite the homage. Also highly satirical - which is Madonna in some ways. Main impression though? Madonna's music really does sound all alike. That's the problem with Madonna - you listen to a tape of it and you feel like you've listened to the same melody just with different arranging and words for fifty minutes. There's no chang-up. No variation. Don't get me wrong, I like Madonna, quite a bit actually. But...she's not as good a musician/songwriter as she is a performer. That said - rather loved some of the renditions. Missed the one I really really wanted to see - the butch boys singing "What it Feels Like to be A Girl" - because American Idol went too long, so as a result, I got ten minutes of American Idol and lost ten minutes of Glee. Ugh. Oh well, it will be repeated at some point. Or it will appear on youtube. Other main impression? Ryan Murphy really has been reading people's blogs on Glee. (He said they were reading people's blogs on Glee and taking their fans suggestions on how to better the series to heart.) Until this episode, I didn't believe him. But it was obvious here - the shout-outs to female empowerment and how men view it as being all about them, and all about sex, and their getting sex - was quite amazing. Also there's a whole bit about how being a virgin is not a bad thing or something to be embarrassed about. And causal sex not the best thing ever! Hollywood? TV writers everywhere??? Please take notes. Thank you.
