OUAT, Good Wife, Merlin and Lost Girl
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shadowkatWhile The Good Wife episode entitled "The Ham Sandwich" - rocked, I mean really rocked. That was a brilliant episode and a satisfying one as well. Once Upon a Time is starting to frustrate me.
Dear writers of Once Upon a Time, either kill off the bwwahhahha evil Regina, or give me a reason to feel sympathy for her. Because right now, she's starting to grate on my nerves, and having her win in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE is getting old. Keep it up and I'll jump ship. The whole proverbial carrot routine that was such an in-thing dramatically in the 20th Century, isn't going to work in the 21st when we have serials like the Good Wife, Dowton Abbey, Justified, etc to choose from.
In short? Get to the bleeding point. LOST drug out too long too. Learn from Lost's mistakes, pronto.
I'm of two minds about Once - I love the metaphors. And the back story on Sydney Glass, otherwise known as Regina's mirror, is quite brilliant. But it also paints Regina as a classic Narcissist with no redeeming value. This is a problem. Morgana on Merlin is more sympathetic.
Speaking of Merlin? I finally figured out who the guy playing Arthur's Uncle/Cheif Advisor and Morgana's co-conspirator is - he's the actor who played Inspector Lynely on the Lynely Mysteries.
(Courtesy of the Momster). I already knew who James Callis was - because I adored that actor in BattleStar Galatica v.2. This past week's Merlin also rocked. We got to see a really cute white dragon. I have weakness for dragons, I admit it. The Momster and I suddenly wished we had kept all those Anne McCaffrey Dragon Riders of Pern novels, so we could re-read them.
Rather love Merlin. Lost Girl...sigh, can the dialogue be any more wooden or the acting for that matter? Yes, the guy playing the fae cop is sort of hot and looks like a Fae, but...this show is really badly written and this comes from someone who has watched a lot of bad television in her lifetime. It may be too bad for me to tolerate. I refuse to watch the US version of Being Human, it's just so cheesy, and once you see the British version...well let's just say, the US is unwatchable. I don't know if I'd have liked it - if I hadn't seen the British version first. Possible. But now that I have seen the British version - I just can't watch the US one.
Okay off to bed. May write a more in-depth review on Once and Good Wife later.
Here's a few quickie impressions:
* Once - loved the Genie bit. Shout out to Richard Schiff (Toby from the West Wing) who is playing Snow's Dad and the Queen's neglectful hubby.
*Damn they stuck with the original story - of how Snow's Dad worshipped Snow and ignored the new Queen, until she found a way of murdering him.
*Nice twist with the whole "be careful what you wish for" which seems to be a recurring theme in this series. Magic has a price. As do wishes. The Genie grants Snow's Dad three wishes. The father gives them all to the Genie - to free him. The Genie says his two wishes are to be free, and to find true love. (Note to Genie - it's all in the phrasing, you should have asked for returned true love not unrequited.) The father upon learning of the Genie's betrayal, states...you were right, I shouldn't never have made a wish. And the Genie does the same thing he makes a wish trapping himself in a mirror to be with Regina for eternity.
* Regina appears to be a narcissist who loves only herself and her own reflection. Nice metaphor that the man who falls for her - gives her a mirror then becomes her mirror, she looks in his face and sees her glorious image reflected back. The Evil Queen's best relationship? With her mirror.
Except the mirror lies.
* The Mirror is also the newspaper in town and it lies about the Queen and keeps the people under her grip.
*Damn, Emma finds the keys to the kingdom but doesn't take them. "What do these open? Oh, I'll just put them back."
* Anyone else think the two most interesting characters in this story are the man with the typewriter and Rumplestilskin? Rumple who gave Emma great advice - don't trust Sydney and sometimes it's best to just leave things alone - in regards to the land deal. And the writer, who apparently has the Once Upon a Time fairy book. This feels very meta to me - like a subtle breaking of the fourth wall and the most interesting thing they've done to date. It's what is keeping me tuned in. I'm rather bored of the Emma vs. Regina war, Regina keeps winning and Emma sort of slumps off. Hon? You have a gun. You can leave Storybrook. Henry can leave Storybrook.
No one else including Regina appears to be able to do that. Why don't you shoot Regina in the head and take off with Henry? Would solve so many problems. This cat and mouse game, where you play the mouse, is getting old.
I should have liked the twist at the end, but instead, I was just annoyed with Glass. Why is he still jumping to Regina's tune? Is he an idiot? I mean, he's not trapped in the mirror any longer.
* I actually felt sorry for Carey, who did not want Alicia brought into it and had told Wendy Scott-Carr as much.
* The Grand Jury's reaction was not only realistic but hilarious. Juror: "I have a question? Who is
Peter Florek? Why are you bringing his wife into this? And who cares who slept with? At least she's getting some. Wish I was. Good for her." Rest of the jurors? Exactly. (Earth to Wendy, this is the 21st Century, hon, the whole slut-shaming bit is so 1990s. We don't do that any more. Where have you been? In today's world, a woman whose hubby cheated on her with prostitutes can sleep with whomever she wants.)
* Also Kalinda and Will's game with Wendy/Dana and the investigator working for them was beautiful.
They totally played them. I so called it - last episode with Kalinda. I knew she was playing Dana.
And she decided to do it when Dana lay down the Alicia card. That's when Kalinda went for the jugular. "You can slap me, if it will make you feel better." Hee.
* Jurors: "Why are we indicting Will? What did he do? I think we should be going after Peter Florek and Judge Parker, they are clearly hiding something. Will was honest and agreed to answer the questions." (Earth to Wendy, it's all about the presentation. Also these poor jurors are being tortured. They don't want to be there. They've got better things to do.)
*Except it's not over yet for Will, because Wendy is pissed. She's taking the case to the Bar to get him disbarred.
* Alicia to Peter: "Drop this." Peter: "I'm not going making the same mistakes again." Alicia: The mistakes you made were that you went against your family. You hurt us. (And he discovers at the end of the indictment that he did it again. Peter to Wendy: "Why did you bring Alicia into it?")
* I'm sorry Eli and Amy Sedaris do not have chemistry. He has it with everyone else though, weirdly enough. I keep wanting Eli to find out what is happening with Will, Peter and Alicia. But they are keeping him out of it. This bugs me. Damn it. But it makes sense, because I honestly can't think of a reason any of those three would clue Eli in. David Lee however sort of hints at it - stating Alicia is divorcing Peter and if Eli isn't nice to his beloved neice Caitlin, he'll
let the divorce slip hurting Peter's chances at governor.
* Alicia wisely decides to take a week off and take her kids on vacation. The indictment makes her worry about her children. Interesting - the question she balks on is the one about partnership.
The indication that she slept with Will to make partner. So not true. Carey looks like he wants to crawl into a hole. And she's glaring at him. It isn't true - her advancement was due to Eli not Will and was part of Eli's terms. Also, Diane decided to push her up the ladder - again because of Eli. Will actually has been more of a detractor than an aid. The Jurors...at least are wise enough to see through the ploy, but they also aren't traditionalists like Scott-Carr, hence the reason Scott-Carr didn't win the DA position.
Funny episode and enjoyable. The Good Wife continues to rule as the best damn show on tv. Nothing beats it. Also the violence meter? Still at 0. The most violent thing that happened was Dana slapped Kalinda. So...here's a show that has no violence, is witty, all about dialogue and acting, well directed, top-notch guest stars and cast, and consistently good week in and week out. I can't say that about any other show on tv. All the other critical and fan favorites are ridiculously violent...Also this is the only show that isn't chauvinistic or misogynistic that is a critical favorite. It's odd. No rape. No violence. Strong women. And wit. Why aren't there more shows like this on tv? Plus not a soap opera - it's a female centric show and not a soap or a procedural.
Dear writers of Once Upon a Time, either kill off the bwwahhahha evil Regina, or give me a reason to feel sympathy for her. Because right now, she's starting to grate on my nerves, and having her win in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE is getting old. Keep it up and I'll jump ship. The whole proverbial carrot routine that was such an in-thing dramatically in the 20th Century, isn't going to work in the 21st when we have serials like the Good Wife, Dowton Abbey, Justified, etc to choose from.
In short? Get to the bleeding point. LOST drug out too long too. Learn from Lost's mistakes, pronto.
I'm of two minds about Once - I love the metaphors. And the back story on Sydney Glass, otherwise known as Regina's mirror, is quite brilliant. But it also paints Regina as a classic Narcissist with no redeeming value. This is a problem. Morgana on Merlin is more sympathetic.
Speaking of Merlin? I finally figured out who the guy playing Arthur's Uncle/Cheif Advisor and Morgana's co-conspirator is - he's the actor who played Inspector Lynely on the Lynely Mysteries.
(Courtesy of the Momster). I already knew who James Callis was - because I adored that actor in BattleStar Galatica v.2. This past week's Merlin also rocked. We got to see a really cute white dragon. I have weakness for dragons, I admit it. The Momster and I suddenly wished we had kept all those Anne McCaffrey Dragon Riders of Pern novels, so we could re-read them.
Rather love Merlin. Lost Girl...sigh, can the dialogue be any more wooden or the acting for that matter? Yes, the guy playing the fae cop is sort of hot and looks like a Fae, but...this show is really badly written and this comes from someone who has watched a lot of bad television in her lifetime. It may be too bad for me to tolerate. I refuse to watch the US version of Being Human, it's just so cheesy, and once you see the British version...well let's just say, the US is unwatchable. I don't know if I'd have liked it - if I hadn't seen the British version first. Possible. But now that I have seen the British version - I just can't watch the US one.
Okay off to bed. May write a more in-depth review on Once and Good Wife later.
Here's a few quickie impressions:
* Once - loved the Genie bit. Shout out to Richard Schiff (Toby from the West Wing) who is playing Snow's Dad and the Queen's neglectful hubby.
*Damn they stuck with the original story - of how Snow's Dad worshipped Snow and ignored the new Queen, until she found a way of murdering him.
*Nice twist with the whole "be careful what you wish for" which seems to be a recurring theme in this series. Magic has a price. As do wishes. The Genie grants Snow's Dad three wishes. The father gives them all to the Genie - to free him. The Genie says his two wishes are to be free, and to find true love. (Note to Genie - it's all in the phrasing, you should have asked for returned true love not unrequited.) The father upon learning of the Genie's betrayal, states...you were right, I shouldn't never have made a wish. And the Genie does the same thing he makes a wish trapping himself in a mirror to be with Regina for eternity.
* Regina appears to be a narcissist who loves only herself and her own reflection. Nice metaphor that the man who falls for her - gives her a mirror then becomes her mirror, she looks in his face and sees her glorious image reflected back. The Evil Queen's best relationship? With her mirror.
Except the mirror lies.
* The Mirror is also the newspaper in town and it lies about the Queen and keeps the people under her grip.
*Damn, Emma finds the keys to the kingdom but doesn't take them. "What do these open? Oh, I'll just put them back."
* Anyone else think the two most interesting characters in this story are the man with the typewriter and Rumplestilskin? Rumple who gave Emma great advice - don't trust Sydney and sometimes it's best to just leave things alone - in regards to the land deal. And the writer, who apparently has the Once Upon a Time fairy book. This feels very meta to me - like a subtle breaking of the fourth wall and the most interesting thing they've done to date. It's what is keeping me tuned in. I'm rather bored of the Emma vs. Regina war, Regina keeps winning and Emma sort of slumps off. Hon? You have a gun. You can leave Storybrook. Henry can leave Storybrook.
No one else including Regina appears to be able to do that. Why don't you shoot Regina in the head and take off with Henry? Would solve so many problems. This cat and mouse game, where you play the mouse, is getting old.
I should have liked the twist at the end, but instead, I was just annoyed with Glass. Why is he still jumping to Regina's tune? Is he an idiot? I mean, he's not trapped in the mirror any longer.
* I actually felt sorry for Carey, who did not want Alicia brought into it and had told Wendy Scott-Carr as much.
* The Grand Jury's reaction was not only realistic but hilarious. Juror: "I have a question? Who is
Peter Florek? Why are you bringing his wife into this? And who cares who slept with? At least she's getting some. Wish I was. Good for her." Rest of the jurors? Exactly. (Earth to Wendy, this is the 21st Century, hon, the whole slut-shaming bit is so 1990s. We don't do that any more. Where have you been? In today's world, a woman whose hubby cheated on her with prostitutes can sleep with whomever she wants.)
* Also Kalinda and Will's game with Wendy/Dana and the investigator working for them was beautiful.
They totally played them. I so called it - last episode with Kalinda. I knew she was playing Dana.
And she decided to do it when Dana lay down the Alicia card. That's when Kalinda went for the jugular. "You can slap me, if it will make you feel better." Hee.
* Jurors: "Why are we indicting Will? What did he do? I think we should be going after Peter Florek and Judge Parker, they are clearly hiding something. Will was honest and agreed to answer the questions." (Earth to Wendy, it's all about the presentation. Also these poor jurors are being tortured. They don't want to be there. They've got better things to do.)
*Except it's not over yet for Will, because Wendy is pissed. She's taking the case to the Bar to get him disbarred.
* Alicia to Peter: "Drop this." Peter: "I'm not going making the same mistakes again." Alicia: The mistakes you made were that you went against your family. You hurt us. (And he discovers at the end of the indictment that he did it again. Peter to Wendy: "Why did you bring Alicia into it?")
* I'm sorry Eli and Amy Sedaris do not have chemistry. He has it with everyone else though, weirdly enough. I keep wanting Eli to find out what is happening with Will, Peter and Alicia. But they are keeping him out of it. This bugs me. Damn it. But it makes sense, because I honestly can't think of a reason any of those three would clue Eli in. David Lee however sort of hints at it - stating Alicia is divorcing Peter and if Eli isn't nice to his beloved neice Caitlin, he'll
let the divorce slip hurting Peter's chances at governor.
* Alicia wisely decides to take a week off and take her kids on vacation. The indictment makes her worry about her children. Interesting - the question she balks on is the one about partnership.
The indication that she slept with Will to make partner. So not true. Carey looks like he wants to crawl into a hole. And she's glaring at him. It isn't true - her advancement was due to Eli not Will and was part of Eli's terms. Also, Diane decided to push her up the ladder - again because of Eli. Will actually has been more of a detractor than an aid. The Jurors...at least are wise enough to see through the ploy, but they also aren't traditionalists like Scott-Carr, hence the reason Scott-Carr didn't win the DA position.
Funny episode and enjoyable. The Good Wife continues to rule as the best damn show on tv. Nothing beats it. Also the violence meter? Still at 0. The most violent thing that happened was Dana slapped Kalinda. So...here's a show that has no violence, is witty, all about dialogue and acting, well directed, top-notch guest stars and cast, and consistently good week in and week out. I can't say that about any other show on tv. All the other critical and fan favorites are ridiculously violent...Also this is the only show that isn't chauvinistic or misogynistic that is a critical favorite. It's odd. No rape. No violence. Strong women. And wit. Why aren't there more shows like this on tv? Plus not a soap opera - it's a female centric show and not a soap or a procedural.
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Date: 2012-01-30 05:54 pm (UTC)Agree about Being Human US.