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shadowkatWatching Project Runway in the background. Last week's made me cry, of course I was PMsing at the time so there's that. But I found Mondo's story about having to hide who he was to avoid shame and teasing, as a counterpoint to his bold and badacious designs - incredibly moving. Also enjoyed seeing the judges with proverbial egg on their faces. They are trying to make me like Michael C, but I keep noticing how much of an ass-kisser this guy is with the judges, who designs boring clothes. Of course the challenges are also increasingly boring - such as this week's challenge which sort of beat last episode's challenge, which I did not think possible. Felt sorry for the designers who were being asked to make what consisted of gray and black casual clothes that you'd wear laying about the house. To offset the utter boredom of the challenge, clearly just to promote Heidi's dull line and self-indulgent fashion on Amazon, they brought back Ivy to torment Michael C and accuse him of cheating.
I think Mondo has this thing sewn up, to be honest - the judges love him and he's sympathetic. (Not this challenge - Andy got that and he deserved it.) The only two who come close to him as far as talent goes are Gretchen and Andy South - and the judges don't like Gretchen (because she's too much like them, critical, opinonated, bitchy and has an ego - she's basically a lot like Nina and Heidi - and they can't deal with seeing it) and Andy's more artistic and interesting designs occasionally confuse them. Michael C is going to get kicked to the curb soon. April may survive to the final three. But Chris is gone this week. I'm willing to bet on it. (Hee, I was right. Chris is boring and that's the kiss of death on a reality show. They have to keep Michael C around for drama. Although those left really aren't into drama and aren't engaging or reacting. So it ain't working. They just don't have the outrageous personalities of prior seasons or for that matter that talent or even the interesting challenges. This is one of those shows that I think has lasted well beyond its expiration date.)
Took today off for a well-needed four day vacation. Popster wanted to know what my plans were.
Besides going to a play and lunch on Sat, errands, church, relaxing, cleaning, working on novel so I can send it out to publishers again with yet another query, not all that much. That and making a dent in the huge number of tv shows saved to DVR. I have three weeks worth, possibly four of Terriers, Smallville, and Supernatural saved on the thing, on top of about five other shows.
Currently - from a purely objective and critical standpoint? I'd have to say Terriers and Mad Men are the best written, produced and directed of everything I've watched on TV. Tight plot. Tight characterization. Pitch-perfect dialogue.
Watched Vampire Diaries and Grey's Anatomy last night. I'll admit, I enjoyed Grey's a lot more. But I don't think anyone reading this watches Grey's so what's the point in writing about it? I could whine about your taste in tv shows, but then that would be giving you carte blanche rights to whine about mine...and honestly, I don't think my blood pressure is up to the challenge.
Vampire Diaries. Sigh. Admittedly this series is not being written for forty-three year old single women, even if forty-year olds are writing it. I'm pretty sure Williamson and Plec are in their forties, but I could be wrong about that. You know you are getting old, when you roll your eyes during the teenage romantic angst portions of the drama. In my 20s, I swooned and ate it up. Now? I roll my eyes and think why am I watching this again? Why did I eat it up back then? Been there done that. So...past it now, it's not even funny. The teenage angsty bits. Not the other bits.
That said, I have a weakness for supernatural soap operas, with chewy dialogue, and hot guys, and this one has that in droves. Plus, Caroline is turning out to be a kick-ass character, who knew.
Last year, I could not wait to see her dead, this year I find her amusing and kick-ass. There may be hope for Elena yet.
And I so did not see that plot-twist coming. I should have. But I was too distracted wondering if Williamson was going to make Mason gay. Williamson by the way is gay, and considered making Dawsen gay in Dawsen's Creek but was talked out of it, so made Kerr Smith (whose currently on Life Unexpected) gay instead. (yes, I watched Dawsen's Creek). Katherine, baby, you do have interesting taste in men. Pretty and dangerous ones. I did wonder what her relationship was with George Lockwood. As for what the moonstone is - I'm currently confused. I thought it was to tame the beast in Mason sort of like the day-rings. But now, I'm wondering if it does something else entirely, because why else does Katherine want it? Katherine is turning out to be an interesting villain.
Also, Caroline surprised me. She goes out of her way to save both Stefan and Damon. Figures out something is wrong, what happened, and where they were taken. And here I thought she was just another spoiled ditz. Not so much. Best moment was when she took down Mason.
Mason: You willing to bet you can take me?
Caroline: I don't need to bet on it. I know I can take you down. (after kicking his ass unconscious) See. Told you.
LOL!
Another group of priceless scenes are between Damon and Caroline, and Damon and Sheriff Lockwood.
Where Damon comforts Caroline. And earlier, when he tells her Mom - who says her daughter is gone, Caroline is not her daughter., "you have no idea how wrong you are about that." Damon intrigues me. I'm not really sure what motivates him, but it's not what he's telling us. He pretends to be the nasty, the evil dude, and yep he is a killer. But...there's something underneath all that, which makes me curious. Stefan on the other hand is a bit too much of an open book - characters that I know everything about upfront, tend to bore me. That said, the one thing about Stefan that interests me is his relationship with Damon and his difficulty with blood, Damon can control himself as can Caroline, but Stefan can't. He drinks human blood - he goes crazy. Of course Elena decides to help him learn how to drink human blood by offering her own...stupid girl. A blood bag makes much more sense and is far more practical. (but it's teen romantic angst...can't complain about it - it's a show written for people who love teen romantic angst - that's the target audience.)
Regarding the Buffy comics, hard not to comment on this - when I see five to six reviews on my flist. I've read pretty much all of them now. Not exactly making me want to hurry out and buy this comic, folks, just saying. Also am I the only one who finds it absurdly amusing that Whedon and his comic book editor have literally switched roles? Apparently, for those who have not been following this, Allie (the editor and chief of the Buffy comics at Dark Horse) is currently writing the comics and sending them off to Whedon to edit and tweak. He put in too much exposition at one point and Whedon told him to cut it out because it slowed down the pacing. (as if the pacing has never been a problem before now. Of course, to be fair, Whedon wasn't editing the comics before now, the current writer was. He was, you know, writing or co-writing them. What happened? Besides becoming incredibly busy directing The Avengers and whatever else he's doing. Did Whedon just decide, you know, Allie's a crappy editor, but he might actually make a great writer, so I'll switch places with him?) Don't know about anyone else, but reading the plot-summaries on this issue, gave me a head-ache. Can this plot be any more convoluted? If you want to read a good one - go tostormwreath.
The only thing all the Buffy comic posts have in common is massive speculation regarding a plot point that either was referenced in one of Buffy's dreams or Alyiwun the snake lady said, in which "the closest person, and most unexpected" will betray her. I'm rather ambivalent about this plot-point. I know who it isn't - it's not Spike (because he doesn't fit the criteria, closest most unexpected - everyone always expects Spike to betray them. So unexpected to the Spike fans maybe but no one else. No, Spike's the character who surprises you because he didn't betray you. Angel's the character who shocks you because he did betray you. Hello. What show were you watching? Plus, Spike's not exactly close to anyone - even Buffy. She hasn't seen him in I have no idea how long, guessing two maybe three years. She's closer to Angel. So no, can't be Spike. Not Giles - because again she expects him to betray her. Certainly not Willow - she expects this from Willow and has accused her of it twice already. Faith? See Willow. Dawn? Dawn's toast. Andrew? Who cares. Riley? Isn't he dead or off bleeding somewhere? OZ? see Riley. Angel? Didn't he already do that? Sort of be rinse and repeat, don't you think? That leaves Xander. Obvious choice. Granted these comics don't always go the logical route...so it maybe Satsu for all I know.) What fascinates me about all the reviews is they keep ignoring the obvious choice - Xander. Granted Xander's the most likable character at the moment, but...he also has the most reason to go against Buffy and try something else. It's not like it hasn't been set-up emotionally. He's stood by her no matter what - losing everything he has in the process. Job. Career. Anya. Renee. Eye. And soon Dawn. And he's watched her sell the world (his world) for a boink with a former boyfriend that he despises. Also they are forgetting that right now, Buffy isn't a hero. So whomever betrays her, may well have gotten fed up and is attempting to save the world? So betrayal? Depends on your point of view. ie. It might be a good thing, just not from Buffy's perspective. At the moment, what I'm not seeing is any hint of redeeming of Buffy or Angel. Although not sure it is possible to redeem Angel, since Angel doesn't appear to realize that he needs to change, not the world, not Buffy, not humanity, Angel himself has to change.
I think Mondo has this thing sewn up, to be honest - the judges love him and he's sympathetic. (Not this challenge - Andy got that and he deserved it.) The only two who come close to him as far as talent goes are Gretchen and Andy South - and the judges don't like Gretchen (because she's too much like them, critical, opinonated, bitchy and has an ego - she's basically a lot like Nina and Heidi - and they can't deal with seeing it) and Andy's more artistic and interesting designs occasionally confuse them. Michael C is going to get kicked to the curb soon. April may survive to the final three. But Chris is gone this week. I'm willing to bet on it. (Hee, I was right. Chris is boring and that's the kiss of death on a reality show. They have to keep Michael C around for drama. Although those left really aren't into drama and aren't engaging or reacting. So it ain't working. They just don't have the outrageous personalities of prior seasons or for that matter that talent or even the interesting challenges. This is one of those shows that I think has lasted well beyond its expiration date.)
Took today off for a well-needed four day vacation. Popster wanted to know what my plans were.
Besides going to a play and lunch on Sat, errands, church, relaxing, cleaning, working on novel so I can send it out to publishers again with yet another query, not all that much. That and making a dent in the huge number of tv shows saved to DVR. I have three weeks worth, possibly four of Terriers, Smallville, and Supernatural saved on the thing, on top of about five other shows.
Currently - from a purely objective and critical standpoint? I'd have to say Terriers and Mad Men are the best written, produced and directed of everything I've watched on TV. Tight plot. Tight characterization. Pitch-perfect dialogue.
Watched Vampire Diaries and Grey's Anatomy last night. I'll admit, I enjoyed Grey's a lot more. But I don't think anyone reading this watches Grey's so what's the point in writing about it? I could whine about your taste in tv shows, but then that would be giving you carte blanche rights to whine about mine...and honestly, I don't think my blood pressure is up to the challenge.
Vampire Diaries. Sigh. Admittedly this series is not being written for forty-three year old single women, even if forty-year olds are writing it. I'm pretty sure Williamson and Plec are in their forties, but I could be wrong about that. You know you are getting old, when you roll your eyes during the teenage romantic angst portions of the drama. In my 20s, I swooned and ate it up. Now? I roll my eyes and think why am I watching this again? Why did I eat it up back then? Been there done that. So...past it now, it's not even funny. The teenage angsty bits. Not the other bits.
That said, I have a weakness for supernatural soap operas, with chewy dialogue, and hot guys, and this one has that in droves. Plus, Caroline is turning out to be a kick-ass character, who knew.
Last year, I could not wait to see her dead, this year I find her amusing and kick-ass. There may be hope for Elena yet.
And I so did not see that plot-twist coming. I should have. But I was too distracted wondering if Williamson was going to make Mason gay. Williamson by the way is gay, and considered making Dawsen gay in Dawsen's Creek but was talked out of it, so made Kerr Smith (whose currently on Life Unexpected) gay instead. (yes, I watched Dawsen's Creek). Katherine, baby, you do have interesting taste in men. Pretty and dangerous ones. I did wonder what her relationship was with George Lockwood. As for what the moonstone is - I'm currently confused. I thought it was to tame the beast in Mason sort of like the day-rings. But now, I'm wondering if it does something else entirely, because why else does Katherine want it? Katherine is turning out to be an interesting villain.
Also, Caroline surprised me. She goes out of her way to save both Stefan and Damon. Figures out something is wrong, what happened, and where they were taken. And here I thought she was just another spoiled ditz. Not so much. Best moment was when she took down Mason.
Mason: You willing to bet you can take me?
Caroline: I don't need to bet on it. I know I can take you down. (after kicking his ass unconscious) See. Told you.
LOL!
Another group of priceless scenes are between Damon and Caroline, and Damon and Sheriff Lockwood.
Where Damon comforts Caroline. And earlier, when he tells her Mom - who says her daughter is gone, Caroline is not her daughter., "you have no idea how wrong you are about that." Damon intrigues me. I'm not really sure what motivates him, but it's not what he's telling us. He pretends to be the nasty, the evil dude, and yep he is a killer. But...there's something underneath all that, which makes me curious. Stefan on the other hand is a bit too much of an open book - characters that I know everything about upfront, tend to bore me. That said, the one thing about Stefan that interests me is his relationship with Damon and his difficulty with blood, Damon can control himself as can Caroline, but Stefan can't. He drinks human blood - he goes crazy. Of course Elena decides to help him learn how to drink human blood by offering her own...stupid girl. A blood bag makes much more sense and is far more practical. (but it's teen romantic angst...can't complain about it - it's a show written for people who love teen romantic angst - that's the target audience.)
Regarding the Buffy comics, hard not to comment on this - when I see five to six reviews on my flist. I've read pretty much all of them now. Not exactly making me want to hurry out and buy this comic, folks, just saying. Also am I the only one who finds it absurdly amusing that Whedon and his comic book editor have literally switched roles? Apparently, for those who have not been following this, Allie (the editor and chief of the Buffy comics at Dark Horse) is currently writing the comics and sending them off to Whedon to edit and tweak. He put in too much exposition at one point and Whedon told him to cut it out because it slowed down the pacing. (as if the pacing has never been a problem before now. Of course, to be fair, Whedon wasn't editing the comics before now, the current writer was. He was, you know, writing or co-writing them. What happened? Besides becoming incredibly busy directing The Avengers and whatever else he's doing. Did Whedon just decide, you know, Allie's a crappy editor, but he might actually make a great writer, so I'll switch places with him?) Don't know about anyone else, but reading the plot-summaries on this issue, gave me a head-ache. Can this plot be any more convoluted? If you want to read a good one - go to
stormwreath. The only thing all the Buffy comic posts have in common is massive speculation regarding a plot point that either was referenced in one of Buffy's dreams or Alyiwun the snake lady said, in which "the closest person, and most unexpected" will betray her. I'm rather ambivalent about this plot-point. I know who it isn't - it's not Spike (because he doesn't fit the criteria, closest most unexpected - everyone always expects Spike to betray them. So unexpected to the Spike fans maybe but no one else. No, Spike's the character who surprises you because he didn't betray you. Angel's the character who shocks you because he did betray you. Hello. What show were you watching? Plus, Spike's not exactly close to anyone - even Buffy. She hasn't seen him in I have no idea how long, guessing two maybe three years. She's closer to Angel. So no, can't be Spike. Not Giles - because again she expects him to betray her. Certainly not Willow - she expects this from Willow and has accused her of it twice already. Faith? See Willow. Dawn? Dawn's toast. Andrew? Who cares. Riley? Isn't he dead or off bleeding somewhere? OZ? see Riley. Angel? Didn't he already do that? Sort of be rinse and repeat, don't you think? That leaves Xander. Obvious choice. Granted these comics don't always go the logical route...so it maybe Satsu for all I know.) What fascinates me about all the reviews is they keep ignoring the obvious choice - Xander. Granted Xander's the most likable character at the moment, but...he also has the most reason to go against Buffy and try something else. It's not like it hasn't been set-up emotionally. He's stood by her no matter what - losing everything he has in the process. Job. Career. Anya. Renee. Eye. And soon Dawn. And he's watched her sell the world (his world) for a boink with a former boyfriend that he despises. Also they are forgetting that right now, Buffy isn't a hero. So whomever betrays her, may well have gotten fed up and is attempting to save the world? So betrayal? Depends on your point of view. ie. It might be a good thing, just not from Buffy's perspective. At the moment, what I'm not seeing is any hint of redeeming of Buffy or Angel. Although not sure it is possible to redeem Angel, since Angel doesn't appear to realize that he needs to change, not the world, not Buffy, not humanity, Angel himself has to change.
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Date: 2010-10-08 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-08 11:04 pm (UTC)So, I think we may literally be seeing two different shows?
He has a lot of interviews on the tv show that make him a grating asskisser, that you want to kick. He says things about all the contestants in these tv interviews that aren't nice. Before Ivy ever got upset with him, he was bashing her and her work in these interviews. I personally hate these interviews - it's my pet peeve about reality shows. This need to do one-on-one interviews with the contestants. It makes these people just hateful. Gretchen at least says to the contestants faces what she says in the interviews, as did Ivy and Mondo. I mean - if you hate me? Tell me to my face. Don't sit there and go on about how horrible I am in your private one-to-one interview, then to my face act like you are my best bud. (Ew. And don't these people realize that after this is over they are all going to see what each contestant has said about them? It's not as if it's not being aired to the public).
I had a boss who did this sort of thing. He was nice to your face.
Acted as if you were fantastic, doing a great job, all sweet. Then behind your back - telling people how horrible you were and demeaning you. Two-faced. That's why I don't like Micheal C - he's Two-Faced.