I'm on a roll . . .

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I've been meaning to post about a few tv shows for ages. I have fifteen minutes until dinner. This is an excellent time to make a post that is not so long that people won't read it! Spoilers may lurk behind any and all cuts. So may complaints.


Eastwick
I haven't seen this most recent episode yet. I am still furious that the writers apparently thought it was funny for Joanna to spell a guy into having sex with her. It's even funnier that he's gay, right? And funnier still that he's married? The only thing that could possibly make it funnier is if his husband finds out about the sex, right?

Here's the short note I didn't take the time to write to the writers of Eastwick because they would probably never read it (being already out of work by that time):

Dear Writers:
Joanna forcing a man to have sex with her via magic is exactly as funny as a man drugging Joanna and forcing her to have sex with him. That is to say, not at all.
Did you think that the fact that it was a gay man made it funnier (ha! He isn't even attracted to women!) or okay ("I wasn't really cheating, honest; you know in my right mind I'd never have done it, so she must have done something to me . . .")? You were completely mistaken.
I'd stop watching your show, but the network has ensured that I can't do it for much longer anyway. Maybe I'll see if you can redeem yourself at all.

(Okay, so it would have been far longer and less flippant, which is why I didn't write it.)

I still want the Roxie and Daryl Show, but I think at this point I'd rather not see these writers do it.


SPOILER SPACE



MORE SPOILER SPACE




Oh, crud—fifteen minutes already? One more:

Stargate:Universe

So now Young is a premeditated killer? He left a man to die on the planet. Rush was bad, but Young is a
murderer. What's next? Do we find out that when he showed up in someone's body to punch out Telford, he actually killed him?

Young didn't trust any kind of justice on ship, apparently. Yet he trusts Eli to keep the secret of what he knew—which is also the secret of why Young might have been motivated not to bring Rush back alive. He made Eli complicit.

Oh, and Rush is even scummier than I thought. I don't really think he'll die. I suppose he might, though: he surely has the highest salary of anyone, so that would free up the budget. After all, they killed SGA because they couldn't afford it, right?

Is there any reason why I should continue to watch this show? Aside from Eli?

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

I've always been pissed about it's obscurity, but then with most awesome shows I watch, this is the underlining problem. but i will say, I've never seen such a finely acted, written and plotted show - with such PRETTY main characters. Dean (my fav) kills me every time (with his pretty AND with JA's acting skills)! Guhhh!! So like Jack O'Neill in the fact that he seems so very simple - but yet he is so complex underneath! LOVE that!

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's just that good. I started out as a Sam fan, but now I like Dean just as much. Wonderful actor!

Most of my favorite shows are obscure. I love 'Life'-so obscure it got cancelled even though it was really great. I love Chuck, and it's barely escaping cancellation.... It seems like the shows with the best writing are mostly unvalued, sadly.

Looked up 'Bugs' and 'Playthings'. I'm afraid I liked 'Playthings'. I thought it was creepy. I don't remember 'Bugs', but the synopsis sounds rather like 'Swarmed', a movie with so little characterization that even Michael Shanks couldn't save it. ;) Perhaps it was a joke on the 'bugs take over a town' trope?

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Tis hard to choose between the two (and most people watch for both brothers) and while I love Sam, Dean just...resonates with me! Must be the anti-hero lover in me, lol! Tis amazing too, the level of Dean fans in this fandom - usually tis the other way 'round, but this show always did break barriers and defy standards, lol!

Indeed. Seems you have to be politically motivated, vacant, insipid and worn out to get attention - thus, why I hate Hollywood sometimes! But YAY on TNT for giving joy out like this! Now so many people will be watching - just to see what this little show is all about.

Hee!! I just could see ahead of time what was going on - and Sam's drunken tirade seemed...off (though I blame the director for that - not the actor). Bugs was a horrible 'Swarmed' type deal, yes, lol! Had some funny lines in it - but REALLY not worth the time! Too bad, though - cause there is one scene in there that was hard to do and was pulled off beautifully by Jensen, Jared and their Director, Kim Manners.

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Have you watched 'White Collar' yet? I like it a lot....

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah!! that last ep? The ending? What a JAW dropper!

*Squeals in delight!*

What can I say? I'm an angst-whore...like Supernatural wouldn't give THAT away

*Giggles*

*hugs you*

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Here's a link to my post where I talked about that in comments. Perhaps we can discuss. ;)

Thoughts

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Sounds good - I'm there!

*hugs you*