TV stuff - a long goodbye?
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estepheiaSo. I watched a lot of TV lately: Veronica Mars episodes 19 and 20. CSI 7x24, Supernatural 2x22...
Watching VM was painful. Not because the last few epis were bad. Far from it. I loved how the last few episodes brought back Wallace (who was there but not there for most of the season), Beaver (at least his memory), Mr. Cassidy, Duncan and Lily (even if only as portraits), and Mr. Kane. Mac was back with her computer skills, Vinnie was his usual smarmy self, there was even a reference to the Fitzpatrick. Logan and Parker broke up (thank god). There was a lot of loose ends picking up, or of loose ends mentioning, and there was a lot of Weevil, which made me squee inside, but at the same time it really hurt, because it felt like the show was saying goodbye to the fans... It really hit me when Wallace flew his plane at the beach, like he did in the first epi of S1.
*wails*
Even when the show wasn't at it's best, it was always better than most other shows. I want another season! Does anyone have definite news? Will there be another season? Or a movie about a young FBI intern? The characters are too good to just fade away. Do I have to sate my need for more with fanifc?
Watching the Season finale of CSI was almost as painful. I had heard rumors that one of the regulars would die, and somehow I feared it might be Grissom. Anyway, the finale works very well, but now I have to wait for months until the cliffhanger is resolved. I also loved the fact that Lady Heather reappeared this season- even though I was annoyed that the writers decided to make her more vulnerable. A fantastic character who undoubtedly has great chemistry with Grissom.
Oookay, and Supernatural... I am not sure why, but the formula no longer works for me. Maybe it's because the characterisation is lazy. the acting is fine, but we no longer discover new facets about the characters. *shrug* I loved the prison episode, but the season finale epis were a bit meh. I never sensed a true menace. And Dean's decision? No big surprise there. Another big thing the boys can angst over. I think the trouble with this show is that there's so much text there's little room for subtext. The characters constantly tell us how they feel, which robs them of their mystery. Still it's good entertainment. I'll still watch the show when/if it returns. But fanfic? Don't need any. I heard there's great fanfic out there. But somehow I don't feel like reading it.
Soon The Dead Zone will return. And I can look forward to several Doctor Who epis (I only watched up to Epi 5. Did anyone else think that "The Shakespeare Code" rocked? I've shown that epi to half a dozen people and they were all hooked. Strike!
Oh, and there's one not TV-related thing I'd like to mention. After a trial period of 6 months my company has hired me. I now have lay-off protection. I still enjoy my job and I like the collegues. But it's not an easy job, it requires great concentration. And it requires me to find English words for items that I couldn't even name in German. Thanks to my job I learnt expressions like "press stud storm flap". Yay me. At my age it's not easy to learn new stuff, and the software we use often drives me crazy, but the bottom line is: work is good. Having a bit of money of my own is good. *smiles*
*waves*
Watching VM was painful. Not because the last few epis were bad. Far from it. I loved how the last few episodes brought back Wallace (who was there but not there for most of the season), Beaver (at least his memory), Mr. Cassidy, Duncan and Lily (even if only as portraits), and Mr. Kane. Mac was back with her computer skills, Vinnie was his usual smarmy self, there was even a reference to the Fitzpatrick. Logan and Parker broke up (thank god). There was a lot of loose ends picking up, or of loose ends mentioning, and there was a lot of Weevil, which made me squee inside, but at the same time it really hurt, because it felt like the show was saying goodbye to the fans... It really hit me when Wallace flew his plane at the beach, like he did in the first epi of S1.
*wails*
Even when the show wasn't at it's best, it was always better than most other shows. I want another season! Does anyone have definite news? Will there be another season? Or a movie about a young FBI intern? The characters are too good to just fade away. Do I have to sate my need for more with fanifc?
Watching the Season finale of CSI was almost as painful. I had heard rumors that one of the regulars would die, and somehow I feared it might be Grissom. Anyway, the finale works very well, but now I have to wait for months until the cliffhanger is resolved. I also loved the fact that Lady Heather reappeared this season- even though I was annoyed that the writers decided to make her more vulnerable. A fantastic character who undoubtedly has great chemistry with Grissom.
Oookay, and Supernatural... I am not sure why, but the formula no longer works for me. Maybe it's because the characterisation is lazy. the acting is fine, but we no longer discover new facets about the characters. *shrug* I loved the prison episode, but the season finale epis were a bit meh. I never sensed a true menace. And Dean's decision? No big surprise there. Another big thing the boys can angst over. I think the trouble with this show is that there's so much text there's little room for subtext. The characters constantly tell us how they feel, which robs them of their mystery. Still it's good entertainment. I'll still watch the show when/if it returns. But fanfic? Don't need any. I heard there's great fanfic out there. But somehow I don't feel like reading it.
Soon The Dead Zone will return. And I can look forward to several Doctor Who epis (I only watched up to Epi 5. Did anyone else think that "The Shakespeare Code" rocked? I've shown that epi to half a dozen people and they were all hooked. Strike!
Oh, and there's one not TV-related thing I'd like to mention. After a trial period of 6 months my company has hired me. I now have lay-off protection. I still enjoy my job and I like the collegues. But it's not an easy job, it requires great concentration. And it requires me to find English words for items that I couldn't even name in German. Thanks to my job I learnt expressions like "press stud storm flap". Yay me. At my age it's not easy to learn new stuff, and the software we use often drives me crazy, but the bottom line is: work is good. Having a bit of money of my own is good. *smiles*
*waves*
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Date: 2007-05-25 12:25 pm (UTC)"waves back"
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Date: 2007-05-25 01:00 pm (UTC)The German word is "Druckknopfpatte" - which I never heard of before either. :-D
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Date: 2007-05-25 01:02 pm (UTC)Yay, money!!!
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Date: 2007-05-25 01:39 pm (UTC):)
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Date: 2007-05-25 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-26 11:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-27 06:56 pm (UTC)Still, having my own money helps. :)
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Date: 2007-05-30 12:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-31 11:38 pm (UTC)Not really. It had its moments, but I thought it didn't really have a story, it was more a case of faking one. There was no coherent theme - and to stylize a bunch of useless pirates as freedom fighters? Not working.
Also, Norrington's fate didn't work for me. *grumbles*
Oh well. Still, Johnny Depp was a pleasure.
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Date: 2007-06-01 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 01:33 pm (UTC)But the writing doesn't quite measure up.
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Date: 2007-05-25 01:40 pm (UTC)I share your VM-missage.
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Date: 2007-05-27 06:59 pm (UTC)Is the average TV viewer really that dumb that the networks need to put all their eggs in the Pimp my Ride basket? *sigh*
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Date: 2007-05-25 05:25 pm (UTC)Congrats on passing the trial period with your job. Steady money is of the good.
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Date: 2007-05-27 07:01 pm (UTC)It's not much, but it makes a great difference.
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Date: 2007-05-25 06:49 pm (UTC)Confirmed by Rob Thomas himself. However there are rumours about a movie floating around. (Utterly unreiiable rumours)
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Date: 2007-05-27 07:03 pm (UTC)I didn't really expect another season. Ultimately, I think the political message of the show must have rubbed a few people the wrong way. And the way the ratings were going, the network could easily drop it...
Money rules. QED.
*sigh*
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Date: 2007-05-25 11:05 pm (UTC)What? Less-than-perfect can still be entertaining? You are aware that this is the internets, right? :-)
I want another season!
I do, too, but...I dunno. There's a part of me that worries that a known, planned ending would have given too much closure for it to be honest to what it was.
I'm in the minority, I suppose, among both people who wound up loving or hating it by the third season, but I really think that it's the perfect ending to the series. It's a noir story. There is no closure. The last story uncovered a secret Veronica wished she'd never pursued, left her with a hollow victory, hurt the person she loved the most, she lost the homme fatale because she was too noble, lost the Boy Friday because she was too jaded, and in the end did the only honorable, futile thing she had left to do, then walked away down the mean streets in the rain. It's how the stories always ended for Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. Our girl's in good company.
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Date: 2007-05-27 07:09 pm (UTC)And it's wonderful to see you!!!!
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Date: 2007-06-01 11:53 pm (UTC)I was thinking of you the other day regarding your previous landlady (?) who didn't like how you kept your garden. I hope your new home continues to be an improvement!