Weekend Stuff
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Football
Stomped Tennessee, which as a Bama fan is always considered to be a good thing. However, I was expecting a better game. This was nearly as much of a blow out as Arkansas. Ah well, can't really complain, right?
Dancing on the Edge
Watched the Starz miniseries Dancing on the Edge which starred the same guy who is in 12 Years a Slave as a jazz band leader, John Goodman as an American robber-baron-industrialist, and Anthony Stewart Head playing a 1931 jackass aristocrat who would rather frame an innocent man for a murder than have a fellow aristocrat blamed for it. A bit slow, but interesting (although the final "interview" episode was wholly unecessary.)
Once Upon A Time
So, Captain Hook gets his flashback episode and... he's related to Spike, right? (They could share long black leather coat + eyeliner of moral amibiguity tips!)
Hook was a 'good man' (Or as Ichabod Crane would say, 'an exemplary lieutenant') who fell into pirate-ty ways upon being disillusioned by others, and who 'just wants to be seen for the man that he truly is.' Oh, and his telling Emma "As you wish..." was totally a Princess Bride shout-out, right? (As soon as he said it, my mental pop culture quote rememberer added "Which means Dread Pirate Roberts loves you." )
I don't have a strong shipping preference, however, so I don't really have to see Emma/Hook come out of this. They could toss Hook to Ariel Mermaid Princess (who in the trailer looks familiar but I can't place from where) and, hey, Pirate/Mermaid seems like it should work (I have this foreboding sense that Prince Eric will turn out to have been a douche. He kind of was in the non-Disney version of the tale, so I sort of expect it in Once's). At any rate, I'm not set on any ship, but I was sort of correct in thinking all along that with everyone tossing out how 'beneath' the heroes that Hook is, that it would turn out that somehow he'd once been a 'good man'... hence, he's related to Spike, right? ;)
Peter Pan continues to be an interesting villain. Good casting and good story use of the character (who seems to be hybridized with the mythological figure Pan in addition to creepy-fying the kiddie tale of Peter Pan).
Prince Charming is being a noble dolt (Seriously, Charming, it's not noble to lie to your family to 'protect them', just tell the truth and let them deal!)
Anyway, not a "Fool for Love" level episode, but I do think this seasons Once is, in general, an big improvement over last year's. I've enjoyed the Neverland arc and its purpose for the primary characters to have to confront who they are in order to succeed.
The Vampire Diaries
I've been waaaaayyyy behind with episodes piling up on the DVR, but I finally got around to watching.
Doppleganger overload, anyone? How many doubles can there be? (And isn't Elena a triple now?)
Generally, I've never been a hard shipper on this show either. Up until last year I was always about as pro (or sometimes more pro) Elena/Stefan as I was to Elena/Damon. Although, frankly, I was basically -- y'all are vampires, Ot3 already! But, Stefan was such an offputting douche last year that Elena 'had' to be human or he couldn't 'see her the same way' (came off as very madonna/whore to me) that it put a serious a dent in the pro-Elena/Stefan feelz. Now, this doppleganger non-sense of being 'fated' across time and space has me jumping up and down for Team Free Will! Go Damon. Sure, you're a serial killing jerk, but at least no one says that the universe insists that you MUST win all the darn time.
I more often than not have issues with any ship that invokes 'fate.' It makes me feel very contrarian. It worked for me on Fringe because the concept wasn't brought up until far into the series after many had already climbed upon a ship (and the only quasi-competing ship got a happy ending anyway), so it wasn't the foundation OF said ship. And I'm okay with it the way the 'fated love' card has been used for Regina on Once Upon a Time because of the twist of when Tinkerbell pointed Regina towards her 'fated true love' (Robin Hood?!) Regina went, 'See ya!' and ran as hard as she could the other way. That twist makes things somewhat interesting. Still, usually, when the 'fate'/destiny/soul mates schtick comes out, I usually cringe. I want to watch an interesting relationship, not writer caveat!
*spit* Eternal soul mates. I'll always be team free will.
And, Sleepy Hollow tonight, yay! (Edit: Turns out not. Boo! It's Halloween week!)
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Football
Stomped Tennessee, which as a Bama fan is always considered to be a good thing. However, I was expecting a better game. This was nearly as much of a blow out as Arkansas. Ah well, can't really complain, right?
Dancing on the Edge
Watched the Starz miniseries Dancing on the Edge which starred the same guy who is in 12 Years a Slave as a jazz band leader, John Goodman as an American robber-baron-industrialist, and Anthony Stewart Head playing a 1931 jackass aristocrat who would rather frame an innocent man for a murder than have a fellow aristocrat blamed for it. A bit slow, but interesting (although the final "interview" episode was wholly unecessary.)
Once Upon A Time
So, Captain Hook gets his flashback episode and... he's related to Spike, right? (They could share long black leather coat + eyeliner of moral amibiguity tips!)
Hook was a 'good man' (Or as Ichabod Crane would say, 'an exemplary lieutenant') who fell into pirate-ty ways upon being disillusioned by others, and who 'just wants to be seen for the man that he truly is.' Oh, and his telling Emma "As you wish..." was totally a Princess Bride shout-out, right? (As soon as he said it, my mental pop culture quote rememberer added "Which means Dread Pirate Roberts loves you." )
I don't have a strong shipping preference, however, so I don't really have to see Emma/Hook come out of this. They could toss Hook to Ariel Mermaid Princess (who in the trailer looks familiar but I can't place from where) and, hey, Pirate/Mermaid seems like it should work (I have this foreboding sense that Prince Eric will turn out to have been a douche. He kind of was in the non-Disney version of the tale, so I sort of expect it in Once's). At any rate, I'm not set on any ship, but I was sort of correct in thinking all along that with everyone tossing out how 'beneath' the heroes that Hook is, that it would turn out that somehow he'd once been a 'good man'... hence, he's related to Spike, right? ;)
Peter Pan continues to be an interesting villain. Good casting and good story use of the character (who seems to be hybridized with the mythological figure Pan in addition to creepy-fying the kiddie tale of Peter Pan).
Prince Charming is being a noble dolt (Seriously, Charming, it's not noble to lie to your family to 'protect them', just tell the truth and let them deal!)
Anyway, not a "Fool for Love" level episode, but I do think this seasons Once is, in general, an big improvement over last year's. I've enjoyed the Neverland arc and its purpose for the primary characters to have to confront who they are in order to succeed.
The Vampire Diaries
I've been waaaaayyyy behind with episodes piling up on the DVR, but I finally got around to watching.
Doppleganger overload, anyone? How many doubles can there be? (And isn't Elena a triple now?)
Generally, I've never been a hard shipper on this show either. Up until last year I was always about as pro (or sometimes more pro) Elena/Stefan as I was to Elena/Damon. Although, frankly, I was basically -- y'all are vampires, Ot3 already! But, Stefan was such an offputting douche last year that Elena 'had' to be human or he couldn't 'see her the same way' (came off as very madonna/whore to me) that it put a serious a dent in the pro-Elena/Stefan feelz. Now, this doppleganger non-sense of being 'fated' across time and space has me jumping up and down for Team Free Will! Go Damon. Sure, you're a serial killing jerk, but at least no one says that the universe insists that you MUST win all the darn time.
I more often than not have issues with any ship that invokes 'fate.' It makes me feel very contrarian. It worked for me on Fringe because the concept wasn't brought up until far into the series after many had already climbed upon a ship (and the only quasi-competing ship got a happy ending anyway), so it wasn't the foundation OF said ship. And I'm okay with it the way the 'fated love' card has been used for Regina on Once Upon a Time because of the twist of when Tinkerbell pointed Regina towards her 'fated true love' (Robin Hood?!) Regina went, 'See ya!' and ran as hard as she could the other way. That twist makes things somewhat interesting. Still, usually, when the 'fate'/destiny/soul mates schtick comes out, I usually cringe. I want to watch an interesting relationship, not writer caveat!
*spit* Eternal soul mates. I'll always be team free will.
And, Sleepy Hollow tonight, yay! (Edit: Turns out not. Boo! It's Halloween week!)
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Date: 2013-10-28 05:19 pm (UTC)Honestly, I wasn't aware I was shipping. I just hate, loathe, spit on the idea of soul mates.
And honestly, Stefan is just as much, if not more, of a serial killing jerk as Damon is. He just cloaks his narstiness in self righteousness and people buy it. *blech*
I admit that up until last season I did lean towards Damon because I'm a sucker for a good redemption story and they were selling Damon as a candidate since early season 1. I also see way too many parallels between Damon/Elena/Stefan and Spike/Buffy/Angel and that was an influence, but I could accept Stefan/Elena because Stefan looks like Puppet!Angel and I find that endearing and he never quite seemed as asinine as Angel could get when Buffy was involved. But that's over. Last season made the whole idea of the relationship slightly creepy and I got much more interested in Stefan/Caroline instead. Which my just end up an exercise in futility.
Also, Elena is at least a quadruple. The original servant girl killed by Ketsia, the village girl killed to make tie Original Family immortal, Katherine and Elena herself.
2) I like Hook. I like Neal too, though so I'm completely torn. I just want Emma to get Henry back. Charming annoys me, though. It's all that self righteousness. It always makes me want to hurl.
3) I watched Dancing on the Edge up until I saw the murder frame up coming and got so creeped out I had to change the channel. Which is a shame because it's a beautiful show and the music is to die for but watching a character do something obviously stupid that will obviously come back to bite them in the ass is one of my squicks.
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Date: 2013-10-28 06:04 pm (UTC)Seriously?!
And, yeah, I'd prefer Stefan/Caroline at this point.
2) I tend to think that Emma/Neal is set in stone because of being Heny's parents. This is at heart a family show. Not quite a kiddified as most of Disney, but still aimed at a family audience, so the weight will always tend to side with parental units. Certainly, it's possible to have a step-father, but... I still sense it will go family route. Doesn't knock me off the Hook redemption train though. No reason he can't resolve some issues and fall for someone else. At least Once has tried to make clear that while there are "true loves" Tru love doesn't automatically mean ONLY ONE. There can be more than one true love.
The death of Jessie in Dancing is really the only bit of violence in the story, and you don't even see that. The only baffling part was the final episode which was superflous and kind of WTF??? The actual story ends in ep 5.
Ep 6 is the flashback of an interview with Louis that was done before the murder as told to the audience by the magazine editor after the series. It seemed rather self-indulgent of the writers and has nothing really to do with the plot. It just gives info on the characters, how Louis grew up, who were his parents, who Carla was, there's even an interview with Jessie about her fans. And then there's hist bizarre bit about Louis having this strange, strange phone conversation with the wife of one of the aristocratic masons. The whole of ep 6 is just superflouous WTF. If you watch it, you can skip ep 6 entirely. It should have ended with Ep 5.