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: 2013-10-30 01:59 am (UTC)Although the show does appear to make fun of that a bit - David Nolan really was a dolt. Self-sacrificing to the extent that he was wishy-washy. So they do appear to realize it is a major character flaw in his make-up. Just as Snow's tendency to see the world in "black and white" or "good and evil" is a bit of a character flaw.
Emma in some respects is wiser than her parents.
Re Vamp Diaries - I decided long ago that you really don't want to analyze that tv show too much. Actually it, Supernatural and Agents of Shield are three series that one does not want to analyze. Because politically incorrect is an understatement.
That said, I can't quite decide if the writers mean for Stefan to be likable or sympathetic here? I don't think they do. Because they are clearly critical of Silas - who is a nasty piece of work. Also there seems to be a mocking undercurrent to the whole destiny bit. Perhaps I'm imagining it - but the tone does not appear to be in favor of Stefan.
Any more than it did in Buffy - for Bangle. If anything it felt like the writers were mocking that sort of relationship - demonstrating how destructive it really is. (I actually think the only relationships television writers actively ship are familial or friendships. Romantic entanglements they don't appear to know what to do with - unless of course it's Shondra Rhimes.)