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shipperx* Enjoyed The Big Bang Theory's season premiere. Discussing stuff with Shadowkat I realized why I find TBBT funny and Zooey Daschenel's New Girl to be annoying. In New Girl, she's only superficially geeky, and her geekiness is portrayed as something that must be fixed. The men in her apartment are supposed to help her become more of a...well... an functional human being (which is the other thing that annoyed me about New Girl. She was only superficially geeky but the stupid cut bone deep.) On the other hand, geekiness on TBBT is not something 'to be fixed'. If someone tried to 'fix' Sheldon he would begin by explaining that he does not in fact need to be fixed and the truth is... would Sheldon actually be happy any other way? No! This is Sheldon. He loves himself like this. He's happy. Howard wanted a girl... and he found a smart, cute one who loves him... as he is. And I enjoyed Bernadette heading over to Raj's to be angry with him and, even as she was angry with him, telling him that of course the right girl will want him, he's sweet and adorable. And it's really not about Penny 'fixing' or glamming-up Amy Farah Fowler. Amy just eagerly wants to be friends. ANd that's why it's working. Amy and Bernadette give perspective to Penny and Penny gives perspective back. No one is 'better', just different. It's not about 'fixing' anyone. (And truthfully, Leonard is pretty much an average guy.) The geeks on TBBT are functional human beings! They have friends. They get dates. They get each other's jokes and have fun. They hold down good jobs. On the other hand, Zooey Daschenel's character can't even seem to dress herself!
* Loved the Season finale of Drop Dead Diva because I'm evil and vindictive. Grayson has seriously gotten on my last nerve with his penchant for skinny blonde dimwits. I know that the rational is that he's supposed to be dating Deb-alikes. But Jane/Deb should be offended (premise of show is very Heaven Can Wait with Deb, aspiring blonde-dimwit model dying in season 1 but was 'brought back' by being put in the body of a far heavier brunette lawyer named Jane. Her IQ got a bump along the way because of Jane's brain so she's now a very smart person instead of her more dimwitted former self), because, given who Grayson has been dating, it wasn't Deb's generous nature he loved so much, it was her being a pretty ditsy model... because he has shown no romantic interest in Jane for three years now -- despite her actually being Deb in another body. So, basically, I was happy with the way the season ended with Jane 'choosing Jane' and boarding a plane to Italy, Grayson finding out the truth... but too late to reach her on the plane. Meanwhile the judge she's been dating recently -- who was actually attracted to Jane -- decided to drop everything and follow Jane to Italy. So -- mwhahaha! at Grayson's pout at the airport. And good on the Jane for actually being happy to see Owen show up in the seat next to her.
* Enjoyed the season primiere of Fringe. It wasn't quite the follow-up that I expected. I expected 'bigger' and this was much more like a new pilot for a new series... but I can see how they decided to approach the season that way, introducing us into 'how things changed' since last season.
* Saturday is pretty much consumed by football, so I didn't see the latest episode of Doctor Who until Sunday. I liked it. Stormaggedon? LOL! Petrachor bothers me because I know that name has been a plot thing somewhere... and I can't remember whether that plot-thing was in Doctor Who or not. Faulty memory is faulty. (It was used in Doctor Who, wasn't it?)
* Speaking of, finally got around to seeing the season premiere of Community. LOL at introducing Abed to British TV with Cougarton Abbey, and his flipping out at it ending at 6 episodes, with Britta saying that British TV unlike American has closure (but it was traumatizing for Abed). So Annie arrives to introduce him to "Inspector Spacetime" which has been going on British TV since the 1960s. Heh! (Someone in Community is a genuine sci-fi lover, because I still remember Abed correctly relating the plot of Farscape during an earlier season).
* Saw the series finale of All My Children. I wasn't spoiled for how it would end so I was just watching along... and started giggling as I realized 'they're going to do the "Gone with the Wind" ending for Erica!' Bwhaha! Then they did! They did! Up to and including Jack saying he'd been following Erica around for the last 24 years and had had it. 'Frankly, Erica...' J.R.'s gun really should've gone off right then. Really. I know that Prospect Park wanted a cliffhanger because they bought the rights and want to continue AMC on the internet (and possibly cable) but the PP imposed cliffhanger really just came off as cheesy, and not in the "cheesy-bwhahahahah! Awesome!" way as with Jack leaving Erica with "Frankly, my dear..." but cheesy-ugh, in that J.R. deciding to shoot someone was stupid. And making it look like he could've shot anyone was even dumber. There are actually only two people it would many any sense for him to shoot. His ex-wife Marissa or himself. If he shot, Marissa he could be delusional enough to think he'd get away with it and would get custody of his son. But I think when PP comes back, they should just say that J.R. shot himself. That actually makes the most emotional and show sense in that if they ever bring back his parents (all however many of them there are Adam, Dixie, Tad, etc.) it would be devastating. It would be a trauma for his kid. It would be an issue for Marissa and Bianca. And, honestly, after his rampant homophobia, can't say that his committing suicide over his ex choosing a woman over him would cause me to cry. The only thing working against that scenario is that he basically gave himself an alibi... which means he probably killed Marissa (but since Jacob Young isn't signing with PP... maybe they'll go for the more logical "J.R. shot himself" sceanrio). Eh. I won't be watching. I just enjoyed Jack going cheesy Rhett Butler after 24 years (literally!) Hee.
* HIMYM - what a state I'm in. They ruined Barney for me a couple of years ago and I'm in no-win land of not wanting Robin with him... and not wanting him without Robin. Yeah, that's not good.
* Loved the Season finale of Drop Dead Diva because I'm evil and vindictive. Grayson has seriously gotten on my last nerve with his penchant for skinny blonde dimwits. I know that the rational is that he's supposed to be dating Deb-alikes. But Jane/Deb should be offended (premise of show is very Heaven Can Wait with Deb, aspiring blonde-dimwit model dying in season 1 but was 'brought back' by being put in the body of a far heavier brunette lawyer named Jane. Her IQ got a bump along the way because of Jane's brain so she's now a very smart person instead of her more dimwitted former self), because, given who Grayson has been dating, it wasn't Deb's generous nature he loved so much, it was her being a pretty ditsy model... because he has shown no romantic interest in Jane for three years now -- despite her actually being Deb in another body. So, basically, I was happy with the way the season ended with Jane 'choosing Jane' and boarding a plane to Italy, Grayson finding out the truth... but too late to reach her on the plane. Meanwhile the judge she's been dating recently -- who was actually attracted to Jane -- decided to drop everything and follow Jane to Italy. So -- mwhahaha! at Grayson's pout at the airport. And good on the Jane for actually being happy to see Owen show up in the seat next to her.
* Enjoyed the season primiere of Fringe. It wasn't quite the follow-up that I expected. I expected 'bigger' and this was much more like a new pilot for a new series... but I can see how they decided to approach the season that way, introducing us into 'how things changed' since last season.
* Saturday is pretty much consumed by football, so I didn't see the latest episode of Doctor Who until Sunday. I liked it. Stormaggedon? LOL! Petrachor bothers me because I know that name has been a plot thing somewhere... and I can't remember whether that plot-thing was in Doctor Who or not. Faulty memory is faulty. (It was used in Doctor Who, wasn't it?)
* Speaking of, finally got around to seeing the season premiere of Community. LOL at introducing Abed to British TV with Cougarton Abbey, and his flipping out at it ending at 6 episodes, with Britta saying that British TV unlike American has closure (but it was traumatizing for Abed). So Annie arrives to introduce him to "Inspector Spacetime" which has been going on British TV since the 1960s. Heh! (Someone in Community is a genuine sci-fi lover, because I still remember Abed correctly relating the plot of Farscape during an earlier season).
* Saw the series finale of All My Children. I wasn't spoiled for how it would end so I was just watching along... and started giggling as I realized 'they're going to do the "Gone with the Wind" ending for Erica!' Bwhaha! Then they did! They did! Up to and including Jack saying he'd been following Erica around for the last 24 years and had had it. 'Frankly, Erica...' J.R.'s gun really should've gone off right then. Really. I know that Prospect Park wanted a cliffhanger because they bought the rights and want to continue AMC on the internet (and possibly cable) but the PP imposed cliffhanger really just came off as cheesy, and not in the "cheesy-bwhahahahah! Awesome!" way as with Jack leaving Erica with "Frankly, my dear..." but cheesy-ugh, in that J.R. deciding to shoot someone was stupid. And making it look like he could've shot anyone was even dumber. There are actually only two people it would many any sense for him to shoot. His ex-wife Marissa or himself. If he shot, Marissa he could be delusional enough to think he'd get away with it and would get custody of his son. But I think when PP comes back, they should just say that J.R. shot himself. That actually makes the most emotional and show sense in that if they ever bring back his parents (all however many of them there are Adam, Dixie, Tad, etc.) it would be devastating. It would be a trauma for his kid. It would be an issue for Marissa and Bianca. And, honestly, after his rampant homophobia, can't say that his committing suicide over his ex choosing a woman over him would cause me to cry. The only thing working against that scenario is that he basically gave himself an alibi... which means he probably killed Marissa (but since Jacob Young isn't signing with PP... maybe they'll go for the more logical "J.R. shot himself" sceanrio). Eh. I won't be watching. I just enjoyed Jack going cheesy Rhett Butler after 24 years (literally!) Hee.
* HIMYM - what a state I'm in. They ruined Barney for me a couple of years ago and I'm in no-win land of not wanting Robin with him... and not wanting him without Robin. Yeah, that's not good.
