*tentatively peeks in*
Nov. 18th, 2009 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ishtar79-It’s always strange to post after long absences. It’s like when you have an unanswered e-mail lying for months in your inbox, and by the time you get around to it, it’s all *awkward* and you’ve forgotten what you meant to say in the first place.
-I just started watching Legend of the Seeker. Apparently, this is by the creators of Hercules and Xena attempting to do SRS BUSINESS TV. The result is…incredibly cheesy, actually (the rising music! The slo-mo fight sequences!) but oddly watchable nevertheless (much more than Hercules, where I couldn’t get through an episode. But then, Hercules was one of my favorite heroes as a child, so I’m kind of protective of him).
-Of course I was bummed by Dollhouse’s cancellation, but I’m just grateful we got the two seasons we did. The show’s concept was never going to have a broad appeal and Joss was kind of a dolt for going for Fox again (to say nothing of those ill-advise, formulaic first six episodes, essentially guaranteeing it would never pick up a following). I’ve been seing some Schadenfreude at the news around lj, but hey. *shrug* I liked it, and I see what he was trying to do, but I completely get why others didn’t.
-This week’s TV was EXCELLENT.
This may be not be the majority opinion in fandom, but this season blows the first one right out of the water. Not that we didn’t get some great eps in S1, but I don’t remember quite so much hanging by the age of my seat, my heart actually racing while watching. When Merlin lied to Arthur at the end, I might have actually jumped out of my chair.
I have no idea how Arthur finding out about this lie would play out. It’s one thing for Merlin to lie to conceal his magic, but that that was friendship-destroying, asking him to take Merlin’s word over what he knew to be real, Clark from Smallville level lying. And the funniest part is that while Merlin’s usual lies come from a place of self-preservation and the not unreasonable desire to keep his head attached to his body, the one time he had what I’m sure he thought were selfless motives (though I bet the sorcerers executed in the future wouldn’t be consoled by the fact that at least Arthur’s feelings will be spared), this is the lie that felt like the greatest betrayal (and because I can’t stop drawing Smallville parallels for some reason, it reminded me of the end of Asylum. Gah, this is like SV all over again. I sign up for a stupid happy show and homoeroticism, and end up with angst and overthinking. You’d think I wouldn’t fall for it twice!)
So now Merlin, along with his own secret, knows something important about Arthur and Morgana, and in the former case, it’s information that Arthur himself doesn’t have (for a long time, Morgana was in the dark about her magic too). He’s heading into Gaius territory. I’m not sure what the show is trying to say…is this like the part where he kills people ALL THE TIME and we pretend it’s no biggie? Great message for teh kids, BBC! *thumbs up*
In other news, Morgause rocked the house. Apparently there’s already some whining in fandom about how absurd it was for Arthur to be beaten by (gasp!) a GIRL. LOL, CRY MOAR, it still happened!
That was kind of genius. The kind of genius that leaves you feeling like you’ve just been pounded on, shoved through a window, and had a crowd trample you for good measure, but…yeah. One thing it wasn’t, was unexpected. Ten’s hubris was reaching epic levels, so this seemed like a natural progression. It made for a tense episode, and I knew from the start that Adelaide and her crew were goners (I was pleasantly surprised that Yuri and Mia survived), but that didn’t make it any easier to watch.
Adelaide was *glorious*, competent, heroic, and calling the Doctor on his shit even better than Donna had ever done, and her decision at the end seemed like the ultimate “fuck you” to the Doctor (seriously though RTD, what’s with all the people shooting themselves behind closed doors on yours shows? Do we even want to know?).
Tennant was never more attractive to me than when playing a Doctor who’s completely given into arrogance and his God complex (But then, I also have the hots for Dexter. Hi, I may have issues) but on the other hand, I think I’m ready for Eleven. The way he is now, I don’t know why anyone would want to travel with him.
-I just started watching Legend of the Seeker. Apparently, this is by the creators of Hercules and Xena attempting to do SRS BUSINESS TV. The result is…incredibly cheesy, actually (the rising music! The slo-mo fight sequences!) but oddly watchable nevertheless (much more than Hercules, where I couldn’t get through an episode. But then, Hercules was one of my favorite heroes as a child, so I’m kind of protective of him).
-Of course I was bummed by Dollhouse’s cancellation, but I’m just grateful we got the two seasons we did. The show’s concept was never going to have a broad appeal and Joss was kind of a dolt for going for Fox again (to say nothing of those ill-advise, formulaic first six episodes, essentially guaranteeing it would never pick up a following). I’ve been seing some Schadenfreude at the news around lj, but hey. *shrug* I liked it, and I see what he was trying to do, but I completely get why others didn’t.
-This week’s TV was EXCELLENT.
This may be not be the majority opinion in fandom, but this season blows the first one right out of the water. Not that we didn’t get some great eps in S1, but I don’t remember quite so much hanging by the age of my seat, my heart actually racing while watching. When Merlin lied to Arthur at the end, I might have actually jumped out of my chair.
I have no idea how Arthur finding out about this lie would play out. It’s one thing for Merlin to lie to conceal his magic, but that that was friendship-destroying, asking him to take Merlin’s word over what he knew to be real, Clark from Smallville level lying. And the funniest part is that while Merlin’s usual lies come from a place of self-preservation and the not unreasonable desire to keep his head attached to his body, the one time he had what I’m sure he thought were selfless motives (though I bet the sorcerers executed in the future wouldn’t be consoled by the fact that at least Arthur’s feelings will be spared), this is the lie that felt like the greatest betrayal (and because I can’t stop drawing Smallville parallels for some reason, it reminded me of the end of Asylum. Gah, this is like SV all over again. I sign up for a stupid happy show and homoeroticism, and end up with angst and overthinking. You’d think I wouldn’t fall for it twice!)
So now Merlin, along with his own secret, knows something important about Arthur and Morgana, and in the former case, it’s information that Arthur himself doesn’t have (for a long time, Morgana was in the dark about her magic too). He’s heading into Gaius territory. I’m not sure what the show is trying to say…is this like the part where he kills people ALL THE TIME and we pretend it’s no biggie? Great message for teh kids, BBC! *thumbs up*
In other news, Morgause rocked the house. Apparently there’s already some whining in fandom about how absurd it was for Arthur to be beaten by (gasp!) a GIRL. LOL, CRY MOAR, it still happened!
That was kind of genius. The kind of genius that leaves you feeling like you’ve just been pounded on, shoved through a window, and had a crowd trample you for good measure, but…yeah. One thing it wasn’t, was unexpected. Ten’s hubris was reaching epic levels, so this seemed like a natural progression. It made for a tense episode, and I knew from the start that Adelaide and her crew were goners (I was pleasantly surprised that Yuri and Mia survived), but that didn’t make it any easier to watch.
Adelaide was *glorious*, competent, heroic, and calling the Doctor on his shit even better than Donna had ever done, and her decision at the end seemed like the ultimate “fuck you” to the Doctor (seriously though RTD, what’s with all the people shooting themselves behind closed doors on yours shows? Do we even want to know?).
Tennant was never more attractive to me than when playing a Doctor who’s completely given into arrogance and his God complex (But then, I also have the hots for Dexter. Hi, I may have issues) but on the other hand, I think I’m ready for Eleven. The way he is now, I don’t know why anyone would want to travel with him.
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