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Happiness day 2
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thefourthvine posted recs yesterday, and that meant I stayed up until two a.m. reading a really sweet Naruto story, of all things. (Have I seen one minute of the source text? No. She gave enough explanation in the rec to contextualize it, though).It made me very happy between midnight and two a.m., which counts as today, right? Though the sleep deprivation, not so much.
Also, someone brought in pizza around lunchtime, and free pizza is always happy making. (And cushions the stomach against the amount of caffeine I am imbibing to stay awake today).
Recent TV has sometimes been happy-making and sometimes merely puzzling. These are less formal reviews than they are emotional responses:
Sarah Connor Chronicles
My main response to the most recent SCC episode is to wonder why there isn't more Sarah Connor/John Winchester fic out there, because never have two people been more matched in their self-destructive obsessions. It doesn't particular bother me that Sarah is still going after the three dots--she can be pretty monomaniacal, and as I expected, that plot was actually going somewhere--but why the hell doesn't she at least let people know when she's deliberately walking into dangerous situations? *Headdesk*
I do think it was brilliant that she was looking for answers at a UFO convention and actually *found* some--because if there ever was a group that was disbelieved as much as Sarah herself was, it would be abductees. How fun that it turns out they are probably right about the abductions, though wrong about whoever is really doing it. (It almost felt like a 4400 homage: it's the *future* that's kidnapping you! Though is it future robots or future humans? I guess we have to wait until February to find out).
And I really liked Abraham--I was bummed out that she was killed. (I'd guessed the woman was Abraham, but not that Abraham was trans--that was a nice twist.) Seeing Sarah interact with information sources really demonstrates how scary and non-empathic she can be; I honestly can't figure out why Abraham told her anything.
I was less into the other plot, though I felt bad for Riley at the end. Jesse is not really good at supporting her troops, is she? I'm kind of surprised Riley didn't just tell John everything rather than trying to kill herself, though.
The only thing that interested me about Ellison's plotline was the AI asking if God made him, too.
Heroes
I swear, every other week this season I keep vowing to stop watching this show, and then some plotline sucks me back in. This week, all I have are questions, though: is it really Nathan that has gone all power-mad and "round up the mutants," or has his dad taken over his body? Did Peter regain all his old powers after the injection, or just flight? Is Sylar really dead? (And why the hell did they have to make him evil again? I was actually enjoying his redemption). Will the next chapter be worth watching, or should I just give up completely on this show? (Hint: if Nathan is supposed to really be Nathan going evil, I just don't know that I will keep watching).
Leverage
All I have for this show is TOTAL SQUEE. Asrsadelle said about yesterday's episode: CK's character used to be a stable boy? The porn, it WRITES ITSELF.
What I enjoy most about this show is the characters: Aldiss Hodge (Alec) makes an adorable tech geek, and Christian Kane (Eliot) either gets to beat someone up or ride a horse every week, and Beth Riesgraf (Parker) is adorably psychotic ("I once saw a horse kill a clown"), and I am completely in love with Gina Belman (Sophie)'s many, many versions of the femme fatale, and Timothy Hutton (Nate)is the glue that holds everything together.
This show is just sheer enjoyment on every level. It combines the best of Robin Hood with the best of Ocean's 11 (and I'm a complete sucker for a good caper story), and there was never a better cultural for "help the little guy get revenge on greedy corporate sharks," was there? YOU SHOULD ALL BE WATCHING THIS SHOW.
thefourthvine posted recs yesterday, and that meant I stayed up until two a.m. reading a really sweet Naruto story, of all things. (Have I seen one minute of the source text? No. She gave enough explanation in the rec to contextualize it, though).It made me very happy between midnight and two a.m., which counts as today, right? Though the sleep deprivation, not so much.Also, someone brought in pizza around lunchtime, and free pizza is always happy making. (And cushions the stomach against the amount of caffeine I am imbibing to stay awake today).
Recent TV has sometimes been happy-making and sometimes merely puzzling. These are less formal reviews than they are emotional responses:
Sarah Connor Chronicles
My main response to the most recent SCC episode is to wonder why there isn't more Sarah Connor/John Winchester fic out there, because never have two people been more matched in their self-destructive obsessions. It doesn't particular bother me that Sarah is still going after the three dots--she can be pretty monomaniacal, and as I expected, that plot was actually going somewhere--but why the hell doesn't she at least let people know when she's deliberately walking into dangerous situations? *Headdesk*
I do think it was brilliant that she was looking for answers at a UFO convention and actually *found* some--because if there ever was a group that was disbelieved as much as Sarah herself was, it would be abductees. How fun that it turns out they are probably right about the abductions, though wrong about whoever is really doing it. (It almost felt like a 4400 homage: it's the *future* that's kidnapping you! Though is it future robots or future humans? I guess we have to wait until February to find out).
And I really liked Abraham--I was bummed out that she was killed. (I'd guessed the woman was Abraham, but not that Abraham was trans--that was a nice twist.) Seeing Sarah interact with information sources really demonstrates how scary and non-empathic she can be; I honestly can't figure out why Abraham told her anything.
I was less into the other plot, though I felt bad for Riley at the end. Jesse is not really good at supporting her troops, is she? I'm kind of surprised Riley didn't just tell John everything rather than trying to kill herself, though.
The only thing that interested me about Ellison's plotline was the AI asking if God made him, too.
Heroes
I swear, every other week this season I keep vowing to stop watching this show, and then some plotline sucks me back in. This week, all I have are questions, though: is it really Nathan that has gone all power-mad and "round up the mutants," or has his dad taken over his body? Did Peter regain all his old powers after the injection, or just flight? Is Sylar really dead? (And why the hell did they have to make him evil again? I was actually enjoying his redemption). Will the next chapter be worth watching, or should I just give up completely on this show? (Hint: if Nathan is supposed to really be Nathan going evil, I just don't know that I will keep watching).
Leverage
All I have for this show is TOTAL SQUEE. As
rsadelle said about yesterday's episode: CK's character used to be a stable boy? The porn, it WRITES ITSELF. What I enjoy most about this show is the characters: Aldiss Hodge (Alec) makes an adorable tech geek, and Christian Kane (Eliot) either gets to beat someone up or ride a horse every week, and Beth Riesgraf (Parker) is adorably psychotic ("I once saw a horse kill a clown"), and I am completely in love with Gina Belman (Sophie)'s many, many versions of the femme fatale, and Timothy Hutton (Nate)is the glue that holds everything together.
This show is just sheer enjoyment on every level. It combines the best of Robin Hood with the best of Ocean's 11 (and I'm a complete sucker for a good caper story), and there was never a better cultural for "help the little guy get revenge on greedy corporate sharks," was there? YOU SHOULD ALL BE WATCHING THIS SHOW.