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Fandom, TV

je n’sais quoi

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What does Warehouse 13 have? Great storylines? No, not really. Plausible storylines? Definitely not. Fantastic acting? Not even close.

But in all honesty, I can’t stop watching it. I replay each episode many times during the week and enjoy myself each time I watch. I guess it has just enough of many elements to be interesting and a little unique. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do, but with each episode (not that they’re getting better), I find that I hope it makes the cut.

Weird. Maybe there’s an artifact in my attic making me act this way. 😛

Fandom, TV

Returns

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We now return to our regularly scheduled posting.

We’re still three months away from the newest Stargate endeavor, but I’m becoming increasingly interested in SGU. There’s not a singular entity that has my interest (i.e. John Sheppard’s hotness, Jack O’Neill’s snark, Samantha Carter’s hair), rather an overall curiousness as to how the new concept will play out.

Stranded in space, an idea many say is reminiscent of Voyager, is fine with me. A younger, hipper cast is also not a problem for me, especially since the teasers we’ve seen don’t support the theory that the “old” people are just background. The only worry I have is in the casting of the lead actor, Robert Carlyle. I’m not familiar with his work, but he has a sort of bird-like head, a la David Tennant, and I tend to get distracted by that particular trait. Needless to say, I’m petty. I need to have someone to spazz out over, and I hope there will be someone emerge as the “looks” of the show who is not just secondary (like Ronon Dex…more of Ronon and Shep and SGA may have survived).

Nonetheless, I expect I will be posting quite a bit about SGU when it premieres in October.

Fandom, TV

As Human As Possible

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I don’t know how I let this show slip past me the first time around. Being Human is now airing on BBCAmerica and I’m just getting around to watching it. I’m not sure what vibe they’re going for; there’s wit, horror, drama, and intrigue. There’s just not enough of any of them, really. It’s not so much that I didn’t like the first episode (and I really like Mitchell), I just don’t know what I’m meant to think about it.

I’m going to stick with it, though I already wish I was watching the original series. Russell Tovey (who appears to really like his bum) has already had to have some butt-blurring, and there’s no telling what else has been cut or changed. Hopefully it’s not enough to make a difference in the overall feel of the show (Sci-Fi SyFy, I’m glaring at you and the Doctor Who cuts you made :evileye: ), but since there doesn’t appear to be too much to feel, I guess it won’t matter.

Fandom, Movies

Obligatory Review

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Yes, I will preface this by saying that I HATE the HP movies. In fact, I hate PoA more than any other movie ever made. I have mentioned it on this site and others and don’t really want to compound what I’m about to say with the acrid remarks I reserve solely for that film.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, while not my favorite novel, is still one of the best of the series. The MAJOR developments and MAJOR history we need to know are all right there in the book. Certainly the movie will give us the information we need to know, right? NO. I watched the first twenty minutes or so of the film, became utterly disgusted and quit it for good.

My thoughts were something like this: That didn’t happen. That isn’t what happened, THAT makes NO sense, OMFG, WHAT?!? Oh, I see Hermione still has constipation face (seriously, Emma Watson is gorgeous, but her portrayal of Hermione makes me want to avoid cheese at all costs…they should spike her pumpkin juice with castor oil), OMG, no, just no no no no no no. :evileye: Thanks to Cleolinda Jones’ , I now know that somehow the Weasley house gets burned by deatheaters…the fuck?!??!? There’s no way I’m ever going to finish the movie, and I’d say it’s a good bet that I won’t be seeing the final movie(s) either. Pfft.