Saturday, September 24, 2011

My thoughts on Meet the New Boss (Season 7, Ep. 1) Spoilers!

Slow Ride by Foghat to open the season ...I was a bit surprised and I don't quite get it.  But I love the song though.

The Title card sequence...I don't love it, but I don't hate it either.

Crowley - I love the humour he injects.  We also got a new nickname for Sam.  I kind of like Giraffe better than I do Moose, but...meh.  [Why can't we just stick with Puppy?  Why?  Ahem...sorry getting off topic.]

Bobby - He saw what Dean couldn't.  That really struck a chord with me.  Even in the scene where Bobby's coming down the basement stairs and Sam is freaking out...and Bobby paused for a minute probably having flashbacks to what Soulless Sam tried to do in the Appointment in Samarra ep,  he didn't let on.
This is one of those episodes that showcases how much Bobby is like a father to Sam and Dean.

Death - I want to see him pop up again, but then again I don't, because he was po'd at Dean big time.

Dean - I get why for a while last night Dean was just like we can't fix this...I know he's not the only one who's tired, but everyone's got their own coping strategies...Some good, some not so good.  I feel like the important thing was he pulled himself together and that he tried to help Cas.  As for trying to help Sam, I think they'll delve into that more next week.  It's only like a 40 min ep and they can only really solve one crisis at a time.  I think sometimes that has a tendency to be forgotten.

Sam -  I already had an inkling of what we were in for, because of the previews.  When the nosebleed started I knew my heart was going to get ripped out...Those hallucinations were brutal and it makes me wonder what the frequency of them was...Will they be coming more frequently or lasting longer and is there a way to stop them?   I'm guessing some of those questions will be addressed next week, but I just felt so badly for Sam.  And then, the scenes where he was flinching...I think when Cas threatened to put him back into the cage or the pit or wherever Sam flinched.  And I definitely remember seeing him do it when Lucifer was messing with him.   Despite all this, he still reached out to Cas...This episode is one more example of why I love this character. [ I didn't want to spam tweet, I didn't want to gush and I didn't want to fangirl, but I mean every word of this post. Note:  There is no way I could miss that black V-neck shirt, but if I blog in detail about it, I will need a bib.  I am so very sorry. I just can't.  Thank you.]
That being said, can't wait to see what happens next week.

Cas/Godstiel/Leviathan  -  Misha Collins was beyond amazing last night.  Godstiel didn't seem like a villain to me, I think Leviathan warped his intentions though, as we saw at the campaign office.    I'm terrified of Leviathan.  I'm also amazed that Godstiel's power to heal still worked with Leviathan in there.  I love that Cas apologized.  I kind of wish both Sam and Dean had gotten to hear it though.   I also believe that Dean does care about Cas, he just has a lot of trouble demonstrating that to anyone but Sam, and even then, he still seems to have a little trouble.  [It's the whole "No Chick Flick Moments" thing.]

Friday, September 23, 2011

My thoughts on The Hybrid (contains spoilers)

Stefan -  He just kept killing me last night.   I know we are only two eps into the season, but Paul Wesley's performances have been part of the highlights.  No question.

Klaus - Kudos to Joseph Morgan also.  I say this, because for two seconds last night I actually felt bad that he only had one other comrade.  It's easy to make people hate a villain, but to make people sympathize and/or give the villain complexity, ...To me, that's something that takes an extraordinary amount of skill. 

Elena - I was going through a mental pros and cons list in my head as far as Damon and Stefan go and I think I have something of an idea of why she's conflicted.  I have a sneaking suspicion we may also get vampire Elena at the end of this season and she will remember what Damon said. 

Damon - I didn't like the way he pressed Elena out to admit that she was worried about him, especially knowing how strong her feelings for Stefan are.  In this way, I kind of like the way books handle the triangle better. 

Alaric -  I was so happy to see him get back into the swing of things and take that freaking ring back I don't know what to do. 

Ray Sutton -  I just felt badly for that whole pack. [They were wandering around like zombies after a bit.  Gave me the heebie jeebies it did.]  I also didn't recognize David Gallagher at all until someone said something...but I can probably count the number of times I've ever watched 7th Heaven on one hand. 

Tyler - I was so happy when Matt clued him in on the vervain I didn't know what to do.  [ I think I even applauded.]

Carol Lockwood - It's scary to me that she didn't know about the werewolf thing, but she knew about the vampires. 

Matt - I enjoyed seeing more of him last night.  I don't know how to feel about the offer he made to Tyler...I can't figure out whether or not he was genuinely trying to make amends or trying to knock out the competition. 

Vicki - Did she say she could come back?  I'm beyond creeped out and I don't have a good feeling about what's about to go down at all. 

Anna - I love seeing her again...I have another question about this ghost thing.  If they both don't want the same thing, why did they come back together or at the same time?  This whole thing is just weird, but I'm curious to see where it leads.   I'm also enjoying trying to figure out what's going on...

Jeremy - I think he's in over his head, especially with Anna saying not to trust Vicki.  I also think he needs to stop looking up spells on the internet before he screws up stuff even worse. 

Bonnie - Is she going to be in next week's ep?  I'm seriously starting to miss her.  I would also like some confirmation that she has an actual life. 

Caroline - Vampire Killer dude is her daddy?  I just wanted to cry...And then to end the episode like that.
I hope she doesn't die [again].  She's one of my favorite characters on the show. 

Friday, September 16, 2011

Vampire Diaries Season 3, Ep. 1 -The Birthday - Spoilers!

Damon - It's my own fault, but the bathtub scene just had me going "Meh" *shrugs*. 
Andie's death, I like that he didn't just zip out and have a meltdown.  He still had a tantrum, but still he seems to be maturing...I guess with Stefan gone, he kind of has to.  It seemed like he wanted to apologize to Elena for what happened to Stefan, but he stopped himself. 

Elena - I'll be curious to see what leads up to what the promo posters were hinting at.  She seems very like Katherine in them.  What changes her?  Again, I'll be very curious to see.

Klaus -  He was kind of in the background last night, but he was still no less frightening to me. 

Stefan - Paul Wesley thoroughly creeped me out in a way I had absolutely no idea he was capable of. Kudos!  And that scene where he called Elena...The way he telegraphed the emotions on his face...you could just see all the things he wanted to say but couldn't. 

Alaric - Why is he leaving?????!!!!! We're just now getting to really know/see him and he's leaving?  You know what this reminds me of?  And I feel like it was a mistake here too.  It reminds me of when Giles decides that Buffy doesn't need him anymore and he splits [and later winds up coming back.].  With all the stuff he knows about vampire hunting, etc?  What sense does it make for him to leave?  I  was just so sad to see him go.  He needs to come back.  Maybe he will after he's had time to grieve/heal? 

Andie -  I was amazed she came back, especially after how she was sent off last season.  And then, to be toyed with the way she was last night.  Even though I found the character annoying, I didn't want that for her.  And the way she kept calling out Hello...I was like "Run! if you sense something off for pity's sake."  Sheesh!

Bonnie - I wish she'd physically been in the actual ep.  :(  I'd also like to see more of her family members, rather than just hearing them talked about, and I know I'm not alone here. 

Matt - It's worrying me that he spoke to Caroline at the party like that.  He's a wild card for now, I'm hoping he sides with her rather than against her.  I have a feeling Vampire Barbie is going to need all the help she can get this season. 

Jeremy - I feel badly for him, but I don't think getting annihilated is going to solve his problems any...

Tyler and Caroline - His lack of tact last night cracked me up.  I'm also glad he and Caroline finally hooked up. I don't understand why she left though.  I feel like Tyler is the better choice for her, because he understands/can relate to things that Matt wouldn't be able to.  But clearly Caroline still has feelings for Matt and she's conflicted.  I hope this isn't going to turn into one of the more tedious TV love triangles, because at this point I can't deal...

Carol Lockwood - I thought she was just doing the pissed off/disrespected Mom thing and then she shoots Caroline with wooden bullets and tranq darts.  :(  What's that all about?  It can't be good.  And does this mean that Liz's days as Sheriff are numbered?  To lose an ally on the police force would seriously damage one of the major advantages the Salvatores have had.  I suppose they could create more, but with the same type of clout and from one of the founding families?  I think not. 

Ray Sutton -  I want to see a few more eps before I comment on him.  Beyond the fact that I felt bad for him, I have nothing. 

Monday, September 12, 2011

True Blood Season 4 Finale When I Die - My Thoughts- Spoilers people!

Seems like this season just flew by.  :(

Still unhappy about the Mavis thing. 

Jesus - When they first introduced this character, I wasn't sure of him.  But as the episodes went on, I grew to enjoy him and his relationship with Lafayette.  I truly hated to see him go last night.  It felt so convenient and cliched.  I also liked having a season where for once there are quite a few characters of different ethnic backgrounds.  (Native American, Hispanic, and African American...I loved that.  I really did.)    I would have liked to have gotten to know a little more about Beulah before they offed her too, but that's another post. 

Marnie - All the trouble she caused and people she hurt and she gets to go skipping off to the afterlife?  Really?  I'm sorry, but the no one ever listens to me riff just doesn't cut it.  I could relate to her and her anger before, but not once she'd started taking lives.  

Andy - I find it ironic that Holly was dressed like a fairy, when she and Andy met up.  I think that fairy woman is coming back to collect, it's just a matter of time. 

Terry, Rene, Arlene, and baby Mikey - What is Alan Ball even doing with this storyline?   I don't even think he knows. 

Pam - Again, I sympathized. 

Ginger - I love her.   She wasn't glamoured into hugging Pam, which makes me wonder...
Maybe she and Pam have a thing like Jessica and Jason?  I don't know, but I think the hug was sweet. 

Sookie and the triangle or is it a quadrangle now? -   Is it bad that the main focus of the story is not only annoying me, but boring me to tears? [I'm thinking of Pam's rant now and smiling.]  This is similar to the problem I'm having sticking with The Vampire Diaries [Stefan/Elena/Damon forever and always...].  When stuff picks up with the secondary characters, if the triangle thing is getting redundant, I can just kind of tune it out.  I think the only reason the triangle thing never drove me bananas on BtVS, was because eventually Angel left town and other male and female characters were brought in to keep things interesting.  I think TB needs another female to be added to the mix to keep things interesting.  [Not another Lorena or Queen Sophie Anne...someone entirely different.]

Nan - Can't believe Eric killed her.  BAMF Eric is definitely back. 

Alcide - I just felt so sorry for him. 

Debbie - She had it coming. 

Jason and Jessica - I didn't expect Hoyt to be down with them being together.  :(  I'm not sure how I feel about the casual arrangement though.  That blood bond is going to complicate things. 

Sam - Shapeshifters are kind of a ragtag bunch in Bon Temps.  Who's going to help him out with the fallout from killing Marcus?  Alcide won't wuss out, but that's still like to dudes against an army.  :(   Maybe Luna knows some folks ? 

Lafayette - Doesn't he deserve a break?  At the end of Seas. Eric snatched him up for dealing V.   Season 2 was the mess with Maryann and the Eric hallucinations.  Season 3 he caught something of a break once he met Jesus, but now he finds out he's a medium...And Jesus never did get to show him how to keep from being possessed again.  I suppose he could channel him or something, but it's not the same.  :( 


Tara - Again, basically the same the same question I'm asking about Lafayette only with a substitution of pronouns applies for Tara as well.  I'm not saying other characters haven't had a rough time of things, but she was dealing with her Mom in the first Season, then there was the whole thing with Maryann, then she loses Eggs, then she is preyed upon by Franklin...She escaped Bon Temps for a little while,  but since the relationship she established was built on a lie, I don't think it would have been a truly healthy one unless she came clean.  As much as she doesn't understand Sookie's decisions sometimes, in the end she still sticks by her, which is what we saw last night.  I just hope she doesn't wind up paying the ultimate price.  I also think that if she is dead, even if it's just temporary and she's resuscitated, Laffy will know before anyone else.  It would be a devastating blow for him to lose both his man and his cousin. 

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

My Thoughts on Soul of Fire (contains spoilers)

Jason - I love how he let Bill, Eric, Pam, and Jessica know about Sookie.  I wish the Jessica/Jason pairing was doomed to angst, because I actually like it.  I wish Hoyt would find someone, just not Muffin Girl.   I'll tolerate almost anyone but Muffin Girl. 

Pam - I felt badly for her.  She and Eric need to be on the same sheet of music again...They work best that way...

Debbie - I'm sorry, but she brought Alcide casting her away on herself. 

Alcide -  Killing Marcus opens up the wolf politics thing doesn't it?  I'll be curious to see if they choose to diverge from the book on that or not. 

Andy and ? - Doesn't Andy have enough problems without this too?  And now poor Terry's probably going to feel like it's his fault. 

Jesus - I love how he took charge, but I'm just dumbfounded at how it never occurred to him that Marnie would try to come back.  It seems like people underestimating her is her biggest asset. 

Marnie - I was right in that she wasn't what she appeared, just wrong in how the story would unfold.  That amuses me. 

Ok, now here's where I'm about to sound off again...5,4,3,2,1,

Lafayette - Ok, WTAF??????!!!!  Now the first time a ghost flew into his mouth was Tio ? in Mexico.  The second time was Mavis...Shouldn't Laffy have figured out to clap his hands over his mouth or something if he's going to scream?  Sheesh!!!  Somebody in my timeline...I think her Twitter name is Sneeka suggested Lafayette get a talisman or something.   He really should have something like that.  I have no idea how they're going to get out of this.  Whatever they decide to do, I hope they can do it without killing off Lafayette.    Or if he's got to "die" to get Marnie to release her hold...let it just be for a few minutes.