18 Mar 2013 06:54 am
My Current Shows
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frayadjacentOnce Upon a Time: I kind of loved everything about Regina. Lana Parilla knocked every scene out of the park. Wow! And I have so much more sympathy for the random guy in town now.
I was kind of meh about everything about Snow. I really would prefer to see Snow just try and deal with what she's done and move on. Because Rumple might say that it's "telling yourself you did the right thing", but it's patently obvious that she didn't do the wrong thing. Basically: this whole thing about Snow having such a pure heart doesn't work for me. It would have been a lot more interesting if, instead of being completely incapacitated by guilt, Snow had found that she could live with what she'd done. And then that could have lead Regina to the same conclusion, that Snow had "darkened" herself. Whether she'd be right or not would still be up for debate, but the getting there would have felt a lot more authentic to me.
And Henry continues to grate on me even though that's probably not entirely fair.
We got a bit of Ruby, which is better than no Ruby! And Gran, and Cricket. I miss seeing the townspeople and exploring their lives. Especially Ruby and Gran.
I liked last week's Parks and Rec. I really enjoyed the humor and character interactions, especially Ann and April*. It felt sort of back to old form? Though I miss squealing with joy at, like, everything Leslie does. I like Leslie and Ben and definitely actively shipped them (my ship buttons are apparently so vanilla that they're too boring for most TV characters), but I also never wanted the show to be overtaken by their relationship, especially some dumb "will they won't they" storyline. So I'm glad they they're settled down together and everyone can just move on.
Watching Tom was particularly funny for me because, in the time since the last episode, I've watched a couple of Aziz Ansari's stand up routines, and I will never see his face the same way again. The bailout story was a bit much, but I liked the video store owner. And Brandi Maxx always makes me giggle, even if normally such a character wouldn't really work for me.
My main concern is the way this sperm donation storyline is developing. I am fine with Ann doing this, but I was genuinely baffled, then worried, by Chris's interpretation. He viewed donating his sperm as becoming a father, like he would be parenting this kid alongside Ann. But as far as I recall, Ann never said that, and that's not how I generally view sperm donation going. This is a big deal! And now it's bothering me that they never discussed it, and it will either become a serious conflict later on, or the show will just never address it.
*Except, do the writers really not know that you need a bachelor's degree before you go to vet school?
I was kind of meh about everything about Snow. I really would prefer to see Snow just try and deal with what she's done and move on. Because Rumple might say that it's "telling yourself you did the right thing", but it's patently obvious that she didn't do the wrong thing. Basically: this whole thing about Snow having such a pure heart doesn't work for me. It would have been a lot more interesting if, instead of being completely incapacitated by guilt, Snow had found that she could live with what she'd done. And then that could have lead Regina to the same conclusion, that Snow had "darkened" herself. Whether she'd be right or not would still be up for debate, but the getting there would have felt a lot more authentic to me.
And Henry continues to grate on me even though that's probably not entirely fair.
We got a bit of Ruby, which is better than no Ruby! And Gran, and Cricket. I miss seeing the townspeople and exploring their lives. Especially Ruby and Gran.
I liked last week's Parks and Rec. I really enjoyed the humor and character interactions, especially Ann and April*. It felt sort of back to old form? Though I miss squealing with joy at, like, everything Leslie does. I like Leslie and Ben and definitely actively shipped them (my ship buttons are apparently so vanilla that they're too boring for most TV characters), but I also never wanted the show to be overtaken by their relationship, especially some dumb "will they won't they" storyline. So I'm glad they they're settled down together and everyone can just move on.
Watching Tom was particularly funny for me because, in the time since the last episode, I've watched a couple of Aziz Ansari's stand up routines, and I will never see his face the same way again. The bailout story was a bit much, but I liked the video store owner. And Brandi Maxx always makes me giggle, even if normally such a character wouldn't really work for me.
My main concern is the way this sperm donation storyline is developing. I am fine with Ann doing this, but I was genuinely baffled, then worried, by Chris's interpretation. He viewed donating his sperm as becoming a father, like he would be parenting this kid alongside Ann. But as far as I recall, Ann never said that, and that's not how I generally view sperm donation going. This is a big deal! And now it's bothering me that they never discussed it, and it will either become a serious conflict later on, or the show will just never address it.
*Except, do the writers really not know that you need a bachelor's degree before you go to vet school?
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