weewarrior

I've had my troubles with the show from the beginning, both viscerally and on a level of ... human presentation? but I can honestly say it's been a long, long time since a show has made my physically nauseous. Good job, TPTB?

*gets coughing fit*

A little on the long side, and I really wish Nolan would get over his obsession with ( spoilers ), but otherwise, impressive. Also: Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tom Hardy ftw!

It was actually good this week despite the somewhat ( spoilery spoiler ). I think it was a combination of ( that character ), ( what that other character did ), and ( that third character's asset ). Oh, and the boys as ( spoilers ).

In outrageously sucky quality here.

Mildly spoilery observations, exclamation points and one case of capslock under the cut:
( Bigfoot? Is he real, too? )

Short VD primer: I started watching this as background noise for doing my laundry and for a long time my interest stayed on that level, although I very quickly learned to appreciate the great number of interesting and often quite powerful female characters both human and supernatural. Roughly around Episode 9, the show started bringing in new and interesting characters and several storylines that jumped and twisted and intertwined in unpredictable and largely entertaining ways and some time later I realized I'm no longer ironically turned on by its bad boy image watching this for cheap kicks but actually enjoying it on its own merits. It even changed my opinion of Ian Somerhalder's acting skills, although that admittedly took a while.

I do like almost all characters; the ones I care most about are Alaric, Anna, Bonnie, Caroline and Elena, but I'm proud to say that after 21 episodes, I've even managed to distinguish Matt, Tyler and Jeremy. This, I assure you, was no mean feat.
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Some notes about last week's episode under the cut:

( I do believe in killing the messenger. You know why? Because it sends a message. )

I literally can't decide whether I find this awesomely cheesy or cheesily horrible. I do know one thing, though, whoever decided photoshopping needed to be the go-to skill for TV promotional producers deserves to be showered in dung.

ETA: In contrast, I'm pretty sure I love the preview for this week's new Fringe episode.

snopes_faith gave me the following questions:

( What would be appealing about life as a Tapir? )

( What was the first show you were ever deeply fannish about? Do you still like it when you watch episodes now? )

( If you could magically become any character on TV, who would it be? You are subject to the general narrative laws and tones of their world. )

( Where in the world would you like to visit that you haven't yet? )

( What film has affected your life most deeply? )

If you want me to ask you five questions, tell me your favourite character from one of your favourite books.

I can't resist...


1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your flist to post questions in the comments. For example: 'One, nine and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?', 'Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?', 'Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?'

3) After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

I promise I'll answer them this time?