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| alitar (profile) wrote, on 10-5-2003 at 9:03pm | |
| Ugh. That was mediocore, nowhere near what it should be. I wasn't even excited for this ep, so I'm not cutting it the "I was anticipated WAY too much" slack. Overall there was parts that intrigued me, but the emotional highlights of last ep were missing, so I'm not sure which episode was better. I DESPISE the use of sex on this show as a device. Yes, it's a spy convention; espionage is inherently sexy in entertainment, but that theatre scene with the "uuuhhhh"ing in the background was absolutely unnecessary. That's cheap gag. I also despised the extremely long setup for that drug scene. That time could have been spent with Syd, Jack, Weiss or Sark. That took too much effort just to extract some information. Not everyone works at a club, and not all dead drops or meetings take place at a party. This is getting as dumb as Ryan getting into a fight in every. single. episode. on the O.C. And, I hate that Syd blatantly uses sex in every episode to entice men. If they're drug lords feared by everyone, that is not going to the key to taking them down. Sigh. I'm hating Director Dixon, or the way the writers are only giving him stiff exposition. I like the Director concept in theory, but I realize that he's not going to be doing anything. Carl Lumbly did great stuff with last year's wife and family plot, and the ongoing trust issue with Syd, and now he's become flat, unemotional, and just a device to progress plot. Lumbly is a better actor than that; he deserves better stuff to work with. That's enough super negativity. I watched this ep twice, and I liked it much better the second time. I fast forwarded through all the commercials, and obviously, the flow was better. So, the good stuff: Jack and Sloane. I've missed the two of them trying to outmanuveur each other. I love the way the writers have created the tension, I love that they're both powerhouses, equal in willpower and resource, with a paternal competition for Sydney. The Sloane disk, whether it's to be believed, was nice. I hope the writers keep pushing this relationship and power struggle. And Jack? This? “Personally, I would have found it anticlimactic that after expecting to assemble a weapon of ultimate power, you ended up with a revelation you could have acquired from a fortune cookie.” Jack, baby, thank you. At least the show is making fun of itself. Jack and Irina. "Miss you." "Miss you, too." I melted a little. Awww. They were SO doing the hanky panky over the last 2 years. Hee! I miss Lena so much. We would have had this scene done in person, not in a chat with some creepy Robotron voice. What was THAT, anyway? Completely unnecessary. Syd and Vaughn. Better. I can deal with the breaking up. The writers have succeeded in killing this romance for me. For now. I tolerated Vaughn much better, and a BIG part of that has got to be the fact that Michael Vartan looked DAMN. FINE. Ooh. He was working that blue shirt in the classroom (may I please get Vaughn to be MY French professor? I'll learn better and not fall asleep in class. Pretty please?) He also looked hot with the tousled hair and Armani at the Oops Centre. Welcome back, indeed. Hee! I won't complain about MV if he just shuts up and looks pretty. The speech was okay, just okay. I kind of laughed at his talking to dead girlfriend spiel, which I don't think was intended. Heh. Aw, he loved her, and he drank, and he disappeared. Ok, I can live with that explanation. And got MARRIED. Hmmm, not sure about the last part there though, Vaughny. Sark!! Whoo! Now we know where Jack's prison razor went, to Sark! Sark, I don't think you asked me if you could cut off all that pretty hair of yours. No matter, as long as you have your hot British accent, I can dig it. He's a descendant of the royal family? He's inheriting over 80 million dollars? Um, Sark? Marry me. We can deal with your whole assassin thing later. I didn't like his first exchange with Syd. Maybe the writing, maybe the acting. Just a little awkward wording, and execution. A little out of character. It's just me, I know. I did like the wary look he had when he was being interrogated by the wine guy. And when he was being traded off to some unknown party. Good stuff ahead. I talked to gbk about this, and yes, now that we're going to find out stuff about Sark, he'll seem more human and less aloof, and less wicked, icy cool. That's ok, we'll love him anyway. I have questions: If his father was also in the spy business, is that the reason he's in at such a young age? Why didn't he interact and work for his father, then? Why did he consider Irina a mother figure? Where his real mother? Irina's not the real mom, is she? Interesting stuff. Excellent. So the whole point of getting assy white NSC guy was to replace him and introduce The Wife? They were striving for tension between Dixon and Ass like last season's Kendall and Jack, but didn't quite work. Waste of time, really. Too bad. Other stuff: - Amnesiacs Annonymous?? HAHAHAHAHA. Pathetic. Really really stupid. - "If you're finished, you're in the MEN'S room" "Who let you in?" Love you, writers. - Liked the bit with the scientist "You never brok...you were my favourite.." Wonder what that's about - Obvious parallel between wine scene with Sark this ep, and wine scene last season between Sloane and Sark. Same setup, lighting, everything. Hee! Everyone in the spy world knows Chateau Petruce is Sarky-poo's favourite drink. Always used in deal making situations. - Weiss has totally taken over Will's best friend niche on this show. Weiss' lines in the apartment with Syd were exactly what Will would have said. I kind of miss Will. Come bakc Bradley Cooper! - Ok, so I'm a geek, because I totally noticed this: 1st ep this season, the shot of Sloane in his office is in full sunlight, white, angelic. The office was airy, light, friendly and full of good vibes. Tonight, with Jack, Sloane's office is completely dark, the walls are gray, and everything is in shades of gray. Very cold, very empty, lots of empty space. Well decorated on both counts. Yay set designers! - loved the look Syd gave to Sark when he said "My life may be in danger..." as she was undoing his feetcuffs. Very cute. - some niiiiice fitted black shirts they gave Sark in prison! Also some niiiiice black clothes and pink makeup they gave Irina last season. These terrorists get excellent stylists in CIA custody, don't they? heh. - Did anyone see the Degrassi High commercial? OMG "I can't believe you left the most popular girl in school in the middle of your date for your mom's meatballs!!!!" OMG. ROTFLMAO. HAHAHA. Degrassi High: The Next Generation looks like the shittest shit EVER! I think that's it. Did anyone actually read all of that? I'm curious. |
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da | 10-06-03 12:29pm haha, yup I read it all, lol.
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tmx | 10-06-03 3:55pm Yes! I read it ALLL. You're turning into a Regina. =P
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alitar | Re:, 10-06-03 5:09pm Don't worry, tmx, Regina posts the recaplet the night of the airing, a couple hours after the ep. The full recap (usually 13-20 pages!) goes live in 5-6 days. I have TWoP as my homepage, so I'll know the second it is posted and alert my fellow addicts. Mmmm-kay? |