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| alitar (profile) wrote, on 10-12-2003 at 10:26pm | |
| Yay for everyone who came to my house today. I've definitely been missing intellectual and comfortable company, and I'm glad you made the trek to my home. Thanks. :) So DA and I finished the Alias ep. Review below. Don't forget to download Chicago off your university net, tmx. I didn't have as much against this ep as I did the other two of this season. Maybe I was in a better mood watching it with other people. Or maybe I was in a better mood after Vaughn took his shirt off. The latter helped a LOT. Wow. Michael Vartan. Lookin' good, boyfriend. See, babe, I'll shut up about your acting skills if you take off your shirt once an episode, mmm-kay? Yes, DA, I used the rewind button. This episode was all about the triangle. Oh, the triangle. I know we have to deal with it from both sides, so ok, I'm fine with this ep being all about the triangle. Or, I'm just in a really really good mood. I just think there are far more compelling characters that this show has created, than this soapy triangle. Sark. He was working those sunglasses. If this show goes to hell, I may just watch it for evil, but sexy Sark. Although, if he's given flat, useless dialogue like in today's ep, I might not. Marshall. Hee! "Awkward!" He's such a sweetie. Poor guy, when the rendering didn't work. I loved the CD. I miss Will and Francie and Lena. When they left, they took so many interesting relationships with them, with Lena being the most missed. I take a look at the characters we have this season, and I'm just not as invested. This heartbroken Syd thing is not very entertaining, and this marriage is flat. I remember last season's ep 17, I cared about Jack and Irina, and I felt for them at the end. I'm not going to ruin it for those who have not seen it. I don't see myself caring about this season's characters the same way. This is not good. Jack and Syd's relationship is touching. I like that they're finally fully affectionate and trusting of each other. That's a fulfillment of 2 years worth of investment. However, I want Victor Garber to be given more to do. We had Irina last season to meddle with his stony facade, who's going to fill her place now? I want Jack to have something other than Sydney in his life. Vaughn. So we're going to make him omniscient during all of Syd's missions now? So that he can save her ass again and again to win back the audience? I think Michael Vartan and Melissa George (the wife) have a comfortable chemistry together, but I just couldn't give a shit about this relationship. It's too boring and simple. I want Jack and Irina's complexity. Sloane. I realize what a brilliant idea it was for the writers to put him in this position. I can't wait for him to come out again as truly evil. This setup will be slow, but worth the wait, I think. Every moment Sloane's lending someone a hand, doing some good in the world, I think he's doing something doubly evil elsewhere at the same time. I love it. See? I don't always hate the writers! FlatDixon. Carl Lumbly deserves more. I've said it and I'll say it again. He's so limited in this director role. Again, not interesting. Layers, people. Vaughn. You're so boring. I got sick of the meaningful looks you gave Syd first season, so what makes you think I'll like them now? The angst shit is tiresome. You looked GOOD, though. Very, very handsome, indeed. Somebody's been working out. I didn't appreciate the slip-second side view, camera people. Longer shot, from ALL angles. Or else you're fired. This episode was inoffensive. Just simple. I don't feel much momentum for the season, that's all. I was speculating towards the end of last season a million things about this show, and I'm not this season. The mysteries aren't as emotional. I feel like they're just plot points, mechanical and flat. I still like this show, and I still love the idea of this show and what potential it has in store, but I don't feel that the actual episodes are living up to everything that's set up. We're getting warmed up, and things will go full speed ahead towards the end of the season, as JJ always plans, but I don't think I'm wrong to want a more complex, layered story now. |
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da | So that's why...., 10-13-03 9:29am the remote control batteries were dead, LOL. I'm sure you can somehow make your vcr just loop that 2 seconds or something = ) |