Entertaining in a Disturbing Way

I finally caught up on these (I plowed through them in a couple of days), and I'm far behind the curve, I'm sure, but I have some thoughts.
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May contain spoilers hazardous--LJ WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE UPDATE PAGE AGAIN. Uh, health. Right.
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1. There is going to be a Charley Pollard box set. FINALLY. *grabs* (the Companion Chronicle they did with her was highly entertaining, I expect this to be, too).

2. Recently got an email from my temp agency assuring me we will have a month's warning if current place of employment decides to let any of us go. Since said email was cc'ed to the dude that was let go two weeks ago... um. Yeah. (not a lot of faith in that promise from our Upper Management--not my immediate team leads, but the Business People)

3. I am caught up on Elementary and sort of confused as I kept seeing a lot of "Joan doesn't DO ANYTHING anymore" commentary and, uh... Yeah, she does. A lot.

4. Caught up on POI, too OMG CARA STANTON I MISS YOU WHY DON'T WE GET MORE OF YOU. YAY ROOT. um. yeah, not really coherent, there.

5. I am also caught up on Scott & Bailey (I don't even remember why I paused my watching). OMG YOU GUYS THERE IS A FOURTH SEASON. Thank god. Now, if they'd just put the show out on region one DVDs. I should have a longer post about this, BUT RACHEL, PLEASE GROW UP SOME. YOU ARE MAKING ME ANNOYED as some of your childish "I don't want to do my job while pretending I am totally doing my job" bullshit reminds me of my co-workers whose slack I have to pick up. (omg I just checked Amazon, seasons one and two are listed as actually being in some form of region one)

6. Still not caught up on: Sleepy Hollow, Covert Affairs, Continuum. Also, Haven (I think this break might last longer than the last one--I don't think it's an SGA-type break-up, but. We'll see.)

7. I am pretty sure that I can now quote large portions of The Magic Mousetrap
"I think business has been a little depressed of late." "Like the patients."

"Ohhh-no. I know that trick, electrified doorhandle, me on the old carpet, spitting foam."
"Don't be absurd, Harry, the doorhandle isn't electrified."
Sound of an electrical zap followed by a shriek and a thud in the distance.
"Must be the knocker, today."

"And you, are you any good at carrying things?"

"The train was on time, the hotel was lovely and the towels were terribly soft."
"And the weather?"
"It held out all week--which is more than you can say for the marriage."

"Mysterious people in attics always do. I'd bet my hat on it.
"You don't have a hat."
"No. And apart from my missing hat, that leaves just one more mystery to solve."

"You look as though you've reached a sort of social empasse."
"Then get us out of it, Ludo!"

"Oh, Ludo, I could kiss you all over."
"...it's not that kind of show, Miss Luna."

"Yeah, but, what're you gonna do with it?"
"Burn down the sky, of course!"


It's full of a great cast of characters and an entertaining villain. It's a bit Ghost Light meets Greatest Show in the Galaxy, but also terribly heart-breaking in the end. And I want all of the fic for the characters: I want more about Queenie and her father, the Randall brothers and Miss Luna. I want Mrs. Kerniddle's backstory. I'll even take fic about Ludo. Sigh. I think Zagreus is still my forever favorite, but I love this one so much (I've listened far too often at work)

*sings*
Who's welcomed warmly everywhere by stalwart men and ladies fair?
Who to the children all is dear? - The Doctor!
Who gives the monsters such a shock?
Who likes a side-kick in a frock?
Who foils the Gods of Ragnarok? - The Doctor!
He travels through the web of time!
He roots out tyranny and crime,
We'll cut him down before his prime! - The Dooooctor!

I will go to bed shortly, but this thought has to be recorded for posterity (even if I went and edited into my comment over on the episode post at the Carter community)
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1. Thank goodness for the scarf karma_aster made me. Seriously, it was SO COLD last week, and I was dying before I finally gave in and dug it out. Much warmer now.

2. This parody of Icona Pop's whatsit Not Literally's "I Ship It". It's catchy and ridiculous (I liked the Steam Powered Giraffe cover, too)

3. Can we talk about the way Sarah Shahi is being talked about in re: Person of Interest? Because it's kinda gross.

IE, how multiple comments I've seen on the internet that say (paraphrasing, though I saw at least one somewhere these exact words) [Shahi's] yet another white chick to replace a proud black woman on tv."

a. Sarah Shahi? Spanish and Iranian.
b. Not 'replacing'. Complementing.
c. where the fuck were all of you during the last two and half years? Because I swear POI fandom has been "WHITECOCKWHITECOCKCarter is annoyingWHITECOCK" since day one. It's only NOW that you're suddenly all "HBIC. QUEEN QUEEN CARTER. HBIC. NEVER WATCHING AGAIN. HOW DAAARE THEY."

This is what is wrong with fandom's obsession with dudes, folks. When you don't actually talk about the characters you like in favor of white cock, you don't get to whine when they suddenly disappear.

You want more dynamic black female characters like Carter? FUCKING TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE AIR.

(are you watching Sleepy Hollow? No? Does it conflict with Supernatural? I bet that's it, otherwise you'd be watching, right? I mean, it's not that you just prefer dead non-threatening (ie, minor and/or non-existent) black women who give you a chance to show how ~diverse you are in your tastes)


4. Haven has managed to kill a promising season with two episodes and one dull villain. And I like Colin Ferguson (oh whyyy was Primeval: New World canceled? At least he made an interesting antagonist there). ok, also? Ghosthunters sucks.

5. I am loving the sudden fandom interest in Eight. (he is so dreamy, and always has been).

6. It occurred to me the other day that I am going to be so sad when Eleven leaves. I just. You guys, after thirty years I think I've actually discovered that I do have a Doctor. (idek. But he's like Seven mixed with Two and Four with some Six thrown on top and Eight's romanticism at times and I am just all over with eeee at him. And I used to think he was too much of a baby to ever amount to anything)

7. I am considering putting dull grey dots on my nails and pretending there are exploded Daleks all over them.

8. There are two new people at work. One of them.... didn't take any notes. At all. I doooon't think he's going to last for very long.

9. I rearranged my room over the long weekend. It's a bit odd at times, but I like it. I also have more room on my bookshelves now (this does not mean buying more books).

10. ok, also, I have, like, 400 regency romance paperbacks. Most of them are the type that came with the back ripped off because they were library rejects. But still. 400. I don't even know that I'll ever read them all again.

11. I found 1963: Assasination Games a bit... dull. I think maybe if I knew more about Countermeasures, I'd like it? (but that has its own problem, as the narrative for that is.. ok, you have two first-class female scientists, both sarcastic and awesome, and one rather put-upon military dude. But your narrative choices are "women are easily turned off alien things and need a boyfriend and/or to be tricked into working for the government" sigh.)

12. 1963: The Space Race, otoh, was pretty amazing. There's some creepy body-horror stuff, and the plot is a wee bit thin as vis a vis the SF elements. But. But. The rest of it is awesome. AND PERI. PERI AS A RUSSIAN SPY WHO GETS LAID. I just can't with this show, sometimes. Because that was hilarious, but awesome. And fuuu anyone who says Peri was just a whiny screamer

13. Which brings me to something Andrew Cartmel said in the Dragonfire making of or commentary which really annoyed me: that Mel was a screamer and you couldn't really go anywhere with that and that's why they had to introduce Ace. And I just can't, Mr. Cartmel. Because that's pretty much the sign of a shitty writer. Big Finish has done amazing things with Mel (and ngl, she was pretty damned pro-active in her TV appearances, too). Writing her off as "just a screamer" is ludicrous.

(he says something about her being a scientist at the beginning, but how they'd gotten away from that, and I just wanted to throw something at him: SO BRING IT BACK. GOOD GOD, MAN. You're a WRITER. ACT LIKE IT)

ahem.

14. Actually, I think that's it. NO WAIT. I don't know how 'm going to survive without new Phryne for MONTHS, you guys. I just don't. (do we even know if series three has been commissioned?) (also, I'm pretty sure Jack and Phryne combust my screen by simply standing next to each other)

(three posts in two days, I sort of miss those days)
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Still alive.

Sleepy Hollow 1x2

I know, I'm behind by like a week. I thought it was an all right episode. More snark and entertainment and naked Tom Bison, not objecting.

I love that Abbie's reaction to getting haunted is to demand clarity.

Glad John Cho isn't out for the count, though. It'll be interesting to see if he's half-shade (one assumes that if his body is really missing someone might have noticed).

Archives don't seem to mean what they should mean, though. Um. That was more, like, furniture storage.

Blowing people up = ace.

Interested in Abbie's sis, too. I hope she's not the only woman, though. I don't do incest.

(then again, every time he calls her lieutenant, I'm like "please do that while screwing her against a wall, kthnx")


Elementary 2x1

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT SCENE? And how I had to rewind and watch it three times just because it was AMAZING? And how I'm going to be utterly disappointed in fandom if there aren't a billion gifs out there?

WHAM BAM KAPOW. And the dude is down for the count. That was so hot. Seriously. (also, awesome)

I appreciated that it didn't feel like they spent the summer whining and bored. They've been working cases! As a team! And they're pretty good at it, too.

I also really really appreciated Sean Pertwee, even if he wasn't as hot.

Ok, and I appreciated Mycroft not being the smug, "I know everything ever" guy. Because that's always grated (I was telling nique that I didn't mind it normally, except that I realize now that it's a lie. My sympathy is pretty much always with Sherlock, and I find Mycroft grating and annoying. Possibly because I'm an eldest child. idk)

I thought the case was sort of interesting as well (if predictable, as it was obvious he'd done it and I thought he'd thrown it into the river, since the murder location seemed to be in some loft apartment along the Thames, except that it wasn't, so), and also, plastic guns?? O.o Who knew.

And I'm sort of intrigued with how Elementary has set out to systematically break every one of the canon characters in some fashion.


Person of Interest 3x1 (who knew we'd make it to season three???)

Carter is now in uniform. Otoh, she's hot. Otoh, NO. She was such an amazing detective, that is so unFAIR. Otooh, can we talk about the whole Elias thing? Because I love how she's being drawn in further and further, and not in the ways I was predicting (also, can we still talk about that thing where she dug up a body for Fusco, because OMG, STILL REELING). She's in some ways, not the person that she was at the beginning of the show. The core of her is still there, but she's had to make compromises and decisions, and she's changed.

I wonder what she would tell herself if she could go back in time? "Don't follow the man in the suit case" ? Probably not.

Root. If you had told me at the end of season one/beginning of season two that I would actually like Root and be eager to watch more scenes with her (even if they're not really part of the episode-plot, OMG HOW MUCH DO I LOVE that they're getting away with splicing her in as they go?), I would have said you were nuts, because she annoyed the shit out of me. I disliked her immensely.

I don't know why it changed. I do know it was sometime during a random marathoning last year (after the beginning of the season) where I fell in love and was just like "HEARTS IN MY EYES, OH, ROOT". I'm fascinated by her dialog with the Machine. I love this idea that she considers it God, and it doesn't know what to make of her (but she doesn't want Root to kill, which is interesting. Is that from John, Finch or just innate programing?)

The end scene with Root and her creepy shrink was excellent. I sort of hope the Machine finally decides to ruin him financially or something. Because he's gross.

Shaw. She's entertaining. Two things. 1. I have told her this already, but when Shaw goes, "You owe me a steak." I turned to the cat and said, "they're writing Shaw as nique. Suddenly my tolerance makes excellent sense." 2. Shaw is Domino. So if you've never read any X-Men-related comics about Domino, and you're a huge Shaw fan? Go dig them up.

My only worry with Shaw is that they'll soften her in some way. I don't think they will, though.

Fusco knew how to defuse a bomb? Go him. Reese and Finch were... Reese and Finch. I'm sort of intrigued about them not doing anything to keep Carter as a detective.

Also, I think Reese knows Carter went to Elias by the hand-writing (Elias, you did that on purpose).


Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2x1-2x3

Not enough Dr. Mac.

Otherwise, they were all right. I think I do best with this show when marathonning.

I appreciate that Jack's ex was not evil. I also appreciate that he and Phryne practically have eye-sex every other scene. And also the first two ended with them very... cozy.

I feel like I should have more to say, but. It's mostly brain-candy, and hot shirtless dudes not-withstanding, I don't really keep much an impression of the plot.

la la spoilers, obvsly..
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