| TV report, plus other stuff |
[May. 4th, 2007|11:44 am] |
Here goes...
Last Monday's Heroes was easily the best episode of the season, and one of the best episodes of anything I've seen in quite a while. It was brilliant to set us up all season with perceptions of these characters, then suddenly fast-forward them five years, insert a horribly traumatic experience, and see how substantially they changed. Peter is now a badass, Nikki's been "cured" by the loss of her husband and son, Hiro was completely tranformed by the loss of Ando, Parkman somehow became a villain (not sure how, but I was surprised by how well he played the role), Bennet was harboring "special" people (including Parkman's son -- which should make for some great foreshadowing -- and this new "Molly Walker" character), and of course, Sylar is still on the loose. I wish we could have actually seen Hiro and Peter fighting those security guards, as well as Sylar and Peter's fight. Still, I was caught by surprise by Sylar's emergence, didn't realize until now the true importance of "saving the cheerleader" (i.e. if Sylar got her powers, he would be practically invincible), and I think it's going to be an interesting prophecy to see how Hiro manages to kill Sylar, if indeed he does. Good times.
As for Lost, another great episode. Yes, Steve and Lynda both mentioned how predictable it was, and I agree, but I still think it flowed very well. Seeing the Black Rock again was nice. The whole deal with the Magic Box Turtle is still pretty shaky, but I guess that really was Locke's dad, and not some smoke-monster-esque illusion. I don't believe the whole "Hell" theory, plausible as it might sound. I just think that Dharma managed to create a plane with dead passengers to throw rescuers off the scent, somehow. Why did Rousseau go to the ship for explosives? For some more booby traps, is my guess, but it would be cool if there was some more specific purpose. I like the tension that is building around the whole Desmond-Charlie-Hurley-Sayid vs. Jack-and-Juliet thing. What a dumbass Kate was, telling him. Christ. And apparently Jack and Juliet are sharing some secret. Hmm. And now Sawyer has Juliet's recordings. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. Of course, I didn't see the promo for next week, so the suspense is greater for me.
Anything else? Hmm. How about the whole deal with Cindy the Stewardess and her Children of the Corn friends? Did Ben brainwash them? They need a flashback episode all their own, because they are seriously creeping me out. Oh yeah, and when they set up camp, how did they manage to find a stone pillar to tie Locke's dad to? That was convenient. Did they have a campsite with a pillar set up for occassions just like this? *shrug*
So yeah, that was some good TV right there. Of course, I always have to watch it online, because I'm too busy to sit down in front of a television. I thought things would get better for me now that April (a.k.a. an awful, terrible month that needs to be permanently deleted from my memory) is finally, mercifully over, but the madness continues. My sketch troupe is rehearsing for a show later this month, and while I'm happy to have written the whole thing, I'm just barely keeping up with all that needs to be done to stage it. In fact, I should be working right now on the short musical number I'm trying to write for it, but of course, I'm not. Go figure.
I also auditioned for an acting class that starts next month. It went well, and I was happy about that. It felt good to be back on stage doing something dramatic; as much as I enjoy comedy, variety is definitely needed. This class should provide it.
Also, I've had family in town, been trying to juggle jobs, and, well, still been working on getting past Elena. It's stupid, but...I dunno, I guess that's a topic for another blog.
Hope you all are well. Talk to you soon... |
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