| Two people have no right to be this hot |
[May. 22nd, 2008|03:09 am] |
So my initial fannish flame for Alias died down awhile ago but I recently have felt my love for Jack/Irina and the SpyFam come back as it always does. I'm really behind on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif) the_retelling episodes as due to computer issues and the aforementioned loss of fannish energy, I got stopped right before A Dark Turn (ironically). This is why I suck at once a week rewatchings because if I'm not in the mood to watch a show, I usually can't get motivated to do it.
I finally watched it the other day and OMG so good. The Jack/Irina hotness just jumps off my screen and the Irina and Sydney scene is the most heartbreaking one between them on the show for me. Still my second favorite episode. More on that in a later post. But now...there is Truth Takes Time. Otherwise known as the episode that broke me completely when I first watched it. And I'm scared. Either it's going to do the same again and it's going to *hurt* or it won't be as good and I'll be disappointed. I've been saving it up til I'm in the mood to watch it and I think now might be the time since I'm in a Lena mood and thus can't continue my rewatch of S1. So...wish me luck, I'm going in.
On Jack and Irina's marriage, I prefer to think of it as in a non-defined and unconventional way, it still exists.
I really, really, really want the Alias box set! I saw it back at Best Buy a few months ago and it was all I could do to pry it from my hands. It says Irina on it!!! How could I not want a Rambaldi box that says that? Plus all five seasons with lots of pretty and extra feautures and viddable footage. I WANTS IT. Must resist for a few more weeks though.
Lastly, opportunistic sociopaths FTW! |
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[May. 15th, 2008|11:14 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | 30 rock, alias, battlestar galatica, doctor who, gossip girl, grey's anatomy, how i met your mother, lena olin, project runway, queer as folk, the office, ugly betty, victor garber | ] |
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I watched The Office up to The Client last night and it was so much fun! Michael/Jan were so perfect back then, it makes my heart happy. Everything was perfect in my eyes. Oh, my show.
Gossip Girls is reminding me of Veronica Mars (and not because of Kristin Bell's voiceover) in terms of relationships which can only be a good thing. ( Spoilers for Gossip Girl up to Woman on the Verge )
There's a new interview up with Silvio Horta's thoughts on this season of Ugly Betty and the next. It reminds me of Tim Kring's interview where he acknowledges the mistakes of S2 (although UB's weren't as bad IMO) and promises to fix them next season. Plus UB is moving to NYC next season! Personally I love it because shooting on location brings more of a realistic touch to the show. The sad thing is that Marco Pennette's leaving the show :( He wrote the Thanksgiving episode (Dreamgirls dancing!), Don't Ask, Don't Tell (favorite episode still), East Side Story and the Wedding episode (one of my absolute favorites). ( Spoilers for Ugly Betty up to Betty's Baby Bump )
Nothing much to say about BSG except that the last episode was awesome and got me excited about the show again so yay BSG!
( Spoilers for Doctor Who up to the latest episode )
If you've ever considered watching How I Met Your Mother (or haven't!), I'd check out ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) spectralbovine's pimping post for it here. He sums up a lot of the reasons I love it so much from it's lovable, pretty, relatable ensemble of characters to the nonlinear narrative timelines and flashbacks. It really is a smart, great show and after the first 8 episodes or so gets immeasurably more awesome. ( Spoilers for How I Met Your Mother up to Everything Must Go )
( Spoilers for Grey's Anatomy up to The Becoming )
The thing that bugs me about 30 Rock which I also had an issue with on Veronica Mars and Alias is how it seems like since they have the main character be a woman, they have zero or one other woman regular and that's it. The biggest thing about 30 Rock is where are the women writers? We have Tina Fey and that's it. Personally I only like Twofer and think the other writers are pretty lame. I wish Amy Poehler would star as a new writer although I doubt that's likely now. Anyways, I will keep enjoying the hell out of Liz and Kenneth like I always do. ( Spoilers for 30 Rock up to the finale )
Taken from celli: Cast your dream TV series of all time. Three to five actors, must include at least one male and one female. Tell me why they'd be so awesome together.
(Bonus points for show premise/location.)
Here's my answer and yes, I have thought of this a lot:
Lena Olin, Victor Garber, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison with special guest starring by Jennifer Garner. Insane amounts of chemistry all over the place and lots and lots of pretty.
It'd be an Alias spin off where Irina and Jack start their own spy agency in NYC (solving the Lena Olin problem) and eventually get Gale and Randy (characters TBD)to join them who fall in love and are the gay spy team. Sydney shows up a lot to go on missions with her parents. Jack is still never sure if Irina is using the resources and plans for her own motives...but that's what makes it fun. Flashbacks to earlier times in their relationship abound, Irina gets to spend lots more time with her sisters and family (Isabelle Rossalini guest stars) and there is an elaborate plan they work against that is completely serial starting from the beginning and ending with a huge bang that was all worth it. Lots of kissing and sex for all members of the cast as well as lots of Office like humor.
I'd probably spontaneously burst into flames because of the awesome, hotness and perfectness of this show every week but it'd be worth it.
So what are yours? |
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