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wiseheartStill watching "Lie To Me". Still enjoying it a great deal. The plots are still fairly predictable, but I still love the approach and the complete absence of brutality. Besides, I've loved Kelli Williams since the forgettable "Earth 2" series. And I loved her in "Medical Investigations", or what the heck was the title. Actually, I liked her more in that one, as her cleavage didn't play such a significant role back then, but I'm still happy to see her.
Stargate: Universe reaches new lows in each new week. *is frustrated* It's a frigging sci-fi series, ain't it? So why do I get barely a glimpse of the cool, 100,000-year-old starship and have to suffer through 30-35 minutes of Col. Young's marriage crisis, stupid little whore Chloe's identity crisis and Gen. O'Neill being turned into a fat, incompetent old man who can't stand up to the IOA any longer? It's hard to decide which part was the worse and most boring, but I think it would be Chloe having a crisis in the disco. Stupid Ancient communication stones. They doubtlessly save a lot of cash, since half the crew is roaming Earth in other people's bodies all the time, but they sure as hell make the whole series boring beyond endurance.
Watched Merlin with great delight, though. Only one more episode to go. Colin Morgan is absolutely fantastic, and the other male actors are great, too. Both the regular ones and the guest stars. I love Gaius and Uther, I love Arthur, and the Witchfinder was sufficiently creepy. Hell I absolutely love the Dragon, too!
The female characters, OTOH, are rubbish. I wouldn't buy Morgause killing a sick chicken, save alone five guards and beating Arthur. Gwen is gaining more an more traits of a Mary Sue, save from the being pretty part - sorry, but she just isn't. I can deal with political correctness, even though I seriously doubt that in Arthur's supposed time there were much people of colour in Albion. But if princes and knights are supposed to fall in love with her, even though she's only a servant, she ought to be at least pretty.
Not that the other girls would be much better. At least in Season 1, Morgana was someone interesting. Now she's getting manipulated by male, female, animal and mineral. Everyone uses her for their purpose, and she's always stupid enough to believe that they actually care for her. When, exactly, did she get lobotomized?
It's sad, really. Not that she turned evil - that was to be expected, considering the legends. But I wanted her to be powerful and independent and creepy - while still stunningly beautiful and scheming and whatnot. Instead, she seems to fall for every sorcerer, male, female or evil little brat, and generally just serves as a plot device, so that the other characters can react. Season 1 Morgana would have deserved better.
The female villains are abysmally bad anyway. Nimueh was a great disappointment for me. Someone as powerful as she was supposed to be, she ought to be creepy. Well, she wasn't. Okay, she didn't get older, or she could conceal ageing, I would buy that. But she behaved like a spoiled brat, and the sultry way she cast spells woke associations that probably weren't intended. (second-class porn star voice anyone?) Or if it was intended, it's all the worse.
That Sidhe girl in the Avalon episode just looked like one of those round-faced porcelain dolls my Mum used to have as a child. She looked just way too plump for being a Sidhe, even a cast-out one, forced to wear a human body. Now, I don't have anything against plump women - on the contrary - but they ought to be cast for the right part, IMO.
The only really great female villain was Lady Catrina, the troll. The actress was absolutely beautiful while showing the human disguise, and the transformation was done very well. Plus, she wasn't a snot-nosed girl; it's always a delight to see a mature woman in a series made for a younger audience. I would have bought Uther falling for the human Catrina, even without enchantment.
I liked Freya, the druid girl, too - of course, she wasn't a villain. She and Merlin were so sweet together, it just couldn't end well, eh? Still, I hope we'll see her later again.
Lady Vivien was a spoiled little beast, of course, but that was intended, so I really enjoyed her. Arthur falling in enchanted love and behaving like an idiot was hilariously funny.
All in all, "Merlin" is still a uniquely charming series. I can't wait for the next season to come. I hope we'll see Lancelot again - and that he grows out his hair again. Yes, I'm that shallow. I loved him with the longer hair.
Stargate: Universe reaches new lows in each new week. *is frustrated* It's a frigging sci-fi series, ain't it? So why do I get barely a glimpse of the cool, 100,000-year-old starship and have to suffer through 30-35 minutes of Col. Young's marriage crisis, stupid little whore Chloe's identity crisis and Gen. O'Neill being turned into a fat, incompetent old man who can't stand up to the IOA any longer? It's hard to decide which part was the worse and most boring, but I think it would be Chloe having a crisis in the disco. Stupid Ancient communication stones. They doubtlessly save a lot of cash, since half the crew is roaming Earth in other people's bodies all the time, but they sure as hell make the whole series boring beyond endurance.
Watched Merlin with great delight, though. Only one more episode to go. Colin Morgan is absolutely fantastic, and the other male actors are great, too. Both the regular ones and the guest stars. I love Gaius and Uther, I love Arthur, and the Witchfinder was sufficiently creepy. Hell I absolutely love the Dragon, too!
The female characters, OTOH, are rubbish. I wouldn't buy Morgause killing a sick chicken, save alone five guards and beating Arthur. Gwen is gaining more an more traits of a Mary Sue, save from the being pretty part - sorry, but she just isn't. I can deal with political correctness, even though I seriously doubt that in Arthur's supposed time there were much people of colour in Albion. But if princes and knights are supposed to fall in love with her, even though she's only a servant, she ought to be at least pretty.
Not that the other girls would be much better. At least in Season 1, Morgana was someone interesting. Now she's getting manipulated by male, female, animal and mineral. Everyone uses her for their purpose, and she's always stupid enough to believe that they actually care for her. When, exactly, did she get lobotomized?
It's sad, really. Not that she turned evil - that was to be expected, considering the legends. But I wanted her to be powerful and independent and creepy - while still stunningly beautiful and scheming and whatnot. Instead, she seems to fall for every sorcerer, male, female or evil little brat, and generally just serves as a plot device, so that the other characters can react. Season 1 Morgana would have deserved better.
The female villains are abysmally bad anyway. Nimueh was a great disappointment for me. Someone as powerful as she was supposed to be, she ought to be creepy. Well, she wasn't. Okay, she didn't get older, or she could conceal ageing, I would buy that. But she behaved like a spoiled brat, and the sultry way she cast spells woke associations that probably weren't intended. (second-class porn star voice anyone?) Or if it was intended, it's all the worse.
That Sidhe girl in the Avalon episode just looked like one of those round-faced porcelain dolls my Mum used to have as a child. She looked just way too plump for being a Sidhe, even a cast-out one, forced to wear a human body. Now, I don't have anything against plump women - on the contrary - but they ought to be cast for the right part, IMO.
The only really great female villain was Lady Catrina, the troll. The actress was absolutely beautiful while showing the human disguise, and the transformation was done very well. Plus, she wasn't a snot-nosed girl; it's always a delight to see a mature woman in a series made for a younger audience. I would have bought Uther falling for the human Catrina, even without enchantment.
I liked Freya, the druid girl, too - of course, she wasn't a villain. She and Merlin were so sweet together, it just couldn't end well, eh? Still, I hope we'll see her later again.
Lady Vivien was a spoiled little beast, of course, but that was intended, so I really enjoyed her. Arthur falling in enchanted love and behaving like an idiot was hilariously funny.
All in all, "Merlin" is still a uniquely charming series. I can't wait for the next season to come. I hope we'll see Lancelot again - and that he grows out his hair again. Yes, I'm that shallow. I loved him with the longer hair.
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Date: 2010-03-26 09:25 pm (UTC)Hehe, just stirring the dough makes for the best baking, of course. But with baking, complicated is not so bad for me. I hate having several pans and pots to attend to, though.
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Date: 2010-03-26 09:49 pm (UTC)But at least in the morning I've managed to finish the next chapter of "Atlantis CAfé". Will type it up tomorrow, too.
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Date: 2010-03-26 09:52 pm (UTC)What was so disastrous about the cultural event?
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Date: 2010-03-26 11:32 pm (UTC)then mind control is the only way you have left
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Date: 2010-03-27 04:13 pm (UTC)*starts saving money for the project*
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