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rillalicious) wrote2011-02-23 12:00 am
rillalicious) wrote2011-02-23 12:00 am
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* Oh, where has February gone? I had things to do this month and now it's almost over.
* I've been signing up for things. The lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zagzagael talked me into signing up for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spn_cinema, which looks like tons of fun, and I was so excited to see numb3rs_novella open for sign ups because I have a long Colby fic in my head that was just dying to write, but I needed the motivation. I know, I know! I'm signing up for non-HP fests by the bucketful lately. I don't know what gives. I must be feeling brave.
* So I gave White Collar another chance tonight and um, have some rather strong thoughts. (Not entirely positive, so, fair warning.) I just... should not have. I think there are moments when the show's innate strengths (chemistry between the actors/characters, the premise) carry it, but then it slides right back into abysmal writing. When I'm coming up with funnier jokes off the top of my head, and I am neither a funny nor a off-the-top-of-my-head kind of person, it's just sad. I'm disappointed because I enjoyed the first season, and the first few episodes of the second season, so very, very much.
There was a moment at the very end that I thought could have been really excellent, where Keller told Neal that he was sounding like a lawman, and it could have been this great, poignant bit of character development. IF Neal had spent any portion of the episode acting like a lawman and not like a criminal. Also, the placement of some of the jokes/lighter discussions was just weird. What could have been a relatively suspenseful episode was full of moments ruined by jokes about blow up dolls and that out-of-place rambling conversation about Neal's wishful proposal to Kate.
I think my big problem is that I'd like to see a show about Neal helping the FBI solve crimes using his knowledge about those types of crimes. But what they're putting out is a show about an FBI too incompetent to solve crimes without allowing people to commit them, and then turning a blind eye. But that's okay, because there are never any consequences. (Okay, now you could say that Keller escaping was a consequence, but that whole thing was clearly contrived in order to set Neal up with a longterm nemesis, so he can ultimately capture Keller.)
On the upside, my inner Peter/Neal shipper loved their devotion to each other in this ep. I just wish that I could feel like the show lives up to the characters' potential.
* Anyway, I'm furiously writing to finish a fest fic for which I've been given a gracious extension, and then I'm going to start mycrowley_bigbang.
* I, erm, may also have started another fic for another fandom that will probably never see the light of day. But it's one of those things I need to get out of my system.
* Okay, I need to go devote my waning brain power to writing, but I have a post about the state of my health brewing that may pop up in the next few days. (Let's pretend that sentence is remotely grammatically correct, mmkay?)
* I'm DYING for the older girl to get back to town so we can go see Paul. I'm going to beg off the other children on the boyfriend's parents to take her.
* Now that I've been all talky talky talky, how are YOU, flist?
* I've been signing up for things. The lovely
zagzagael talked me into signing up for spn_cinema, which looks like tons of fun, and I was so excited to see numb3rs_novella open for sign ups because I have a long Colby fic in my head that was just dying to write, but I needed the motivation. I know, I know! I'm signing up for non-HP fests by the bucketful lately. I don't know what gives. I must be feeling brave. * So I gave White Collar another chance tonight and um, have some rather strong thoughts. (Not entirely positive, so, fair warning.) I just... should not have. I think there are moments when the show's innate strengths (chemistry between the actors/characters, the premise) carry it, but then it slides right back into abysmal writing. When I'm coming up with funnier jokes off the top of my head, and I am neither a funny nor a off-the-top-of-my-head kind of person, it's just sad. I'm disappointed because I enjoyed the first season, and the first few episodes of the second season, so very, very much.
There was a moment at the very end that I thought could have been really excellent, where Keller told Neal that he was sounding like a lawman, and it could have been this great, poignant bit of character development. IF Neal had spent any portion of the episode acting like a lawman and not like a criminal. Also, the placement of some of the jokes/lighter discussions was just weird. What could have been a relatively suspenseful episode was full of moments ruined by jokes about blow up dolls and that out-of-place rambling conversation about Neal's wishful proposal to Kate.
I think my big problem is that I'd like to see a show about Neal helping the FBI solve crimes using his knowledge about those types of crimes. But what they're putting out is a show about an FBI too incompetent to solve crimes without allowing people to commit them, and then turning a blind eye. But that's okay, because there are never any consequences. (Okay, now you could say that Keller escaping was a consequence, but that whole thing was clearly contrived in order to set Neal up with a longterm nemesis, so he can ultimately capture Keller.)
On the upside, my inner Peter/Neal shipper loved their devotion to each other in this ep. I just wish that I could feel like the show lives up to the characters' potential.
* Anyway, I'm furiously writing to finish a fest fic for which I've been given a gracious extension, and then I'm going to start my
crowley_bigbang.* I, erm, may also have started another fic for another fandom that will probably never see the light of day. But it's one of those things I need to get out of my system.
* Okay, I need to go devote my waning brain power to writing, but I have a post about the state of my health brewing that may pop up in the next few days. (Let's pretend that sentence is remotely grammatically correct, mmkay?)
* I'm DYING for the older girl to get back to town so we can go see Paul. I'm going to beg off the other children on the boyfriend's parents to take her.
* Now that I've been all talky talky talky, how are YOU, flist?