TV Notes: Threshold, Desperate Housewives
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yendiLoved on, thought the other kinda blew:
Threshold: The more I watch this, the more I enjoy it. Not just because of watching Carla Gugino. Really.
Okay, so we've got evidence now that the aliens have been here before. So why haven't they colonized us? Was the initial probe just an automated scout, and maybe it landed, got buried, and the family that found it initially ended up activating it, thus inviting the more recent snowflake?
And why didn't the initial probe change local insects? Or was it too weak (as established later in the episode)?
One other thing I love: Brent Spiner manages to be completely un-Data-like. And the entire cast is wonderful.
Desperate Housewives:
Well, I do like what they're doing with Alfre, at least.
Wow. Two weeks, two suck-ass Lynette plotlines. So she's in a conflict with her hubby in which she's clearly in the right (a rarity on this show), and her reaction is to release a fucking rat inside her house? Just a ludicrous storyline. The guy was sleeping on baby vomit, for god's sake!
As for the other storylines, I knew we'd have the Bree/legal one this year, but do we really need another annoying mother-in-law? Unless we get a gag that each year, a wife kills a mother-in-law (directly or indirectly). That might be fun. But why the hell is the MiL still staying with Bree?
I did love the Susan plotline this time. Terri was well-used. And I'm still intrigued by the Applewhites. I'm assuming that at least part of the story she told her shrink was true, but that there are definitely details out of place (I've been assuming for a bit that that's not really her son). As it is, though, I can't just see the guy in the basement as an abusive husband, unless the goal is to have him escape and turn into the show's first true villain. Otherwise, it gives us no sympathy for him. I'm also not sure what the point of not showing his face is, unless we're supposed to know him. *shrug* I'm sure we'll find out soon.
Threshold: The more I watch this, the more I enjoy it. Not just because of watching Carla Gugino. Really.
Okay, so we've got evidence now that the aliens have been here before. So why haven't they colonized us? Was the initial probe just an automated scout, and maybe it landed, got buried, and the family that found it initially ended up activating it, thus inviting the more recent snowflake?
And why didn't the initial probe change local insects? Or was it too weak (as established later in the episode)?
One other thing I love: Brent Spiner manages to be completely un-Data-like. And the entire cast is wonderful.
Desperate Housewives:
Well, I do like what they're doing with Alfre, at least.
Wow. Two weeks, two suck-ass Lynette plotlines. So she's in a conflict with her hubby in which she's clearly in the right (a rarity on this show), and her reaction is to release a fucking rat inside her house? Just a ludicrous storyline. The guy was sleeping on baby vomit, for god's sake!
As for the other storylines, I knew we'd have the Bree/legal one this year, but do we really need another annoying mother-in-law? Unless we get a gag that each year, a wife kills a mother-in-law (directly or indirectly). That might be fun. But why the hell is the MiL still staying with Bree?
I did love the Susan plotline this time. Terri was well-used. And I'm still intrigued by the Applewhites. I'm assuming that at least part of the story she told her shrink was true, but that there are definitely details out of place (I've been assuming for a bit that that's not really her son). As it is, though, I can't just see the guy in the basement as an abusive husband, unless the goal is to have him escape and turn into the show's first true villain. Otherwise, it gives us no sympathy for him. I'm also not sure what the point of not showing his face is, unless we're supposed to know him. *shrug* I'm sure we'll find out soon.
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Date: 2005-10-03 04:35 pm (UTC)So what's this mean? In 20 years, will we be seeing Justin Timberlake's "Gothic American Invasion"?