TV thoughts

[yendi]

Gilmore Girls: So, did Amy Sherman-Palladino go to Yale? Just wondering. Her obsession with The Game is something that only someone who went to one of the Big Two could possible have, and I can't imagine anyone from Harvard writing that episode.

The "twist" ending, however, would have been more of a twist if A) it wasn't a plotline that EVERY SINGLE SHOW THAT"S EVER BEEN SET AT A COLLEGE HAS DONE, and B) the WB hadn't spoiled it in the plot descriptions for the episode.

Angel: . Lindsay's back! More importantly, we're seeing some interesting developments, plot-wise. Eve made it clear that, although she wasn't on Angel's side, she's not working for the Senior Partners, either (double agent? Triple?). Could she and L be the collective Little Bad, or might they turn out to be working for a force for good? Combine that with last week's episode, where we have what also might be a force for good opposed to our heroes. And is there a connection?

Toner!



Smallville: Okay, this was actually a fun episode, but the whole "is he crazy or is someone fucking with him" thing was never a mystery, which took half the fun out of it (compare this to the Buffy episode from last year, which was fucking brilliant). But keeping Lex locked up at the end will make the next few episodes (whenever they air -- I'm assuming that with next week's preemption, we might not see another new episode until January) interesting.

And, now that Lex is at Belle Reve, will he be recruited by an organization that sends criminals up against other criminals? Will we see the first Smallville appearances of Captain Boomerang and Punch and Jewlee?



I've already given my thoughts on this week's Justice League, but I've just got to say that good as Dwayne McDuffie was when he wrote comics, he's leagues better (sorry) when he's writing teleplays.

Comments

[gmslegion.livejournal.com]

I heard the producers actually decided she'd go to Yale because Harvard would not let them film on campus, and even though the show is filmed in California, they have gone to Connecticut to shoot some exterior scenes.

[auryn29a.livejournal.com]

Yay, Lindsay and "Evil Hand!" So, Eve's been at the office for a couple of months. Nobody checked her credentials?? No one, maybe, called the Big Bosses, see if she was legit?

Smallville would have been more interesting if the audience didn't know exactly what would happen from the preview. I mean, the WB goes out of their way to say the last five minutes of the show are shocking, and then they show what it's going to be! And the friends I was watching the show with burst into laughter when the Johnny Cash song came on. No pop reference or trend is safe from the WB. We mused about how ironic it was that next week, they're going to be showing _Josie and the Pussycats_ instead of "Smallville" and "Angel."

[ebon-hawk.livejournal.com]

i like smallville, being a superman fan since age 2, and i like the way they introduce him as clarke and not the future-superman, tho the love triangle between chloe, clarke and lana is gettinng really boring really quick, and his superpowers are developing way too slowly. tho i still the show rocks ^_^

[yendi]

Well, Eve may also have legit credentials, but be working for someone else as well.

Agreed about Smallville. The WB promo-monkeys are the worst in the business.

[vikkilynn.livejournal.com]

I fell asleep before the end of Gilmore Girls. What was the 'twist'??

[yendi]

Rory spotted Paris snogging Michael York at the game.

[podling]

Dude, I hadn't even seen the previews, but as soon as I saw that Michael York was guest starring, I knew what the plot would be. And it made me happy. Go Logan go! ;)

[yendi]

I believe you mean, "Run, Logan, Run!"

[gmslegion.livejournal.com]

Boooooooooooooo!

[podling]

If he was smart, he'd run from Paris, but nooooo...

[beachsomewhere.livejournal.com]

Dude, I hope that was a compliment to Yale and not a diss! (Having not seen Gilmore Girls makes it difficult to discern.) Ya. Otherwise, we's gonna have some words!!!

[foxmagic.livejournal.com]

Yale? Isn't that where they make padlocks?

;)

[yendi]

Oh, no dissing. It's just that only somoene familiar with the Yale/Harvard rivalry would have written that much about big game (it was the focus of the episode).

[laurel]

I dunno. I've never been to Harvard or Yale and don't know all that much about either, but I know that The Game is a huge deal. Any sports fan would know that (or at least any that follows college sports at all).

I was surprised that Paris' kiss was mentioned in the guide description and in some promos since it happens in the last 5 seconds of the show. I'd seen the episode a week ahead of time and so all week that's been bugging me. I tried to not exactly give it away in my picks on the off chance someone hadn't already been spoiled.

College student dating a prof is a cliche so it figures it'd be done a lot on tv shows and in movies. I'm guessing it's a cliche in part 'cuz it does happen a fair bit, despite the fact that many schools have rules against that sort of thing. But I was hoping for a more interesting plotline for Paris this year. And better college storylines in general. This stuff with The Game was better than most college-related stuff they've done tho.

[yendi]

The College storylines in general have underwhelmed me (other than the moving-in episode, and even that was dumb, thanks to the ludicrous "it's this week?" setup). I was going to rant about Rory and Paris having no extracuricular activities until last week. And Rory going home every weeekend is driving me nuts, and I want to see it seriously affect her college life.

The dating cliche is pretty common, alas. But I do hope they bring something new to the plate. Paris is an interesting choice to play it out with, given her various hang-ups.

[coffeeinhell.livejournal.com]

And, conveniently, Stars Hollow just happens to be about fifteen minutes away from Yale, considering the amount of back-and-forth between school and campus that Rory and Lorelei manage to accomplish.

[yendi]

I've always believed that Stars Hollow has about thirty hours in a day. Rory's bus always seemed to get back to town in record time.

Gilmore Girls

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

There was a twist ending? *scratches head*
I still find it hard to believe that any of the writers for GG ever WENT to college.