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cordelianne: (VM Mars' Hmm)
Not only were four of my television shows on last night, but I also had three of my friends over to watch Veronica Mars. At one point, my friend told us that a friend of hers had informed her that Christian Kane had bragged about being with Paris Hilton. After the shuddering, one of my friends (who reminds me of Brennan on Bones) said that she'd heard of Paris Hilton but didn't think she'd ever seen her.

Another friend responded: It’s like cockroaches, you know if you've seen one because they make you all shuddery and icked out. You've probably seen Paris Hilton and she's made you feel like that.

This is one of my favourite similes ever, Paris Hilton is like a cockroach.

Veronica Mars ‘Plan B’ 2:17, or My happy inner fangirl

There was so much happening on last night’s episode that I doubt I’ll be able to address it all, so here’s some of my random reactions:

- I like to pretend that I’m all analytical and rational about my tv shows (ha! I am so delusional), and the Logan/Veronica dance proved me completely wrong because it brought out my inner squeeing fangirl. Fortunately I entertain my friends, because one of my friends watched me during the scene (that reminds me of when my friends turned and watched me crying when Buffy rescued Spike in “Showtime”). I was grinning and had pulled my hoddie up so I was kind of hiding behind it (yes, I am a big dork!).

It’s not that I want Veronica and Logan to get together ... yet. I just loved how they’ve both clearly been trying to get over each other and that the dancing together wasn’t helping.

- How awesome was it when Veronica high fived Logan for being a bad boy?! That was definitely another one of my favourite scenes in the episode.

- Speaking of bad boys, I adored Logan as the Honorary Deputy County Commissioner who stole Lamb’s parking spot!!

- How creepy was it when Woody felt Logan’s bicep? Jeff Jensen at Entertainment Weekly has a theory that Woody molested Cassidy which explains Cassidy’s behaviour with Mac. It makes more (scary) sense than the idea that Cassidy is gay (that’s just way to obvious for VM). I love MacCassidy so I hope they can work it out.

- When the Fitzpatricks left Thumper tied to the urinal I was disappointed because it didn't seem very bad. Then my friend pointed out Thumper was probably in the soon to be destroyed stadium (my friend is so smart). Ah, the irony of Logan initiating the explosion which likely kills the guy responsible for the murder Logan was framed for.

- Weevil made me love him so much when he declared his love for Felix. Normally I immediately jump to slashy connotations with a line like that, but I was so blown away by his genuine feelings for Felix to think about slash.

Bones ‘The Man with the Bone’ 1:18, Pirates!!!

PIRATES!!! Um, yeah, I loved all the pirate stuff. By complete coincidence I was wearing my pirate hoodie, so I felt dressed for the occasion. The slashy talk was awesome:

You want to go down?
It’s my shaft.
Ain’t afraid of a tight squeeze are you?
Salt the shaft.


Didn't it look like they recycled vampire Willow’s outfit for the pirate queen girl?!

I'm really loving this show. It's lovely that David Boreanaz has such a perfect role for him on such a god show.

Six degrees of Joss on last night's Bones:

Rodney Rowland who plays Dane McGinnis on Bones is the very scary Liam Fitzpatrick on Veronica Mars (he was on VM last night too), was also Corbin Fries on Angel (“Conviction” 5:1).

Fredric Lehne who plays Giles Hardewicke on Bones was Ranse Burgess on Firefly (“Heart of Gold”). He also is Marshal Edward Mars on Lost.

David Wells who plays Harley Frankel on Bones was the Cheese Man on Buffy (“Restless” 4:22)!!

Lost ‘Dave’ 2:18, It’s all about Hurley

This was not my favourite episode. The twist were too obvious (Dave is imaginary, who would have thought?!). And I don't for one second think that everything is Hurley and Libby's hallucinations. meh.

I like Hurley, so I had fun watching his scenes, it's just that the story wasn't very original or that interesting. In a way Hurley seemed like a Mary Sue because he got to express the fans' crazy theories about the show.

Big question: Why would Hurley throw out the food when he could just give it to the other people on the island? The waste of food really bothered me.

Loved Sawyer's line to Kate:
Don’t you have an adventure to get to? Timmy’s down a well that way.

The Amazing Race 9 ‘Sleep Deprivation is Really Starting to Irritate Me’ 9:6

I'm sad that Dave and Lori were eliminated because they were so sweet, and nerds! I LOVE the hippies, and they totally cracked me up with their faux sign up sheet. I'm cheering for them and Ray & Yolanda.

Smallville 'Void' 5:17, They taunted us with no James Marsters

For some reason I thought James would on this episode, so it was a severe disappointment that he wasn't. Here's some things I noted while watching the episode:

- JM is hiding in foliage! Clearly from crazed fangirls!
- Oooh, Clark is seeing his boyfriend nemesis in the forests of British Columbia Honduras.
- Lionel is moving fast now that Jonathan's dead. Good on Martha for making it clear she's not into him, although I doubt that'll be a deterrent for Lionel.
- Is this memory thing with Lana a metaphor for drug use? If so it's very subtle./sarcasm
- Have you ever noticed that Lex's mansion has the WORST security ever?!
- Um, Lana didn't want to lie to Lex but she was okay stealing from him? Yay, Lex just said that and he made the drug use metaphor text.
- I love how a character (in this case Lana) can crack up in one episode on Smallville. Of course, this show is always having characters have a sudden personality transplant.
- Lex takes after his dad - he's a fast mover too.
- I like how mean Lex's mom is to him.
- Surprise, surprise. Chloe is very smart and saves the day (mostly).
- Aw, you know Clark's gonna see Jonathan and it'll make me cry (it did). It's nice that Clark is getting some closure.
- I love that Lex lied to Lana about what his mother told him. Yay for increasingly evil Lex!
- I'm pleased that they're having Clark try to redeem his jerky behaviour from last week.
- Nice ending, I'm impressed that Smallville restrained itself from using a popular song in its last few moments.

I finally caught up on my lost sleep caused by evil Daylight Savings, because I accidentally slept until 3:30pm (I was up really late, vampire hours late). Fortunately I had enough time to enjoy the beautiful spring-like day and walk to work!!

Comments

[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 03:14 am (UTC)
Didn't it look like they recycled vampire Willow's outfit for the pirate queen girl?!
Yes! That's what I thought too. And Cheese Man! I love all these little nods to the 'verse. So cool. *g* And the guys were all so cute with their "pirates!" squeeing. :D

JM is hiding in foliage! Clearly from crazed fangirls!
Hee. And that was it for him in this episode. :(

Surprise, surprise. Chloe is very smart and saves the day (mostly).
While Clark stands around looking dopey yet blandly hot. Huh.
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 03:54 am (UTC)
It's always fun when guys are squeeing! I approve that it was about pirates because pirates are very fun.

The lack of JM was very disappointing. It felt like one big tease with all this searching for Fine but not finding him. Ah ha! I just checked imdb and they do have JM listed for tonight's episode, so I wasn't crazy for thinking he'd be appearing tonight. :(

While Clark stands around looking dopey yet blandly hot. Huh.
hee! That's an excellent description of Clark! When the show first started he definitely only had two facial expressions. I used to joke that he had branched out and was using a third expression as the show progressed. I suspect he's up to 7 or 8 now, but he's still very bland.
[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:02 am (UTC)
The lack of JM was very disappointing. It felt like one big tease with all this searching for Fine but not finding him.
I was reading a book while watching, so I wasn't terribly bothered. Eh, there'll be more next time.

I used to joke that he had branched out and was using a third expression as the show progressed. I suspect he's up to 7 or 8 now, but he's still very bland.
Hee! You know, he's very pretty and quite nicely shaped, but he's more Capt. Cardboard than Capt. Cardboard.

I just don't get Smallville. Or Superman, really. I'm watching purely for the JM. /shallow
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:15 am (UTC)
I was reading a book while watching, so I wasn't terribly bothered. Eh, there'll be more next time. hee! I was writing my reactions to last night's shows while watching. Yes, I'm looking forward to more JM soon!

You know, he's very pretty and quite nicely shaped, but he's more Capt. Cardboard than Capt. Cardboard. So very true! I think that Marc Blucas is a far better actor than Tom Welling who - as my friend used to remind me when I'd criticize his acting - used to be an underwear model!

I'm not a big comic book geek, like some of my friends who watch Smallville so I'm not all about the Superman lore. But for some reason (Lex) I'm a loyal viewer of the show. I'm very entertained by the Clark/Lex dynamic, and Lex is a good ambiguous character (but, it's mostly shallow for me too). I certainly don't watch it for the writing or the acting. It's kind of like watching a popcorn blockbuster action movie, I guess.
[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:28 am (UTC)
Yes, Marc Blucas is not all that cardboardy, really. But what I find odd is that there's this look that Tom Welling has in the opening credits that's sort of intense and heroic-looking, but he never seems to have that look on the show itself. (well, from the episodes I've seen, anyway, which isn't all that many, so...)
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:31 am (UTC)
Occasionally Tom Welling will have a moment or two of good acting. I thought he was good when his dad was dying. He's very good at playing dorky and awkward, and I wish they'd have him do that more often. He can rarely pull off the intense look, he normally looks kind of stunned, but he has succeeded a couple of times.
[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:37 am (UTC)
He's very good at playing dorky and awkward, and I wish they'd have him do that more often.
Oh yeah, and he was a very good little eager puppy for that hypnotist's daughter last week.

I thought he was good when his dad was dying.
Yeah?
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:44 am (UTC)
he was a very good little eager puppy for that hypnotist's daughter last week.
My mind just went to a very dirty place!! There was an episode this year in which he went to a strip club (to investigate something, of course) and Lois was there, and he was adorably horrified. It was one of my favourite Clark moments ever. In the early seasons he discovers his heat vision when he gets turned on, which is also very adorable.

[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:47 am (UTC)
he was adorably horrified
Yup. I remember that. That was priceless. :D

[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:54 am (UTC)
I was never a big Pa Kent fan, he was just too sanctimonious. When I discovered he would be dying, I was happy. It just shows how easily manipulated I was by the episode that I was sobbing.
[identity profile] earth-vexer.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:59 am (UTC)
Ah yes, I know what you mean. TV can be very manipulative if you're in the right mood.
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 05:05 am (UTC)
I always enjoy a good cry, and tv is often good inspiration for that!
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[personal profile] molly_may wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 03:41 am (UTC)
I'm not reading anything under the cut because I haven't watched Bones or Lost yet, but I just had to say that to me, Rodney Rowland will always be the guy that Scully had a one night stand with in "Never Again", who had a talking tattoo on his arm voiced by Jodie Foster that told him to kill women. And back then, he looked really hot instead of sleazy, which is how I remember him looking on Angel.
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:06 am (UTC)
*covers the spoilers*

I haven't seen that X-Files episode (I've probably only seen about a 1/4 of the episodes, mostly because I'm a huge wimp). Rowland is very hot! He's playing a really scary guy on Veronica Mars right now, so I tend to think "scary" when I see him.
[identity profile] lillianmorgan.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:31 am (UTC)
Cheese Man guy!!! :D
Rodney Rowland who plays Dane McGinnis on Bones is the very scary Liam Fitzpatrick on Veronica Mars (he was on VM last night too), was also Corbin Fries on Angel (“Conviction” 5:1).
Have you ever watched the commentary for Conviction? I remember Joss fanboy squealing over Mr Rowland because he was famous within the sci-fi community for a role on a tv show that escapes me now (of course). Anyway...heh.
After the shuddering, one of my friends (who reminds me of Brennan on Bones) said that she'd heard of Paris Hilton but didn't think she'd ever seen her.
Oh.dear.lord. ::flails:: Even I have seen enough of Paris Hilton and I'm many, many, many miles away ;)
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:40 am (UTC)
Cheese Man was very exciting! I discovered that connection when I trying to figure out where I recognized Fredric Lehne (aka Ranse Burgess) from.

I remember Joss fanboy squealing over Mr Rowland because he was famous within the sci-fi community for a role on a tv show that escapes me now (of course). Anyway...heh. hmm, I just imdbed him again and the only recognizable sci-fi show is the X-Files (but he was only on that for one episode). [livejournal.com profile] molly_may definitely associates him with the X-Files so I'm guessing that's what inspired Joss' excitement?

My friend is so adorable (it was her concert I just attended) because she always surprises me when she has no idea about some inescapable pop cultural thing that everyone else knows about (if we want to or not). I wish I didn't know who Paris Hilton was!
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[personal profile] molly_may wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 03:14 am (UTC)
I remember Joss fanboy squealing over Mr Rowland because he was famous within the sci-fi community for a role on a tv show that escapes me now

It's been a while since I listened to the "Conviction" commentary, but I think Joss was fanboying over Rowland in the series Space: Above and Beyond, which only lasted one season on Fox and was created by a couple of X-Files writers.
[identity profile] lillianmorgan.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 03:18 am (UTC)
Yes! That was the one. It was definitely something about space and it wasn't the X-Files. Woot! Go you with your super memory *g*
[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 08:32 am (UTC)
David Wells
I can't read most of this because I have the shows on tape and haven't seem them yet, but --

Cheese Man! Yay!
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2006 05:23 pm (UTC)
Re: David Wells
*tries to cover the spoilers*

Discovering all the Jossverse connections - including Cheese Man! - in one episode is very exciting!!
[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 12:03 am (UTC)
researching for my story
I like throwing the minor and one-shot characters in my own stories, when I can. Which reminds me -- do you remember the vampiric Gulch brothers? Didn't one of them survive the series?
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 02:47 am (UTC)
Re: researching for my story
Yes! Lyle Gorch got away in "Homecoming". His brother Hector died in "Bad Eggs". Interestingly, the actor who played Hector was on the Bones episode two weeks ago (the desert one).
[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 07:34 pm (UTC)
in Bones
He was? Another factoid to pass along!

I thought Lyle Gorch got away, but I wasn't positive. I don't think he'll make it through my next story, though ... just a cameo for his poor self.
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 09:24 pm (UTC)
Re: in Bones
Lyle Gorch is intimidated by Cordelia and runs away!! It's so awesome. It's definitely one of my favourite Cordelia moments.
[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 8th, 2006 10:50 pm (UTC)
she kinda intimidates me, too
Oh, yes! I remember now. It would be healthier if I went memory jogging more often.
[identity profile] kittyzams.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 12:44 am (UTC)
Heeee! I'm totally schmoopy over Veronica and Logan dancing too. It doesn't even matter that it came out of nowhere, didn't last nearly long enough, and we didn't get to see their responses when they pulled away. I loved it!!! ::happy sigh:: The high-fiving was pretty kick-ass too. Oh! And Logan pretending that the bible burned his hand was so adorable. I really loved this episode.

Pirates! Grrr... Yeah, I totally thought of Willow's outfit too! Then I wondered if DB had the same thoughts. I wonder if the actors even remember episodes nearly as well as we do. Probably not. Although, I assume that outfit may have been fairly memorable to him. Really great pirate episode. I'm loving this show more and more. Do you like Brennan? Because it seems like most fans just don't care for her, but I really like her a lot. ::shrugs::

Lost, blech! It was such a rip-off of Normal Again! Like a blatant, not nearly as spine tingling or well written, rip-off. ::kicks the writers:: And next week is going to be all Jack and Kate and I want to see Kate and Sawyer, dammit! ::kicks Lost one more time for good measure:: I really did enjoy last weeks episode though. The guy playing Henry (or whatever his name is) is doing a fab job at being teh creepy.

I haven't watched this weeks ep of Smallville yet and I don't watch TAR anymore. So I have reached the end of my ramblings for now. ;D *hugs*
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 05:04 pm (UTC)
I'm totally schmoopy over Veronica and Logan dancing too.
Yay!! We can bask in the our happiness over the dancing together! It was such a sweet moment.

Logan pretending that the bible burned his hand was so adorable.
Agreed! I was giggling and giggling. It reminded me of my favourite vampires!

I wonder if the actors even remember episodes nearly as well as we do. Probably not. Although, I assume that outfit may have been fairly memorable to him. I wonder about that as well. The actors often don't seem to remember stuff that well. But, I'm with you about it being a hard outfit to forget!

I'm loving this show more and more. Do you like Brennan? Because it seems like most fans just don't care for her, but I really like her a lot. ::shrugs:: My love for Bones is also increasing! Like you, I'm very fond of Brennan (I like all the characters). I can see why people don't like her, because she's very quirky in an anti-pop culture way, but I adore that about her! It's pretty rare to see women on tv as aggressive and blunt as her, and I'm particularly entertained by those qualities.

Lost, blech! It was such a rip-off of Normal Again! ... And next week is going to be all Jack and Kate and I want to see Kate and Sawyer, dammit!
It was such a disappointing and obvious story which just screamed rip-off. *sighs* I also want to see Kate and Sawyer! I'm all meh about Jack and Kate. Henry is very creepy, I like how they played that out because there were enough twists and turns to make it interesting.

So I have reached the end of my ramblings for now. ;D *hugs*
I adore your ramblings!! :) *hugs*
[identity profile] kittyzams.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 11:21 pm (UTC)
Agreed! I was giggling and giggling. It reminded me of my favourite vampires!
I was actually wondering if the writers did it as a shout-out to Spike. I know they troll the boards over at TWoP, and there are many comparisons of Spike/Buffy, Logan/Veronica over there. They've done a lot of shout-outs to TWoP before, so....
Yay! I'm glad you like Brennan too! Yeah, she's smart, aggressive, and blunt, but she really cares. I like that combination. :D
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 10th, 2006 01:58 am (UTC)
I was actually wondering if the writers did it as a shout-out to Spike. I know they troll the boards over at TWoP, and there are many comparisons of Spike/Buffy, Logan/Veronica over there.

I love the idea that it's a Spike shout-out!! It definitely could be because of the VM writer's love of TWoP. I know that the similarities to Spike/Buffy are part of my love for Logan/Veronica.

Brennan is someone who really cares, and it's neat to see how she expresses that in her work!
[identity profile] drakontaskyria.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 02:27 am (UTC)
I play 6 degrees of X-Files as well as BTVS/AtS. So I recognized Rowland on VM and Bones. And worlds collided when he appeared on AtS. Hee. I'm not one for real life gossip, but if I remember correctly - and this was a while ago - he and Gillian Anderson became a couple after meeting on the tattoo ep of XF.

And Fredric Lehne - he played 'young Arthur Dales' the FBI agent who originally discovered and worked on the X-Files in the 50s. He did about 3 eps if I remember correctly. I always enjoy seeing him.

Can't comment on VM - missed it and will catch it Sunday. And Smallville? Well, it was just so James-less...
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 05:10 pm (UTC)
I play 6 degrees of X-Files as well as BTVS/AtS. It's so fun to do, isn't it?! That's neat that you recognized Rowland from X-Files, he was just a very scary/creepy guy for me when he was on AtS. He's so very good on VM, and I'm figuring we'll see him again.

And Fredric Lehne - he played 'young Arthur Dales' the FBI agent who originally discovered and worked on the X-Files in the 50s.
That's such a neat connection!! So many Jossverse/X-Files connections on Bones!

And Smallville? Well, it was just so James-less... I know! It made me very sad.
[identity profile] drakontaskyria.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 07:10 pm (UTC)
James-lessness always makes me sad. Especially after being treated to 4 of them the previous week. They're sadists, I tell you, sadists!
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 08:47 pm (UTC)
They're very evil! Taunting us with 4 James one week and a picture of him behind foliage the next! And it doesn't look like he'll be on this week's episode. *pouts* But I'll still be watching just in case!
[identity profile] drakontaskyria.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2006 09:00 pm (UTC)
Maybe they're turning it into a Smallville game..."Where's James?" Like Waldo he could be lurking anywhere and we just have to find him.

Well, at least he's wearing khakis or skin-tight Speedo suits and not dorky striped stocking caps...though he does look hot with glasses! *runs off to get magic marker*
[identity profile] cordelianne.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 10th, 2006 01:52 am (UTC)
Last week's episode totally felt like a "Where's James?" game! Especially with him trying to blend into the jungle.

Yes, the khakis and Speedo suits are FAR sexier than striped caps! He's adorable with glasses, they make him seem more vulnerable. *sighs*

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