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
- 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!!
- Mood:
rushed
Comments
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
Yup. I remember that. That was priceless. :D
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.
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 ;)
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).
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!
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.
Cheese Man! Yay!
Discovering all the Jossverse connections - including Cheese Man! - in one episode is very exciting!!
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.
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*
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*
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
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!
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...
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.
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*
Yes, the khakis and Speedo suits are FAR sexier than striped caps! He's adorable with glasses, they make him seem more vulnerable. *sighs*