Spartan Girl

I take it from this you haven’t seen the stage show, so I’ll just say all will be revealed in act 2.

Aaaand here’s another moment from Gilmore Girls where Little Miss Rory got what she deserved: If this had been Dean’s final moment in the whole show, it would have been perfect. Unfortunate the awesomeness of this moment is negated by everything that happened after, but he still gets credit for uttering the sentence neither of the Gilmore Girls heard as often as they should: “Somebody doesn’t like you for once!”

That quote applies to all movies in general, even comedies that are problematic. Look, the old Snow White isn’t one of my personal favorites, and we’ve all made snarky comments about Disney at some point in our lives but ITA that the kiss wasn’t problematic or creepy because, yeah, it was just to be a goodbye kiss, nothing more. I do have a soft spot for Snow and Grumpy’s friendship and how he warms up to her. I haven’t seen the new movie yet, and I might out of sure morbid curiosity, but let it be enough to say that I’m sick of both Rachel and Gal getting dogpiled for this and that.

Agreed. But it would have been so much better if Dean’s final scene in the show would have been Rory trying to seek absolution from him at his window after he rightfully dumped her for stringing him and Jess along. I loved his response when she blathers on about how she was afraid to use his door because she was afraid his family hated him now: “Oh too bad, Rory, so someone doesn’t like you for a change!” Then, after she apologizes and says she hopes he won’t hate her anymore, he says that he hopes so too, and closes the door on her literally and figuratively. If they left at that, it would have been perfect: Rory having to actually face consequences and accept that she isn’t entitled to forgiveness. Then we could have avoided the whole affair storyline which was just beating a dead horse at that point.

Liz on Gilmore Girls, I have just realized thanks to the video below, was a terrible mother and a selfish impulsive person that made poor Luke clean up after her messes, yet (like too many characters on that show) was treated as livable and quirky without being called on her crap.

No amount of hot sex is worth giving that up.

I watched it. Absolutely sickening. He should be in jail, but at least he’s not among the many predators in Hollywood on an apology tour and comeback. Yet.

Watched it on Hulu. Say what you must about Timothee, he nailed the voice. For all of Seeger’s flaws, the fact that he was happily married with kids to one woman is kind of a miraculous achievement for any singer these days. As opposed to Bob Dylan, who was your average fuckboy juggling two girlfriends and various side pieces. I get that going electric with folk music was a huge no-no, but geez concertgoers can be the worst sometimes.

I’m pretty sure a Kool-Aid movie is eminent in real life. Poor Marty. I had to laugh at the Charlize Theron cameo. I love Long Shot.

The second Cherry Blossom said she was in a 90s sitcom family, I was all, “It better not be Candace Cameron Bure.” Then the clouds opened up and God said, “I hate you, Spartan Girl.”

A little thing I appreciate about Baby Boom is that JC and her boyfriend (the late Harold Ramis) don’t have a big dramatic breakup, and he’s not portrayed as a jerk for not being keen on baby Elizabeth. They both started the relationship on the understanding that neither of them wanted kids. But when JC changes her mind about adopting Elizabeth, there’s no blow-out. Instead they just both realize they want different things and part amicably. Let’s hear it for adults behaving like adults!

If I ever stopped there, it would only be long enough to kick Gerald and Randy in the balls. Hell, I think we should all add Westeros to the list of places I’d never want to live in, especially after the final season. Burn them all.

I want to see that movie for the dog, but damn it, it's one of those independent movies that never get a wide release and only showtimes are a billion miles away from where you live! 😭😭😭

Daria: Is It Fall Yet? had a lot of nice moments, but my favorite had to be on the first day back at school in Mr. DeMartino’s class, when Quinn, having really started to apply herself over the summer, not only volunteers to answer a question about Manifest Destiny, but also gets it right. DeMartino, who as we all know has a notoriously short fuse with his usually idiotic students, is thrilled and thanks Quinn for making his day rewarding.

I really thought it was going to be silent for the whole episode. This show never fails to be creative. So this will be the last episode on TBS. To be honest, I’m afraid Fox is going to neuter it when it starts again on that network. *sigh*

They could have just left it as a one-shot movie about a hitman avenging his puppy, and that would’ve been just fine.

Plus, if you worked for Planet Express you’d get to go on space adventures. Just saying… I’d also love to live with the Golden Girls.

Shazam: Fury of the Gods was shit, but I was happy to see Wonder Woman crash the party at the end.

Which made the reveal that it was auto pilot the whole time all the sweeter.

Ooh, fun idea! I second that I wouldn’t want to live in Stars Hollow (or any small town for that matter). I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in Sunnydale either (and not just because of the Hellmouth). I only would stay in Hawkins long enough to check out the Starcourt Mall and Scoops Ahoy, and then GFTO before the mall blew up lol. Gosh, now I’m wondering where in TV Land I’d want to live. Maybe in the Futurama version of Earth…

Yeah, the writers really dropped the ball right from the moment when Dawn became older than they originally intended, and it all went downhill from there. She did have some growth, but unfortunately her full potential to be great was usurped by The Potentials storyline. (Speaking of which, I hated all of them, not just Kennedy.)

Feeling sad about Michelle Trachtenberg, I actually rewatched Dawn’s first (full) episode on Buffy, and while I stand by what I said that deserved better writing than Whedon and the writers being too lazy to do the necessary edits to reflect Michelle’s older age…yeah, she really was really whiny and annoying in that episode. Don’t even get me started on her simpering over Xander. “Xander treats everyone like an equal. He doesn't look down on people.”

Exactly. While I didn’t like how the show acted like Sheldon was a weirdo for being uncomfortable with sex, when the time came, it was because he was ready. And they were both fine with the birthday arrangement.

Sheldon had his faults, but the whole plot of Amy being upset because Sheldon didn’t want to rush into a physical relationship has aged terribly, given what we know understand about asexuality. We aren’t meant to like it when guys pressure girls for sex, so why should the reverse situation be acceptable? Moreover, I also don’t like the “I can change him” character trope. People aren’t fix-it projects. Again, if a guy tried to fix a girl to his liking — as demonstrated with Charles and Diana on The Crown — we would all rightfully call him a controlling jerk. But a woman tries to do it to a guy, we’re somehow supposed to sympathize with her. This was called out on an episode of According to Jim of all shows: Cheryl gets Jim a painting kit for his birthday knowing full damn well he isn’t into art; she just wants to “inspire” him to get into art. Jim sees through the tactic, and tells Cheryl flat-out that he doesn’t appreciate it because it makes him feel that she’s giving a gift to the husband she wishes she had instead of the one she’s actually got. Cheryl realizes her folly and later apologizes with a gift that he’d actually like.