Snarkette
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Is she in denial that she has romantic feelings for Amy, or is she just a clueless jerk who doesn't realize that big romantic gestures and speeches about being together forever might be confusing and/or painful for Amy?
I vote jerk. But she does it well.
Here's my thing with Shane - I do like him, but I don't like that he seems to literally be unable to keep any secret.
Maybe time for his character to grow then? I look forward to seeing the struggle.
She must have read the same parenting book as Jim's dad in American Pie.
*hee*
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Loved last series. Loved this ep. My favorites (Shane and Lauren) keep getting better drawn -- plus, we got a lot of insight into what exactly was fueling Lauren's resentment last series. Sure, Karma is clueless and annoying, but her character helps drive the plot and Liam got about a billion times more interesting in this opening. The visual of the interrupted serenade had me laughing until I pulled a muscle.
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Oh, and I liked the little reference to 4 and 11 (scarf and bow tie) when the Doctor was being scanned.
I thought it was 4 and 2
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A death strikes a hard blow to Duke; Nathan refuses to believe Mara has defeated Audrey; Dwight is left keeping Haven together.
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Need. More. Kleenex.
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Man, I want to like this show but my magic 8 ball says success is hazy
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That was just too stupid ..... even for this show.
I. don't. think. that's. possible. This show is like the moebius strip of stupid. It has no beginning; it has no end.
On the bright side, it makes human extinction so much more palatable because given the world of the Lottery, it's a vast improvement.
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For me, Teen Wolf is really all about the parent-child relationships. The Stilinski relationship pere and fils is the heart of the show for me but damned if I didn't start enjoying the Peter/Malia and Scott/Liam ones as well during Season 4. I could use more of Peter's wackadoodle fatherly advice as in the final ep of the season and the blood money talk with Mamma McCall and Scott was terrific. (The manufactured money troubles of all the Beacon Hill families was not. Yawn.)
I'm really prejudiced negatively against the Noshiko/Kira relationship. The pile-of-bones-vision did nothing for me and I have an allergy to multi-hundred-year-old characters (they're never done well) even though I have a big soft spot for Kira's dad. He needs to be written with more backbone though, because with an overpowered wife and child, he needs more narrative strength.
Going forth to S5, the relationship I'm most interested in seeing grow is the one between Papa Stalinski and Deputy Parrish. They already have the mentor/mentee thing going really well. It feels like a great opportunity to push the bounds of both the challenge of entering the supernatural world and becoming the responsible protector of said world. Papa S is already there, even if he's still adjusting to the new facts on the ground. There could be some great narrative exploration with Deputy P who even remains figuratively although not literally a rookie.
Deaton still feels bolted on rather than a real part of the story. Veterinarian yoda could use a kick in the story-line, and I'm hoping that Mr. Three Eyes will provide that as an antagonist. More interaction with the Eichen/Arkham asylum would be very welcome.
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Could Parrish have healing abilities, for others as well as himself? He survived being set on fire, and then he helped Argent pull the bar out, and then his eyes flashed...
Seemed like Chris spent a lot of time this ep trying to remember that he was injured, so he could grab his side. Problem with healers is that they're a bit too convenient story-wise in terms of plot hammers, and don't make good drama on their own. ("Hi! I'm a walking potion-of-extra-healing!") Also brings in the problem that in the real world, they'd be about at the top of the list for kidnapping for people desperate to heal themselves and loved ones.
Was surprised at how much I loved the Liam resolution, and the growing bond between him and his mentally-challenged wolf daddy Scott.
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Is it me or is the tiny house movement simply a magnet for the cray cray? Once again, I couldn't help but think the whole family would be better served by a standard portable single-wide.
Loved the exterior trim and the artdecoesque lights and window panes. Counter space is great. But man, it looks like a bleak depressing place to live. And I hate the eco-toilet.
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That would suggest that either the Audrey personality has taken on a life of her own and was powerful enough to override Mara, perhaps because her love for those in Haven is somehow stronger or more real, or that there's some part of Mara that likes being Audrey, whether or not she'd be willing to admit that.
I'm putting my money on the full personality integration thing. All the memories, all the loves, all the fun.
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Those waxed eyebrows kept freaking me out.
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A young bachelor from Massachusetts builds a 150-square-foot mobile house. Because small.
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Is it time to have the conversation yet about Mara and her right to her own body and memories even if she's evil?
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The spanking scene made me laugh and laugh. Felt the noble-ization of Duke was a bit too forced
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Because I really am avoiding work, the CGI for the eyes seems different to the variety of solid effects used so far on irises. Looks more fire-y and particle-generator-y than the kitsune eyes I could google up.
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That'll do, Parrish, that'll do: http://imgur.com/DUMf7p9
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A little bit Sleepy Hollow, a lot of New Amsterdam, too much Sherlock Holmes (and any rip of Sherlock), and the stupidest superpower since Aquaman. How many times did he die in the pilot? How will they keep this up? Who does he think he is? Kenny from South Park? (Who by the way does it better).
Oh well, it's exactly the perfect kind of stupid that pulls me in and I can't escape from. Hello Forever. I'm yours for the three episodes until you're cancelled.
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Five. Turlough.
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Admittedly Phoenix is kind of a lame superpower -- right up there with Heart and Aquaman -- although it does nicely lend itself to repeated instances of "let's burn off his clothes". Teen Wolf is often shallow but it's always the right kind of shallow.
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So what the heck is he? Phoenix? Dragon? Djinn?
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Seems like the movement is asceticism with class markers. Less St Simeon Stylites and more Nordstroms. It's not enough to live simply. Members mimic poverty without actually embracing real poverty. So no RVs, no low-end finishes, no Walmart. Each of these homes picks up features from high-end homes and transports them into smaller mortgages and sustainable, local, food-truck versions of Whole Foods architecture. So in that sense, a storage unit betrays the vow of limited-space-poverty -- infringing on simplicity and minimalism.
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One comment: Hatethehairhatethehairhatethehairhatethehairhatethehairhatethehairhatethehair
That is all. Carry on.
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Wasn't this the one with the "I'm just Duke" line? Man how I loved that. This is one of those eps that I didn't really like much on first watch and grew to love on the second. Once I got past the "Duke Annoys" and got the "Duke needs reassurance" instead, I became fond of it. Plus the bit at the end, with the knife, is just fun
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My favorite Haven episode ever. Proactive Audrey, angsty Duke, poor Nathan. In my mind, Tommy doesn't die until the end of this ep, so the townie-jokes are real and meaningful.
"They're having a rest stop in the woods. There's no law against that, is there Officer?" <-- favorite line because of the deliver, as in the Mom isn't quite sure if maybe that might actually be a crime
S01.E02: Look Before You Leap
in Forever [V]
This episode really didn't work for me. Watched it due to the promise of the first ep, but all the flaws were magnified and there were few saving graces. I'm just *over* the three-beat "he's the murder" "no she is" "no he is" thing. Gimme some good underlying serial problems to hook me.
All the news feeds are treating the slight viewer uptick as "Forever saves Tuesday Nights". I'm sticking around at least until ep 3, but I'm already a bit bored