tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-17:86390Frameshiftcryptocrypto2010-08-17T17:44:15Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-17:86390:106558Observations2010-08-17T17:44:15Z2010-08-17T17:44:15Zpublic5Tuesdays feel so empty now that there's no new <em>Pretty Little Liars</em> to look forward to until, what, January maybe? I'm almost tempted to read the book series that it's based on, just to find out what happens next, but I think that would probably be a bad idea. Better plan: buy an external hard drive and start making my silly little vid for the show.<br /><br />This would be a good time to catch up on TV that I'm behind on. My choices are: the second half of the most recent season of <em>Damages</em>, the second season of <em>Sons of Anarchy</em>, the third (and fourth?) season of <em>Skins</em>, and the third and fourth seasons of <em>Friday Night Lights</em>. My decision would be much easier if any of the above featured killer robots....<br /><br />I can't decide if I like the new season of <em>Jersey Shore</em>. To be honest, the first season started losing me after the initial four episodes, but then the finale pulled me back in. I do still like the overall look of the show and the ridiculous opening credits.<br /><br />I haven't come close to watching all the new vids from VividCon yet, but I have seen tons of excellent ones. Today's rec: <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://luminosity.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://luminosity.dreamwidth.org/'><b>luminosity</b></a></span> 's gorgeous, haunting <em>Last Year at Marienbad</em> vid <a href="http://luminosity.dreamwidth.org/543536.html">Caged Bird</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=crypto&ditemid=106558" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-17:86390:104530Halfway through tonight's Pretty Little Liars (no spoilers)2010-07-28T03:25:41Z2010-07-28T03:25:41Zpublic4 You can tell that the writers enjoy working on this show. Sure, a lot of the dialogue is trite and clichéd, but they keep throwing in these clever, artful moments and you can almost feel the writerly hand behind them. And after tonight, I'm thinking that at least one of the writers is a fan of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>.<br /><br />I just love this show!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=crypto&ditemid=104530" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-17:86390:103875Fannish to-do list2010-07-20T18:07:36Z2010-07-20T18:07:36Zpublic221. Figure out who I'm rooting for on <em>MasterChef Australia</em> now that Marion's been eliminated (probably Adam? though I don't know yet who got eliminated on Tuesday's episode)<br /><br />2. Keep counting down the hours until tonight's <em>Pretty Little Liars</em> after last week's amazing (and very viddable!) cliffhanger<br /><br />3. Find someone to talk me out of using "Like 4chan for girls" (<a href="http://crypto.dreamwidth.org/102999.html?thread=1277783#cmt1277783">source</a>) as the title of my Symposium blog post on anon culture in fandom<br /><br />3b. Figure out if I even have, like, a thesis or a point or anything useful to say for said blog post<br /><br />4. OMG only 6 more hours until <em>Pretty Little Liars</em>! (Hint: that's enough time to catch up on the first six episodes if you haven't been watching)<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=crypto&ditemid=103875" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-17:86390:102120Crypto watches television2010-07-05T15:54:36Z2010-07-05T15:54:36Zpublic6<em>The Gates</em>: My expectations couldn't have been lower going in to this (trust me, I learned my lesson after the crushingly disappointing discovery that <em>Vampire Diaries</em> was actually not the second coming of <em>Dark Shadows</em>), and the show still failed to meet them. Here's hoping that in this decade following Twilight, we'll finally see the rise of the fangirl-auteur in Hollywood, because that sensibility is totally absent here where it's so desperately needed.<br /><br /><em>Stargate Universe</em>: So I'd been meaning to sample this show at some point when I heard via fannish osmosis that there was a particularly strong episode. Except that I haven't heard anything -- I'm not sure whether anybody on my flist is even watching the show. Certainly I would have remembered if someone had posted about an episode directed by Ernest Dickerson <a name="cutid1"></a>with scenes set in a club where Janelle Monáe was performing! But then <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/'><b>kiki_miserychic</b></a></span> made a gorgeous <em>SGU</em> vid, <a href="http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/199932.html">We Are All Connected</a>, and that was more than enough to get me to check out the series. I'm still working my way through it, but I have to say that I like it. I was never a fan of <em>SG-1</em> or <em>SGA</em>, so when <em>SGU</em> was announced, I had little confidence in the ability of the producers & writers to deliver on the premise. But so far they've done a pretty decent job -- though I do wish the female characters were more developed & central, and that they'd cast more people of color. Still, it's a solid show, with more of an ensemble (vs. team) approach and a <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> (minus the robots) tone, and Robert Carlyle does some great work that really elevates everything.<br /><br /><em>Pretty Little Liars</em>: Once again I went in to this with low expectations (because honestly, when your starting point is <em>Gossip Girl</em>-meets-<em>I Know What You Did Last Summer</em>, you don't need to be an Ibsen to satisfy and entertain), but I'm very pleasantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying it so far. While the acting is largely nothing special, the plotting and pacing are more than competent, and the thriller elements balance out well with the high school drama. Plus, it's about as Bechdel test-friendly as television gets. Also bonus Laura Leighton!<br /><br /><em>So You Think You Can Dance</em>: I still have some ambivalence about the format, and the judges are worse than they've ever been, but I'm enjoying this season more than any on the U.S. version of the show since season 4, so that's something.<br /><br /><em>Doctor Who</em>: I MISS YOU! PLEASE COME BACK SOON!!!!<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=crypto&ditemid=102120" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments