a day late and extremely short episode reations: HI 5-0 1.01; SPN 6.01; Fringe 3.01

[ariadnes_string]

So, I think I said I was going to watch less TV this week....Um, that turned out not to be so true.

Here, not in the order in which they aired, but in the order in which I watched them off itunes, are my reactions:

Hawaii Five-O 1.01:

You know how sometimes you just want to watch some big slabs of muscled beefcake mixing it up? Oh, right. As my friend K. reminded me last night, this is not a universal desire. But if you do, HI 50 was a pretty fine example of the species. The guy playing Steve McGarrett (whom everyone seems to recognize from somewhere else but me) seemed mostly a flinty-eye lummox, but I was very won over by Danno (especially when he had to rearrange his daughter's school pickup in the middle of a high speed chase), and, really, there can never be too much footage of Grace Park surfing (or really, of anyone surfing). I expect I'll be watching more.


SPN 6.01:


This will be brief, because SPN fandom is freaking me out lately. Someone anonymously flamed my spnroundtable this week, fer chrissakes, spewing vitriol at the authors rec'd (the comment was immediately deleted by the sensible and vigilant mods). Gives me the willies.

But I did enjoy 6.01. Which is to say, Dean's incredibly expressive face was a welcome sight after the impassivity noted above. What other show could make you cry with a fleeting shot of someone scrambling eggs? I know some stuff happened after that, but I was mostly going "bzuh???"--so I'm not going to even try to review it.

Also, I really liked Lisa--I liked the connection between JA and Cindy Sampson. I do not want her to go away and/or die.



Fringe 3.01:


Alright, so this was clearly the class act of the bunch. Talk about expressive faces! I could've watch Olivia driving around in a cab with that guy from The Wire (Andre Rojo?) for the whole episode. (And since they've already got Lance Reddick and now Andre Rojo, could Fringe just hire all the rest of the actors from The Wire?). Though I also enjoyed the heck out her punching guys in the neck.

nb: I was actually in one of the locations in this episode, the park where Olivia thinks Bell's company should be, when I was in Vancouver in August. So not New York!

Since I watched SPN and Fringe back to back, I'm now kind of jonesing for a xover fic in which Dean and Olivia silently emote at each other, while simultaneously being as tough as nails. And then go out and kick some ass.


House 7.01 is still languishing, and I'm waiting to watch Merlin 3.03 with my boys!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Although I didn't watch it (too much else being recorded), I recognize everyone but Danno in that show. Many in the Buffy fandom were excited because James Marsters was guesting but now that he's apparently going to be doing another show I doubt I'll be hearing much more about it.

Someone anonymously flamed my spnroundtable this week, fer chrissakes, spewing vitriol at the authors rec'd

Seriously? What the hell is that about?

[ariadnes_string]

The cast of HI 5-0 was pretty good--and pretty pretty :)

I don't what it was about. You know I did that post of solo!Dean fics--so it was a pretty standard (drunken) "this fandom is unfair to Sam" rant. But the nasty thing was, that so much of it was directed at a couple of the author's I had rec'd, and their personal opinions. It seems one thing to flame me and my tastes--I'd put myself out there, after all--and another to go after the authors, who hadn't asked for the spotlight.

I was going to respond, "you talk to your mama with that mouth?" but the mods just deleted it, as is their policy.

I'm sure it's been said before and often, but SPN fandom has felt particularly toxic this summer--not something that makes me want to participate in things like rec'ing, even, which I enjoy...

[yourlibrarian]

Man, that is nutty. I mean, I happen to think Sam's been getting the short end of the development stick for some time, but to suggest that people shouldn't write (or rec) what they want is just -- geez. It's not like there isn't solo Sam stuff out there, or that Sam/Jess isn't the predominant het pairing. (Heh, not that calling anything a predominant het pairing in SPN fandom is saying much...)

You know, I think the nastiness that started up around Dean/Castiel has a lot to do with this, because I'm betting a lot of people felt that there was less and less Sam written if Sam/Dean wasn't the primary pairing anymore. Though as far as I can tell it still is, regardless, and Jared is still a bigger draw than Misha, regardless.

I don't know, there's a lot of things people can feel justifiably victimized for in life, but that your favorite character doesn't get enough fanfic (especially when he's a good looking young white guy) is not one of them.

[ariadnes_string]

there's a lot of things people can feel justifiably victimized for in life, but that your favorite character doesn't get enough fanfic (especially when he's a good looking young white guy) is not one of them.
THIS!

It's just crazy--regardless of how Sam is portrayed in the show--and I completely agree with you there--this is the world wide web--if you don't find what you want one place, just keep clicking until you do! It's not doctrinal, it's not homework!

The flamer was particularly incensed that I had focused on the fact that the fics were well-written, rather than the much more important fact that they contained no Sam.

UGH!

(I'm about to post a list of gen Castiel recs, so I suppose I can expect more flames)

[yourlibrarian]

Ha ha ha, oh man, good luck :}