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Last Night's TV -OR- Huh?

I am now going on 4 days without checking my email. At this point I think I am afraid of it. I have no idea why. This is a new level of avoidance and I actually get stomach-achey when I think about it too much. So I won't. And I will check my email. Eventually.

::clenches teeth::

Let's talk about TV instead.

Cutting for Smallville 3x10 and Angel 5x10

Smallville

Okay, so I spent a week talking this show up to all and sundry, practically begging people whose opinions I value to watch the show and they unload that pile of crap on me. Damn.

Last night's episode, like much of season 2, is much much better on mute. Trust me here. Seriously. On mute, it is the prettiest and most entertaining thing ever and you don't have to deal with the horrible dialogue.

I hated Clark in the sunglasses. I don't know why, but my reaction to the Ray Bans were even more severe than my reaction to Lana. It was just - ugh. Take those things off. I was also disappointed that Clark wasn't more intrigued by having a disability - I mean Mulder would have been so excited if he ever woke up blind. Or with a peg leg. There was a really interesting angle to explore with the blindness and it just sailed right on by. So sad.

I don't get the Lionel-Chloe-Clark-Lex version of the telephone game played. Shouldn't Clark had told Lex that his dad said he will be "sharpening pencils purple dresser drawer"? And why in the world did Lex use the same exact phrasing when speaking to Lionel? Have none of these guys ever played the telephone (in some circles called The Gossip) game? Yeah, I got a warm fuzzy at the end when Lex informed Clark that he was protecting him from Lionel, but dude could have handled the situation totally differently and would never even need to protect Clark. Sadly, I think this answers my questions about the effect of the electro-shock therapy and yes, Lex did suffer a brain injury. So very sad.

Of course none of this matters and I will get over all of my disappointment in the stupid mutant (what was his power again - exactly?), dumbass contrivances (so the Judge will let him go free and huh?) and Lana going "Don't be alone Clark. Accept my help Clark. Be here now Clark. Oops, sorry Clark, I've got a boyfriend." WHATEVER. I am so fucking over it. I don't even care. THIS EPISODE RULED.

You know why?

Glasses.

That is right. Oh MY FREAKING GOD! ::swoon::

Clark walked out in the glasses and I went "Oh." for five minutes straight. Damn, I love me some Clark Kent.

Angel

You know how I was all incoherant about SV last week? This week it is Angel.

Initial Impressions:

OMIGOD

OMIGOD

Angel dreams about being in bed with Spike and Buffy.

I loved Angel's dreams. I want to cuddle him and then do naughty things. He had a bear, ya'll! A bear. Angel has fever dreams like I have fever dreams. The only thing missing was Rob Lowe.

Spike is looking way old. I have often wondered about a Lindsey and Spike pairing over the years and last night I realized my impression was "Eh."

Spike is looking old. When you could only see his head and shoulders in the bed with Angel, I thought at first Angel was in bed with a really old man and was kinda squicked - cause the hair looked white and he has old man neck, you see.

Spike needs a makeover. The hair has to go.

Fred and Harmony both looked beautiful. I like Fred now - but not her satin red shirt/black skirt outfit. It was kinda sleazy.

My heart aches for what is happening to Wes. Gray suits him, but losing his sould does not.

I am now officially afraid of Gunn. More thoughts later.

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I feel horrible for saying this, because the whole youth cult in our culture appals me and I'm the same age as JM, but lately in so many shots I look at him and think--I can see what he'll look like when he's 75. It's right there.

Part of that has to be the lighting, which is doing him NO favors.

Yes - he can still be gorgeous in the right light (see basement scene with Faith last year) and he isn't being well-lit on Angel - but no one is being well lit this year. It is only the basically flawless that are getting away with looking good (Harm and Wes).

The time has come for Spike to change his look. I am just sick to death of the coat and the hair and really - there needs to be an intervention.

Maybe Cordy will fix it?

I too would love for Spike to soften the look, but somehow I doubt ME will give us that.

At least I'd love to see the end of the coat, which at this point just makes him look short.

So, like, I'm watching Angel last night, and like... like... I'm watching Angel and ... weren't those dreams just too nifty? And? We have Wes and Spike in the same room without Angel. That scene was worrisome, wasn't it? But on further relection, it was on par with a Wes who doesn't remember stealing a baby (and maybe doesn't remember getting his throat cut ** BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO HAVE NEVER HAPPENED **). He's a senior executive boss person who is now bridling under Angel's authority--to add to his growing worry over him.

But weren't the dreams neat? And creepy and scary? Queer Eye Angel reference: Who but Angel would remember Eve's *earrings* when she was busy throwing a big ol' slimy thing on him?

Cordelia has taught him to pay attention to these little details. Remember that time she chewed him out for not noticeing her shoes? Also - does Wes still have the scar on his neck?

Well, at the moment? I'm leaning to the "scar, what scar?" side. I haven't seen any evidence of the scar, and I've been looking!

Has anyone seen a shot of Wes with a neck scar? I mean, in Season 5?

I have seen neither hide nor hair so to speak of any neck scarring on Wes. I believe we have both been looking as well - so possibly there is no neck scar for Wes, but one for Lilah. So how does Wes explain sleeping with Lilah in this timeline?

Remember Dawn's idea that Lilah comes back and conspires with Gunn to reverse the mindwipe because she is pissed that Angel (when he changed the past) gave her a redemption-story arc? She was fine with providing the mind-wipe - that was just business - but she was offended on a personal level by how it played out in her own demise. Cause Lilah is many, many things - but penitant just ain't one of them.

God, I miss Lilah. Lindsey just isn't the same. Also, Lindsey has to act all het now with Eve and I just ain't buying it (and apparently Spike isn't either since he kept stressing that he was not looking to hook up with "Doyle" - also Doyle?? Burn). If Lindsey was into girls at all (and I don't count Darla since she was a proxy) than Lilah would have had him. Easy. I mean - not even Wes was gay enough to resist Lilah. Lindsey is the gayest man ever on that show. Lorne looks at Lindsey and thinks, "Man, he is gay." - so seeing him with Eve is uncomfortable to say the least. Poor Linds has to whore himself out to keep his source happy.

He even had Doyle's jacket. *sniffle*

The dreams *were* nifty! The dreams were great and Angel does feel like an empty shell and it plagues him! Bless his little dried up walnut of a heart. I feel so much tenderness toward him right now (which is a relief, because as you know - last week I was having boss-issues with him). The non-dream stuff is extremely worrisome. What is Wes up too? Why would Wes hedge his bets? Why has *this* Wes lost faith in Angel? As far as it not being just Wes - Gunn was involved as well - I think we can all agree now that Gunn is evil and this season's Cordy. I would like some kind of acknowledgement that he frickin' lived with Fred for over half a season, though. At the very least some kind of moment or uncomfortable connection. I am so confused. I feel like Angel. Bless him.

Oh! AND DID YOU NOTICE???!!! Angel needs something to sing about!! Dagnabit Lum - Give him something to sing about!

Further issue - I don't like Spike apart - I don't care if it works for the storyline or the character - I need him in the Wolfram and Hart building for a vid and really, that is the most important thing. I think you agree.

Final note: Preview for Cordy's return - the hug from Angel? Makes me want to cry. Poor, poor Angel. He does need something to sing about. Also a love train.

After the first 15 minutes of Smallville- I decided I needed to watch it with the ability to fast-forward, so let vcr take-over and shut tv off. but would seem at least the end of Smallville with Clark's eyeglass debut is worth it not waiting til weekend to view?
ended up taping Angel for later viewing as well due to excessive sleepiness. So thrilled to read your gushing over that. :-)

Angel - it was a good ep - the dreams alone were worth several viewings. I am uncomfortable with some plot developments -but it is typical of me to suffer mid-season dread with Angel.

Watch Smallville - at least the Clark in glasses part and the last Clark and Lex scene - that was sweet. The ep ends as all of them do now with Clark and Lana and if you wanted to skip that - you really would not be missing anything. Because NOTHING ever happens or changes - and apparently we need to be reminded at the end of each show that Lana or Clark is an idiotic teenager and they can't just break up and be done with it - no, they must confirm that they are broken up EVERY DAMN EP - not matter how boring and pointless. You, know - sorry to rant about it to you - but even when I was a teenager I never went in for this kind of long tormented breakup, and the people that did annoyed me immensely. I guess it is in character for both Clark and Lana - he has never really learned the best way to get rid of a bandaid is to rip it off (cause, um - no need for bandaids) and she gets off on removing her bandaid slowly and focussing on it. If they would just explore the fucking emotional darkness of Lana Lang - rather than act like it isn't there- I would *like* the character. Right now they just have her go evil every couple of eps due to an outside source - why can't they fucking acknowledge that the girl is dark all on her own??

And again - sorry to rant at you. Apparently I am really upset by wasted potential.

I *think* part of the dilemna that is Clark & Lana's relationship is 'canon'-wise Lana Lang is Superman/Adult-Clark's unrequited-ish Love back home (of course my understanding all comes from the movies- & still do love the irony of Annette O'Toole playing teen!Clark's Mom and having played Lana Lang to adult Clark--something truly Freudian and telling about the whole show concept of her)-- so, the romance on the show can never be consumated even to the point of them becoming boyfriend/girlfriend. Yet- the show wants it to be a yearning, multiple-season romance... and they stumble ALOT in making it interesting.
And agreed- they should just admit that there is a bitch beneath the lipgloss instead of using any number of contrivances to break the facade.
I'm most definitely going to peak at the tape to at least see Clark in the non-sunglass-glasses. :-) And then depending- (have been writing steadily-ish this week) might watch Angel also- or might make that my Sat. bundle in from the cold viewing.

Clark in glasses = almost as cute as Randy in glasses. Almost.

heeheee! Ok, must must see. Just tell me this- Was Clark shirtless last night or wet? Shirtless, wet & wearing the glasses? Or perhaps shirtless, grimy-sooty & wearing the glasses??

After a rollicking start with Clark shirtless for many consecutive episodes, I'm suffering Shirtless!Clark withdrawel.

Just want to let you know that I totally understand about the stomach-achey email-avoidance thing, because I do that too. After you let stuff pile up for a while, it's like "what if something important got sent to me, and I haven't responded, and now I'm in trouble and the sender hates me, and it's better to just keep ignoring my inbox and believe that everything is fine, rather than to check my email and discover that my fears came true."

At least that's how my train of thought goes. Then again, maybe I'm a freak.

::hugs::

I think we are the same person.

And Squee!!! Vividcon!!!

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Ok, now I might have to pop in the tape for Smallville tonight...

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LOL!! I enjoy your rants.

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