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TV Reaction: A Bones and SPN Squee
It's no surprise that when fall came, the memes and reviews and reactions come out after the new seasons start in staggered servings of action, agony and angst. This post is no exception and you shouldn't expect anything more than sugar and caffeine induced enthusiasm from fangirl here who'd been deprived so long after BBC's Doctor Who, Torchwood and Wire in the Blood went into hibernation.
Bones:
What can I say? After the proverbial hammer to foot season ender last season, the opener was a refreshing change. Hey, I loved the show, Bones and Booth are still my favorite crime fighting duo, but the end where Zach turns out to be psycho? No, no. Left my Oreos tasting funny for days later.
It wasn't the way to get rid of a character and maybe, with the strike, plots had suffered, but the trend with nearly every show was "who will survive, who will die?". Like lemmings, every show dove that plot device cliff, in hopes their viewers will still follow into a shaky next season.
-meh-
Okay, I got it. You want me back so I stayed rooted to my screen to watch the carnage of the media's version of Russian Roulette and see which of my favorites gets offed.
Bones and their producers were no exception. Oh, Zach's not dead, true, but character assassination like with Numb3rs's Charles Eppes wasn't fun either. I'll come back next season, sure, but oooooow, way to really get rid of someone (although in Numb3rs, it's a given Charlie will be back)
Anyways, back to Bones's opener. Right off the back, what I liked was that they didn't shovel what happened to Zach under the carpet. People still hurt about what happened to him. His name is not Voldemort; it's mentioned with the canned emo music, but he's mentioned.
Bones and Booth are back to their snappy self, quips and friendly banter with just enough UST, but not too much you're gagging either.
Loved, loved, loved David's car tirade, especially about the black coffee. That's like an icon if I can embody that somehow.
I liked the actress who played Booth's counterpart (Suzie from TW), glad she wasn't the villain. Played a bit like a female Jack Harkness. LOL
Hodges and Angela. Argh. They were my favorite quirky couple. Not happy about this are they getting married, or they not, angsty arc they got going.
Cam: grrrrr, like MD for NCIS, I'm trying to like her, but she's too free electron, attaching herself to everything. She's a backup MarySue to me. Grrr.
Sweets: I CAN'T STAND HIM! If they have another "Who will die?" season again...-points to Sweets-
What is the flipping, fricking point of having Sweets there? Like a happy-go-lucky Iago, inflicting self imploding destruction with every pseudo-friendly "Oh when I was young and even more brilliant" story.
Arrrgh, they're sort of making him like a Zach-lite in a more extrovert yet soooooo socially inept way. It even irked me when the team acknowledges that his advice helped, like the writers are trying too hard to reinforce the yeah, he's needed and just sooo indispensable here.
He's...he's...the male, awkward version of Seven of Nine! What's next, latex? Noooz!
-lol-
I think what bothers me the most about Sweets is that I see him as an intrusion between my favorite Bones/Booth partnership. Bones was the analyst, Booth was the emotional, gut relying mind. So Bones sometimes confide in him. She trusts his advice ie: about Ian Wexler in premiere.
But Sweets, as a psychiatrist, might appeal to the scientist in Bones, who's more comfortable in seeing the "every action has a reaction" where as Booth is more "Bad things just happen, Bones". My worry is the writers might make Bones turn to Sweets more in confiding. Not in ship tho, because you would have an uproar. -lol-
All in all, it was good to see the gang again. I just hope it stays that way. If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT. The writers' cure was always worse than the disease. -lol-
Supernatural:
So when someone told our Winchester boys to "Go to Hell", older brother Dean took it literally.
Now, the fangirl in me at the last season was hoping for some hokey last minute save so Dean could get out of his deal.
Well...he didn't.
And you know what? That's okay, because if the first episode was an example on how they were going to deal with Dean's 'here and back' again trick, I'm fine with it.
We see a bit of role reversal that had began near the end of the last season where Sam is now protecting Dean. First because of the deal, now because of the deal's aftermath, Sam's slowly stepping away from the sometimes over-empathized emo!Sammy to Sam Winchester, John's son. Bobby during the episode had eerily foreshadowed it when he told Sam he wasn't his father, yet down the episode, when we find out Sam is keeping secrets from Dean, maybe he is to some extent.
We have our gratification here. Our nice reunions and hints that yeah, Dean's thought-to-be one way trip was hard on everyone. I was glad we didn't have to sit through an episode about that as it was already aptly shown how Sam would deal in 'Mystery Spot' which despite its frat boy humor, had some merit.
There were cringe-worthy moments when one CW chick after the other came out: first the psychic (eyeballs burnt out -whew-) and Ruby 2.0, but they were shortlived and unlike last season, did propel the story. So as long as they become crispy critters in the end, I can tolerate the occasional CW extra fired from Gossip Girl. -lol-
I'm not sure where I stand with the whole angel mythos although it is fitting if it was an angel that pulled Dean out. It invites too much introspection from Dean. Role reversal is one thing, but Dean as emo and Sam as Dean 2.0? Like Dean had said, "The smarter brother is back" as he tries to reinsert himself back in the older brother role. Let's keep it that way.
Bones: While we had our moments, our nice reunion of characters acting like their characters again, Cam and Sweets has been spoiling my milk. Especially everyone trying too hard to reinforce how necessary Sweets was by constantly saying how his advice really helped. Made me want to toss my cookies. So for me, out of 5 Oreos, I'm giving it a 3.5 (the half without the creme).
Supernatural: How much do we love our boys? Seriously, that alone gives them by default 3 Oreos because their scenes are just so yummy angsty you want to eat them up in a very non-Bender sort of way. JA and JP prove once again that they can play convincing brothers, be concerned and caring for one another without losing the macho air so many writers in TV-land seem to balk from straying. These guys hurt and not afraid to show it. There were no slow points, the story was fast moving enough to keep you interested. And, dude, BOBBY was in it. That gives it another Oreo.
The only thing stopping me from giving it 5 Oreos (asides the fact that I ate one -lol-) was the fact that we seem to be introducing a few new recurring characters which may work against them and take away screen time from the brothers. There was too much 'you go this way' and 'I go that way' that I could have done without. So 4 Oreos and a glass of chocolate milk to our boys until next time.
Bones:
What can I say? After the proverbial hammer to foot season ender last season, the opener was a refreshing change. Hey, I loved the show, Bones and Booth are still my favorite crime fighting duo, but the end where Zach turns out to be psycho? No, no. Left my Oreos tasting funny for days later.
It wasn't the way to get rid of a character and maybe, with the strike, plots had suffered, but the trend with nearly every show was "who will survive, who will die?". Like lemmings, every show dove that plot device cliff, in hopes their viewers will still follow into a shaky next season.
-meh-
Okay, I got it. You want me back so I stayed rooted to my screen to watch the carnage of the media's version of Russian Roulette and see which of my favorites gets offed.
Bones and their producers were no exception. Oh, Zach's not dead, true, but character assassination like with Numb3rs's Charles Eppes wasn't fun either. I'll come back next season, sure, but oooooow, way to really get rid of someone (although in Numb3rs, it's a given Charlie will be back)
Anyways, back to Bones's opener. Right off the back, what I liked was that they didn't shovel what happened to Zach under the carpet. People still hurt about what happened to him. His name is not Voldemort; it's mentioned with the canned emo music, but he's mentioned.
Bones and Booth are back to their snappy self, quips and friendly banter with just enough UST, but not too much you're gagging either.
Loved, loved, loved David's car tirade, especially about the black coffee. That's like an icon if I can embody that somehow.
I liked the actress who played Booth's counterpart (Suzie from TW), glad she wasn't the villain. Played a bit like a female Jack Harkness. LOL
Hodges and Angela. Argh. They were my favorite quirky couple. Not happy about this are they getting married, or they not, angsty arc they got going.
Cam: grrrrr, like MD for NCIS, I'm trying to like her, but she's too free electron, attaching herself to everything. She's a backup MarySue to me. Grrr.
Sweets: I CAN'T STAND HIM! If they have another "Who will die?" season again...-points to Sweets-
What is the flipping, fricking point of having Sweets there? Like a happy-go-lucky Iago, inflicting self imploding destruction with every pseudo-friendly "Oh when I was young and even more brilliant" story.
Arrrgh, they're sort of making him like a Zach-lite in a more extrovert yet soooooo socially inept way. It even irked me when the team acknowledges that his advice helped, like the writers are trying too hard to reinforce the yeah, he's needed and just sooo indispensable here.
He's...he's...the male, awkward version of Seven of Nine! What's next, latex? Noooz!
-lol-
I think what bothers me the most about Sweets is that I see him as an intrusion between my favorite Bones/Booth partnership. Bones was the analyst, Booth was the emotional, gut relying mind. So Bones sometimes confide in him. She trusts his advice ie: about Ian Wexler in premiere.
But Sweets, as a psychiatrist, might appeal to the scientist in Bones, who's more comfortable in seeing the "every action has a reaction" where as Booth is more "Bad things just happen, Bones". My worry is the writers might make Bones turn to Sweets more in confiding. Not in ship tho, because you would have an uproar. -lol-
All in all, it was good to see the gang again. I just hope it stays that way. If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT. The writers' cure was always worse than the disease. -lol-
Supernatural:
So when someone told our Winchester boys to "Go to Hell", older brother Dean took it literally.
Now, the fangirl in me at the last season was hoping for some hokey last minute save so Dean could get out of his deal.
Well...he didn't.
And you know what? That's okay, because if the first episode was an example on how they were going to deal with Dean's 'here and back' again trick, I'm fine with it.
We see a bit of role reversal that had began near the end of the last season where Sam is now protecting Dean. First because of the deal, now because of the deal's aftermath, Sam's slowly stepping away from the sometimes over-empathized emo!Sammy to Sam Winchester, John's son. Bobby during the episode had eerily foreshadowed it when he told Sam he wasn't his father, yet down the episode, when we find out Sam is keeping secrets from Dean, maybe he is to some extent.
We have our gratification here. Our nice reunions and hints that yeah, Dean's thought-to-be one way trip was hard on everyone. I was glad we didn't have to sit through an episode about that as it was already aptly shown how Sam would deal in 'Mystery Spot' which despite its frat boy humor, had some merit.
There were cringe-worthy moments when one CW chick after the other came out: first the psychic (eyeballs burnt out -whew-) and Ruby 2.0, but they were shortlived and unlike last season, did propel the story. So as long as they become crispy critters in the end, I can tolerate the occasional CW extra fired from Gossip Girl. -lol-
I'm not sure where I stand with the whole angel mythos although it is fitting if it was an angel that pulled Dean out. It invites too much introspection from Dean. Role reversal is one thing, but Dean as emo and Sam as Dean 2.0? Like Dean had said, "The smarter brother is back" as he tries to reinsert himself back in the older brother role. Let's keep it that way.
Bones: While we had our moments, our nice reunion of characters acting like their characters again, Cam and Sweets has been spoiling my milk. Especially everyone trying too hard to reinforce how necessary Sweets was by constantly saying how his advice really helped. Made me want to toss my cookies. So for me, out of 5 Oreos, I'm giving it a 3.5 (the half without the creme).
Supernatural: How much do we love our boys? Seriously, that alone gives them by default 3 Oreos because their scenes are just so yummy angsty you want to eat them up in a very non-Bender sort of way. JA and JP prove once again that they can play convincing brothers, be concerned and caring for one another without losing the macho air so many writers in TV-land seem to balk from straying. These guys hurt and not afraid to show it. There were no slow points, the story was fast moving enough to keep you interested. And, dude, BOBBY was in it. That gives it another Oreo.
The only thing stopping me from giving it 5 Oreos (asides the fact that I ate one -lol-) was the fact that we seem to be introducing a few new recurring characters which may work against them and take away screen time from the brothers. There was too much 'you go this way' and 'I go that way' that I could have done without. So 4 Oreos and a glass of chocolate milk to our boys until next time.
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I'm leery of the angel storyline, but I feel way more hopeful at the start of this season than I did last year at this time!
no subject
Ditto!
Bones
I think you're so right about Sweets. Apart from the fact that I hate his personality, I'm afraid they're going to use him as the 'confessional' character. Instead of Brennan going to Angela, Booth seeking out Brennan, etc., we have a psychologist ready to feel their pain (and apparently, screw their relationships). Why is he just hanging around the Jeffersonian so much? Argh, holy pointless characters, Batman!
That said, I loved the premiere as much as you did, for the return of Brennan and Booth's perfect banter and just-right level of UST, and for the deft-touch comedy.
Re: Bones
I'm not sure why tv shows are creating so many 'people we love to hate' currently unless they're the disposal characters, marked with an 'X' for the plot device anvil. -LOL-