tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post1540282494521342957..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Last Week in TV #3Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-75576277126705482672011-10-19T16:13:29.340-05:002011-10-19T16:13:29.340-05:00@Blam: He must be amazing at the flat-out sex for ...@Blam: <i>He must be amazing at the flat-out sex for Lily to be as hot for him as she is and him never to have met that little guy up there.</i><br /><br />Indeed. Imagine what he could do now, with a little education. ;) <br /><br /><i>Some of the dialogue in 2 Broke Girls, in turn, makes HIMYM look like The Brady Bunch.</i><br /><br />I definitely get a "look us, we can be risque AND on CBS!" vibe from <i>2 Broke Girls</i> occasionally. I'm still not sure how much of it is truly just an attempt at gaining attention and how much it's truly part of the show's voice. <br /><br /><i>What strikes me about this season so far, is that in many ways it's like a direct follow-up to Season One. ... I wonder if the show isn't trying to step back a little from the wildly uneven aspects, of which the romantic relationships were poster children.</i><br /><br />That's an excellent point; it really does seem like the show is picking up threads now leftover from season one. And thus far, it seems to be working. <br /><br /><i>The only thing that comes to mind now is verification of what I've quoted above, with prime examples including our mutual crushes Willow and Fred. </i><br /><br />Those two definitely fit the bill as well. <br /><br /><i>... whose name is pronounced either way, and Marshall doesn't get the reference.</i><br /><br />Haha! Nicely don. <br /><br /><i>See? You can blog Parks and Rec! 8^)</i><br /><br />I do it for you, Blam, I do it for you. (well, and also to give me an excuse to go back over the episodes and laugh at stuff all over again). :) <br /><br /><i>I could not for the life of me figure out what plot point his mussed-up 'do was supposed to be servicing, but I figured there had to be one because it was so unflattering and so out of character.</i><br /><br />I meant to put this in the most recent post, but I recently read (on Alan Sepinwall's blog, I believe) that his hair is such a mess because of a Lifetime movie Rob Lowe did over the break; apparently, it's in a transition stage from where it needed to be for that movie and the usual Chris Traeger 'do. <br /><br />So it sounds like it's not intended to be a new look for the character, and should be back to normal soon, thankfully. <br /><br /><i>Dipping into the well of humor involving her size, like the ranch-dressing sketch, so often was a bit of a shame, but since she's usually so charming I guess that going down the whole girth 'n' gluttony road is as much casting against type as it is stereotyping.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I worried about that too, and was slightly disappointed with how almost all of her characters generated laughs by playing off her size in some way, but at the same time, she seemed to be having such a good time with everything that it was infectious, and I figured if it wasn't going to bother her I wouldn't let it bother me.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40237838722302469542011-10-18T13:06:22.603-05:002011-10-18T13:06:22.603-05:00Teebore: I've always had a soft spot for chara...<br>Teebore: <i>I've always had a soft spot for characters who are, generally, the sweetest/sanest characters in an ensemble but given the right circumstances, can snap and become the craziest</i><br /><br />I left myself a note in the TextEdit (NotePad) file where I generally write up comments before I enter them that reads "not just / lisa / not just" under "<i>Community</i>". And I've totally lost the reference. Since I've never seen that <i>Simpsons</i> episode, I really can't imagine what I was going to say (beyond following your remark about Alison Brie being ridiculously attractive with a "yuh-huh"). The only thing that comes to mind now is verification of what I've quoted above, with prime examples including our mutual crushes Willow and Fred. <br /><br />Teebore: <i>I would like to see more of Professor Cligoris.</i><br /><br />... whose name is pronounced either way, and Marshall doesn't get the reference. (One of the few <i>Seinfeld</i>s that I saw was the one with Mulva/Dolores, whose punch line I didn't even find that funny because I'd never heard the word accented to rhyme with "Dolores".)<br /><br />See? You <i>can</i> blog <i>Parks and Rec</i>! 8^)<br /><br />Teebore: <i> Rob Lowe really needs a haircut.</i><br /><br />No kidding! He absolutely, distractingly needs a haircut <i>yesterday</i> (well, make that before this season began filming). I could not for the life of me figure out what plot point his mussed-up 'do was supposed to be servicing, but I figured there had to be one because it was so unflattering and so out of character.<br /><br />Teebore: <i>Melissa McCarthy ... was game for anything, and sold the hell out of everything she was asked to do.</i><br /><br />I've been fond of her since <i>Gilmore Girls</i> — although not fond enough to watch <i>Mike and Molly</i> — and I was totally unprepared for not just her level of gameness but her level of game on <i>SNL</i>. Dipping into the well of humor involving her size, like the ranch-dressing sketch, so often was a bit of a shame, but since she's usually so charming I guess that going down the whole girth 'n' gluttony road is as much casting against type as it is stereotyping.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-24974750008113627692011-10-18T12:33:29.762-05:002011-10-18T12:33:29.762-05:00Marshall: "What's that little guy up ther...<br><i>Marshall: </i>"What's that little guy up there?"<br /><i>Dr. Sonja: </i>"Oh you poor girl."<br /><br />He must be amazing at the flat-out sex for Lily to be as hot for him as she is and him never to have met that little guy up there.<br /><br />I remember when I thought that <i>Friends</i> was racy — and it was, especially for its time. But <i>HIMYM</i> blows it away, at just 8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central?). Some of the dialogue in <i>2 Broke Girls</i>, in turn, makes <i>HIMYM</i> look like <i>The Brady Bunch</i>.<br /><br />Teebore: <i>I've liked Jason O'Mara since </i>Life on Mars,<br /><br />He's one of the reasons that I've wanted to check out <i>Terra Nova</i> from early on, not that the premise wouldn't have intrigued me anyway. Still haven't seen it yet, but maybe I'll finally squeeze in the pilot tonight... <br /><br />Teebore: <i>How does Shelby expect to fill a second glee club when the first can't even find enough members?</i><br /><br />I'm not even going to flesh out the few words that I typed as a memory jog when I first read this, because a brief glimpse at the latest "LWITV" post showed that the whole choir/musicians/school-play topic is raised there.<br /> <br />What strikes me about this season so far, is that in many ways it's like a direct follow-up to Season <i>One</i>. Emma and Will are a couple; so are Finn and Rachel; Puck and Quinn are looking to be in their daughter's life. Season Two wasn't washed from existence, obviously, as the trip to NYC for nationals happened — and Blaine is there — but I wonder if the show isn't trying to step back a little from the wildly uneven aspects, of which the romantic relationships were poster children.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23971501390516920172011-10-11T16:17:26.308-05:002011-10-11T16:17:26.308-05:00@Matt: Was it just me, or did Future Ted basically...@Matt: <i>Was it just me, or did Future Ted basically not narrate this HIMYM at all? </i><br /><br />I don't recall him narrating it all (though I could be forgetting a line or something) but I'm also fairly certain there have been been previous episodes without any FutureTed narration. <br /><br />I could be wrong though...<br /><br /><i>The hair he has now does not fit his character, and I can't figure out how the producers don't realize this.</i><br /><br />Exactly! He's exactly the last character who should have a scruffy, unkempt head of hair as a style. <br /><br /><i>Also, I thought the "taste testing" sketch was far and away the funniest thing about last week's SNL. </i><br /><br />I did enjoy that one. Definitely one of those sketches that was saved by McCarthy's gusto. I was a little grossed out by the ending though, which is odd, because I love ranch dressing...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4082048735672985962011-10-11T16:10:40.236-05:002011-10-11T16:10:40.236-05:00Was it just me, or did Future Ted basically not na...Was it just me, or did Future Ted basically not narrate this HIMYM at all? I think he randomly had like one line somewhere in the middle, and that was it? Has that ever happened before?<br /><br />"<b>Rob Lowe really needs a haircut.</b>"<br /><br />Thank you for mentioning that. The hair he has now does not fit his character, and I can't figure out how the producers don't realize this.<br /><br />Also, I thought the "taste testing" sketch was far and away the funniest thing about last week's SNL. I couldn't stop laughing.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-90403413994011975102011-10-11T07:31:05.587-05:002011-10-11T07:31:05.587-05:00@Anne - :D Aw, you! I hope Blogger knocks it off....@Anne - :D Aw, you! I hope Blogger knocks it off... I'm getting sick of its crap.Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-22570059626926242562011-10-10T15:25:21.522-05:002011-10-10T15:25:21.522-05:00I love the Simpsons episode where Homer is hoardin...<i>I love the Simpsons episode where Homer is hoarding the sugar</i><br /><br />"I've learned my lesson. A mountain of sugar is too much for one man. It's clear now why God portions it out in those tiny packets, and why he lives on a plantation in Hawaii."<br /><br /><i>Thanks for doing the work</i><br /><br />That's what I'm here for! <br /><br />@Sarah: <i>oh man, we LOVE the Lawrence Welk reoccuring sketch! Every time i see Kristen Wig's baby hands i LMAO - then throw in Melissa McCarthy with hulk arms, smashing a pumpkin, and it's comedy gold.</i><br /><br />I did like the Hulk arms, but that sketch just doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's because Kristen Wiig is the punchline, and I'm not a huge Wiig fan...<br /><br />Sometimes I think the way I feel about the Lawrence Welk sketch must be the way some people feel about "What's Up With That?", another recurring sketch that does the same jokes every time, yet one which I inexplicably love and laugh at every time. <br /><br /><i>i firmly expect you to spend this weekend catching up on everything. DO IT!</i><br /><br />Well, I'll be working at Fallcon all day Saturday, but I'm just on call Sunday, and so far, as long as the phone stays quiet, we should be able to power through a bunch of stuff. <br /><br />@Anne: <i>i'm sure there are PLENTY of dinos that we don't know about, but still...</i><br /><br />Yeah, I've heard we've only discovered like, 10% of the fossil record, so there are tons of dinosaurs out there we don't know about. I just wasn't clear if the show was using that as an excuse to make up the tail-slashing dinos, or if I'm just out of touch. <br /><br /><i>We also struggled with- if they can't travel forward through time, then how is the past communicating with the future?</i><br /><br />Yeah, that wasn't entirely clear to me either. Maybe the past can receive messages from the future (the messages are traveling back in time) but they can't communicate back to the future? <br /><br /><i>have a lot more to say about the next episode (and how it was AMAZING)</i><br /><br />Okay, between you and Sarah, now I probably have unreachable expectations for the episode...<br /><br /><i>The show should start trying to ease us away from their characters since they won't be around after this.</i><br /><br />I wouldn't mind seeing more of Finn, especially as the reality of his post-high school life comes closer, I've just had enough of every story featuring him involving his relationship with Rachel. <br /><br />@Hannah: <i>I actually preferred the future stuff in the premiere of Terra Nova and then got all grumpy about the other stuff</i><br /><br />But...the other stuff had dinosaurs in it. And they were fighting people. Did you miss the dinosaurs? I bet you missed the dinosaurs...<br /><br /><i>cause man, I'm loving that show.</i><br /><br />I'm not loving it yet. So far the best stuff is happening on the edges of the stuff. I'm fine with it being primarily "case of the week", but I would like for those cases to be a little more interesting...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-42466639993205615652011-10-10T13:31:09.108-05:002011-10-10T13:31:09.108-05:00I actually preferred the future stuff in the premi...I actually preferred the future stuff in the premiere of Terra Nova and then got all grumpy about the other stuff, which I found to be blah in the first episode. <br /><br />I do like the show more after the 2nd, now that I know what to expect. I'm not crazy about it or any of the characters, but it's entertaining enough to warrant watching while cooking and cleaning attention. <br /><br />Hmmm, JC as Batman. I must change my way of thinking for the next episode and see if it makes me like it even more, cause man, I'm loving that show.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915603693944523761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-59637665901071654242011-10-10T13:30:57.324-05:002011-10-10T13:30:57.324-05:00not suprisingly- sarah and i posting at the same t...not suprisingly- sarah and i posting at the same time touches on a lot of the same pointsAnne Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695186823472404436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-32185218059680527002011-10-10T13:22:22.109-05:002011-10-10T13:22:22.109-05:00first- Joan- i tried three times to post a comment...first- Joan- i tried three times to post a comment on your most recent blog post, but google keeps eating it (that damn bastard!). So i just wanted to let you know that i still obsessively watch your blogs for updates and your post was great.<br /><br />Ok, now back to the Blog at hand.<br />The best thing we loved about Terra Nova (pilot) was that we kept thinking of scientific factoids they would need to cover, and then a few minutes later it would be dealt with. Like just before they were getting ready to travel back in time we were like 'they'll have trouble breathing and probably be blinded by the sun' and then BAM- addressed by the show. We also mentioned the moon being closer and a couple other things. so that sufficiently impressed us.<br />Clearly i need to know more dinosaurs- i had the same dilemma as you- were those slasher dinosaurs a real dinosaur? i mean- i'm sure there are PLENTY of dinos that we don't know about, but still...<br />We also struggled with- if they can't travel forward through time, then how is the past communicating with the future?<br />But overall, dinosaurs = awesome, so i'm probably going to enjoy this show.<br /><br />Glee<br />I like Brittany, so i really appreciated the Brittany/Kurt stuff. And Burt is always great. I remember being dissatisified with this episode- i think because every song was from a Musical. I'm ok with Broadway music, but please don't inundate an ENTIRE episode with it. Also- people standing around and singing- snooze.<br />I also really liked Quinn getting a verbal tongue lashing.<br />I have a lot more to say about the next episode (and how it was AMAZING), so that really helped me feel better about Glee overall. Because after this episode i was crabby.<br />I am hoping that Finn and Rachel kind of stay more background. The show should start trying to ease us away from their characters since they won't be around after this.<br />Also- i want to see Samuel and Dominic from the Glee Project! Show up already!<br /><br />Still really enjoying Person of Interest- and your Batman parallell is awesomeAnne Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695186823472404436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-42650273613839188412011-10-10T13:21:57.603-05:002011-10-10T13:21:57.603-05:00oh man, we LOVE the Lawrence Welk reoccuring sketc...oh man, we LOVE the Lawrence Welk reoccuring sketch! Every time i see Kristen Wig's baby hands i LMAO - then throw in Melissa McCarthy with hulk arms, smashing a pumpkin, and it's comedy gold.<br /><br />I can't wait for you to watch the next episode of Glee. Partly because it will answer some of your questions, but mostly because it's hands down the best Glee episode probably since season 1.<br /><br />We were pleased that Terra Nova answered a lot of the nerdy points we made as the show went on, ie, the sun being too bright for them, their bodies not being used to the food or air, the moon being bigger, etc. So that pretty much got us happily to the end. I definitely think, however, that it seems to be following the "6 mini pilot episodes" arc you mentioned last week.<br />I'm still enjoying Persons of Interest (which i hereby dub POI for all future reference) and i'm definitely going to watch it through a comic book filter now and see how that changes it for me.<br /><br />Finally, i firmly expect you to spend this weekend catching up on everything. DO IT!Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54793196648858806812011-10-10T11:55:32.012-05:002011-10-10T11:55:32.012-05:00It teaches black women the lesson that if you work...<i>It teaches black women the lesson that if you work hard enough and hum loud enough, Emma Stone will come and save you!</i> <br /><br />Ha! <br /><br />I love the Simpsons episode where Homer is hoarding the sugar: <br /><i>In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...</i><br /><br />I am on the fence about Terra Nova... I thought the first episode was just okay. It wasn't good enough that I didn't flip channels during commercials and then forget I was watching it for a few minutes. I'll see how your review of that and Person of Interest is next week to see if I'm on board. Thanks for doing the work, Teebore :DJoan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.com