Lame comment, and thoughts on Conflicted
Apr. 10th, 2009 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
severity_softlyPeople are sort of lame sometimes. If you're going to leave me a comment questioning how appropriate my fanmix post was to post in a community, you could at least leave the comment up so I could reply. The only community I posted to yesterday that I wasn't sure about (paget_brewster), I PMed a mod and double checked that it was ok. The "cm fanfic comm" I posted to? Well the only comm I can think of that's primarily fic is MY fic comm. Well, mine and Innerslytherin's. And given the mix was related to a fic there and I wanted to tag it with the fic (and that Innerslytherin posted her Dave/Aaron mix that related to The Expansion of Two Natures there for the same reason), YES, I do think it was appropriate.
Okay. That's off my chest. Wouldn't have to do it here, but person DELETED their comment. I would have been SO much more polite if I could have replied directly, but that shit annoys me. *ahem*
Anyway, the husband got home last night at 12:30, and we watched Conflicted (the second time for me). I asked off work today, so I could stay up. I've found he's way more inclined to watch CM after the fact with me than he is to get his cute butt off WoW at 9pm on a Wednesday.
It's really sort of amazing how one's mood can affect the way someone views any given episode. Wednesday night I was in an utterly crap mood, and I spent most of the episode going "Argh, I knew it was a dude from the first scene! How lame!" I was alternately rolling my eyes and laughing at the screen, and when it ended, I went "Well, THAT was stupid."
I spent a lot of time yesterday wondering if writing my R&Rs for thetwocents.com was affecting my judgment, if it was making me watch the show like a critic instead of a fan, and I sat there trying to figure out a way to remedy that. I don't LIKE having to review episode that I didn't like. I mean, sure, I have a lot more to laugh at and make funny about the bad ones, but I still hate doing it several times in a row.
Anyway... last night? I was glad the husband was home after a lonely night and in a pretty good mood because of it. And I actually liked it the episode pretty well! It wasn't one I would consider top notch, but I think this new writer has a lot of potential.
I thought it was a little transparent, considering I knew the woman in the first scene was a man all along. It would have been a really cool twist, actually, if I hadn't known that, though. If I had written it (or directed it?), I would have cut all those interview scenes other than the last one, or done it differently somehow. Not only did it give it all away, but COME ON, what kind of shrink's office has lighting like that? Maybe they did that because they were filming, but... yeeeaaaah. Didn't work for me.
Jackson Rathbone did a pretty good job. I had no idea who the guy was until all the fangirl squee about Twilight followed the episode. Sort of funny, because I thought Adam looked a little 'vampire-ish' before I even knew.
There were also really well done call backs to Reid's experience with Hankel. I can't remember who on my flist said this, but it was really nice to get a new writer that showed a nice grasp of some of the history of the show. The scene on the roof was okay (except that the MUSIC, omg, was terrible and a little too loud--it was overpowering the scene!), but I didn't quite get the vibe that all the Morgan/Reid shippers did. YES, we have a strong history of Morgan seeking out Reid, and Reid opening up to him. But for one thing, we were back to Morgan calling Reid "kid" in that scene, something I just can't see him doing with Reid if they were a couple. Also, while Reid did open up a little there, he also physically shut Morgan out at the end of it. He turned his back on the conversation.
It's funny how our initial shipping instincts stick with us, though, because when Hotch and Prentiss are standing over Julie and Reid is trying to figure out where Amanda would go, I could practically hear Hotch aching for Reid. Hotch and Reid have a much bigger connection in regards to the Hankel case than Morgan and Reid did. Plus, as far as Reid opening up to Morgan? You know he doesn't open up to Hotch on cases because their LURVE would be SO obvious. Reid totally goes home and SPILLS HIS GUTS to Hotch though. You all know it; don't lie.
*cough* Wow, that got longer than I thought. That's all I got. LOL
Okay. That's off my chest. Wouldn't have to do it here, but person DELETED their comment. I would have been SO much more polite if I could have replied directly, but that shit annoys me. *ahem*
Anyway, the husband got home last night at 12:30, and we watched Conflicted (the second time for me). I asked off work today, so I could stay up. I've found he's way more inclined to watch CM after the fact with me than he is to get his cute butt off WoW at 9pm on a Wednesday.
It's really sort of amazing how one's mood can affect the way someone views any given episode. Wednesday night I was in an utterly crap mood, and I spent most of the episode going "Argh, I knew it was a dude from the first scene! How lame!" I was alternately rolling my eyes and laughing at the screen, and when it ended, I went "Well, THAT was stupid."
I spent a lot of time yesterday wondering if writing my R&Rs for thetwocents.com was affecting my judgment, if it was making me watch the show like a critic instead of a fan, and I sat there trying to figure out a way to remedy that. I don't LIKE having to review episode that I didn't like. I mean, sure, I have a lot more to laugh at and make funny about the bad ones, but I still hate doing it several times in a row.
Anyway... last night? I was glad the husband was home after a lonely night and in a pretty good mood because of it. And I actually liked it the episode pretty well! It wasn't one I would consider top notch, but I think this new writer has a lot of potential.
I thought it was a little transparent, considering I knew the woman in the first scene was a man all along. It would have been a really cool twist, actually, if I hadn't known that, though. If I had written it (or directed it?), I would have cut all those interview scenes other than the last one, or done it differently somehow. Not only did it give it all away, but COME ON, what kind of shrink's office has lighting like that? Maybe they did that because they were filming, but... yeeeaaaah. Didn't work for me.
Jackson Rathbone did a pretty good job. I had no idea who the guy was until all the fangirl squee about Twilight followed the episode. Sort of funny, because I thought Adam looked a little 'vampire-ish' before I even knew.
There were also really well done call backs to Reid's experience with Hankel. I can't remember who on my flist said this, but it was really nice to get a new writer that showed a nice grasp of some of the history of the show. The scene on the roof was okay (except that the MUSIC, omg, was terrible and a little too loud--it was overpowering the scene!), but I didn't quite get the vibe that all the Morgan/Reid shippers did. YES, we have a strong history of Morgan seeking out Reid, and Reid opening up to him. But for one thing, we were back to Morgan calling Reid "kid" in that scene, something I just can't see him doing with Reid if they were a couple. Also, while Reid did open up a little there, he also physically shut Morgan out at the end of it. He turned his back on the conversation.
It's funny how our initial shipping instincts stick with us, though, because when Hotch and Prentiss are standing over Julie and Reid is trying to figure out where Amanda would go, I could practically hear Hotch aching for Reid. Hotch and Reid have a much bigger connection in regards to the Hankel case than Morgan and Reid did. Plus, as far as Reid opening up to Morgan? You know he doesn't open up to Hotch on cases because their LURVE would be SO obvious. Reid totally goes home and SPILLS HIS GUTS to Hotch though. You all know it; don't lie.
*cough* Wow, that got longer than I thought. That's all I got. LOL
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