Shows (not recaps as such)
Nov. 28th, 2008 | 08:29 pm
So they cancelled Pushing Daisies. Don't get me wrong; of the non-cancelled shows I've been keeping up with, Spooks and Friday Night Lights and Dexter and Life and The Sarah Connor Chronicles and House remain enjoyable (although House is, as ever, on notice re: its treatment of female characters), just - none of them are particularly upbeat.
...okay, yes; Dexter cheers me up enormously, but that's a) vaguely disturbing and b) not making it an upbeat show per se. PD was - all whimsy and joy and oodles of gentle melancholy cleverly, fancily and oh-so-colourfully wrapped. Was it in love with its artsy, artificial self? Absolutely, but I never found it too sweet or cutesie, what with all these undertones in far less than perfect harmony.
As for shows I abandoned? I gave Heroes another try - for three eps of Season Three downloaded early on, and then I chucked it into the trash can where it belongs. ( Spoilers, I guess, for HS 3x01-03 )
Also deleted all my Heroes icons because dudettes, so not a show I want to be associated with in any way. (And look, people, I watch Stargate Atlantis proudly...well, no. 0 :-) But I watch it with ♥.) Speaking of, much as I loved Mohinder, Claire, and Hiro, thinking that Angela Petrelli was da bomb, the show as a whole is just not worth my time. Fans with more stamina and stubbornness: Feel free to browse my galleries of Heroes and Heroes Actors icons; I'll do away with the folder after Christmas.
Didn't continue Gossip Girl, either. I enjoyed it, mostly Blair and Serena and Dan, but really, who has the time. Says the girl on crutches who is driven to the physio-rehab clinic for weeks and weeks, I know. I know. Quite possibly, I just wish I had their problems?
(Bones is upbeat, of course. And I adore it - same for The Sarah Jane Adventures and Burn Notice, the latter being on a break, though. And I just remember I have some The Middleman left to watch! Anyone know about the status of that show?)
...okay, yes; Dexter cheers me up enormously, but that's a) vaguely disturbing and b) not making it an upbeat show per se. PD was - all whimsy and joy and oodles of gentle melancholy cleverly, fancily and oh-so-colourfully wrapped. Was it in love with its artsy, artificial self? Absolutely, but I never found it too sweet or cutesie, what with all these undertones in far less than perfect harmony.
As for shows I abandoned? I gave Heroes another try - for three eps of Season Three downloaded early on, and then I chucked it into the trash can where it belongs. ( Spoilers, I guess, for HS 3x01-03 )
Also deleted all my Heroes icons because dudettes, so not a show I want to be associated with in any way. (And look, people, I watch Stargate Atlantis proudly...well, no. 0 :-) But I watch it with ♥.) Speaking of, much as I loved Mohinder, Claire, and Hiro, thinking that Angela Petrelli was da bomb, the show as a whole is just not worth my time. Fans with more stamina and stubbornness: Feel free to browse my galleries of Heroes and Heroes Actors icons; I'll do away with the folder after Christmas.
Didn't continue Gossip Girl, either. I enjoyed it, mostly Blair and Serena and Dan, but really, who has the time. Says the girl on crutches who is driven to the physio-rehab clinic for weeks and weeks, I know. I know. Quite possibly, I just wish I had their problems?
(Bones is upbeat, of course. And I adore it - same for The Sarah Jane Adventures and Burn Notice, the latter being on a break, though. And I just remember I have some The Middleman left to watch! Anyone know about the status of that show?)
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Oct. 23rd, 2007 | 09:56 pm
I just ate this sans coconut milk. Also great & practically fat-free (I had to balance out the huge amounts of marzipan I ate today).
Otherwise -- well, I'm good with the new dynamics on Atlantis and specifically our dear doctor. So, as I'd promised![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
smittywing and already shared with lilysaid, here's a batch of (some) girls only:
( 5 x Dr. Jennifer Keller, 3 x Teyla Emmagan, 1 x Kate Heightmeyer )
3 Pushing Daisies icons ( under this cut. )
— Please comment & credit if you take; cheers!
— Resources/Credit
...yeah, yeah, I couldn't resist. Readthassalia's view on Pushing Daisies if you like it -- I do -- and feel free to bask in chase820's opinion that the show "has choked on its whimsy" if you don't.
Otherwise -- well, I'm good with the new dynamics on Atlantis and specifically our dear doctor. So, as I'd promised
smittywing and already shared with lilysaid, here's a batch of (some) girls only:| ex.1 | ex.02 | ex.3 |
 |  |  |
( 5 x Dr. Jennifer Keller, 3 x Teyla Emmagan, 1 x Kate Heightmeyer )
3 Pushing Daisies icons ( under this cut. )
— Please comment & credit if you take; cheers!
— Resources/Credit
...yeah, yeah, I couldn't resist. Read
thassalia's view on Pushing Daisies if you like it -- I do -- and feel free to bask in chase820's opinion that the show "has choked on its whimsy" if you don't.