They are in LJ now, Burrell.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Mar 06, 2005 3:29:22 pm PST #4634 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Burrell - Mar 06, 2005 3:31:52 pm PST #4635 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
::runs over to LJ::
le nubian - Mar 06, 2005 3:32:21 pm PST #4636 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This week's "Monk" (the season finale I think) was very troubling.
Lee - Mar 06, 2005 3:33:05 pm PST #4637 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
How so, Le Nubian? ita said the same thing, but I haven't seen it yet.
Theodosia - Mar 06, 2005 3:38:44 pm PST #4638 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I missed Lee's pictures -- to the LJmobile, away.
Lee - Mar 06, 2005 3:40:37 pm PST #4639 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Burrell, also, insent.
le nubian - Mar 06, 2005 4:08:51 pm PST #4640 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lee,
Well, my feelings about "Monk" stem from my general feeling that the show has been going downhill since the first season. In dramatic fashion, after Sharona (the actress) was canned, they also decided to mess with Monk's characterization. I mean damn, they didn't even get the same actress to play his wife Trudy in flashbacks!
Besides that, there are things about Monk's characterization that have flown by the wayside. This was made FAR MORE evident in this final season ep in comparison to previous eps. Suffice it to say, when Monk was rolling around on the grass - oblivious - I threw my hands in the air.
That's all I can say without a boatload of spoilers. I'm dodging around a serious plot point that doesn't even make sense when you see how Monk has related to other individuals with the plot point's characteristics.
Lee - Mar 06, 2005 4:14:04 pm PST #4641 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks, Le Nubian.
That does sound offputting.
Alibelle - Mar 06, 2005 4:33:51 pm PST #4642 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I just fell down while walking home. That sucked.
I also totally forgot that I have to go to one of the MFA playwrights' shows, and the only one I can make is at 8 tonight, and I have ZERO interest in going. Ick. Not only that, seating is limited, so I have to go at 7, put my name on the list, kill 45 minutes, and then come back. I had other plans for tonight, that maybe weren't crazy exciting, but they were more fun than that.
I REALLY dislike my playwriting class. It has, consistently, been my most obnoxious, least interesting, and least worthwhile class this semester. By far.
DCJensen - Mar 06, 2005 4:35:19 pm PST #4643 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm not as badly thrown by the direction of Monk, but I think they are trying to show that Monk is slowly getting better, then backsliding.
As far as casting goes, I've not yet seen a clear article on what happened to the actress who played Sharona. I was under the impression it was a contract dispute. As for the portrayal of Trudy, that can be simply availability.
Actually, the place I find them folling down on is the portrayal of the cops. On the ep were TH's character was introduced, they didn't even *try* to solve the case, first.
Traylor adds a new dimension to the show. The 38 year old actress could very easily be seen as a romantic pairing with Monk. They seem to be showing her being a softening influence on his neroses.
Although 38?! she was playing a recent college grad just a couple of years ago!