tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34730848854626004482024-03-06T03:01:48.927-05:00Television on the BrainKristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-35062530944085261862014-05-22T18:02:00.000-04:002014-05-22T18:02:00.780-04:00Hollywood Exes: Let's do this thing! So after my very exciting "Hey, look at me again please!" post from yesterday, it's already recap time! I took notes and everything, super profesh-like, just to show my commitment. You are welcome.<br />
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So let's just begin with Drea, because real life has intruded upon her storyline, unfortunately for her. In real life, Drea is divorcing her husband of 2 months, Brian, who has just been introduced on this show. He was cheating or sending sexts or something gross like that. But in show world, they are still planning their wedding and it makes me feel squirmy just watching it. So anyway, Brian is a singer (and a terrible one at that. My notes about his song are just "no no no no") and is recording a song to sing to Drea at their wedding. My favorite part about this is that Drea seems to think that Brian is very brave to try to sing to her, R. Kelly's ex-wife. She keeps bragging about how R. Kelly is the "The King of R&B" (no arguments here) which seems like something that would piss Brian off. Good thing they're already getting divorced, I guess. Another great moment of this recording studio section of the show is when Drea says that Brian's song makes her feel like she's "pregnant in her ear." It is mostly great because everyone laughs until Brian looks at her, puts his hand up and says "Filter." WOMP WOMP- everything is uncomfortable now. I missed this line upon first watching, but Josh rewound it and told me "Something REALLY bad just happened." which is hilarious. I guess he knows how I might react if he did that to me! Drea handled it well though, so good on you, boo-boo.<br />
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Then Shanna and Miss Nevada or something go into Jessica's medical spa, which is scary to me. Just the concept of Jessica doing anything "medical" is frightening. I guess this scene was just to let us know that Miss Nevada's brows NEED WORK.<br />
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Nicole and Mayte meet to discuss what I have just decided to call "Sugarbowlgate." Quick recap of that: Nicole had a brunch, and at said her brunch her 18 year old daughter had a purse with fur on it and some baseball player's wife (probably trying to get on this show) was wearing fur. This enraged Mayte and caused her to run away from the brunch, and whilst she fled, Nicole's large glass bowl of raw sugar was smashed on the kitchen floor. Mayte at first claimed this was an accident that happened while she was grabbing her purse, but she already had her purse in her hand soo... Anyway, at this sit down, Nicole reasonably asks for an apology and points out that even if it WAS an accident, the normal person thing to do would have been to be like "Oh dear, I broke something, I am so sorry, let me help you clean it up." Mayte responds to this by saying "Well, we both have our stories...", which, what?! Not really. She refuses to apologize, calls it a "beautiful accident" (PSYCHO), and then asks if they can just move on. She does offer to replace the sugar bowl, but that is the only decent thing she says to Nicole. Nicole realizes that she is way too awesome for this, so pretty much whatever, but now she knows Mayte is batshit insane.<br />
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We then get a super awkward scene between Cray Cray Mayte and her boyfriend Humberto, who decide during dinner they want to have a baby, and then go to their bedroom to make one, but not before inviting her one million dogs into the room with them. NO NO NO.<br />
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Drea returns in a super sad sequence where she tries on wedding dresses and her assistant casts doubt on her impending nuptials. It just kind of bummed me out, except for the part where Drea kept calling her assistant Tony, "my boo-boo kitty." That part was awesome.<br />
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THEN (yes, there is more!) Shanna has a poker party for charity or something? I am not clear on why. These things happen at the party:<br />
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<li>Jessica meets a guy that she thinks is hot. Nicole does not like his vest. "That vest is killing me right now. Somebody get him a shirt." Nicole is the best.</li>
<li>Sheree gets drunk and it makes me like her more.</li>
<li>Drea's assistant Tony has a talk with her fiance Brian in which he says that R. Kelly "runs Chicago." It made me think maybe R. Kelly is gonna have this guy killed or something now.</li>
<li>Sheree confronts Mayte about how she missed her husband's 40th bday party (where she was supposed to be making mojitos!). Sheree has been ON about this every damn episode. They make up, basically because Mayte brings up a baby she lost many years ago and there is a not a good way to argue with that. Sheree acknowledges in her talking head that Mayte was just using the dead baby thing to get out of the argument, so basically I am liking Sheree more every minute in this ep!</li>
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At some point Jessica goes and visits her 17 year old daughter on a modeling shoot, where she makes sad noises about her daughter moving away sometime soon. During this scene I wrote "Remember that show Empty Nest?!" to myself. Yes, I do, self. I do indeed. </div>
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The last scene of the show is another cringe-making Drea and Brian scene, where Drea tries to convince him to reverse his vasectomy so she can have his baby. I have to say, I gotta side with Brian in this scene, because she knew this guy didn't want to have kids 3 months ago when she met him and last week or whenever she agreed to marry him. So she just seems kind of delusional here. </div>
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Jessica and Shanna get into it over something, finally bringing Shanna into the action! Also more Drea and Brian. Yeesh. </div>
Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-10478270801358271572014-05-21T18:30:00.000-04:002014-05-21T18:30:02.572-04:00Get excited people who used read this blog 4 years ago! I'm back! I was recently wondering why I could not find any good recaps of the horrible, super trashy, and insane reality shows that Josh and I watch on a weekly basis. They are so ripe for hilarious (yet kind, these ARE real people) commentary! So I decided that if no one was going to do it for me, I would have to do it myself! (This is the "bootstraps" mentality so favored in this country, so naturally, I expect a lot of props).<br />
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While I have read many hilarious "Real Housewives" recaps, I can never find any good recaps of the reality shows on VHI, including "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" and "Hollywood Exes." Where are my kindred spirits who cannot help but love Lil Scrappy?! Or others who are willing to acknowledge that Matye Garcia is disturbingly insane, and almost never makes any sense at all?! (Prince really dodged a bullet there.) So here I am to give you a quick primer on these two shows.<br />
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<b>Steve J</b> (a producer) and <b>Joseline</b> ( a performer of some sort), who are terrible, being fake married and fake rich, after years of torturing his ex and mother of his child<b> Mimi</b>, who I always liked but now is pretending that a porn she made with her greasy boyfriend is actually a stolen sex tape, which somehow makes me like her less. (This show is not appropriate for children, in case you didn't get that). So they are always trying to take each other down, yet Mimi and Stevie have some kind of undeniable connection that makes them sort of still into each other as they try to expose each other's dirty secrets etc. So basically, super great soap opera plot here, though these days no one is exactly rootable.<br />
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Then there is <b>Lil Scrappy</b>, a rapper who is a sweet man-child with a PSYCHOTIC mother named Momma Dee. She is scary and always hates his girlfriends and says things like "She is B.I.C.T.H- in that order!" (I am not sure what she thinks that spells.) Scrappy stories are pretty much always the same. He has a girlfriend, or a fiancee, but then he also has this SUPER HOT, nice, "friend" who relentlessly wants to sleep with him, usually, weirdly, at the behest of his mother. Even though he is always cheating on his girlfriend, I cannot help but love him, because he seems so sweet and just desperate for all the love he can get, and when you look at the woman who raised him, you are kind of like "I get that." It's kind of like how everyone hates Don Draper for being a cheating drunk, but when you really consider his upbringing you think to yourself "It's a miracle this guy isn't a serial killer!" (Maybe I<br />
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will recap the season finale of Mad Men for you high-minded people.) Same goes, to a lesser degree, for Lil Scrappy. Also he has this charming marble-mouthed way of speaking and is pretty funny. He's my favorite person on this show, by far.<br />
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<b>Kirk </b>and <b>Rasheeda</b> are a married couple who are having problems. She is a rapper and he is sort of her manager, but it seems like he just says mean stuff to like it's his job. So, their problems are basically that Rasheeda is cool and smart and Kirk is the absolute WORST. He seemed okay until last season when he cheated on his pregnant wife, and then had the gall to deny his child demand a paternity test from her. (Um, YOU are the one who cheated dude.) This season he has already told his child's grandmother not to kiss the baby and attempted to hire a hot nanny so he could just have a side-chick right in his damn house. He is weirdly mean to Rasheeda all the time, and even Stevie J, former holder of the title "the absolute WORST" thinks he is being shady and should just be nice to his wife.<br />
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We also have <b>Karlie Redd</b>, who is a singer, I think, and is right now dating rapper <b>Yung Joc</b>. Well at least she was until she found that he was sleeping with their real estate agent, who revealed this to Karlie when she was showing them a house they might rent. So that seemed super real and not a set up. Another note on Karlie, she pretends to 29 when she is pretty clearly a decade older. Just own it, girl!<br />
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Massachusetts' own Benzino, former owner of The Source magazine, is also sort of on this show, and he got shot in real life during the filming, so I expect his role in the latter half of the season will increase. He is friends with Stevie J, which means he is probably a terrible person deep down, but manages to come off okay most of the time, as long as he doesn't get his own storyline.<br />
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Oh and <b>Waka Flocka Flame </b>and his fiancee whose name I cannot remember are also on this. He seems nice and they are planning a wedding so I am sure this will all blow up at some point soon, because this show is definitely not about having happy people on it.<br />
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There are some other ladies on the show who are ostensibly, if you look at the titles, main characters, but so far this season they mostly seem to exist to comment on the personal lives of the aforementioned. <br />
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So that's Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta. Are you even ready for Hollywood Exes? I don't know if I am, but here goes.<br />
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Hollywood Exes is a show that is an a more traditional reality show style, as in, the network makes these people have all these weird parties and events that puts them together and then they fight and at some point in the season, they all go on a trip together and fight some more. Lovers of Real Housewives are encouraged to check this out. On this show we have:<br />
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<b>Nicole Murphy</b>, Eddie Murphy's ex wife. She is beautiful and amazing, why Eddie Murphy would have left this woman is beyond me. She is now engaged to Michael Strahan, from Live with Michael and Kelly, who seems great, so good for her.<br />
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<b>Jessica Canseco</b>, Jose Canseco's ex, who is the kind of person who has no filter and therefore says really inappropriate things all the time, but people still kind of like her. Perfect for a reality show, bravo VH1!<br />
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<b>Andrea Kelly</b>, R. KELLY's ex wife, and who is EXACTLY as insane and weird yet great as you might expect R. Kelly's ex to be. She comes up with a lot of catchphrases, such as "Check yo' email" and "Hollywood fa boo-boo." She is very emotional and gets so fired up all the time, about basically everything. VH1 really did a bang up job casting this show.<br />
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<b>Mayte Garcia</b>, Prince's ex. A fanatical animal rights activist, she has no problem destroying people's things if they even let someone wear fur in her presence. She also has no self awareness whatsoever. She is someone who has pretty clearly benefited from being insanely beautiful for her entire life, so has never had to actually be normal or treat people respectfully. She thinks that if she smashes her friends things "accidentally" in a blind rage over a fur purse, that SHE is the one who deserves an apology. Ugh Mayte. ugh.<br />
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<b>Sheree Fletcher</b>, Will Smith's ex. Like LONG AGO ex. Who was married to him for two years. And unlike Mayte, who is in a similar situation, she doesn't even really seem to give a crap about Will Smith or think about him ever, which is good. However, we're stretching the premise here. She's a preacher's wife and is always moralizing so I really dislike her.<br />
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These are the most interesting Hollywood Exes. Martin Lawrence's ex, Shamicka, and Shanna Moakler, ex of Travis Barker AND Oscar De La Hoya (double Hollywood Ex!!) are on it as well. They're kind of new, I'm not attached to them yet. Shamicka seems nice and boring, Shanna seems nice and kind of funny. But everyone on reality show seems nice until you get them into mansion in Aspen or some shit, and then everything goes BONKERS.<br />
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While the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has to contend with marriages being destroyed, sex tapes, miscarriages, and even being shot, the ladies of Hollywood Exes basically just fight about sugar containers being smashed on the floor, mojitos not being made, birthday parties being skipped, and fur hats being set on fire as a prank. The stakes are lower, which means this show rarely if ever veers into that "Oh god, this is depressing, I am a bad person for watching this" kind of territory. They are rich ladies with rich lady problems, for the most part. How nice for them.<br />
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So your assignment? Watch these shows! Then I can recap them for you and together we will laugh and laugh. It'll be great, trust me!<br />
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Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-67547848052954012212011-12-06T22:50:00.003-05:002011-12-07T00:33:56.813-05:00Guess who's back? Krista's back! Back temporarily. To talk about 90210!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgW4-R7W1nuxu2D6uCFPKg9dte_4iM7ALtk1hz5G-CwtgwruoufhzYNWV2HFRgUWqOEA0q_pXg422LMuYaIhloV80fNc6LDv2NiJuPLlBnOSLLc8c-IuK5HXWupeyY8pSCCLUTxY0uQA/s1600/Liam.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgW4-R7W1nuxu2D6uCFPKg9dte_4iM7ALtk1hz5G-CwtgwruoufhzYNWV2HFRgUWqOEA0q_pXg422LMuYaIhloV80fNc6LDv2NiJuPLlBnOSLLc8c-IuK5HXWupeyY8pSCCLUTxY0uQA/s400/Liam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683229703237008530" /></a>So I am finally, FINALLY not taking a class for five minutes of my life, and I decided that it was the perfect time to check in and talk about this season of 90210! Mostly because like 75% of what is going on is annoying the crap out of me, and it would really help me to get these emotions out. <div><br /></div><div>I mean I understand the need for drama, but why does almost everything have to be<i> terrible</i>? For almost everyone? I mean they were practically playing the soundtrack to Schindler's List over the preview for next week's episode! So let's list the hateable things about this season so far. I'm telling you, we'll all feel better.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. <b>TEDDY LEFT</b>! WTF show?! Teddy was pretty much the only character that I haven't wanted to punch at some point, even when he was being jerky or ridiculous. (Though the best part of last week's ep was when Ivy told him to stop whining and feeling sorry for himself and buck up, seeing as he is incredibly rich, handsome, white and healthy. He is kind of a whiner.) I like Teddy, and I was loving his friendship with Silver, and his romance was cute, and it is so lame that they wrote him out, especially since Annie continues to have a large role.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. <b>The entire Silver/Navid plot</b>. I hate hate HATE television plots where the only real problem between two people is that one of them keeps lying about something stupid. Now, I will admit that 9021o gave Navid a pretty decent reason to lie to Silver. (I mean the cops told him to, and I suppose she is the type of person who would show up at his uncle's office screaming about how he's a car thief and she's on her way to report him to the police.) But still, it just seems insane to tell someone you just have to lie to them, without any other information for that person whatsoever. It also seems weird to dump your boyfriend after finding out he is in way over his head in some kind of insane high-end car thieving ring...oh no wait, I guess that makes sense. If I were Navid, I totally would have cracked and told Silver 20 minutes after that teenage cop told me not to. (Note to cops, I am not a good candidate for undercover work.) Anyway, I am pretty sure that Silver's new boyfriend's kid is gonna totally fall in love with her and think she's her new mommy and stuff, and then the whole Navid being 21 Jumpstreet will come out and it will take FOREVER for them to get back together because Silver will feel all guilty over the kid, and my annoyance will continue. (Yes, I pretty much just want them to get back together, they were cute, whatever.)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3.<b> Ivy & Raj</b> Faking being better and dumping your wife? Bad move Raj, especially since the entire point of you marrying her was so you could experience marriage before you died. I guess now he wants to experience divorce? Pro tip: it's not as fun.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. <b>Back from the dead Alaska Fisherman- </b> This plot really had the makings for awesomeness, with the whole "banging-your-presumably-dead-friend's-prego-wife-and-then-it-turns-out-he's-not-actually-dead" thing, but instead they just hugged it out and the wife went back to Alaska with him. I was hoping for some kind of psycho stalking attempted murder or something. </div><div><br /></div><div>8. <b>Liam hates modeling-</b> Why? Liam is super hot, but damn, no one wants to see some kid whine about how people want to take pictures of him because he is super hot. Just let him sexily own a bar and model on the side, and stop having stories based around jobs and money. They are boring and suck, and these people should just have money and shut up about it. </div><div><br /></div><div>9. <b>Annie and Dixon are broke</b> See above. We know it's gonna work out, so instead of forcing Annie to turn tricks, let's just have them be all set with the inheritance money so they can move forward with drug problems, car accidents and the like. I mean whoring yourself out for your brother's rehab? That is just too depressing for 8pm on a Tuesday night.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. <b>Naomi's a bad girlfriend</b> We know that, she's been a bad girlfriend since 90210 started. It is actually one of the only consistent character traits anyone on this show has ever had. I don't need be reminded of it again, twice, with two different guys in the first half of the season. (I miss Max. I am into nerd-love.) </div><div><br /></div><div>11. <b>Naomi caring SO MUCH about the Greek Council.</b> She's gorgeous, beautiful, rich as hell, and apparently a talented event planner being groomed to take over a successful business when she's 20. Why would getting to be treasurer for her college's Greek Council even register at this point? Maybe this is because I went to a college where frats and sororities were thought of as havens for idiots, but this Greek life crap is totally uninteresting to me. </div><div><br /></div><div>12. <b>Vinny from Jersey Shore guesting on the show twice.</b> Ugh.</div><div><br /></div><div>There were also things I liked though, don't worry! They include:</div><div><br /></div><div>-Liam's hair in this episode. He should go without bangs ALL THE TIME. Damn. </div><div><br /></div><div>-Dixon and Adrianna are kind of cute, and I actually buy her transformation from evil to good. </div><div><br /></div><div>-Liam owns a bar! It's so Peach Pit After Dark, I love it! (Oh Dylan McKay. I miss you.) </div><div><br /></div><div>-Annie getting that mean grandson to let her have all Marla's money! Yay for not having to hear her worry about being broke anymore! I do think it's funny that she felt so entitled to the inheritance even before she knew the grandson was a jerk who couldn't care less about Marla. I mean she knew the woman for like, 6 weeks, tops. How does that make her more entitled to the money than Marla's actual family?</div><div><br /></div><div>-Annie's "boyfriend" calling up and proposing some girl on girl action in Hawaii! That dude is all class. (I laughed super hard at this, so it counts as a like.)</div><div><br /></div><div>-The girl who hit Liam deciding that she was going to run from the cops after she realized that he is a model with a big billboard. Also made me laugh super hard.</div><div><br /></div><div>-Everyone lives in Naomi's mansion. Perfect.</div><div><br /></div><div>-Holly and Naomi's rivalry being about something real (love of a mother!) instead of about something involving a sorority.</div><div><br /></div><div>-The fact that Millie from Freaks and Geeks is still playing a teenager, 12 years after her Junior year at William McKinley High School. </div><div><br /></div><div>Let's hope that Liam recovers fully and sexily from his motorcycle accident and never brushes his hair forward again. Also that Navid's Dad has returned to help get out from under his evil uncle's thumb, Silver ditches the old guy and gets back with him, and Dixon's drug problem rears it's ugly head again. (See, I don't want everything all happy-happy joy joy!) Also, I would like to hear Adrianna write a song about how she's sorry about trying to make Silver kill herself, and Naomi to just find herself a sex slave that likes to be dominated and do her bidding so she doesn't have to worry about whiny boyfriends. I also hope Holly develops an eating disorder and Annie gets nostalgic for her days as an escort and does it just for fun now that her money's come through. Oh, and that the dead Alaska fisherman comes back to get his revenge with a hook or something. That would be cool. And Teddy comes back and continues being awesome and stuff. And Raj lives! All of that should happen.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Next week:</b> Well, if the soundtrack of the preview is anything to go by, the Holocaust, or something just as bad, I guess. </div><div><br /></div>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-51704899289382424062011-02-02T20:47:00.000-05:002011-02-02T20:49:42.145-05:0090210- I really wish I was in Ojai too.<div><div id="asset-9246745" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img height="286" width="380" src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9246745-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="byline">cwtv.com</span><span class="caption"></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div>Okay, I've been shoveling snow for 5 hours, so even though I'm not exactly the yoga retreat type, right now I would be all over going to Ojai to get in touch with my feelings or whatever. Also, I would really love a chance to tell Adrianna she is a horrible person in a sweat lodge. Or wherever really.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Okay what was awesome?</strong></div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Everyone yelled at Adrianna</strong> (except Navid, which would also have been great.). It was amazing. They even pointed out that what she did was twisted and immoral! And that she was shallow and irritating! It made me so so happy</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Adrianna was likeable for like 5 seconds</strong>! She talked about giving up her baby for adoption, and how it affected her, she cried and seemed like the rounded, vulnerable interesting character she used to be. And then...well, she blew it pretty quickly and spectacularly.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Charlie left!</strong> Now I don't have to hear his weird scratchy young Michael Jackson voice anymore. Yay!</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>And Annie and Liam are together!</strong> Oh man, I don't know how I went from hating Annie to really rooting for her to be Liam, but here we are. I think I just want Liam to be happy.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Annie had an awesome and incredibly loud meltdown about how she hated her stupid cousin, when said cousin was two doors down, and yet had no idea why the cousin might be acting weird.</strong> It was a stunning example of teenage obliviousness. Also, it was really funny. And the cousin is super annoying, so I kinda feel her on this one.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Navid and Silver did it.</strong> In a tent, on a yoga retreat, with Adrianna about 50 feet away. It was hot.</div><div><br /></div><div>-<strong> Dixon asked if his chest was getting too big.</strong> It was funny. Also, no, you look fine.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Some things sucked</strong>:</div><div><div id="asset-9246816" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img height="253" width="380" src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9246816-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210-2.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="byline">cwtv.com</span><span class="caption"></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div></div><div id="asset-9246816" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><span class="photo-data"><span class="byline"><br /></span></span></span></div><div>- <strong>Emily, the annoying cousin.</strong> She is mean AND annoying, Also, even as a brunette, she's a dead ringer for Kelly Taylor, who I hate. (She STOLE Dylan while Brenda was in Paris! Disgusting.) Emily better keep her mitts of Liam. This character is a good idea though, because it is making me genuinely like Annie.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <strong>Ryan/Deb ruined date.</strong> Nobody cares. Seriously, they're both off the show next season, so there really is no one that cares.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Naomi is so obviously going get taken advantage of by that yoga guru and her weird sidekick. Probably even next week.</div><div><br /></div><div>-<strong> ADRIANNA SELLING HER BABY STORY AND DECIDING TO GET HER BACK FOR PUBLICITY AND MONEY.</strong> I put that in all caps because it seems that she is the absolute worst person ever, just like I have been suspecting all season.</div><div><br /></div><div>-<strong>Navid didn't dump Ade yet</strong>. Just dump her dude, she's terrible.</div><div><br /></div><div>- No Teddy!</div><div><br /></div><div>Next week: My DVR cut off the preview, but my guess is that Naomi is going to get taken advantage of by that yoga guru, Adrianna is going to continue being awful with almost zero consequences and Navid and Silver are going to agonize over their affair. Also, Liam and Annie will probably get it on a lot.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-29277818523951242352011-01-26T13:15:00.002-05:002011-01-26T13:20:12.139-05:0090210 is back, and so am I!Luckily only one of us has tons of drama going on. We start off right where we left off, at Ade's stupid Christmas party. So we've got Navid (Michael Steger) and Silver (Jessica Stroup) kissing, Teddy (Trevor Donovan) and Ian (Kyle Riabko) kissing, Dixon (Tristan Michaels) and Cannon creeping (on Teddy/Ian and Naomi, respectively), Ade's big secret being revealed on TMZ or something and Liam (Matt Lanter) and Annie (Shenae Grimes) basking in the afterglow of doing it. And now, things are about to get crazy. <div id="asset-9223822" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-cannonjpg-55cbdcbda8f04f37.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Cannon.jpg" width="300" height="199" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="byline" style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">cwtv.com</span></span><span class="caption"><span style="font-size:78%;">Mr. Cannon, looking psychotown</span>.</span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div><br />Let's just go at these dramas from biggest to smallest, because today, that's how I roll.<br /><br /><strong>Naomi/Cannon/Silver-</strong> This part had it all! Knives, almost murder, yelling, tears, and horrible horrible plans. Let's be real here, Cannon's plan was incredibly terrible. Tying up former victims and almost-victims and making them say that it was all made up on video, where there are clearly under duress? Then stealing one his victims trust funds? Sure dude, that's gonna make you look totally innocent. I'm sure your wife will coming running to find you under your next assumed name. What a coincidence that the guy Naomi fake-accused of sexual harassment was a real-rapist. That's just bad luck right there. Anyway, I thought AnnaLynn McCord did a pretty good job during the whole "Ima gonna kill him" scene, and the dude who plays Cannon brought it for that one as well, even though he was kind of over the top for the rest of the hostage situation. Though I usually really like her, Jessica Stroup was really doing it for me in the scenes. I guess "oh-my-god-we're-gonna-die" kind of acting just isn't her thing.<br /><br />On a side note, I watched O.G. 90210 this weekend (along with Shenae Grimes in Degrassi, I was really preparing for this!) and when Erin came on my boyfriend yelled "It's baby Silver!" and it was awesome.<br /><br /><strong>Ivy/Dixon-</strong> This storyline become a drama-filled frontrunner when Ivy almost died! <div id="asset-9223844" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-ivyjpg-a4f056d38d25dccc.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Ivy.jpg" width="333" height="500" /><span class="photo-data" style="font-size:78%;"><span class="byline"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">cwtv.com</span></span><span class="caption">Ivy, about to fake an injury. <br /><br /></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div> I found it sort of weird that after saving her life, Dixon just left. "Hey, glad you didn't die, I'm out!" I mean this was a girl that a few weeks ago, he was in true love with. I'm pretty sure I would stay to make sure my worst enemy was okay and not traumatized after almost drowning, but apparently Dixon is still <em>really mad </em> about the whole Oliver thing. It's kind of creepy how pissed he is that he doesn't get to take Ivy's virginity. Dixon is pretty much being a huge creep this entire episode though, so it makes sense. Anyway, after all the near death drama, Ivy is apparently cleared to compete in some surf meet, and then fakes an injury to get out of it because she is too scared to surf. Which, duh Ivy, of course. You almost died about an hour ago, so maybe you're not quite ready to get back up on the board again.<br /><br /><strong>Adrianna/Navid/Silver</strong>- Speaking of PTSD, Ade is faking it to try and get out of the fact that she is essentially a grave robber, but it ain't working. So of course, even though Navid was gonna dump her and then eventually be with Silver, he feels like he can't because she is such a wreck. I don't really get this, because she is just facing the consequences for a totally <em>awful</em> thing that she has done, so I don't really think he should feel bad for dumping her on her ass. I mean just get her to rock bottom faster Navid, she'll thank you later. This show just loves to keep the couples I like apart, doesn't it.<br /><br /><div id="asset-9223907" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9223907-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Liam_Charlie.jpg" width="380" height="253" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="byline" style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">cwtv.com </span></span><span class="caption"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:78%;" >Liam and Charlie make up from their feud that makes no sense</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div><strong>Liam/Annie/Charlie-</strong> Yes it does! Because even after making me kind of like Annie and want her to be with Liam, now this show is keeping them apart as well! I feel so betrayed 90210. <em>You made me root for Annie!</em> And then, just like that, you revealed that the reason Liam hated his brother so much was completely stupid and senseless (I maintain there is NO WAY this was the plan all along, because they did everything they could to make Charlie seem kind of sinister.) So anyway, when they were little kids, one time, Charlie was mean to Liam and let him get beat up by their evil uncle. But Charlie himself was beat by the evil uncle many many times, and was only mean to Liam to make him leave (which...wouldn't the beatings make you leave?). So pretty much the story doesn't make sense, Liam being crazy mad and refusing to even hear his brother out doesn't make any sense, and now, Annie and Liam cannot be together. So blech. Also, Annie has an annoying cousin who wants to take over her life, and I gotta tell you, I'm not looking forward to that storyline.<br /><br />At the bottom of the drama rung, we have <strong>Teddy/Ian/Dixon.</strong> Basically Dixon saw Teddy and Ian kissing, and then acted like a 10 year old about it, asking Navid "why would two guys kiss?" and then being all cage and weird and afraid Teddy is going to hit on him at any minute. In the end, he just asks Teddy about it and Teddy lies for like 5 seconds before saying he didn't want to talk about and not to tell anyone. Don' t trust him Teddy, since he's morphed into a tween, the whole school should know in about 8 hours.<br /><br />Next week:<br />The girls go on a spa day or something? The previews almost totally ruin this show. I hate you CW promo makers.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-41443506376578601462010-12-08T14:43:00.007-05:002010-12-08T15:22:48.889-05:00Grinchy Glee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1PxHCEWZ43tXNNxRt9wTwkwkN8ainooseEl2Qgy8wMj83VR1ETzz9dFwXx0JMaLdYhVz4s5FQM8fw4ppZ3JT8ROEKkaOnAy9KGbKHA0QcFTLgLOcDygEPOAZFoKNpUchIY2eik0mZJI/s1600/glee-christmas-sneak-peek.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1PxHCEWZ43tXNNxRt9wTwkwkN8ainooseEl2Qgy8wMj83VR1ETzz9dFwXx0JMaLdYhVz4s5FQM8fw4ppZ3JT8ROEKkaOnAy9KGbKHA0QcFTLgLOcDygEPOAZFoKNpUchIY2eik0mZJI/s400/glee-christmas-sneak-peek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548407120976887682" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, so let me just put this out there right away. I don't really like Christmas music. As a young misanthrope, I used to say that I <span style="font-style: italic;">hated</span> Christmas music, but that's not really true. It's just as a person who loves music, Christmas music has always been my least favorite kind. There are so many schlocky, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fakey</span>, icky holiday songs out in the world, and they are so much harder to avoid than all the schlocky, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">fakey</span>, icky regular music in the world. There are people who still haven't heard Justin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bieber</span>, but there is no one that can escape twenty terrible versions of "Jingle Bell Rock" around this time of year. So with that in mind, now I shall tell you what I thought about an episode of Glee whose thin plot pretty much only existed so that the characters could sing Christmas songs.<br /><br />Still, there were some things I liked! It's a Christmas Miracle!<br /><br />-<span style="font-style: italic;">Last Christmas</span>! It's only the BEST.CHRISTMAS.SONG.EVER! Wham! does it better though.<br /><br />-Grinch homage! I felt like it visually looked great. Loved the scenes with Becky as the reindeer dog pulling the wagon. It really reminded me of the classic cartoon (not the terrible Jim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Carrey</span> cartoon!.<br /><br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Britanny</span>. Loved it. Heather Morris has been doing great job all season imbuing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Britanny's</span> dumb/brilliant lines with a childlike innocence and it paid off in this episode. She was adorable as Cindy Lou Who in the Grinch scene.<br /><br />-Artie's walking things! I cannot lie, I was crying a little bit. One thing that I really loved about that scene was the quick shot of Tina's reaction. It reminded us that they had a really sweet relationship going before she dumped him for Mike Chang's abs. (Not that she didn't have a good reason...thankfully they have pretty much dropped that whole "Artie as a misogynist" thing from last season.) I think Jenna <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ushkowitz</span> was wonderful in that quick scene, looking loving and grateful at seeing Artie up and about. It was a nice way to play the whole thing. I am not sure how any of this is going to play out for the rest of the season. (Will they just forget about it, using the line "I can't use them all the time" as a way out?) but it was touching for the holiday episode. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLclOAqnLR0Ia8jk5rb1lfUBHbAOddkpzk40izXlpcKNvDr5iRZ1Zvg82tMo-ohs72YF7pk85JSBqirrCyx5-4DNIon4mXM9siFp2xNsIvjpsZ_LzluL0SY0vAxMBcGfDIPhkcJ-Sd3v8/s1600/glee.britanny+santa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLclOAqnLR0Ia8jk5rb1lfUBHbAOddkpzk40izXlpcKNvDr5iRZ1Zvg82tMo-ohs72YF7pk85JSBqirrCyx5-4DNIon4mXM9siFp2xNsIvjpsZ_LzluL0SY0vAxMBcGfDIPhkcJ-Sd3v8/s400/glee.britanny+santa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548407234797393906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-I'll take Sue's turnaround, even though it wasn't really earned. Since it was right after the Artie scene, they kind of had me, so I thought that was sweet too.<br /><br />-Quotes that made me laugh (out loud, I admit)<br /><br />-I really really love Coach <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Beist</span>.<br /><br />-"I didn't know what it was. I assumed it was a Transformer."<br />-"It's unseasonably warm, actually, for this time of year."<br /><br />Things I feel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Grinchy</span> about:<br /><br />-Finn and Rachel. Ugh. Didn't they "officially" break up last week? Also, I didn't like the song she sang to him.<br /><br />-I bet you a million dollars this exact Rachel and Finn plot will be played out in an upcoming episode. Minus Christmas trees, obviously.<br /><br />-Okay, (and props to Kate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Marciniec</span> here) I didn't really care about Kurt and Blaine singing the sort of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">rapey</span> "Baby It's Cold Outside" together. <br /><br />-They 1. made me fear that Santana was going to cut her beautiful, beautiful hair and then 2. intimated that it wasn't her own beautiful beautiful hair. Not cool Glee.<br /><br />-Um, I'm not really that into Christmas music and this episode had almost zero plot. So that was a bummer to me.<br /><br />-I haven't hated Will for two episodes in a row and that just feels wrong.<br /><br />Next week:<br />Nothing. American Idol is coming in January apparently. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Yay</span>.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-90108470707868693372010-12-08T14:34:00.004-05:002010-12-08T14:52:06.309-05:0090210 is making me root for cheating (teenage) couples!<div id="asset-9106411" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9106411-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Ade_90210.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">j
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<br />Due to a tragic VHS (yes I said that, VHS) mishap, I missed last week's episode. From what I gather, here's what happened:
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<br />-<strong>Adrianna</strong> (Jessica Lowndes) continued to be awful.
<br />-<strong>Naomi</strong> (AnnaLynn McCord) and<em> Ivy</em> (Gillian Zinser) became BFF.
<br />-<strong>Naomi</strong> and <strong>Oscar </strong>talked/flirted.
<br />-<strong>Liam</strong> (Matt Lanter) tried to help that annoying girl whose guest house he lives in out and got jumped for his troubles.
<br />-<strong>Navid</strong> (Michael Steger) told <strong>Silver</strong> (Jessica Stroup) he had feelings for her. (squee!!!)
<br />-<strong>Navid </strong>dumped <strong>Adrianna </strong>for being awful, but then got back together with her.
<br />-<strong>Teddy </strong>(Trevor Donovan) and <strong>Ian </strong>(Kyle Ribako) went out on a date (squee!!!)
<br />-<strong>Deb</strong> (Lori Loughlin) and <strong>Ryan Matthews</strong> (Ryan Eggold) can't deny their attraction or some such thing.
<br />-<strong>Dixon</strong> (Tristan Wilds) and <strong>Annie </strong>(Shenae Grimes), though ostensibly the stars of the show, continued to be way less interesting than any of the other characters.
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<br />Adrianna has officially transformed into the most terrible person ever. Most of the time Navid is sitting near her and hearing her talk he can not even mask how nauseated he is by her every word. He honestly looks like he might throw up on her when she sneers through her teeth "This present is so hideous." while smiling at the person who gave it to her. Also, she bought a stupid McMansion house. I know I often harp about how they turned her complex and interesting character into a one dimensional idiot with no feelings or brain, but to be honest, I just want to see her get SMACKED DOWN at this point, so I was totally psyched with Monday's developments. I mean Victor (you know you are awful when I am rooting for that guy over you) exposed her grave robbing to the press AND Silver and Navid totally made out. I was actually cheering as they kissed. Earlier in the episode, when Navid asked her if she had feelings for him and Silver unconvincingly said no and then Ade came down and displayed her horribleness for them once again, all I could say was "If I were Silver, I would have turned to Navid and said, 'Um okay, I don't feel bad anymore. Let's have sex right now." She is that odious. Also, let's be real, Navid and Silver are really cute together. And they're in high school, so whatever. Sorry, Fidelity Watchdog, that's just how it is.
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<br />I was also rooting for the non-cheating but in-hiding couple, Teddy and Ian. Kudos to the CW for letting them kiss a bunch! I was psyched about that! Sometimes network TV can shy-away from letting same-sex couples show affection, so I was pleasantly surprised with these two. I loved that in the beginning of the ep., Ian was all like "sorry, I can't go back into the closet for you." and then as soon as Teddy was all sexily leaning over him at the party he was like "okay, I can be discrete for awhile, that's cool!" Yeah of course you can Ian, <em>because you have eyes, </em>and Teddy is brutally hot. They were of course, not being discrete at all, making out in the hallway at a party. Where Dixon saw, and looked very shocked! Dixon's usually cool about stuff, but he is kind of a bro, so I will be interested to see his reaction to this.
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<br />Hmm what else? Oh Ivy! The Ivy stuff was cute and sad all at once. Her crying to her mom (Kelly Lynch) that she just needed her to love her made me tear up a little. I could see that she was going to get her heartbroken by her deadbeat dad from a mile away, but it seemed realistic that it would take her awhile to figure things out. I'm glad she and her weird voiced mom who is a terrible actress worked things out! I also like her and Naomi as friends. Naomi has great friend chemistry with most of the girls on this show! (Though not, strangely enough with Adrianna, who was her best friend when the show began.) And speaking of poor Naomi, that final shot with Mr. McRapeyTeacher creeping in her room was pretty scary!
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<br />Viewer quotes:
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<br />"Okay, I am putting both Teddy AND Liam on my celebrity freebie list, right now." -S
<br />"You would even root for <em>me </em> to make out with Liam?" -Sh. to his wife.
<br />"Oh man, Teddy is losing his boner for Ian right now watching this." -K. watching Ian destroy some Christmas song at Ade's party.
<br />"I don't usually like to root for infidelity but...YES YES YES MAKE-OUT YES YES!!!"-K
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<br />Next week: There is no next week! It isn't coming back until January 24! This means I'll be 30 before I get to watch 90210 again! Tragic!
<br />But when it does come back, there will be more Navid and Silver making out, which is awesome!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-72936464589565753052010-12-01T13:52:00.006-05:002010-12-01T14:46:07.931-05:00Yes Glee, no 90210.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6xomPyedvBQik_De33-E67IvgRxk-L4iJIEgeeOgbp5UQX24cwQxt7ZNRp8xfcNb4DCO9jesO6BQWjcd7UfoqxAjF3DyG189aP2HePIaTNs3FfQqy0KKEooP6nvpFl0pVYmvyCeXEa4/s1600/Glee+Santana.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6xomPyedvBQik_De33-E67IvgRxk-L4iJIEgeeOgbp5UQX24cwQxt7ZNRp8xfcNb4DCO9jesO6BQWjcd7UfoqxAjF3DyG189aP2HePIaTNs3FfQqy0KKEooP6nvpFl0pVYmvyCeXEa4/s400/Glee+Santana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545789348897203970" border="0" /></a><br />Because of a tragic VHS recording mishap, I didn't get to see <span style="font-weight: bold;">90210</span> last night. Sad face. Maybe it's on demand or something? I don't think it is. Sigh. I did, however, get to see <span style="font-weight: bold;">Glee</span>, so at least I can write about that, and please all you Glee-maniacs or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gleeniacs</span> or whatever the kids are saying these days. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Glee</span> neither enraged nor thrilled me last night. It just kind of happened in front of me, and some things I liked while other things I did not. So, here goes!<br /><br />Things I liked:<br /><br />-Both the sectionals songs that New Directions did were great. I love anything that reminds me of Dirty Dancing, and Tina and Mercedes killed "Dog Days Are Gone"! Good stuff.<br /><br />-The Hipsters singing "The Living Years" which I always mistake to be my brother Tom's graduation song, even though I am pretty sure it wasn't actually.<br /><br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Britanny</span> and Artie! From the magic comb, to the 'adultery misunderstanding' to her telling him she was dancing for him, these two were hilarious and genuinely sweet all night. Maybe these two crazy kids really can make it work!<br /><br />-Rachel and Finn getting "couples counseling". <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jayma</span> Mays was great in this scene! I loved her little "no no no no" to Finn as he was agreeing with Rachel that Santana is "super hot". (Agreed on that one Finn!)<br /><br />-Also super hot? Puck. Just saying.<br /><br />-The newest member of New Directions! "I'm not nervous. You know why? Because show choir is stupid."<br /><br />-Will being non-awful AND yelling at Rachel for being a jerk. Best Will episode in a long long while.<br /><br />-Rachel speaking and acting like a normal human being in her scene with Kurt. More of that please!<br /><br />-Kurt having a tough time fitting in with The Warblers. They seem a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cultish</span> to me.<br /><br />-Emma marrying "the finest dentist who ever lived"!!<br /><br />-That Tina refers to her boyfriend as "Mike Chang".<br /><br />-"Asian kiss."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-J7UdOAkZxuf8HXHh4rCuHP_SH_uA934lPwi6C2LLvThc1z2gPmztVeVaWplizhNhRetMdLkdpskCkY0kiN7lP13NzAaq9WakH15yU13MhDc1vHbxRIXQhSIOCcw7EuOEwRiO9ZaBSk/s1600/Glee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-J7UdOAkZxuf8HXHh4rCuHP_SH_uA934lPwi6C2LLvThc1z2gPmztVeVaWplizhNhRetMdLkdpskCkY0kiN7lP13NzAaq9WakH15yU13MhDc1vHbxRIXQhSIOCcw7EuOEwRiO9ZaBSk/s400/Glee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545799295689520450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Things I did not like:<br /><br />-Rachel/Finn/Santana/Puck. Actually, I was fine with it until the whole "Rachel made out with Puck" revelation, because that was dumb.<br /><br />-No Sue! No one likes that.<br /><br />-Emma making some kind of weird unsure face like maybe she is still in love with stupid Will. Um, you're married to John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Stamos</span> now, just shut up and be happy. Also, Will is gross.<br /><br />-What was the point of the whole speech to Kurt about The Warblers needing to "fit in and not stand out" when they are basically just a backing group for Darren <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Criss</span>?! He was standing out a bit, it seemed to me.<br /><br />-The fact that this episode was just dropped on us without any build up whatsoever. Way to get me excited for Sectionals! I was not at all excited, because the fact that they were going to be competing soon was nothing more than a throwaway line in the last 4 "Kurt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Hummel</span> is the most amazing person ever ever ever" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">eps</span>. <br /><br />-The fact that The Hipsters were not played by the Young @ Heart Choir. Come on! They need to be on this! <br /><br />-A tie? I mean I get that this is for dramatic purposes so there is more competing against Kurt, but man, they pretty much just beat one group. Not that impressive really. <br /><br />-Are these people friends or do they hate each other? Because to be honest, I don't have any desire to cheer on a bunch of awful people who hate each other. <br /><br />Next week:<br />Previews are like mind-wipes to me, so I cannot remember! Um, singing is my guess though.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-67394200414879885532010-11-24T11:44:00.007-05:002010-11-24T12:40:13.796-05:00Good job Glee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GDLY4_MncU4rOclicbyBp837wLGCRpEaiwzxSCTwyrKgJAce_3cQYiDlNokbJiodWccMpuzJTT9QiWLFL-HHrXabz6g3TynvJ2nRm9fTpg3ogq3CC63ohjihhpfEw4KSMP8e18sho8/s1600/Glee_Sue_Mom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GDLY4_MncU4rOclicbyBp837wLGCRpEaiwzxSCTwyrKgJAce_3cQYiDlNokbJiodWccMpuzJTT9QiWLFL-HHrXabz6g3TynvJ2nRm9fTpg3ogq3CC63ohjihhpfEw4KSMP8e18sho8/s400/Glee_Sue_Mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543172037735036978" border="0" /></a><br />So after a mess of an episode last week, Glee came back with an "In your FACE KRISTA!!" episode with coherent story lines and themes! Sort of at least, which is all I am really asking!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So what was good?</span><br /><br />-Carol Burnett! She's always good. Also, "I don't think you ever truly appreciated the sacrifices I made to become a famous Nazi hunter."<br /><br />-The wedding vows! They were very cute and touching (though if I were Finn I would be a little pissed about all the Kurt adulation and then the "oh right, and also, Finn is here too..." by both parents.) and I really like those two actors together.<br /><br />-No Will! I really like episodes where Will has no storyline SO MUCH BETTER. I mean we did have to look at his creepy "proud" face a lot, but that was pretty much it.<br /><br />-The episode actually made sense!<br /><br />-Sue's wedding dress for her wedding to herself was lovely and perfect for her. Her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">handicapable</span> sister was totally right about that.<br /><br />-Go Mike Chang! Is it just me or was he totally hot when he was defending Kurt?! I also liked his dance up the aisle.<br /><br />-Kurt decided to transfer. Here are the reasons I like it 1. Doesn't solve the bullying problem all tidy and in a bow. 2. Brings Kurt together with more potential love interests (everyone loves Darren <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Criss</span>!). 3. He looks good in those blazers. 4. It stressed Rachel out and I think I hate her. ("So this means you'll be competing against us at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">regionals</span>?!)<br /><br />-The songs were good, fit in with the story and hit a lot of really nice emotional beats. Less flash than usual, but I think it worked.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weirdness:</span><br /><br />-Well let's be real here, Sue's entire story was totally weird. Her mother, famous Nazi hunter Carol Burnett, is back in town to attend Sue's wedding to herself? I think the pathos of being abandoned by her mean bully of a mother would have worked better with just one totally odd element. With both, it seemed kind of strange that the show wanted us to genuinely feel for Sue there. I still kinda did though, which I am crediting to Jane Lynch, because she is always great.<br /><br />-Um, it is really weird to make your wedding toast be ALL ABOUT yourself and your almost stepbrother and some issues the two of you have been having personally. I know everyone on 'Glee' thinks everything is ALL ABOUT THEM, but come on, that was the epitome of self-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">centeredness</span> masquerading as some kind of brave gesture. The song was cute as hell though, I will admit. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqWCYtS3LeIZlC8Lg_H6teWHlCaQPQqU-fqSL78oMmxsB0O-bgcm_QtY_WI7t2bf5hUa5MwytnCk63ahOJqmGe0Y52ncJoj-wD87j7_WcJqaB7RJWFrL8gDYJWBcFgZ3EJeRnyY4H_r8/s1600/Glee_Finn_Rachel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqWCYtS3LeIZlC8Lg_H6teWHlCaQPQqU-fqSL78oMmxsB0O-bgcm_QtY_WI7t2bf5hUa5MwytnCk63ahOJqmGe0Y52ncJoj-wD87j7_WcJqaB7RJWFrL8gDYJWBcFgZ3EJeRnyY4H_r8/s400/Glee_Finn_Rachel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543172166385302194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-I might be willing to believe that Burt and Carol just didn't have any friends to ask to be their wedding party, so they just had their kids' friends instead, except for the fact that their wedding was filled with huge, cheering, masses of people. Surely one of them could have been a bridesmaid?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Still bugging me (you knew it had to come!)</span>:<br /><br />-Sam/Quinn promise ring/quest to be popular. That shit was dumb. They are cute together sometimes, but that whole proposal thing was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">creeptastic</span>, and every time he talks about being the most popular guy in school I just want to hit him or fall asleep.<br /><br />-St. Kurt. Okay, now don't all pile on here, I love Kurt! But at this point his character is treated (by the characters AND the show) as some kind of perfect human who does no wrong and just teaches people how to be better. We just saw him being a bad friend to Mercedes <span style="font-style: italic;">last week</span>, but even that was swept under the rug in the form of that bullshit "Mercedes is eating her feelings" storyline. I mean at the rate of "Kurt is amazing" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">eps</span> this show is at, next week the entire glee club will just be mourning his transfer and singing songs about how amazing he is for <span style="font-style: italic;">the entire hour</span>. The fact that he is one of the only truly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">likeable</span> characters on Glee is a failing of the show, it is not because he is some kind of angel sent from heaven to teach us how to be a man or whatever. I like Kurt. I just liked him more when he was multidimensional.<br /><br />-Um I love Santana being kind of bitch and awesome, but trying to break up Rachel and Finn so she can sleep with seems unnecessarily mean and desperate. Oh well, I guess it wouldn't be Glee if the writers didn't show contempt for at least one of the characters.<br /><br />-Not enough Puck! Is there ever enough Puck?! I don't know. <br /><br />-Sue's not principal anymore! She was actually doing a good job!<br /><br />-The sound cut out at the end, and I made up my own dialogue. Since I was pretty much right on, I think Glee should just hire me to write on the show, and I will whip them into shape! (Sorry Sarah, I had to.)<br /><br />Next week: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">REGIONALS</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">OMG</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">OMG</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">OMG</span>!!! Also, Emma is back, which means some yucky Will time.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-51308768547826658062010-11-17T13:41:00.005-05:002010-11-17T14:46:16.296-05:00GET EXCITED!! I'm writing about Glee!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYL7VKSDFpwB-2ceAvMALz-8k8xZA9Cb50bQVsSGMeVqC2J5qyEg2mJSU-IWHMm0Io_Pgner5j3S_7rOgUyTmN4rujCuhXTiYtEw7lLeeBZF7eSDVnUgEMuYdbD5IDfegdKfV_tZPn3g/s1600/Glee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYL7VKSDFpwB-2ceAvMALz-8k8xZA9Cb50bQVsSGMeVqC2J5qyEg2mJSU-IWHMm0Io_Pgner5j3S_7rOgUyTmN4rujCuhXTiYtEw7lLeeBZF7eSDVnUgEMuYdbD5IDfegdKfV_tZPn3g/s400/Glee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540591710448218818" border="0" /></a><br />Though if you are a super-huge<span style="font-style: italic;"> Glee</span> fan(or Gleek, as is the common parlance), don't get too excited, because I am going to complain about it. But first, because I love you, I will tell you the things I liked about last night's episode!!<br /><br />1. Gwyneth Paltrow. She was good! I mean I know that this shouldn't be a surprise considering she is an Oscar winning actress and everything, but she has been portrayed as so insufferable and pretentious in the press lately that I was startled at how funny and likeable she was. And her singing voice is pretty good!<br /><br />2. "Forget You." Despite the fact that it was the clean version <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>it was missing Cee-Lo's incredible voice, that was a fun number. Good on Gwynnie once again for that!<br /><br />3. Will was less terrible than usual. I liked his scenes with Holly Holiday a lot.<br /><br />4. The flashbacks to Will constantly suggesting Journey songs were hilarious.<br /><br />So there's a few things, mostly Paltrow related, that I thought were working last night. Things I wasn't so sure about include:<br /><br />1. PLOT. Oh my god Glee writers, one of the main jobs of writers on television shows is to write a clear and cohesive plot each week. And yet, each week, you FAIL at this. FAIL FAIL FAIL. Let's just look at this week, because if we looked at the entire series as a whole either my head would explode or this one item would be novel-length. So just last night's then?<br />- Ahem, Sue is principal, Sue is bored with being Will's friend, Sue wants to destroy Glee club, wait, no she wants to disband football, wait no, she wants to ban tater tots. Okay let's settle on that then, tater tots. Mercedes is upset that Kurt keeps ditching her, no wait, she is weirdly obsessed with tater tots, no wait, she is using food to replace love AND Kurt to replace a boyfriend (Of course she is because she is a fat girl, and since fat girls can't get boyfriends they just hang out with gay guys and eat. EWW <span style="font-style: italic;">Glee</span>, eww.) oh now she is going to date a hot guy so presumably the fact that Kurt has been a crappy friend to her since he met a guy he likes is totally fine now, and she will no longer be hallucinating about tater tots. Like, how did these even COME UP as ideas in the writer's room? I imagine the Glee writer's room as a group of dudes coming up with a bunch of scenes and then asking a monkey to come up with the thinnest plot possible to connect them, and then they work on the monkey's plot a little to make it less sensible. Then voila! An episode of Glee is created!<br />"Okay monkey, connect these things: Will and Mike Chang do a Broadway number, Gwyneth Paltrow as Mary Todd Lincoln, Sue's the principal now, Fat girl loves tater tots, all the Glee kids as little children, Vapo-Rub, gay guys love Vogue, GO!!!" WTF?!<br /><br />2. Characters. Why are they all jerks most of the time? Is this show just telling me that show-people are jerks? Maybe it is. I guess I can believe that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3D8qZ20TNQgS9Rf_FbegEAkoOxto4rVtRlSeqz-7BIUBoTTCTPue4bQ1n2eforuqr4_of0z4O0b8yNz_-H3ISwNAorprCHeVh0NmaApGyRhrhAksWftyLQRkSZ5owPxceKmmKfEFYkNw/s1600/Glee-Gwyneth-Paltrow-2-550x380.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3D8qZ20TNQgS9Rf_FbegEAkoOxto4rVtRlSeqz-7BIUBoTTCTPue4bQ1n2eforuqr4_of0z4O0b8yNz_-H3ISwNAorprCHeVh0NmaApGyRhrhAksWftyLQRkSZ5owPxceKmmKfEFYkNw/s400/Glee-Gwyneth-Paltrow-2-550x380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540598161156983122" border="0" /></a><br />3. Mashups. Sometimes they can be cool (Grey Album anyone?) but most of the time they just make both songs sound awful. Since your show's value comes mostly from the fun and cool music, stop with the bad mashups!<br /><br />4. Sue vs. Will. I know I covered plot pretty generally already, but the whole "Sue is trying to destroy glee club" storyline is way more boring than the "Will and Sue as weird frenemies" plotline. For one, the show is called <span style="font-style: italic;">Glee</span> so I'm pretty sure she is not going to succeed in destroying the glee club. Also, "glee in peril" was the arc of the first season, so it is definitely time to move on. I don't know if this episode was bringing it back for good or just this once (ask the monkey!) but hopefully they will just let it die.<br /><br />5. Not enough Santana, she is really pretty. Really pretty.<br /><br />6. How could they ever win a contest when they sing different songs every single week?!! I mean I understand it would be lame if they sang the same songs every week...but the whole "lesson plan" idea is dumb.<br /><br />I searched and searched (okay, I really just Googled it two different ways) to find the Kelly Kapoor quote from last week's office about <span style="font-style: italic;">Glee</span>, because it really encapsulated my feelings about this show. She asked like half of the plot questions that have been driving me insane all season! Since I can't find that, I will just end with this. There is a lot of potential in this show, and I want it to be better, so it drives me extra crazy when it is stupid. And since it is stupid most of the time, that is a lot of crazy. Come on<span style="font-style: italic;"> Glee</span>, be better, you've got a good cast, a good concept, and millions of fans who watch this show every week. DO IT BETTER.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-74812532712525893162010-11-17T13:32:00.004-05:002010-11-17T15:44:50.135-05:00I'm back with some more 90210 talk!<div id="asset-9054831" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9054831-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Silver_<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /><span class="photo-data">
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<br />I'm back! After a one week personal hiatus for which I have no excuse, here I am! So before we get into the new episode here's a quick recap of what happened last week:
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<br />-After accidentally taking the wrong baby home from some kind of baby trunk show sale thing and then letting her kid fall off a changing table, Jen (Sara Foster, who I think is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">prego</span> in real life!) decided she was a terrible mother and abandoned her child, thereby proving she is a terrible mother. (Question, why has no one suggested postpartum depression or worried about Jen at all here? I mean I hate the woman, so that's my excuse, but you would think that her sister or the father of her child might have some concern.)
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<br />-Naomi (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">AnnaLynn</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">McCord</span>) and Ivy (Gillian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Zinser</span>) teamed up to humiliate Oscar, who I almost just called Oliver. Now Naomi and Ivy are friends.
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<br />-Adrianna (Jessica <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Lowndes</span>) stopped acting like a horrible person long enough to make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Navid</span> (Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Steger</span>) and Silver (Jessica <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Stroup</span>) feel all guilty for their "slow lean in towards a kiss, but not actually a kiss" thing. Who takes that long to kiss someone?!! That was the slowest lean ever.
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<br />-After an awesome sting where Silver dressed up like an aspired porn actress, she and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Navid</span> found out that his company is a little lax about the whole "over 18 to be in porn thing"/
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<br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Navid</span> freaked out and told his guidance counselor that his father was a child pornographer. (Not exactly how I would have put it, especially if I were 17 year old boy who has actually had sex, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Navid's</span> got a pretty black and white view of the world so it kind of makes sense.)
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<br />So those were the major points! On to this week's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ep</span>!
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<br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">OMG</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">yay</span> Teddy (Trevor Donovan) is back! He is sorry about driving stoned AND totally checking out a gay bar! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Yay</span> Teddy! As you can see, I am still loving this storyline. I was thinking that Ian (Kyle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Riabko</span>) is being incredibly nice and patient with Teddy considering what a jerk Teddy has been to him, but then I looked at Teddy and realized of course he is, Teddy is crazy hot.
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<br />-Annie (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Shenae</span> Grimes) had some scenes with Charlie and his college roommates and ex-girlfriend that were so boring I contemplated beginning a campaign to have all college students punched in the face. Because seriously, if this is how college kids talk nowadays, they deserve it.
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<br />-Then Naomi told Annie she had to have sex with Charlie to "lock him down" which led to Annie coming out of his bathroom in her underwear in front of all his roommates. So that was awesome.
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<br />-Then Charlie TOTALLY lied to her about how he got his scars, because Liam has the EXACT same scars yet was not mentioned in his "abusive uncle" story. A theory on this? Charlie killed the abusive uncle and blamed it on Liam. (That was Sarah's theory, not mine, but I like it!)
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<br />-Ryan (Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Eggold</span>) and Deb (Lori <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Loughlin</span>) had some awkward sex. (That guy really likes the older ladies!) And then he forgot his baby at her house. Just for a second, but seriously, this poor child. Mistaken for another child, abandoned by his mother and then forgotten by his father in the span of like 3 weeks! That is rough. Jack is gonna be SO troubled on <strong><em>90210-The Third Generation. </em></strong>
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<br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Navid's</span> dad is now being investigated by the police because of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Navid's</span> slip about "child porn" to the guidance counselor last week. Since he is guilty, he decided to just run away. TO IRAN. Because if there is one thing they love in Iran, it's pornographers! I mean come on Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Shirazi</span>, this is America and you are clearly incredibly rich, so I think you could probably buy your way out of jail or at least get a pretty lenient sentence. No? Not a good plan? Well okay then, off you go, to Iran, otherwise known as 'the land of freedom'. Don't worry about your wife and children, I'm sure they'll be fine.
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<br />-Adrianna was a total insensitive jerk. That could basically be the line for her in every episode. Also, she totally has the #1 single in the country or something.
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<br />-At the end, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Navid</span> went to Silver, because he needs someone to talk to. Not just someone, <em>her</em>. SWOON.
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<br />Best 90210-watcher quotes of the night:
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<br />Re: Teddy.
<br /><em>"I still just want to make out with him. He looks like he'd be a good....kisser."</em> -S
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<br /><em>"Of course Teddy has no problem getting served at the gay bar, because he looks 35."</em>- K. <em>"That's because he IS 35!"</em>-S.
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<br /><em>"There's been awkward no-sex, awkward actual sex and now..."</em>-K. <em>"I want awkward gay sex!"</em>-Sh.
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<br />Next week:
<br />WHY CAN I NEVER REMEMBER THE PREVIEWS?! It's because they are awful. Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-34351265390098023952010-11-03T13:31:00.003-04:002010-11-03T13:33:13.221-04:0090210 was almost too good to make fun of! (Almost)<div id="asset-9017550" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9017550-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Teddy.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption">
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<br />Okay, so only two of my predictions from last week came true 1. Dixon (Tristan Wilds) and Ivy (Gillian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zinser</span>) got back together (for like a minute) and 2. Teddy (Trevor Donovan) was back looking all hot and stuff. Super hot! I'm usually not that into Teddy, but his outfit was so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">freakin</span>' adorable last night I couldn't stand it. I found it unrealistic that Ian (Kyle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Riabko</span>) made it through his hosting gig without professing his love for Teddy, and that Silver (Jessica <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Stroup</span>) didn't want to get back together with him. I really love pea coats and vertical stripes, what can I say?
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<br /><strong>So what was good? Lots.</strong>
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<br />-First of all, my dream came true, and we had an episode featuring Teddy, Ian and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Navid</span> (Micheal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Steger</span>) and NOT featuring Adrianna (Jessica <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lowndes</span>)or Jen (Sara Foster). Perfect.
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<br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Navid</span> is adorable. It makes me sad that we had evidence of how great his parents are RIGHT BEFORE he realizes his dad might have used an underage actress in his porn movie. I think it is interesting that they aren't just using his dad's profession as a total joke like they did the first couple of seasons.
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<br />-Um, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Navid</span> and Silver are totally going to fall in love. I can't believe I have never seen this before, but they are actually the perfect couple! Both smart, ambitious, a little nerdy and they are actually good people! So, SUCK IT ADRIANNA. (On a side note, it is crazy to me how easily I switch couple alliances on this show. Usually I root for couple even years after they have broken up. I don't know if this speaks to the fact that this show really makes the breakups realistic, or just that they are in high school and they shouldn't be together forever anyway, or I am old and jaded and I just don't care anymore. Um, I'm gonna go with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">YAY</span> 90210 on this one.)
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<br />-Teddy is still angrily (and interestingly!) struggling with his sexuality, and Ian is still bringing it up EVERY TIME he sees him. Stop apologizing for making him uncomfortable dude! That is what is making him uncomfortable! (I still really like these two, can't wait til they move past this awkward phase!)
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<br />-I think the whole Naomi (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">AnnaLynn</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">McCord</span>) pressing charges against Cannon (Hal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ozsan</span>) storyline was done really well. I loved the exchange in the police station about "fair fights" I liked her and Oscar working together to find out the truth about him, and even though the whole Cannon fleeing the country thing is a little silly, I liked how they portrayed Naomi as <em>really </em>needing this closure, and not at all agreeing with Annie (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Shenae</span> Grimes) that "it's over now." This is a really tough subject to handle on a fairly light show, and I think for what it is, they've done a pretty good job.
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<br />-Well if he can't be drunk and funny, at least they are letting Mr. Matthews (Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Eggold</span>) be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">likeable</span> and smart. So that's something.
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<br />-So I like Oscar now. This just in.
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<br />-Also, I loved loved <em>loved</em> that the key to catching Cannon was the fact that he got all insane when Oscar (Blair Redford) suggested he had a Cockney accent, and that Oscar was thinking about his fake accent SO MUCH he brought it up to Naomi for no real reason! British snobbery saves the day once again!!
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<br />-No Jen or Deb! (I know I liked them last week, but I did not miss them At. All.)
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<br />-"The Undies" thing was sort of funny. Way funnier than the stupid human auction thing.
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<br /><strong>Bummer things:</strong>
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<br />-Dixon and Ivy broke up again. Again. Will they ever just have sex?!!
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<br />-Harper's voice is so annoying. Her dad is played by a super nice dad from a show from my childhood that I cannot remember right now, but even so, I didn't like seeing him be a jerk.
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<br />-Seriously where is this Liam storyline headed? Now he's a drug mule? Or going to have to beat those dudes up? Will he need Annie's help or something? I'm not seeing it. <div id="asset-9017608" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/9017608-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Liam_90210.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" /></span>
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<br />-Liam seems as about annoyed with his storyline right now as I am.
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<br />-I hate the girl who plays Laura, the purse cocaine girl. I mean Liam is hot and everything, but her shamelessness is consistently gross and not funny. They have a tough time with funny on this show. At least when they are purposely trying to be humorous.
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<br />-Ivy needs to get her attitude back! Stop the moping!
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<br />-The woman who plays the cop is still a terrible actress.
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<br />Next week:
<br />Did you forget for a second that Adrianna is a terrible terrible person? Well, next week, you will remember! Dear lord, if 90210 was actually the show that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">CW's</span> promo department makes it look like, I couldn't even watch it as a joke.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-60327226597286936082010-10-28T14:16:00.004-04:002010-10-28T14:22:04.737-04:0090210 has performed a miracle!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLO4lCpKs7Hf0w_BPKtjg1QHYj7HzCBilumpVER6nu1uIc5_Ajk93_pyorTURA8YU1okApBzNG54UKYL6_CXPfVQV_dVfKE6jSiNKL51PZLcZUZfozTIo_S7eYZ3SRuU0LHg_6LWcv5U/s1600/90210_Jen_Naomi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLO4lCpKs7Hf0w_BPKtjg1QHYj7HzCBilumpVER6nu1uIc5_Ajk93_pyorTURA8YU1okApBzNG54UKYL6_CXPfVQV_dVfKE6jSiNKL51PZLcZUZfozTIo_S7eYZ3SRuU0LHg_6LWcv5U/s400/90210_Jen_Naomi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533163193462612546" border="0" /></a><br />And what are the miracles I am talking about here? There were a few surprises in this week's episode of 90210, but I will admit, really only one miracle. Okay here goes. This is tough for me to believe, but here it is: <em>I didn't hate Jen. </em> I kind of even liked her. I mean Sara Foster is still just awful, (see Nathan Rabin of the AV Club's <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-redundancy-case-files-127-and-128,25659/">review of The Big Bounce </a>for an incredibly satisfying takedown of her skills as an actress) but Jen's anger after finding out that Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord) had been raped made her sympathetic while still being in character. I have been wondering how they were going to humanize the monster and figured that giving her a baby was supposed to do it, so I'm glad she found out and was able to let her sisterly instincts shine through. Also, if Deb (Lori Loughlin) continues to put her in her place with a smile, ("Jen, don't be a bitch. Follow me girls!") she might become one of my favorite characters on the show! So there it is. I liked both Jen <em>and</em> Deb in this week's episode. If that is not a miracle, then I don't know what one is. (Note: It is entirely possible that I don't know what one is.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other pleasant surprises in the ep?</span><br /><br />-Maybe Jen is gonna take down Mr. McRapey?!! That has the makings of awesomeness.<br /><br />-Ryan (Ryan Eggold) didn't even hesitate to risk his job for Naomi and the rest of the girls at West Bev's safety. I was afraid he was going to have some kind of moral dilemma that we were supposed to sympathize with, which would have been ridiculous, because it is incredibly clear what the right thing to do there would be.<br /><br />-Dixon (Tristan Wilds) actually just told Ivy (Gillian Zinser) the truth! A little late maybe, but it was still refreshing to see him just spill his guts totally.<br /><br />-Oscar finally went through with his plan to destroy Laurel! This story has just been plugging along in the background for me, and in a weird way, I kind of found myself sympathizing with Oscar. I mean this woman helped destroy his family and began a chain of events that would eventually lead to his mother's death, not to mention the fact that she was sleeping with him, a kid she had known since he was a child, AFTER having already slept with his father. That is some gross stuff Laurel. Seriously. So I was kind of rooting for him. I do feel bad that poor Ivy was caught up in the whole thing though. She did not take it well, let me say that. Hopefully this will lead her to forgiving Dixon, and then they can finally sleep together and she can the best night of her life!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Things I did not like:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwRwkGJw4PAsVtij6hU7YYYOCl6OMLEtBOQfpvytt5TaS9_xv4mVjxpx2vMHlsIqmk6QmDtjJLu1Ag6gxXUQJe3qMSzItEvvpvD2BBE2vvKDMa_uDhr28cUPGUpU7dgHiSwX6b7syDo0/s1600/90210_Liam.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwRwkGJw4PAsVtij6hU7YYYOCl6OMLEtBOQfpvytt5TaS9_xv4mVjxpx2vMHlsIqmk6QmDtjJLu1Ag6gxXUQJe3qMSzItEvvpvD2BBE2vvKDMa_uDhr28cUPGUpU7dgHiSwX6b7syDo0/s400/90210_Liam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533163407501450594" border="0" /></a><br />-Despite some arresting visuals, the Liam (Matt Lanter) story is not working for me, <br />I don't really get where he is coming from re: Annie, and the whole "living the pool house of a crazy girl who likes him obsessively" thing just isn't as funny to me as it is to the writers of this show. I am not even remotely interested in these two having wacky hijinks.<br /><br />-Adrianna Jessica Lowndes). Ugh ugh ugh. Ugh. When Navid (Michael Steger) told her "You're not a bad person." I was yelling "Yes she is! She really really is!" at the screen. Then, just a few scenes later, she proves it by deciding to stick with Uncle Creepy. I am really disappointed that they have taken a character with a lot of layers (addiction, pregnancy, troubled relationship with mom, acting ambition vs. wanting to just be a kid, etc.) and reduced her to an idiot whose only personality trait is a desire for fame. Yuck.<br /><br />-No Teddy (Trevor Donovan) and Ian! I want my Teddy and Ian!!! Just give me an episode that features Teddy <em>and</em> Navid and I will be a happy camper. I am always missing one of them.<br /><br />Assorted weirdness:<br /><br />-The Annie (Shenae Grimes) and Charlie story. I never before got a feeling that maybe Charlie was a psycho, and I am not even sure if we are supposed to think that is a possibility or if we are just supposed to think that Annie is insane and paranoid. Given those two choices, I will always assume that the girl making seizure faces is crazy. Charlie and Liam having matching scars did intrigue me though.<br /><br />-Are there really stores where muscular men help you whilst not wearing a shirt? This seems creepy to me. All I could think about was the fact that they could be sweating on the merchandise or something.<br /><br />-Jack vs. Jacques = who cares?<br /><br /><strong>Next week:</strong> Damn it! I cannot remember the preview at all. Here are some assumptions: Dixon and Ivy get back together, Jen does something awful to Mr. Cannon, Silver and Navid get to use their judgeyness for good instead of annoyingness by totally judging Adrianna, and Teddy is back, looking all hot and stuff. Let's see what pans out!!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-8872917369730529702010-10-13T23:12:00.002-04:002010-10-13T23:19:22.523-04:0090210- Better Late than Never?<div id="asset-8963027" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img height="253" width="380" src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/8963027-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Ian_Teddy.jpg" /></span></div><div id="asset-8963027" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh they are going to make the cutest couple!</span></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div><br />Well I'm a little late here, but here I am, ready to talk about "Catch Me if You Cannon", which involved no actual catching of Mr. Cannon, but some catching of Ian. So there was catching. I gotta tell you, whoever names these episodes does a terrible job.<br /><br />Even though the setup was beyond cliche, I am still liking Teddy (Trevor Donovan) and Ian's (Kyle Riabko) scenes together. Though at this point if Ian ever wants to date Teddy he might end up in an abusive relationship. Teddy was so aggressive with him that I really wasn't sure if he was going to catch him when he was falling off the roof! I guess the aggression makes sense because Teddy is definitely struggling with his sexuality. I like that the show seems to be taking the slow burn approach with this, because it makes it a bit more realistic. I am really liking the Ian character too! The show is definitely not shying away from any aspect of this story, including Teddy's 'performance problems' with the ladies...I wonder if Silver ever experienced that?<br /><br />And speaking of Silver...well Silver's plan to catch Mr. Cannon (or as you may know him "Mr. Rapes-a-lot") was as stupid and ill-conceived as I thought it would be. Also, dangerous! Oh Silver. The one thing I loved about this entire storyline was that they put Silver (Jessica Stroup) in like 8-inch heels for that last scene where she is trying to intimidate him. She was towering over him! That's probably why he looked nervous, because I don't really know why he would be shaking in his boots over Silver's next 'great plan'. I would love to see him get his comeuppance though, so prove me wrong Silver and Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord)! (I won't even mention Adrianna's contributions to this 'plan', mostly because they consisted of her standing around and mumbling. They are really killing this character for me this season. And where was Navid?!!)<br /><br /><div id="asset-8963081" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img height="253" width="380" src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/8963081-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="90210_Jen_Ryan.jpg" /></span></div><div id="asset-8963081" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I chose this one because Jen looks stupid in it. </span></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- IE6 HACK --></span></span></div><br />Jen (Sara Foster) and Ryan (Ryan Eggold) had their baby. I think it looked like Ryan somehow, even though it was a little baby that just kind of looked like a baby. Other people thought I was insane, but I really thought the kid looked like him. The baby was cute, Jen was awful, and I can't wait until she dies and Ryan has to raise little Jack/Jacques on his own or something. That sounds like it has the makings for adorableness! Paging 90210 writers! Make this happen!<br /><br />Hmm what else happened on this episode? Kind of a lot actually!<br /><br />-Dixon (Tristan Wilds) does not have HIV (big surprise there.), but he did dump Ivy (Gillian Zinser) because he thought he did (this was one of those JUST TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH moments) and then she banged Oscar, who is just sleeping with her to somehow ruin her mother's life. I assume he is going to ruin her mother's life by grossing her out to death, because at this point the mom has slept with him and his dad and Oscar has slept with both Ivy and her mom. That is yucky.<br /><br />-Annie got back together with Charlie (even though he is still has some kind of secret regarding screwing Liam over) and decided not to donate her eggs. Because she held the spawn of the devil and Ryan.<br /><br />-Why did Annie hold Jack/Jacques you might ask? Because Deb now works for Jen as some kind of assistant/Nanny person. Therefore integrating Jen and Ryan with th rest of the cast, because let's be honest, I haven't seen Mr. Matthews in school much lately.<br /><br />-Liam (Matt Lanter) is living in his car. His brother offered him a hotel room to live in (I was like YES!!! Just like Dylan McKay!!!) but he just trashed it instead so as to really let his brother know that he hates him. What a badass. He's still mad at Annie for reasons I do not understand, so she's getting back with the brother. Probably a good plan, Annie, except for his evil secret or whatever. Eh, I'd chance it.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Next week:</strong><br />All I really remember from the preview is a lot of shots of Liam without his shirt on, so I am assuming it's gonna be a good episode.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-57403008404014293552010-10-06T13:19:00.002-04:002010-10-06T13:21:13.818-04:0090210- The good, the bad, THE CRAZY<div id="asset-8943474" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/8943474-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Annie_Deb_90210.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /></span>
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<br /><strong>The Good:</strong>
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<br />-The whole Liam (Matt Lanter) trying to seduce Annie (Shenae Grimes) storyline. It was fun, it brought me back to a Dylan/Brenda type thing and it had some shirtless Liam. A lot of win going on there. Also, Shenae Grimes had a good episode where she didn't annoy the crap out of me and acted kind of normal and cute.
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<br />-Silver (Jessica Stroup) going all mama-bear and wanting to protect Naomi (Annalynn McCord)! Even though I am sure this will lead so some kind of ill thought out and dangerous plan, still, I like it. And, let's be real, her hair looks better now that it's growing out. (I didn't think it was <em>that</em> bad short though...)
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<br />-Silver dumping Teddy (Trevor Donovan) for being a 'homophobic jerk'! Yes! Good for her! Lots of teenage girls would try to make excuses for him, but she was like "NEXT!" (She is definitely in for a surprise on that front though...)
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<br />-Teddy and Ian's (Kyle Riabko) palpable sexual chemistry! I think Trevor Donovan is doing a pretty admirable job of portraying someone confused and afraid of his own feelings. When I heard about this storyline I felt like it was kind of out of the blue, but I think with good performances from both guys AND the great chemistry between them, it's actually really working.
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<br /></div>-Ivy (Gillian Zinser) decided she wants to sleep with Dixon (Tristan Wilds)! Cause she lurves him! So cute. And, judging by the way his former ladyfriends have acted, get ready for the best night of your life Ivy!!! Oh, wait, maybe not...
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<br />-Deb didn't totally annoy or bore me, so I'm putting her in the good column. Remember this at Emmy time Lori Loughlin!
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<br /><strong>The Bad:</strong>
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<br />-The entire Adrianna storyline, including Jessica Lowndes' horrendous acting. She did a lot of good work in the first couple of seasons, but she has been just awful this season! <div id="asset-8943516" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/8943516-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Adrianna_90210.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" /></span>
<br /></div>-Lack of Navid! Come on, now Navid is just a nerd joke punchline or a concerned boyfriend? I demand MORE NAVID!
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<br />-If people on TV would just tell other people the truth, like once in awhile, there lives would be <em>so much easier!</em> I'm looking at you, Adrianna Tate-Duncan!
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<br />-The entire concept of charity bachelor auction of high school boys is, in a word, BAD. Also, the dance routine made me feel embarrassed.
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<br />-Liam being super mad at Annie for dating his estranged half brother. Because she clearly did not know.
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<br /><strong>THE CRAZY-</strong>
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<br />-Um, showing up at a charity bachelor auction of high school boys to tell your ex (who is a kid and you are an adult, just btw) who hates you with a passion because of a faked pregnancy, that you are HIV POSITIVE. I mean she BID ON HIM! That is totally crazytown. Sasha, you have not changed a bit.
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<br />-Sasha's reveal that Dixon might be HIV positive made me gasp! Whoa!!!
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<br />-Javier's uncle is really crappy at blackmailing. You can't just keep pushing and pushing when you are blackmailing someone! You gotta make them feel comfortable for awhile like things are gonna be okay and then BAM you hit them with your next demand. Doing it all at once is recipe for, at best, the truth to come out, and at worst, for you to get murdered. Hey, Uncle Creepy, why don't you watch a few episodes of Law & Order and get back to me. Your blackmailing methods are kind of insane.
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<br />-Annie's gonna donate her eggs! There's gonna be a little baby Annie running around! I can't wait to see the crazy baby faces he or she makes!
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<br />Next week:</strong> The previews showed me something dumb and almost totally unrelated to any of the stories I cared about this week. Oh, right. Deb is gonna work for Jen. Wow! My two least favorite characters together at last! A real dream come true here. Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-18641619100822125212010-09-29T13:46:00.002-04:002010-09-29T13:48:54.191-04:0090210- A hook up, some making up, an OD, and Silver finally gets it.<div id="asset-8925824" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/silver-90210jpg-1852e3f30c45fd83.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Silver_90210.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /></span>
<br /></div>Oh where to begin?! I'm gonna start with Silver Jessica Stroup), mostly because her picture is right there. (Thanks for having a whole two decent pictures from this episode up, cwtv.com) Silver spent the first half of the episode being a stone cold bitch to everyone, (pretty much just Naomi and Teddy, but you get me) except the <em>obviously</em> creepy Mr. Cannon. Thank goodness that annoying girl forced her to edit those stupid "where will I be in 10 years" (um, playing a teenager on 90210?) videos, because without them not only would she have continued being mean to Teddy, she would have totally gotten raped. Sometimes, being incredibly annoying is helpful!
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<br />So Silver narrowly escaped the grossness that is, Mr. Cannon; Raping Teacher. Thank goodness that tea was too hot! I found the whole "Mr. Cannon is gonna roofie Silver" scene so weird, because he was acting strangely nervous about the whole thing, instead of being the vicious predator he was with Naomi. I was like "Are we supposed to feel bad for him here because he is getting so flustered? What is going on? Maybe this was his first time using roofies?"
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<br />So after getting stalked, invited to a teacher's house and almost roofied, <em>finally</em>, Silver gets it, and runs straight to Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord), who has accidentally overdosed on some sleeping pills and wine. Ugh. It grosses me out to no end that Silver just didn't believe Naomi even though she was so clearly a mess. Also, where has Annie been in this whole story? Doesn't she know a thing or two about not being believed? Anyway, instead of just calling 911 like a normal person, Silver keeps shaking Naomi and trying to talk to her. This chick is just full of the smart moves lately.
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<br />Oh, and she text-forgave Teddy (Trevor Donovan), which I am sure the dude was giddy about.
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<br /><strong>EXCEPT</strong>- it turns out that Teddy hooked up with a guy in the five seconds that they weren't together!!! BOOYEAH! Ladies, if your boyfriend spends a night in a fancy hotel with a guy after you have been broken up for less than 24 hours...he's gay. So there it is. It looks like the whole Teddy/Silver thing is about to get interesting! Thanks to 90210 and Jessica Stroup for making Silver really annoying to me so that I don't care if she and Teddy break up. Also, the dude he hooked up with was cute!
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<br />Hmm, in Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) news, her boyfriend was M.I.A. (seriously, <em>IS</em> Navid on this show anymore?), she is an awful person who stole a dead man's song and then became a Youtube sensation. But, GIRL BUSTED. Javier's uncle has a demo him singing the song six months ago! I can't believe it turns out that her brilliant plant to steal his songbook isn't going to work! I assume that Javier's uncle is gonna use this information to blackmail her, despite the fact that he swore that he would do anything to preserve "this kid's legacy" or something. (Side note, when I die, I really want a big-ass picture of me like Javier had at the front of the room during the memorial. Take note friends and family: BIG ASS PICTURE O' ME. What's good enough for Javier is good enough for Krista. )
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<br /></div>On the Annie tip, Shanae Grimes needs to go back to acting class, because the weird faces were in full effect! Granted, she had to react to some strange conversations, but still. Tone down the face honey. It turns out that Hallie Lowenthal and Jack from Days of Our Lives (Where is Jennifer?!!) want her to sell them her eggs so they can have a baby. They point out that Annie kind of looks like Hallie Lowenthal (which I never would have noticed, but it's kinda true) and has a great smile or something. This "find an intern that kind of looks like one of us to sell us her eggs" is the strangest scheme ever. But somehow I totally called this, I think because of the 'responsible" thing in the first episode. However, I legitimately do no know if she's gonna go for it. So good on you 90210, nice suspense.
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<br />Um what else? Dixon (Tristan Wilds) and Ivy (Gillian Zinser) got back together, and Dixon didn't even have to grovel because it turned out Ivy lied to him about how she's a virgin. It also turns out that Ivy has major daddy issues. And another thing, Oscar (that's the British guy) is out to destroy Ivy's mom (Kelly Lynch) for ruining his father's life! His machinations make a lot more sense now that I know this. So, daddy issues for everyone then!
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<br />No Deb (yay!), no Jen (super yay!) no Ryan (boo!) no Navid (super boo!).
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<br />Next week: SPOILER ALERT, looks like Naomi's gonna be okay, because usually, after a traumatic event you don't hold a MAN AUCTION!!
<br />Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-91548958130886275252010-09-22T11:27:00.000-04:002010-09-22T11:29:34.526-04:0090210-Finally, someone told Jen to "Suck it!"<div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8908277" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/naomi-90210jpg-655faa9a31e37543_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Naomi_90210.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><br /><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">I am really starting to love Naomi. As is she, obviously.</span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div><br />I have to say, the beginning of the show where Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord) got her money back and Jen (Sara Foster) got denied was definitely the best part. It kind of went downhill from there for me. I think it is because every story line went exactly where I expected it to go (yet everyone acts completely inexplicably), with the exception of the whole Annie (Shenae Grimes)/Liam (Matt Lanter) thing. (Come on, no one expected that!!) Here's a breakdown!<br /><br /><br /><strong>The Good:</strong><br /><br />-Naomi told Jen to "suck it"! That was the best thing that happened! By far!<br /><br />-The entire Naomi story is going well so far for me. She was pretty much the only character focused on tonight whose actions made any sense whatsoever. Even her lies seem like typical teenage screwups, especially considering what she has been through. And I completely understand why she wanted to run down the creepy rapist teacher. <br /><br />-No Deb!<br /><br />-The writers remembered that Liam was all rebellious and stuff!<br /><br />-Naomi's 18th birthday party makes the tiara I wore at mine look decidedly tame.<br /><br /><strong>The Bad:</strong><br /><br />-Jen is still on the show.<br /><br />-Ryan Matthews' hair. And lack of drunk person beard.<br /><br />-Ugh the fact that Ryan (Ryan Eggold) is moving in with Jen and she has to be on bedrest and she is so so alone and so sad and can't force anyone else to take care of her. I do not want to see Jen redeemed by pregnancy, motherhood, love or any combination thereof. <br /><br />-Annie and Liam schmoopy talk. I thought I was okay with them being together, but then I saw it, and it was gross. <br /><br />- The fact that everyone on this show with an accent is evil.<br /><br />-The fact that I caught myself wondering "Is Navid (Michael Steger) even on this show anymore?"<br /><br />-Seriously Ivy (Gillian Zinser), that was the tamest body shot ever. I cannot even understand why you would be pissed off at Dixon about such a thing. <br /><br />-Silver's dress, Ivy's dress (or whatever it was) and to a lesser a extent, Naomi's dress. <br /><br /><strong>The Inexplicable:</strong><br /><br />-Um, I guess Teddy's (Trevor Donovan) a drunk now? Or something? (THAT'S why his mouth tasted bad!)<br /><br />-The fact that British dude is sleeping with Ivy's mom (Kelly Lynch), and somehow has concocted a plan to sleep with Ivy, as a means to keep sleeping with her mom? I don't get it. Women don't like it when you sleep with their daughters. This guy as <em>a lot </em>to learn about seduction.<div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><form id="8908306" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/ivy-90210jpg-7e820f06bdd88f88_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Ivy_90210.jpg" /><span class="photo-data" style="font-size:78%;"><span class="caption"><br />The British dude is looking more than a little lurky here. </span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div><br /><br />-Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) continues her downward spiral towards becoming a total sociopath. Remember when I used to like her?!<br /><br />-Adrien Grenier is the drummer in a band? Okay. Good for him!<br /><br />-Okay, let's talk about West Beverly High's "Senior Advisor" program. Why does it necessitate so much alone time between rapey teachers and students? I know that <em>Harry: Amazing Principal, Terrible Husband</em> is gone, but there has to be someone in the administration who can fix this!<br /><br />-Annie meets a dude, decides to date Liam, dumps Liam and then calls the first dude all in like 2 days? Said dude is actually Liam's brother? Does he know Annie dated Liam for five seconds? Is Liam going to totally <em>freak out</em> when he sees them together? (The answer to that last question is a big fat YES.) This whole storyline is weird. At least I don't have to see Annie kiss Liam anymore.<br /><br />- At this point, Dixon (Tristan Williams) has become the most likable character on the show. <br /><br />-Silver completely disbelieving Naomi when admitted that <em>Mr. McRapeypants, Journalism</em> <em>Teacher</em>, raped her. Considering the character of Silver is supposed to be some big feminist, it doesn't sit with me that she would just dismiss that accusation out of hand the way she did, even considering Naomi's previous actions. <br /><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8908327" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/silver-90210jpg-a3a7b021806ff71c_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Silver_90210.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><br /><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">Silver's dress is incredibly ugly, as is her attitude!</span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div><br />-Also, why is Silver fawning all over <em>Mr. McRapeypants, Journalism Teacher</em> anyway? He is clearly weird, and being totally inappropriate with her. <br /><br /><br /><strong><br />Next week: </strong> Adrianna's transformation into a super terrible person will be complete!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-57913677942122362442010-09-15T00:56:00.004-04:002010-09-15T01:06:04.681-04:0090210 is back! And it's crazy!<div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8890051" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/teddysilverannienaviddixonjpg-5f0c95eea4f5115e_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" /><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div>Wow. Let no one say that <strong>90210</strong> didn't come back with a bang. I mean, I don't think anyone actually banged, but you know what I mean. That episode was intense!</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>First things first though. <strong> 90210</strong> has tragically moved to Mondays. This is tragic because I watch it with my friends on Tuesdays, and do something else on Monday nights, so now you have to wait until Tuesday night for my posts and I have to spend the day running away from people who try to talk about 90210 to me. SPOILER ALERT people! I think we will all make it through this difficult time though, so not to worry.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>On to this crazy episode! I'm gonna go by character, because so much happened in this ep, I don't even know how else to unpack it! I mean, there was an earthquake and everything!</div><div>
<br /></div><div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8890048" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/anniejpg-42fbdad4d18c028d_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Annie.<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" /></span></form></div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8890048" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I like Annie (Shenae Grimes) so much more now that she has learned to tone down her face.</span></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div></div><div><strong>
<br /></strong></div><div><strong>Annie</strong> (Shenae Grimes)- Well either Shenae Grimes reads my blog or she spent the summer taking acting lessons, because her crazy face-making is down at least 80%. So good for her! Because of this, I hated her slightly less than usual, which is a pretty big achievement when you consider the fact that the only consequences she faced for drunkenly <em> killing </em> a guy were some offscreen house arrest and some hugs from her mom or something. I actually <em>yelled</em> "That's it?!" to my friend Sarah, even though her two kids were sleeping mere feet away from me and I should not have been so loud! But my rage got the better of me. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Anyway, I was actually halfway moved in the scene with scheming theater owner or whatever she is, where she talked about how killing that dude was a part of her and she was forever changed by it. It must be acting classes. </div><div>
<br /></div><div> By the way, the scheming theater lady is played by the woman who played the hated Hallie Lowenthal on <em>My So-Called Life</em>, so I will have no problem hating her when her evil plan unfolds. (What nefarious thing does she want to do with Annie that requires her to be beautiful, <em>responsible</em> AND desperate? I cannot even venture a guess. How does 'responsible' ever work into a scheme!?) </div><div>
<br /></div><div>So, the takeaway here is, I hate Annie less. Also, I have to admit that kiss with Liam was kind of hot. (Um, I would date the HELL out of that guy if I were her. Friends schmiends Annie!)</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Phew, I had a lot to say about Annie's storyline, even though it wasn't even <em>close</em> to the craziest. Most insane story? It's a toughie, but I'm gonna give it to...<strong>Adrianna</strong> (Jessica Lowndes). Um, apparently over the summer Adrianna became a terrible<em> terrible </em>person. Thanks for taking all the joy out of the long awaited Ade/Navid reunion 90210! I mean when you find yourself asking about your career hours after watching your ex-boyfriend die <em>in</em> <em>front of your eyes</em>, it's time to reevaluate your priorities. "Oh man Laurel, sorry about someone you have known for like 10 years dying tragically, but the real question is, when am I getting back into the studio?!" I don't care how jerky he was being right before he died, that does not excuse stealing his songs and trying to record them as your own! I did enjoy it when Navid (Michael Steger) told her he had always been "lukewarm" on her songwriting. Nice accidental burn Navid!</div><div>
<br /></div><div><strong>Teddy/Silver</strong>- Everything about that storyline seemed kind of weird and rushed to me, but I do dig the Mia Farrow thing Silver(Jessica Stroup) has going on this season. Also I have been too spoiled about future developments with them to talk about it too much now! (Feel free to ask me about it in the comments or something! Or when you see me.) Poor Teddy (Trevor Donovan) and his torn ACL. Now instead of being a professional tennis star he'll just have to be the rich son of a famous actor. What will he do now? Go to college?! Oh how will he go on?!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>But it cannot be said that Teddy's not a good guy, because he did try to stop<strong> Naomi</strong> (AnnaLynn McCord) from gangbanging some kids from school. She'll thank you for that some day pal, I promise. There are things that I like about this Naomi rape story, including, to be honest, the idea of having villain that is not one of the main cast and is truly beyond redemption, even if I think he might be a cartoonish in his awfulness. Unfortunately, I am not so sure that Annalynn McCord is a strong enough actress to carry this story. (Though they really did her a favor in rape reporting scene but casting one of the most wooden actresses ever. Was that a real cop or something?) I also don't like that they have her resorting to classic "slutty" behavior, especially since that is exactly what Annie did after she killed a dude. (Sext anyone?!) Hey 90210 writers, all women don't deal with trauma by becoming sex maniacs! I'm interested to see where this goes though, so I'm withholding judgment.</div><div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><form id="8890065" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/ivydixonjpg-e3e40a3f010b028f_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" /></span></form></div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><form id="8890065" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">Since this the only couple I like left to root for, THEY BETTER NOT BREAK UP.</span></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left"><!-- --></span><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div></div><div><strong>
<br /></strong></div><div><strong>Ivy/Dixon/Austin Powers-</strong> There are so many reasons that I don't understand why Ivy would be fantasizing about that douchey British guy. Here are just a few:</div><div>1. His stupid ponytail</div><div>2. His accent isn't even hot.</div><div>3. He seems very inconsiderate.</div><div>4. Dixon is rocking a hot "young Michael Jackson" thing this season.</div><div>5. Dixon is obviously a tiger in the sack, considering Silver got his name <em>tattooed on her hip</em> after their first time and an ADULT WOMAN faked a pregnancy so she could keep sleeping with him.</div><div>6. They<em> love</em> each other! So step off Ponytail!</div><div>
<br /></div><div><strong>Deb</strong>(Lori Loughlin)- Big fat WHO CARES. For real. No one does.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><strong>Liam</strong> (Matt Lanter) Got kicked out of his house, wants Annie for some reason, is still hot. Here's a picture: <div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_left"><form id="8890077" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/liamjpg-f2e1fb731a8c5bf0_large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Liam.<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" /><span class="photo-bottom-right"><!-- --></span></span></form></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><strong>Ryan Matthews</strong> (Ryan Eggold)- I miss his drunk person beard. </div><div>
<br /></div><div><strong>The Kardashians</strong>- They suck at acting, Khloe's outfit was super unflattering, and I think in real life they would give their friend a dress, because they seem nice. Not that I watch shows with them in it or anything like that. I'm just saying.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><b>Next week</b>: I feel like the previews were kind of cryptic...Silver has Naomi's rapist as a senior advisor (which is an incredibly important thing at West Bev apparently), Teddy's mouth tastes bad? I don't know. Hopefully Jen (Sara Foster) won't be back, because I was annoyed just see her in the previouslies. </div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-712933607756235022010-08-18T11:29:00.007-04:002010-08-18T12:00:17.495-04:00"I Never Thought About Love, When I Thought About Home" Mad Men: Season 4, This Season So Far.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhG2rHrFWBs3Q3V3YX3aYH1abpV-_1TnHs1pWmIKouNVhs808LOmvIn2HESQBmOW4VMGEaZlP2bI42xtG2Gu4lQ59I9EYP0imXq3Mvm9NbVYlM4VzkzhgBuGwy6mQnPrDy0bZ4Z1q2VOo/s1600/MadMen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhG2rHrFWBs3Q3V3YX3aYH1abpV-_1TnHs1pWmIKouNVhs808LOmvIn2HESQBmOW4VMGEaZlP2bI42xtG2Gu4lQ59I9EYP0imXq3Mvm9NbVYlM4VzkzhgBuGwy6mQnPrDy0bZ4Z1q2VOo/s400/MadMen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506777974770142226" border="0" /></a><br />So far, this season of Mad Men has not been engaging me the way the first few seasons did. I was so exhilarated to see Don and Co. strike out on their own at the end of "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" I didn't fully consider the implications of such a move. The "successful at work/disaster at home" formula worked for me, and I have been have a hard time adjusting to the "shaky at work/unmitigated and total disaster in every other walk of life" identity that Don has taken on this season. Even though Don Draper is a right bastard, I don't really like seeing him get what's coming to him. Watching him pathetically unable to woo women who would have been throwing themselves at him a year before, seeing him forced to say goodbye to the one person who can actually say "I know everything about you, and I still love you.", seeing his children miserable without him (and with the ever more monstrous Betty) is just getting too relentlessly grim for me. Even the moments in the show that cause you to laugh or smile do it wistfully, with nothing like the triumph that came when Don Draper would get a one-up on someone in seasons past.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuujdGmlXh1lFucbYAZDYEPbE2OjPdSTjzyxcd6FqJGNUvVAsrQd0cuiDatL3NxxEvRXcvDs7tvuVyVdgMgpkPNcPDoWqNJd9Omc3wo6EvVFUL-Y5_CzTMg5ApgwNoPtTs0gvth_XBz3Q/s1600/Joan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuujdGmlXh1lFucbYAZDYEPbE2OjPdSTjzyxcd6FqJGNUvVAsrQd0cuiDatL3NxxEvRXcvDs7tvuVyVdgMgpkPNcPDoWqNJd9Omc3wo6EvVFUL-Y5_CzTMg5ApgwNoPtTs0gvth_XBz3Q/s320/Joan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506779450041677698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Don't get me wrong, the acting is still wonderful, and Jon Hamm still amazes me with how he is able to shift from being Don Draper to Dick Whitman in subtle, barely perceptible ways. (Get this man an Emmy!) The show is still miles better than anything on television right now. But there is something of letdown in the fact that even though it seemed that many characters were getting the change they wanted and so needed at the end of last season, they are still just stuck. Stuck married to idiot man-children, stuck <span style="font-style: italic;">being</span> idiot man-children, stuck making a choice between career girl and happy homemaker, stuck between something new and something old. But more than the that, the grimness comes from a sense that each of these people is just so <span style="font-style: italic;">alone</span>. Don, Joan, Peggy, Betty, these are all incredible dynamic people afraid to show their true selves to anyone, afraid to give love, to be loved, to actually connect with someone else. It brings a darkness to the show that is making it hard for <span style="font-style: italic;">me </span>to connect with them this season.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0HWEUrtCJDIIW3fxdpSVECMNRKBT4mWWSeQxOe8UtIigm_czDNV4d25EcHPXRMpgWoUVgGrgP5576-925ZnWxwAoPNg132gAxm42e9vYO21n_JYFyt8Vjf6ez7K6M0DzhmKB9jzVL1M/s1600/episode-2-don-peggy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0HWEUrtCJDIIW3fxdpSVECMNRKBT4mWWSeQxOe8UtIigm_czDNV4d25EcHPXRMpgWoUVgGrgP5576-925ZnWxwAoPNg132gAxm42e9vYO21n_JYFyt8Vjf6ez7K6M0DzhmKB9jzVL1M/s320/episode-2-don-peggy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506779604365379682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So my hope for the rest of the season? Don gets a little swagger back, Joan gets a little spine back (at home), Peggy realizes she <span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> have a different life than her mother and still be happy....and Betty? Well, it's hard to imagine a happy ending for her, even with my relentless optimism. Um, Betty keeps ignoring Bobby and therefore does not totally destroy him the way she will her daughter? That's kinda happy. I'll take it. (Also, more Roger. NEED MORE ROGER)Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-89651114359403259922010-05-24T12:02:00.004-04:002010-10-28T14:22:21.811-04:00Lost, Series Finale. So much crying.So, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span> ended, and I sobbed. I, for one, found the series finale to be pretty satisfying. I don't think <span style="font-style: italic;">any </span>television show could actually hold up to the kind of scrutiny <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span> fans will be putting the finale, though I can certainly see that it all doesn't fit together quite perfectly. But saying that, there was mostly greatness going on last night, especially with the character beats/emotional moments. We'll get to that in a minute, but FIRST, let's talk about what mysteries the show actually solved for us and where it left us hanging. (I think that the big stuff has pretty much been revealed, but leave your biggest <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span> questions in the comments if you disagree!)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What is answered:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> is</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> the Island anyway? </span><br />This one, in my opinion was made fairly clear in the show and stated explicitly in these <a href="http://io9.com/5529982/are-these-leaked-lost-script-pages-for-real">leaked pages from the script. </a>It's a cork keeping the world out of hell. So it's pretty damn important. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What was up with the Dharma Initiative?</span><br />It totally baffles me that people still ask this question. They were a research group studying the Islands unique properties. They were sort of weird, but mostly in a human, explainable way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why can't ladies have babies on the Island?</span><br />Because of "The Incident", whether that incident was the electromagnetic even caused by Dharma's drilling or the hydrogen bomb set off by Juliet. Ethan was the last child born on the island, not long before this.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What was up with The Others? Why did they do such weird and awful things?</span><br />Hmm a group of the faithful doing awful things in the name of a peaceful dude? Weird, that never happens.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why does Jacob bring people to the island?</span><br />Because the Smoke Monster wants to kill him, and he needs to find someone to replace him. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why them?</span><br />Their lives sucked. They were, well, lost.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What happens when the Smoke Monster leaves the island?</span><br />I think he needs the light to be out to leave the island, so pretty much, the world gets sucked into hell. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Questions where they left us hanging:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A lot of the purgatory world.</span><br />I think there a lot of weird things going on over there in purgatory world (Why did Jack have a son? With Juliet? Since when did Christian Shepard get so great that he leads people into heaven? Where did Faraday, Miles, et all end up?) but I think most of it is kind of purposely left open for interpretation. I get why that annoys some people, but it doesn't annoy me. (Jack had a son to work out his daddy issues, Christian spent time in the purgatory world redeeming himself, Faraday passed through with his family, etc.) and as a subset to this:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />What was the deal with the shot of the Island being sunk in the beginning of this season?<br /></span>Maybe there's no hell in purgatory world so no need for the island? But we know Ben and his dad at least remember the island existing in that world so...is that a false memory? Are they only living the time loop from 815 landing to going to heaven, and the rest is just fake memories? Or did they actually live these lifetimes in this world getting ready to move on? And if the second one is true, what happened to the island?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waaaaaaalt!<br /></span>Okay<span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span>it was a mistake. Casting a kid on the cusp of puberty to play someone the same age for years on end was a mistake. I get why people want to know about Walt, but I guess I am cool with it because he isn't the only character on the show to have unexplained magical powers. Hurley can see and talk to dead people. Miles can hear the thoughts of corpses. Jacob can make people immortal. We never saw the origin of <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> of those powers, and I am satisfied to say that Walt had some supernatural abilities, and he was trying to use them help his friends on the island. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Raised by another"<br /></span>Aaron<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>seemed fine being raised by Kate<span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span>Maybe Claire's mom just paid that psychic to convince her not to give up her baby for adoption or something.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The numbers.</span><br />How did the lighthouse numbers end up in so many places? How did the Dharma people get them? I guess they didn't mean anything more than the degrees on the mirror in the lighthouse. We did win at Keno playing them on Saturday night though, so I think they must mean something.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's the deal with the four toed statue? Who built it?</span><br />Jacob maybe? I don't even really have a theory for this one.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time travel?</span><br />Narrative-wise I think the time travel story was enormously successful. It explained a lot about Dharma, Widmore, Ben's origins and gave us Sawyer/Juliet. I still don't really get <span style="font-style: italic;">why</span> the Island time traveled though. Or why it stopped. The time travel thing seemed <span style="font-style: italic;">so important</span> in Season 5, and even though I think it delivered in a lot of ways, it seemed not to mean much this season.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did the hydrogen bomb </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">make</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> the purgatory world thing?</span><br />And if so...huh?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Libby.<br /></span>Some people really want to know more about Libby, why she was in the mental institution with Hurley and why did she give Desmond the boat. I am not one of those people.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What happened to everybody not dead?! (before they were dead)<br /></span>Did Desmond get home?<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Did Kate, Sawyer<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span>Claire, Miles, Lapidus and Richard<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>make it?! Did Kate and Claire raise Aaron together? Did Desmond and Penny get another awesome reunion that I was deprived of? What did Hurley and Ben do on the Island after everyone left? How long were they on there for? Is Ji-Yeon still super cute? I of course know they did this on purpose, but still, I want to know.<br /><br />So there are questions unanswered, plot holes that can only be filled with crazy theories and narrative threads dropped. I admit that. But I still think that finale was pretty much amazing. The character stuff just worked for me totally, and I am a huge sap so I cried a lot. The reunions and flashbacks were pretty much uniformly amazing. The best ones?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sawyer and Juliet</span>- This is pretty much what I have been waiting for all season. I know some people don't watch this show for love stories and character studies, but those people need to stop being such robots and have a heart. The Juliet/Sawyer love story in Season 5 was one of the best and most surprising storylines, and it was so amazing to see them together again. Had I been alone, when he said "It's me baby, I'm here." I probably would have made the most terrible sobbing noise. Josh Holloway and and Elizabeth Mitchell <span style="font-style: italic;">sold</span> it. Even the doubters knew at that point, Juliet and Sawyer belonged together.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jack and Locke</span>- To see John Locke again! The real John Locke, whole, with all his memories. That kind, gentle smile he gave Jack from the hospital bed made me so happy. I think that the purgatory/heaven angle of the story was most satisfying for me because of Locke. I needed to see him find out that he was right all along, and that he <span style="font-style: italic;">was </span>special. Terry O'Quinn is an amazing actor, and if some network doesn't pick up his buddy cop show with Michael Emerson, I'm gonna take out a loan and film in my parent's backyard or something. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Charlie and Claire</span>-This is where the full on crying started. They have been apart for so long, and Charlie dying to try and rescue them was so sad. I was just really happy to see them together again. And the way Charlie looked at Aaron...with such love. I am choking up right now! Right now!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other moments that destroyed me emotionally:</span><br /><br />-Jack and Kate saying goodbye on the cliff. Sniff. Jate forever!!!<br /><br />-Jack passing on the mantle of Island protector to Hurley.<br /><br />-Hurley asking Ben for his help, and Ben accepting beautifully. Michael Emerson is so good.<br /><br />-Jack telling Desmond that he had done enough and he needed to go home to his family. <br /><br />-Jack dying with Vincent by his side, looking so happy that his friends had made it off the island, and completely ready to go. Great work by Matthew Fox in that scene. It was brutal, and I am actually kind of crying again thinking about it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography goes to:<br /></span>Jack jumping at the Smoke Monster on the cliff. Sometimes the visuals can be cheesy on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span>, but that scene made up for it, because it looked awesome<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>enough for pretty much the rest of the series.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />For me this show was always about the characters first, and the mysteries second. Despite the unanswered questions, I think the creators served the characters they created incredibly well. From the joy on Jin and Sun's faces when they realized who they really were to the fact that Jack was the last to accept he was dead, the characters were spot-on. For a show with such ambitious plots, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost </span>never lost track of who the people we were rooting for really were. It's not a perfect show, but that's a rare achievement in such a long running TV series. So yay <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost!</span><br /><br />P.S.<br /><br />I seriously could not pictures up on this, because it was making me sad looking at them. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-25169056296126891992010-05-20T12:24:00.001-04:002010-05-20T13:38:19.651-04:00A darker side of West Bev.<form id="8573583" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-naomijpg-85d04969103af361_large.jpg" alt="90210-Naomi.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" />
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<br />Well, the finale started all sweetness and light, with everyone's (ie. my) favorite couples reuniting all sweetly and stuff. But let me tell you, once the clock hit that 8:35 mark, things went downhill FAST! Here's your finale scorecard!
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<br /><strong>Reunited:</strong>
<br />Ivy (Gillian Zinser) and Dixon (Tristan Wilds)- Twice actually. These two were super cute tonight, and I loved that Ivy was totally embarrassed yet touched by Dixon's dorky planetarium show. Hopefully Deb (Lori Loughlin) and Harry (Rob Estes) will be too busy getting divorced and dealing with Annie to even notice that he's gone, and these two can have a great time in "Allstrailia" (that's how Dixon says it.) and continue their cuteness next season. In an episode where almost everything turned pretty sour at the end, these two got a happy-ish ending, even if Dixon has to bail on the trip.
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<br />Teddy (Trevor Donovan) and Silver (Jessica Stroup)- Silver tried to resist getting back together with Teddy for some unknown reason, but eventually she caved, probably because he looks like a Ken-doll, is pretty smart, sweet, rich and plays pro-tennis. Or, "tiniss" as Silver calls it. They were pretty much the only two people on the show who didn't have some kind of bummer ending, so when I start to get sad about all the awful things that happened, I just think of the pretty and smile.
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<br />Navid (Michael Steger) and Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes)!- Yay! My favorite teenage couple is back together! And they are awesome as ever! So great right? Fine, no problem, everything is great? But no, of course not, because that would be boring or something. Not to me, but to viewers who aren't interested in seeing a show exclusively about how awesome Navid and Adrianna are, and how they do and say cute and funny things. So that means stupid Javier has to ask Ade to go on a world tour with him. For a year. She better not go. Or better yet she should go, and then see that Javier is just a creep trying to get with her, and then she can come back and run into Navid's arms! There. I just wrote Season 3's Navid/Adrianna arc for you 90210. You're welcome.
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<br /><strong>Broken Up</strong>:
<br />Liam (Matt Lanter) and Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord). Because Naomi is the world's worst girlfriend if you want someone to talk to or help you on a regular basis. Sometimes she can really come through in a clutch, but most of the time, she is just a self centered idiot. So he dumped her, pretty rightfully. Bummer for Naomi.
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<br />Harry and Deb! Pretty much. That is obviously what is going to happen. Mostly because Deb seems to hate Harry with her entire soul and since her kissing a hottie yoga teacher didn't do it, she's gonna harp him into hating her back. Have a fun summer Wilson kids!
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<br /><strong>Getting Closer:</strong>
<br />Liam and Annie (Shenae Grimes). I want to like this couple, I really do. They could be the Brenda/Dylan of new 90210. But oh, Annie. You are so annoying.
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<br /><strong>Fired:</strong>
<br />Harry! For the whole covering up for Dixon thing, which I find totally unrealistic because school administrators do things like that all time. I think it is part of the reason people want power. So they can use it to help their family and friends, right? The superintendent was probably a woman who hated Harry, because all women do.
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<br /><strong>Setting an awesome boat on fire:</strong>
<br />Jasper. What a jerk. I love seeing him hobble away on his crutches though. He is one dedicated arsonist.
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<br /><strong>Beating the crap out of Jasper:
<br /></strong>Liam! Don't kill him dude! Even though your boat is awesome, he is so not worth it! On the brighter side, maybe his parents will forget all about the whole "stealing coins" thing. I know I practically have.
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<br />Pregnant with a drunk's baby!</strong>
<br />Well that would be Jen. Good for her.
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<br /><strong>Drunk!</strong>
<br />Well that would be Ryan Matthews, teacher extraordinaire. He <em>stole</em> a shuttle van, drunk drove that to his own car, failed to help Naomi and then hit the sign, causing fire to spout out of it and then follow his car in a line. It was beautiful. I have to be on Jen's side here when she says she doesn't want him around her baby. And to think, he's not even the worst teacher in town!
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<br /><strong>Worst Teacher in Town:</strong>
<br />Mr. Australian or British guy or whatever that Naomi accused to sexually harassing her. The final scene with him and Naomi was awful and really scary! I hope something happens or someone saves her at the last minute because it would be terrible if that creepy teacher raped her. Too dark 90210! Too dark!
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next Season:</span>
<br />Um, it turns out Liam's boat is fireproof, Jasper goes to jail forever, Ethan comes back and saves Naomi, Annie gets facial reconstruction surgery and comes back looking like Katie Cassidy, Navid and Adrianna go on world tour together, Teddy wins a tennis championship thanks to Silver, Dixon and Ivy have a boss time down under, Ryan's drunk driving is not discovered and he goes to rehab, the baby inside Jen temporarily gives her a soul, and she kills herself while giving birth because she doesn't want to go back to being the soulless creature she once was, and a newly clean Ryan cutely raises the baby, with lots of visits from Auntie Naomi. Oh and Harry and Deb move to China. It's gonna be awesome!
<br />Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-79158174019493050002010-05-17T12:11:00.003-04:002010-05-17T12:40:57.749-04:00However Long I Stay: Treme, Season 1 Episode 6, "Shallow Water, Oh, Mama."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WrD4tZdPa2ZcSUjzVEM1OdWHMppb81sR7SOvMZwF845RW8hLxbk6kQEn4Z7nk15b8GhSiwT5Qsl2F0Vder6Aw_eu_19334uTcikqKK_rzQnM1IB9m0wWem-pmbND8CKLKeaC6QfLTAk/s1600/Treme-Albert.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WrD4tZdPa2ZcSUjzVEM1OdWHMppb81sR7SOvMZwF845RW8hLxbk6kQEn4Z7nk15b8GhSiwT5Qsl2F0Vder6Aw_eu_19334uTcikqKK_rzQnM1IB9m0wWem-pmbND8CKLKeaC6QfLTAk/s400/Treme-Albert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472275942742724738" border="0" /></a><br />Before I check back in on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HBO's</span> "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Treme</span>", I want to point anyone who is a fan of the show to the Times-Picayune and Dave Walker's great <a href="http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2010/05/treme_explained_shallow_water.html">"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Treme</span> Explained"</a>. He does one for each episode, and it really helps put some of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">storylines</span> into context as well as explaining some of the throw away comments the characters make. This week, learn why Davis's mom was so horrified that he was working with Jacques <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Morial</span>, who plays Antoine's mentor, some background on the <span style="font-style: italic;">real</span> Davis, what the title of he episode means, and more. Check it out!<br /><br />Unlike Dave Walker, I am not an expert on New Orleans or Katrina, but I still think that David Simon and Eric <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Overmyer's</span> "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Treme</span>" gives me plenty to talk about. This episode is the beginning of the back half of the season, which is where Simon generally likes to pick up steam, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">plotwise</span>. The stories they are telling us here are the small ones, not a grand tragedy like you see on "The Wire" but the way the little, everyday tragedies of life become so much worse when living among the ruins of a place that you love.<br /><br />Some of the little moments I loved in this episode:<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Delmond</span> feeling overshadowed by the tradition his father loves, and yet completely unable to resist the pull of the Indians once he is among them.<br /><br /> Creighton, torn between his career and the fear that he could become something he hates, just another elite exploiting New Orleans.<br /><br />Toni, in an amazing performance by Melissa Leo, push push pushing so insistently, so quietly, to get the information she needs to find <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Daymo</span>. The thing I love most about Toni's character is that she is so dogged and persistent in her search for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Daymo</span>, because the more she uncovers, the more she sees the horror this poor guy must be going through, yet so patient and sweet with almost everyone she talks to about it. She knows that every person she is bothering about this has a thousand other tragedies to deal with, so she just gives them that little shove to make sure they help her figure out this one.<br /><br />Davis with his rich, racist family, showing us what he is rebelling against and giving us a reason to root for him. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYxah1LQ-EZSkcCWv3BE8-6EhxTDdH-5lK8Iz7pslO5OKWMDeWBg-GXHLbSdOuVv_GZD3ERXrCVd7jIp1FYqh6svEsWewTTMQ_JoH5_2vmgSWYbdW1_Pytj5Z6VyBVQ-l_wrYppGBQKA/s1600/Treme-Creighton-Toni.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYxah1LQ-EZSkcCWv3BE8-6EhxTDdH-5lK8Iz7pslO5OKWMDeWBg-GXHLbSdOuVv_GZD3ERXrCVd7jIp1FYqh6svEsWewTTMQ_JoH5_2vmgSWYbdW1_Pytj5Z6VyBVQ-l_wrYppGBQKA/s400/Treme-Creighton-Toni.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472275789075003234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Antoine, taking care of the man that's taught him everything, and getting a scary glimpse into his own future at the same time.<br /><br />Janette, trying and failing to ask her staff to work for free, realizing that even though she is amazing at what she does, she is just too far behind to do it anymore. The look on her face as she realized that her dream was done, at least for now and maybe forever, was a great piece of acting from Kim Dickens.<br /><br />And of course, that silly, ridiculous only-in-New-Orleans parade, with Toni loosening up and being part of the "family of sperm" with Creighton and Sophia. Creighton and Toni's conversation sums up the series so far, with all it's little triumphs and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">sadnesses</span>.<br />"Where else could we live, huh?" <br />"No place else."Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-35287640660540527082010-05-12T19:02:00.003-04:002010-05-12T19:05:33.572-04:0090210, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.You know that I love <em><strong>90210</strong></em>, but I gotta say, there were so many things to hate in this episode! It was killing me man!<br /><form id="8556249" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-silverjpg-45c0194390f32941_large.jpg" alt="90210-Silver.jpg" /><span style="font-size:78%;"> (</span><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">Silver sits alone, after deciding that a dude who tried to buy her off is probably right.)</span></span></form><br /><br />With only one episode left until the season finale (thanks CW promo people), the writers of this show decided to do as much as possible to annoy the crap out me, including:<br /><br />-The name of the episode. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't find the fact that Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) is dating some famous singer to be that important to episode, besides in the way that it thwarted my dreams of a Navid/Adrianna reunion. Other than that, who really cares about 'Javianna"?<br /><br />-Not showing us any aftermath from the whole "Drunk Ryan Matthews" debacle (aka, the greatest thing that has ever happened on this show).<br /><br />-Jen. (Sara Foster) Being there. (Do not even get me started on the whole pregnancy thing. My actual reaction was "JIGGA WHAT?!" There is documentation of this.)<br /><br />-Silver (Jessica Stroup) listening to Teddy's (Trevor Donovan) jerkface of a dad (Ryan O'Neal) (who Teddy <em>told</em> her was a jerk like two scenes before) and breaking Teddy's heart because he lost his tennis match. (This is the kind of thing that happens when you demand to meet a dude's parents. Sometimes they're cagey about it for a reason ladies!) Also, the way she says 'match' really annoys me for some reason. So there's that.<br /><br />-Dixon (Tristan Wilds) and Silver kissing. LET'S NOT GO THERE AGAIN PEOPLE. I did not like the face Dixon made when he and Ivy (Gillian Zinser) made up. Don't even think about it. Just go to Australia and have a good time. At least you get to be away from your awful parents!<br /><form id="8556250" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-ivy-dixonjpg-b3d7110bbcf8ad3d_large.jpg" alt="90210-Ivy-Dixon.jpg" /><span style="font-size:78%;"> (</span><span class="caption"><span style="font-size:78%;">Is it so wrong that I just want these two to stay together?! And go to Australia?!)</span><br /><br /></span></span></form>-Jasper returned. Man that kid is a weirdo.<br /><br />-The fact that even though Navid (Michael Steger) and Adrianna are basically in the same group of friends, neither of them ever talked to the SAME person about how they liked each other, so no one could just go "Oh, well he/she totally likes you too, you should just go and talk to her/him about it, like a normal person."<br /><br />-Navid's crackpot plan. Plans like that should just be titled "I'm going provide the object of my affection with as little information as possible and then feel all heartbroken and crap when they don't get that I love them."<br /><form id="8556292" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-navid-dixonjpg-eb04412b056206de_large.jpg" alt="90210-Navid-Dixon.jpg" /><span style="font-size:78%;"> (</span><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">I know that Dixon WANTS to tell Navid his plan is dumb, but he just doesn't have the heart.</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span><br /><br />-Deb (Lori Loughlin) and Harry (Rob Estes) were at their crazy-awful worst tonight! Lying to each other, using their children to manipulate each other, gen I have to say you can tell which one of them is leaving the show, because Harry was at least 1000 notches more horrible than Debbie, and she was terrible.<br /><br />There were things I actually liked though, so don't worry!<br /><br />Aww the scene with Teddy and Silver right before they did it was totally cute, and I was really happy for a minute, even though what happened next was compltely obvious and cliche, I still love them.<br /><br />I am actually really into the "Naomi (AnnaLynn McCord) is an awful girlfriend" storyline, for a couple of reason. One, it is totally consistent with her character that she would want to <em>try</em> to be there for Liam (Matt Lanter), but just be too into her own drama to really be able to be. Also, I think it makes sense that someone like Liam would <em>think</em> he would want to be with someone like Naomi, and then be pretty disillusioned by the reality.<br /><br />I am also still kind of rooting for Annie (Shenae Grimes) and Liam. There I said it. Again, I feel like characterization is right here, and even though Shenae Grimes' totally grating portrayal of Annie makes it easy to forget, she is <em>supposed</em> to be a sweet, normal, sort of goofy girl, and I can see why Liam would be attracted to her, especially since she is so different from Naomi. (If only she hadn't killed someone! Dammit Annie!)<br /><br />Stray questions:<br /><br />Why is Naomi styled like a 40 year old? Her hair especially!<br /><br />Why does Naomi still go to the beach club even though she knows Jen owns it?<br /><br />Why does everyone drive cars from the seventies?<br /><br />How sad was it when Liam realized that he got his maid fired for nothing? Stupid Finn Court! (Such a stereotypical Irish name for a stereotypical Irish loser. Ten to one he has a drinking problem too.)<br /><br />Where is Ryan Matthews?!<br /><br />Is there really only one jerk in all of West Beverly High? The same kid: took naked pictures of Annie and let them get all over school, blackmailed Dixon into helping break into the school to steal the SAT's, intimated that he will blackmail Harry over that same incident <em>and</em> made of Jasper for his suicide attempt. What kind of kid taunts someone for trying to kill themselves? The one jerk at West Beverly High.<br /><br /><br />Next week: Boats on fire! That teacher really <em>is </em>a sleaze!! Deb is yelling!! It's crazytown!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-63918802533985392492010-05-05T15:21:00.003-04:002010-05-05T16:28:24.096-04:00So many things to love on 90210! (And one thing to hate with a crazy insane passion.)<form id="8538002" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-ryan-matthews-drunkjpg-75e1de4da1731821_large.jpg" alt="90210-Ryan-Matthews-Drunk.jpg" /><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;"> (This picture of Mr. Matthews (or Mr. Ryan...Matthews, if you prefer) is the one of the best 90210 screencaps ever.</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span><br /><br />Starting with... Ryan Matthews drunk! Oh it was a sight to behold. Mustard stained shirt. Chili dog hands. The sputtering. The "Taxi Driver" quoting. The way he totally horrified his students. Weirdly, I found this drunken version of Ryan Matthews way hotter than pretty much any other version. I don't know if that says something bad about me or the character, but I think you and I both know I'm going with "the character" on this one. Let's be honest, the guy ran into his ex girlfriend and her husband, which might be a perfectly fine excuse to have a drink or two, to even get a little drunk, but the level of homeless person drunkeness that this guy got to just because he talked to his ex for about thirty seconds was a little unnecessary. And also, amazing. It was beautiful. Because it was my favorite thing ever to happen, let's look at it again, real quick:<br /><br /><form id="8538020" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center medium"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-ryanjpg-5f9facdc3781d717_medium.jpg" alt="90210-Ryan.jpg" /></span></form><br /><br />Okay so now that we are done basking in the glory that is "Ryan Matthews wasted", we can move onto the rest of the episode, which was kind of hit or miss.<br /><br /><strong>More things to love include:<br /></strong><br />-Dixon and Ivy! Dixon is doing a lot of turnarounds this season, from idiot to cutie and back again, and in this episode, he was definitely rocking the cutie vibe. Mexican Cokes! The dude is a keeper. This week at least. And ivy deserves to have a nice boyfriend who goes to many different taco trucks to prepare a date for her! She's a cool chick!<br /><br />-Teddy and Silver! Yeah, I'm back on that wagon, even if the "problem every 30 seconds" thing is getting a little tired. After his admission that he was in love with her, I pretty much melted. I've never seen so many people so concerned about the future of a hot, rich white guy though. Listen up everybody "HE'S GONNA BE OKAY!"<br /><br />-Brace yourselves for this one, because I can't even believe it myself but...Annie and Liam? Maybe? Do I maybe kind of like them together? Maybe. It's probably mostly the Liam factor working for me here, because Annie hasn't changed enough for me to really like her on her own. She still makes an insane amount of weird faces, is a terrible listener (though not as bad as Naomi!) and annoys the crap out of me. These facts will never change. Trust.<br /><br />-Naomi being a selfish idiot. I feel bad for Liam and everything, but choosing her over Ivy was always gonna end this way. She is who she is man. Also I am not going to even feel bad for her when her boyfriend falls for Annie.<br /><br />-Oh Naomi screwing Jen over! That was awesome for the five seconds that is seemed like it might possibly be true!<br /><br />-Adrianna and Navid on the boardwalk! It's TRUE LOVE guys, just admit it.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Things I hated, with a crazy insane passion:</strong><br /><br />-Jen's return. I hate the way she talks, I hate the weird way she purses her lips and squints her eyes when she's trying to be intimidating. I hate the how she opens her eyes all big and innocent when she is trying to seem nice. I hate her bony shoulders. I hate everything about her, and I hope that she is dropped in a vat of acid at the end this season. That is all.<br /><br /><strong>Things I just sort of wasn't into:</strong><br /><br />-Adrianna and Javier singing and stuff. You know I love me some Ade, but this storyline just isn't doing it for me for some reason.<br /><br />-Also, it is super dumb that Navid was all upset and stuff when he heard her tell Javier that "there was no one special" because as far as she knew, he <em>had a girlfriend</em>. 'Oh man, sorry Navid, for not wanting to come off as a desperate loser to some famous guy that I just met an hour ago by admitting to him that I'm still in love with my nerdy ex boyfriend who dumped me for kissing another dude and also has a girlfriend! I totally get why you are all brokenhearted and betrayed. Makes total sense.' Right on Ade! You make him jealous with that famous Jonas-brother like guy!<br /><br />-Teddy/Silver/Dad- Silver was cute when she met him, and I liked that he 'surprisingly' liked her. (I was not surprised) but I am just not into the whole "forbidden to be together" thing. It just doesn't seem like a narcissistic movie star would even have time to keep his kid away from some girl on a Vespa.<br /><br /><form id="8538079" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center medium"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-terddy-silver-spencejpg-681f8e678537a5be_medium.jpg" alt="90210-Terddy-Silver-Spence.jpg" /><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;"><br />(All movie stars like it when you are rudely honest with them. It's a fact.</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span><br /><br />-Ugh I hate that Liam's dad turned out to be a deadbeat! I totally saw it coming and was hoping they were going to subvert my expectations. (What? Come on, it's<em> possible </em>that 90210 was going to subvert my expectations. It is!)<br /><br />-Liam just trusts anyone who is kind of nice to him doesn't he? That just makes me feel really bad for him. Also, it kind of makes me relate to him a little. Oh dear.<br /><br />-Harry and Deb. I pretty much don't care, but I have to say that if I had adopted an 8 year old from a drug addict and created a pretty decent home for him, I would not let some hot yoga instructor OR some weird work crush OR some murky undefinable distance between my spouse and I (contract negotiations, maybe), cause me to get a divorce and destroy the only stability he has ever known. Unless it turned out I really didn't like him much and wanted to just give him that final push to be screwed up for life. Which I guess they could feel about Dixon, because he can be really annoying, but I think maybe they've misplaced their antipathy towards Annie onto him. My advice for Harry and Deb? Suck it up for a couple more years, then go and bang all the yoga instructors and guidance counselors you want.<br /><br />Just in case you forgot what was awesome about this episode, I leave you with one final pic:<br /><form id="8538081" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/ryanagain90210jpg-8cb6c3930ef3ef01_large.jpg" alt="RyanAgain90210.jpg" /><span style="font-size:78%;"> (</span><span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">This is one of my faves, because it looks like he was eating out of the trash.</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)<br /></span><br />Next week: Adrianna + Navid is SO about to = Love again. I can feel it.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473084885462600448.post-45284423170329284852010-04-28T14:30:00.003-04:002010-04-28T14:34:39.160-04:0090210: Worst. SAT's. Ever.<form id="8519868" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-dixonjpg-c34026f0f25f7f2b_large.jpg" alt="90210-Dixon.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" />jpg"><span class="caption"> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Dixon's awesomeness could not last too long. So now he is lame again.)</span></span></span></form>
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<br />Things are pretty much not going well for anyone at West Beverly High right now, unless you count Navid, but things really only seem to be going well for him because he has no storyline whatsoever. (NOT COOL 90210!) For everyone else, there is a lot of a added stress to the whole "SAT's are coming up!" thing. There was also a lot of added dumbness in this episode. Such as:
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<br /><strong>Dixon.</strong> Oh Dixon, why did you even act kind of cool for five minutes in the last episode and make me think I could love you again? Dixon's total dumbosity was unparalleled in this ep. He lost $6000 to the guy who take that naked photo of Annie (real nice loyalty there dude, letting him play), believed some stupid story about how this idiot wanted to get into the school to 'decorate his girlfriend's locker' (yeah that sounds like it's worth six grand Dixon, sure.) stood in the middle of the damn school so that the security camera could get a real good look at his face, and then, to top it all off, TOLD THE GUY that his dad is letting them off so Dixon doesn't get in trouble. Way to ruin your Dad's career there, man. Nice job.
<br /><form id="8519922" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-teddy-silverjpg-6c6e52e371782bda_large.jpg" alt="90210-Teddy-Silver.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" />jpg"> <span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">(But how will you survive without college?! All you have are looks, money, and athletic ability!</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span>
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<br />Also dumb? <strong>Silver</strong>. Let's see, Teddy is the son of a movie star, looks like a model, and plays pro tennis. I think he'll be okay without college! Really no need to worry that he's not studying for the SAT's or planning to go to college, because I think he's gonna be fine. Life has a funny way of working out for rich, gorgeous people who also happen to be incredibly athletically talented. One more thing. Not returning your boyfriend's calls because his ultra famous movie star dad didn't know he had a girlfriend...kind of an overreaction there. You probably could have fought it out with him <em>before</em> the SAT's, so as not to make both of you insane during a test that you seem to think is pretty darn important.
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<br /><strong>Annie. </strong>I guess she's over the whole "I killed a guy" thing and is onto being angsty about her parents AND Liam. Okay sure, that seems like a way bigger deal than being guilty of MURDER.
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<br />Harry</strong> Oh man. His dumbess abounds, because he is an adult so he doesn't even have the whole "idiot teenager" excuse. I'm sure not telling Deb about how he is risking his career to protect Dixon is <em>really </em>going to make that marriage even stronger.
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<br /><strong>Deb.</strong> Seriously lady, don't tell your husband you kissed a crazy-hot guy and <em>liked</em> it unless you just want to get a divorce.
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<br />One more, and you know I hate this but it's true. <strong>Liam.</strong> I have so many questions for him, including, 1. Why are you hanging out with Annie? 2. Why do you suddenly like Annie? 3. If you suddenly like Annie and can never love Naomi again, why did you fake that did an get back together with her? Also, why can't you forgive her again? 4. Do you not think stealing from your stupid step-dad is a terrible plan? He seems to be evil to the core, so I am sure he will have you boiled in oil or something when he finds out. 5. Really? You're not even a little suspicious about the whole "Dad was framed, just need a little seed money" thing? I mean I want your dad to be a good guy too but, come on! Oh Liam.
<br /><form id="8519944" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large"><img src="http://media.masslive.com/television_impact/photo/90210-liam-dadjpg-e227d13177b94b13_large.jpg" alt="90210-Liam-Dad.<span class=" error="" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" />jpg"> <span class="caption" style="font-size:78%;">(It is a rare thing for TV ex-con dads to go legit. Let's see it happen here, 90210!</span></span></form><span style="font-size:78%;">)
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<br />So basically, the only character who both had a storyline and didn't act foolishly tonight was Naomi. The poor girl admitted that she lied about that Australian teacher AND called herself a pervert (of justice) in front of the whole school. It was great. She promised to never lie again and reunited with Liam, and things were just going swimmingly! She was even getting everyone smoothies! But then something truly truly awful happened. <span style="font-weight: bold;">JEN RETURNED. </span>NOOOOOOOOOOO!
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<br />Next week: Spoiler Alert! I saw some awesome photos of Ryan Matthews, on the beach, looking bedraggled, covered in mustard, and possibly eating out of the trash! YES!!! You <em>will </em>be seeing those on this blog next week. Also, Silver meets Teddy's Dad, Ryan O'Neal. Like most dads on this show, he seems like a jerk.
<br />Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299761247853423962noreply@blogger.com1