TV Shows >>> Real Life

In my next entry, I will talk about Yay: graduating, Doom: grad school, Itchy: strange bug bites? unknown allergies? But this entry is all about what I've been doing since I moved back home one week ago: watching TV. :D/

Supernatural

I didn't start watching SPN until Season 4 was well underway. I had, as per my habit, spoiled the plot for myself before I even started watching. All the stuff about angels and demons and showdowns intrigued me, which is why I picked up the show in the first place. Oh, and the hot brothers. Did I mention the hot brothers? I didn't much like the first season, which appears to be somewhat of an unpopular opinion. Monsters-of-the-week episodes didn't do much for me (especially since I had to cover my eyes throughout most of those episodes. Chicken? Who, me?). When I try to explain to RL friends why I watch it, I'm all, "Angels and demons and monsters and a great battle between good and evil except no side is actually all good and it's all very complicated and intense and did I mention the hot brothers who are totally in love with each other?" ...Okay, well, I usually leave out the "in love with each other" part.

I found that the show got much better when a stronger underlying plot was introduced that connected each subsequent episode. Season 4 had a few clunkers (like Season 5 of SGA -- the good episodes were fantastic, but the bad ones... Yes, I am thinking of that horrible bodyswap one. Okay, total tangent here, but I really, really want to see a Dean-and-Sam bodyswap episode. *__*), but was an overall good season.
( note: includes spoilers up to and including 4x22 )

I may have had more to say, but I watched 4x22 yesterday and watched, like, seven episodes of Bones since then, so, like, idk, it was a good episode? Better season finale than The Big Bang Theory? (Though, Sheldon's sense of humour + "Bazinga" = hilariously awesome, but, Show, really, stop beating the Leonard/Penny dead horse -- or dead ship, rather.)

Anyway...
Bones

I watched the first two episodes of Season 1 online a couple of weeks ago (I didn't want to study for my exams. What?) and then borrowed the Season 2 DVDs (couldn't get my hands on the first season) and marathoned through those during the past couple of days. First off: I like the colours. I don't know how to described them, but they're clear and contrasting and...sharp? Saturated? Can I just stick with "pretty" as a descriptor? After the dark, dark, and more dark of Supernatural, this was refreshing. But thanks to Supernatural, I've been mostly desensitized by the blood and corpses and I hardly ever have to look away from the screen when they drag out the rotting bodies. ;) I find the exposition to be excessive at times, but overall, it's a fun series. Using science to solve crime, yay. \o/ Also: I love smart characters.
( and so on and so forth )

Bones (the show, not the character), for me, is likely to be one of those shows I'll follow along but never veer off from the canon into fanon (and fandom), like Psych and The Big Bang Theory. But yay, new show to follow, now that there's no more SPN to watch. I fully intend to rot my brain with TV shows this summer. \o/

TV Shows >>> Real Life

In my next entry, I will talk about Yay: graduating, Doom: grad school, Itchy: strange bug bites? unknown allergies? But this entry is all about what I've been doing since I moved back home one week ago: watching TV. :D/

Supernatural

I didn't start watching SPN until Season 4 was well underway. I had, as per my habit, spoiled the plot for myself before I even started watching. All the stuff about angels and demons and showdowns intrigued me, which is why I picked up the show in the first place. Oh, and the hot brothers. Did I mention the hot brothers? I didn't much like the first season, which appears to be somewhat of an unpopular opinion. Monsters-of-the-week episodes didn't do much for me (especially since I had to cover my eyes throughout most of those episodes. Chicken? Who, me?). When I try to explain to RL friends why I watch it, I'm all, "Angels and demons and monsters and a great battle between good and evil except no side is actually all good and it's all very complicated and intense and did I mention the hot brothers who are totally in love with each other?" ...Okay, well, I usually leave out the "in love with each other" part.

I found that the show got much better when a stronger underlying plot was introduced that connected each subsequent episode. Season 4 had a few clunkers (like Season 5 of SGA -- the good episodes were fantastic, but the bad ones... Yes, I am thinking of that horrible bodyswap one. Okay, total tangent here, but I really, really want to see a Dean-and-Sam bodyswap episode. *__*), but was an overall good season.
( note: includes spoilers up to and including 4x22 )

I may have had more to say, but I watched 4x22 yesterday and watched, like, seven episodes of Bones since then, so, like, idk, it was a good episode? Better season finale than The Big Bang Theory? (Though, Sheldon's sense of humour + "Bazinga" = hilariously awesome, but, Show, really, stop beating the Leonard/Penny dead horse -- or dead ship, rather.)

Anyway...
Bones

I watched the first two episodes of Season 1 online a couple of weeks ago (I didn't want to study for my exams. What?) and then borrowed the Season 2 DVDs (couldn't get my hands on the first season) and marathoned through those during the past couple of days. First off: I like the colours. I don't know how to described them, but they're clear and contrasting and...sharp? Saturated? Can I just stick with "pretty" as a descriptor? After the dark, dark, and more dark of Supernatural, this was refreshing. But thanks to Supernatural, I've been mostly desensitized by the blood and corpses and I hardly ever have to look away from the screen when they drag out the rotting bodies. ;) I find the exposition to be excessive at times, but overall, it's a fun series. Using science to solve crime, yay. \o/ Also: I love smart characters.
( and so on and so forth )

Bones (the show, not the character), for me, is likely to be one of those shows I'll follow along but never veer off from the canon into fanon (and fandom), like Psych and The Big Bang Theory. But yay, new show to follow, now that there's no more SPN to watch. I fully intend to rot my brain with TV shows this summer. \o/