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tempestuously) wrote2010-08-16 06:44 pm
tempestuously) wrote2010-08-16 06:44 pm
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"We will eat you! After we eat your children! ... And now back to Tiffany with the weather."
My plan to play Okami ended up resulting in fail because my Bro sold his PS2 to get an X-Box. He actually did it months ago. I guess I never noticed before now. But I hear he's doing really well in his new school and spent several hours Saturday telling me everything he's learned about the body. I was impressed. He also loved his birthday trifle.
His story was the flipside to my sister's tale of woe where her hosts dropped her off at the airport 25 minutes before her flight left and were SURPRISED when nobody was around to check her in. She won't be able to catch another flight until tomorrow morning. I am not happy.
But my weekend wasn't completely unproductive, as I snatched up my father's On Demand and caught up on True Blood Season 3. And I have opinions. Overall, this season is infinitely better than 2, which is easy because aside from the Church of the Sun plot and Eric, I HATED Season 2. I hate Ball's obsession with sex scenes. And I really hated how overboard he went with the quick in the start of Season 3. But I am enjoying all the character arcs from crazy Russel to Eric's viking vengeance to Sam's family to Sookie's true nature to Jessica's growing pains. I'm not entirely sold on Lafayette and Jason's arcs yet, but I do like Jason more this season, even if I do believe his sudden infatuation to Crystal is a little lame. Tara, well she was doing good again until the story suddenly felt like it had to bring back Franklin to make Tara a victim AGAIN. gg True Blood. But let's get into my major issue with this show.
It's really hard to actually like some of the characters. So many are selfish or overly victimized or just plain assholes. I used to like Bill and I do like when he's with Jessica but otherwise he's such a fucking bitch and he does it while pretending that he's not evil like the other vampires. Pure poser. Sookie gets too preachy half the time and her on-again off-again thing with Bill is becoming genuinely annoying. She still has her moments, especially with Eric. Tara may have kick-ass moments, but she basically exists to be victimized and I'm sick of it. Bringing back Franklin just to have Jason save her and totally invalidate all of the power she was given by originally being the one to destroy Franklin pissed me off beyond words. She wasn't even allowed to have her cool resistance against Franklin because he just had to taunt her some more. Disgusting. Arlene, I want to like but she's just so damn mean for no reason sometimes and now this bullshit about thinking her baby is evil because it's Renee's. WTF? Jessica fares better because she has her teenage moments, but she does try to make them right and she suffers from no reliable guardian figure because of the fore-mentioned Bill suckage. Sam is good, but I don't know how we're expected to like Tommy when he can't stop being an ass for no reason. I don't think Sam has to be taught to not be a wimp; Sam is a good guy and stands up for what is right. That scene of him pounding into Crystal's dad was gratuitous. I hated how Lorena had to bawl like an idiot while torturing Bill. I would have preferred her to actually "own her dark side" like the rest of the vampires instead of making herself into yet another victim. And of course we had to torture the Queen too because this show really doesn't know what else to do with women. I give Eric a pass because he has actual reason and motivation for being a bitch so of course the series had to insert a scene of him being subjugated too. For a show about vampires and werewolves, these characters are entirely too whipped. Russel is also awesome because he's just so campy evil and terrifying at the same time. I will miss Talbot. :(
I do like the violence though. That is one thing I love about True Blood, the raw carnage of every episode. I wish we had more violence and less sex scenes. I hate the idea of weres rolling onto their bellies for a vampire, but the vampire blood subplot is interesting. And I do like the comparison between the decadent high-cultured vampires and the crazy and primal weres who just barely manage to hold themselves in check. I know some people wish the weres were treated more fairly, and as much as I love the noble shapeshifter archtype, I prefer the monstrous were. I'm still undecided on Alcide because he is given so little material this season. I hope he takes over his pack though because his alpha is pathetic.
I really want to see an ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny between Eric and Russel.
Wow, the more I learn about my childhood literary heroes. If it weren't for Jack London, I'd never would have wanted to be a writer.
And now to crash.
His story was the flipside to my sister's tale of woe where her hosts dropped her off at the airport 25 minutes before her flight left and were SURPRISED when nobody was around to check her in. She won't be able to catch another flight until tomorrow morning. I am not happy.
But my weekend wasn't completely unproductive, as I snatched up my father's On Demand and caught up on True Blood Season 3. And I have opinions. Overall, this season is infinitely better than 2, which is easy because aside from the Church of the Sun plot and Eric, I HATED Season 2. I hate Ball's obsession with sex scenes. And I really hated how overboard he went with the quick in the start of Season 3. But I am enjoying all the character arcs from crazy Russel to Eric's viking vengeance to Sam's family to Sookie's true nature to Jessica's growing pains. I'm not entirely sold on Lafayette and Jason's arcs yet, but I do like Jason more this season, even if I do believe his sudden infatuation to Crystal is a little lame. Tara, well she was doing good again until the story suddenly felt like it had to bring back Franklin to make Tara a victim AGAIN. gg True Blood. But let's get into my major issue with this show.
It's really hard to actually like some of the characters. So many are selfish or overly victimized or just plain assholes. I used to like Bill and I do like when he's with Jessica but otherwise he's such a fucking bitch and he does it while pretending that he's not evil like the other vampires. Pure poser. Sookie gets too preachy half the time and her on-again off-again thing with Bill is becoming genuinely annoying. She still has her moments, especially with Eric. Tara may have kick-ass moments, but she basically exists to be victimized and I'm sick of it. Bringing back Franklin just to have Jason save her and totally invalidate all of the power she was given by originally being the one to destroy Franklin pissed me off beyond words. She wasn't even allowed to have her cool resistance against Franklin because he just had to taunt her some more. Disgusting. Arlene, I want to like but she's just so damn mean for no reason sometimes and now this bullshit about thinking her baby is evil because it's Renee's. WTF? Jessica fares better because she has her teenage moments, but she does try to make them right and she suffers from no reliable guardian figure because of the fore-mentioned Bill suckage. Sam is good, but I don't know how we're expected to like Tommy when he can't stop being an ass for no reason. I don't think Sam has to be taught to not be a wimp; Sam is a good guy and stands up for what is right. That scene of him pounding into Crystal's dad was gratuitous. I hated how Lorena had to bawl like an idiot while torturing Bill. I would have preferred her to actually "own her dark side" like the rest of the vampires instead of making herself into yet another victim. And of course we had to torture the Queen too because this show really doesn't know what else to do with women. I give Eric a pass because he has actual reason and motivation for being a bitch so of course the series had to insert a scene of him being subjugated too. For a show about vampires and werewolves, these characters are entirely too whipped. Russel is also awesome because he's just so campy evil and terrifying at the same time. I will miss Talbot. :(
I do like the violence though. That is one thing I love about True Blood, the raw carnage of every episode. I wish we had more violence and less sex scenes. I hate the idea of weres rolling onto their bellies for a vampire, but the vampire blood subplot is interesting. And I do like the comparison between the decadent high-cultured vampires and the crazy and primal weres who just barely manage to hold themselves in check. I know some people wish the weres were treated more fairly, and as much as I love the noble shapeshifter archtype, I prefer the monstrous were. I'm still undecided on Alcide because he is given so little material this season. I hope he takes over his pack though because his alpha is pathetic.
I really want to see an ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny between Eric and Russel.
Wow, the more I learn about my childhood literary heroes. If it weren't for Jack London, I'd never would have wanted to be a writer.
And now to crash.
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