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Watching Monday
Aug. 4th, 2014 02:30 pmTrue Blood
Everything about Violet, Adilyn, and Wade was HILARIOUS. Horny goat weed! Strap-ons from the 19th century! Fuzzy handcuffs! Why does Violet own a giant house full of sex toys? I don't know, and I don't really care, because these scenes were worth it.
I really liked the Arlene/Keith sex dream (which I did not realize was a dream at first) and even more the actual Arlene/Keith scene at the end. Though Hep-V is an STD now? I don't think I'd realized that.
I don't understand what was going on with Jason and Hoyt's girlfriend. She wasn't that hot. Was it residual Jessica guilt? Was she a minor character from a previous season I've forgotten? The threeway hug with Jason in the middle was the most hilariously uncomfortable thing I've ever seen, though.
Speaking of characters I've forgotten: Dr. Ludwig, who apparently has been on the show before, though I have no memory of it. I loved her, though!
Sarah Newlin's ghost visions were AMAZING. I particularly loved Jason as a grim specter of death.
Lafayette and Lettie Mae digging up some poor girl's yard was also great. This whole episode was really funny.
My prediction: Bill will die of his speedy Hep-V but afterwards Sookie will have his magic vampire-fairy baby.
Leverage
The Toy Job:
Normally I hate Christmas episodes (on any show), but the earlier Leverage Christmas episode was so great that I'm excited for this.
Aren't these characters all supposed to be incredibly rich? Why have money restrictions on their gifts? They may as well spend that money buying Christmas presents for each other.
OMG that doll is almost as terrifying as the one from Sleepy Hollow.
Awww, poor baby Parker in therapy.
"What are parents most afraid of?" / "Clowns?" / "No." / "Evil clowns?" / "No." / "Crazy clowns named Gigi who whisper your name from under your bed?" / "...No." AHAHAHAHA.
Man, Parker has a clearer sense of morality than Nate does.
HARDSION IN GLASSES YES GOOD.
"Smart babies are so eight years ago." Haaaaaa.
"You don't ever want to be alone in that warehouse. Ever." I AGREE.
Nate the trumpet player is an odd image.
Aww, I wanted to hear all of their stories. But I guess this was set-up for the next episode.
The Long Goodbye Job:
"20 pounds of crazy" / "5 pound bag." Hahaha, Hardison and Eliot are adorable, both of them watching Parker.
Heee, Parker changing in the elevator! Callback!
OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING HARDISON SHOULD NOT BE ALL SMASHED UP INSIDE. OMG ELIOT IS SHOT. OMG HOLDING HANDS. OMG EVERYONE'S DEAD.
Haaaaaa, omg, Eliot's eyeroll while he's pretending to be shot.
This scene where Nate talks Sterling into letting him get away with it is totally like the "underneath we're all the same" scene where the villain tries to seduce the hero to the dark side. Except the villain is the protagonist and the hero is Sterling. That seems wrong.
WHAT IS PARKER WEARING WHY DOES IT HAVE ONE BRIGHT YELLOW SLEEVE?
"Did you steal it?" / "No." / "Because that would have been more romantic." HAAAAAAAA. YES GOOD SOPHIE.
"Till my dying day." OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERYONE IS GETTING MARRIED.
Man, Parker looks scary. I think it's the plucked eyebrows.
And that's it! No more Leverage. :( I loved it though. It was great, and I'm sort of sad that I didn't get to watch it while it was airing, but I'm glad I saw it now, at least.
I'd take suggestions for what I should watch next, but I think actually it's going to be 'Musketeers', since I only hve a few episodes left in the first season.
Iron Man 2
Evil Russian Iron Man has a pet cockatoo! And he feeds it wine out of a chalice. As one does.
A dude named "Hammer"? I am predicting he is the bad guy because, seriously, Hammer. I'm sure all of these characters were named in 1960s comic books where such things worked better, but I love it.
I like that Ivan the evil Iron Man manages not to drop his toothpick through the whole first fight.
I don't know why anyone thought it was necessary to add a hand pistol and machine gun to an Iron Man suit; don't they come with hand lasers and all sorts of super technology?
So Ivan is not only an action hero (action villain?) and physicist, but also a hacker and... whatever specialization one would have to build an Iron Man suit, probably some kind of engineer. And speaks at least two languages. Impressive!
Hey, it's the scene where Natasha beats up the boxing coach! Hey, it's the scene where Natasha yells at Tony in Italian! I see these gifsets on tumblr on the time.
Aww, Ivan got a replacement cockatoo, I am bizarrely charmed by the saga of his pet birds.
This is the most complicated way to pass on a map of an atom ever. Also, do you really need a map? Couldn't you just say, like, "152" and be done with it? Elements are simple by definition; add extra parts and it's an alloy or something else. Also did Tony seriously just build the Hadron Collider in his basement?
Did Natasha actually put her hair down to get ready to fight the bad guys? That seems unhelpful.
Overall, not as good as the first one, but still a lot of fun.
Everything about Violet, Adilyn, and Wade was HILARIOUS. Horny goat weed! Strap-ons from the 19th century! Fuzzy handcuffs! Why does Violet own a giant house full of sex toys? I don't know, and I don't really care, because these scenes were worth it.
I really liked the Arlene/Keith sex dream (which I did not realize was a dream at first) and even more the actual Arlene/Keith scene at the end. Though Hep-V is an STD now? I don't think I'd realized that.
I don't understand what was going on with Jason and Hoyt's girlfriend. She wasn't that hot. Was it residual Jessica guilt? Was she a minor character from a previous season I've forgotten? The threeway hug with Jason in the middle was the most hilariously uncomfortable thing I've ever seen, though.
Speaking of characters I've forgotten: Dr. Ludwig, who apparently has been on the show before, though I have no memory of it. I loved her, though!
Sarah Newlin's ghost visions were AMAZING. I particularly loved Jason as a grim specter of death.
Lafayette and Lettie Mae digging up some poor girl's yard was also great. This whole episode was really funny.
My prediction: Bill will die of his speedy Hep-V but afterwards Sookie will have his magic vampire-fairy baby.
Leverage
The Toy Job:
Normally I hate Christmas episodes (on any show), but the earlier Leverage Christmas episode was so great that I'm excited for this.
Aren't these characters all supposed to be incredibly rich? Why have money restrictions on their gifts? They may as well spend that money buying Christmas presents for each other.
OMG that doll is almost as terrifying as the one from Sleepy Hollow.
Awww, poor baby Parker in therapy.
"What are parents most afraid of?" / "Clowns?" / "No." / "Evil clowns?" / "No." / "Crazy clowns named Gigi who whisper your name from under your bed?" / "...No." AHAHAHAHA.
Man, Parker has a clearer sense of morality than Nate does.
HARDSION IN GLASSES YES GOOD.
"Smart babies are so eight years ago." Haaaaaa.
"You don't ever want to be alone in that warehouse. Ever." I AGREE.
Nate the trumpet player is an odd image.
Aww, I wanted to hear all of their stories. But I guess this was set-up for the next episode.
The Long Goodbye Job:
"20 pounds of crazy" / "5 pound bag." Hahaha, Hardison and Eliot are adorable, both of them watching Parker.
Heee, Parker changing in the elevator! Callback!
OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING HARDISON SHOULD NOT BE ALL SMASHED UP INSIDE. OMG ELIOT IS SHOT. OMG HOLDING HANDS. OMG EVERYONE'S DEAD.
Haaaaaa, omg, Eliot's eyeroll while he's pretending to be shot.
This scene where Nate talks Sterling into letting him get away with it is totally like the "underneath we're all the same" scene where the villain tries to seduce the hero to the dark side. Except the villain is the protagonist and the hero is Sterling. That seems wrong.
WHAT IS PARKER WEARING WHY DOES IT HAVE ONE BRIGHT YELLOW SLEEVE?
"Did you steal it?" / "No." / "Because that would have been more romantic." HAAAAAAAA. YES GOOD SOPHIE.
"Till my dying day." OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERYONE IS GETTING MARRIED.
Man, Parker looks scary. I think it's the plucked eyebrows.
And that's it! No more Leverage. :( I loved it though. It was great, and I'm sort of sad that I didn't get to watch it while it was airing, but I'm glad I saw it now, at least.
I'd take suggestions for what I should watch next, but I think actually it's going to be 'Musketeers', since I only hve a few episodes left in the first season.
Iron Man 2
Evil Russian Iron Man has a pet cockatoo! And he feeds it wine out of a chalice. As one does.
A dude named "Hammer"? I am predicting he is the bad guy because, seriously, Hammer. I'm sure all of these characters were named in 1960s comic books where such things worked better, but I love it.
I like that Ivan the evil Iron Man manages not to drop his toothpick through the whole first fight.
I don't know why anyone thought it was necessary to add a hand pistol and machine gun to an Iron Man suit; don't they come with hand lasers and all sorts of super technology?
So Ivan is not only an action hero (action villain?) and physicist, but also a hacker and... whatever specialization one would have to build an Iron Man suit, probably some kind of engineer. And speaks at least two languages. Impressive!
Hey, it's the scene where Natasha beats up the boxing coach! Hey, it's the scene where Natasha yells at Tony in Italian! I see these gifsets on tumblr on the time.
Aww, Ivan got a replacement cockatoo, I am bizarrely charmed by the saga of his pet birds.
This is the most complicated way to pass on a map of an atom ever. Also, do you really need a map? Couldn't you just say, like, "152" and be done with it? Elements are simple by definition; add extra parts and it's an alloy or something else. Also did Tony seriously just build the Hadron Collider in his basement?
Did Natasha actually put her hair down to get ready to fight the bad guys? That seems unhelpful.
Overall, not as good as the first one, but still a lot of fun.
