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chrysalitronA story I keep forgetting to mention, soap-wise.....Miguel's return on Passions. Okay, for one thing, I never cared about Miguel and Charity. I thought they were boring and pretentious and when they both left, I was beyond thrilled. So hearing that Miguel was coming back kinda made me go "Ugh", because I like the whole deal that Kay has moved on with her life and is trying to be with Fox. I mean, I guess it's the perfect twist - her first love, the guy she was obsessed with, the father of her child - comes back just when she has finally found happiness - but, yeah. Here's hoping that Miguel is a little more interesting now that Jesse Metcalfe is no longer in the role.
On that note....am I the only person who can't stand Jesse Metcalfe? He just seems like such an attention whore who doesn't actually do anything to merit the attention, other than prance around without his shirt on. It doesn't help that I never liked him as Miguel - again, he was SO BORING - but I really don't like him now.
Anyway. So Miguel is back in town, and everything I'm reading indicates that he is going to be unhappy with the role Fox has taken in little Maria's life. And to that I say.....where does he get off? He barely paid any attention to the kid, then he abandoned her to chase after his insipid wimp of a girlfriend. Thank god the poor girl had Fox in her life, who seems to have had no qualms in taking on the father figure role.
So, yes, basically I'm hoping that Fox wipes the floor with Miguel's indecisive stupid ass. And as for those rumors of a Charity recast....ugh. I don't even want to think about it.
.....and I still hope Theresa dies a fiery death. In case anyone is curious.
Other soaps.....does anybody actually get The Bold and the Beautiful? Because I sure as hell don't. I know it's only a half hour show, but they seem to subsist on focusing on the same five characters and shifting them in and out of each other's beds. It's kind of sick. Brooke loves Nick, but Nick is with Bridget (her daughter!), who once wanted Ridge (who she once thought was her father!), who wants Brooke, who sometimes wants Eric, who happens to be Ridge's father. I read about this show and I'm just like, seriously, people watch this shit?
I heard that Janet killed off Trevor on All My Children. What exactly is the story there? Other than, you know, Janet Is Crazy, which I already knew.
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Moving along to non-soap stuff....the Oscars.
Now, don't get me wrong, I like Charlize Theron. I do. She's pretty and she seems down to earth and (most of the time) she has a pretty good sense of fashion. But this whole shock-and-awe act she pulled at being nominated really wore on me. Let's see, she gets an Oscar for dressing down and playing a real person.....then the next role she picks, she has to dress down and play a real person. It just seemed pretty calculated to me, like the main reason she probably took on North Country was just so she could get another nomination. Which is fine - I mean, all actors want to be lauded for their work. I get that. But don't act all "Oh my gosh, I'm so surprised!" when it's obvious that the main reason you took the role was for this exact purpose.
Is it wrong that I don't really care about who won most of the Oscars? Heh. I was all about the fashions, of course.
I thought Uma Thurman and Salma Hayek looked fabulous and - though she really freaks me out most of the time - Nicole Kidman's dress was very pretty. (The straw-like hair I could have done without....but you know, we're getting closer). The one dress that I totally, totally, did not get, though.....Michelle Williams. Again, I normally love Michelle Williams. She's so cute, and she's usually so well put together, and she and Heath and their little Brokeback baby are just too cute for words.....but what was up with the Oscar getup?
The style of the dress was so-so, but it could have been salvaged. But that COLOR! I get that she wanted to stand out, but I'm sorry, that color was hideous. Maybe if it had been turned down a notch, but it was just so garish and loud. And speaking of garish, I don't know whose decision it was to pair it all with fire-engine red lips, but....oh, honey, no. The dress was bad enough on its own, but then paired with the horribly clashing lips, which were the first thing one noticed.....it was just bad news all the way around. And everyone else seemed to love it! That's what I really don't get. When I first saw a picture of her, I thought "Oh, poor thing, she's gonna get roasted." And everybody ADORED it! I don't understand.
~_~
Anyone see Failure to Launch yet? Is it any good? I'm not the biggest Sarah Jessica Parker fan in the world, but I do have a neverending affinity for Matthew McConaughey. And the movie itself looked kinda cute.
~_~
I finally got caught up on my television. It helped that I taped last Thursday's must-see TV without realizing it was all reruns. Excellent! That cut my viewing time in half.
My Name Is Earl - what I love about this show (well, one of the many things I love about this show) is the recurring characters who keep dropping back in. Like Kenny the gay guy, or Hank the prison inmate, or whats-his-face played by Giovanni Ribisi. All of these characters we've seen before make returns in one way or another, which is great.
Also, Darnell/Randy might be my new Earl OTP. I loved how they kept going back and forth with the whole Roadrunner business.
The Office - I loved everyone trying to keep the football away from Michael (go, Phyllis!) and then Dwight just tackles Ryan. Poor Ryan just can't seem to catch a break. And I love that he was recruited to work on wedding invitations with Pam and Kelly. Heh.
Angela faked being sick to go see Dwight's speech! Aww. And the look on Pam's face during the whole "Best of luck to you, Dwight!" exchange? Oh, god, it was priceless. I died. I love it when Pam interacts with the cameramen.
ER - Is Carter going to come back and interact with the rest of the staff, or is this just an update on his life? Because if he doesn't come back, then it really seems like a waste. Besides, how many times have we seen the whole "Practicing medicine is totally different when you're in a war zone" story play out? I swear, they could have just pulled stock footage from the Congo episodes and inserted them into this one. It was the same shit. And by the same shit, I mean.....oh, look, sanctimonious jackass Carter is putting everyone in danger because he's gotten up on his high horse and decided that he, the newbie, is the only one with the answers. God. Unless this storyline ends with him finally being shot for being a pretentious fuckwit, then I just don't care anymore.
Poor Vic. I love him more and more, and I'm pretty sure that he's going to come to a bad end. I just feel it. Mostly because John Leguizamo isn't on contract and is too big to stick around ER for longer than short term, anyway, but still. And I'm actually feeling the connection between Vic and Jodi more and more. I'm starting to like her. Which naturally means someone is gonna end up dead.
I expected a little more reaction to Abby being pregnant, but okay. Whatever. I do love that Morris claimed he was trying to defend her from "Abby is getting puffy" taunts, though. Hee!
I liked Pratt's storyline, because now I totally get where he was coming from. I hated when he faked the blood draw for his friend, but you can see now that he realizes what he did is wrong and he's paying for it. What really pissed me off, though, was the way Neela got in his face about it. He trusted her with the truth, and she just blasts him for how wrong he is. He knows that already! She really pulled the sanctimonious act on him, which made me feel even worse for the guy. If he was having one of his typical Pratt moments and not getting it, then okay, but it was obvious to everyone how terrible he felt for what he'd done.
That was bad enough, but Neela's whole "You need to own up to what you did" shit really pissed me off. I love Neela to death, but what a hypocrite. I don't recall her owning up to when she killed that patient and Gallant took the blame for it. At least the kid in Pratt's case didn't DIE. So why does she expect Pratt to jeopardize his career just for the sake of being honest? I thought she had no right and went a bit over-the-top with the whole thing.
Randomly - I love that Luka was going through his CD collection to find names for the baby. "I love Jewel!" Ha! And when they said they would name their baby after the first person that walked out the door, I was totally expecting Morris.
On that note....am I the only person who can't stand Jesse Metcalfe? He just seems like such an attention whore who doesn't actually do anything to merit the attention, other than prance around without his shirt on. It doesn't help that I never liked him as Miguel - again, he was SO BORING - but I really don't like him now.
Anyway. So Miguel is back in town, and everything I'm reading indicates that he is going to be unhappy with the role Fox has taken in little Maria's life. And to that I say.....where does he get off? He barely paid any attention to the kid, then he abandoned her to chase after his insipid wimp of a girlfriend. Thank god the poor girl had Fox in her life, who seems to have had no qualms in taking on the father figure role.
So, yes, basically I'm hoping that Fox wipes the floor with Miguel's indecisive stupid ass. And as for those rumors of a Charity recast....ugh. I don't even want to think about it.
.....and I still hope Theresa dies a fiery death. In case anyone is curious.
Other soaps.....does anybody actually get The Bold and the Beautiful? Because I sure as hell don't. I know it's only a half hour show, but they seem to subsist on focusing on the same five characters and shifting them in and out of each other's beds. It's kind of sick. Brooke loves Nick, but Nick is with Bridget (her daughter!), who once wanted Ridge (who she once thought was her father!), who wants Brooke, who sometimes wants Eric, who happens to be Ridge's father. I read about this show and I'm just like, seriously, people watch this shit?
I heard that Janet killed off Trevor on All My Children. What exactly is the story there? Other than, you know, Janet Is Crazy, which I already knew.
~_~
Moving along to non-soap stuff....the Oscars.
Now, don't get me wrong, I like Charlize Theron. I do. She's pretty and she seems down to earth and (most of the time) she has a pretty good sense of fashion. But this whole shock-and-awe act she pulled at being nominated really wore on me. Let's see, she gets an Oscar for dressing down and playing a real person.....then the next role she picks, she has to dress down and play a real person. It just seemed pretty calculated to me, like the main reason she probably took on North Country was just so she could get another nomination. Which is fine - I mean, all actors want to be lauded for their work. I get that. But don't act all "Oh my gosh, I'm so surprised!" when it's obvious that the main reason you took the role was for this exact purpose.
Is it wrong that I don't really care about who won most of the Oscars? Heh. I was all about the fashions, of course.
I thought Uma Thurman and Salma Hayek looked fabulous and - though she really freaks me out most of the time - Nicole Kidman's dress was very pretty. (The straw-like hair I could have done without....but you know, we're getting closer). The one dress that I totally, totally, did not get, though.....Michelle Williams. Again, I normally love Michelle Williams. She's so cute, and she's usually so well put together, and she and Heath and their little Brokeback baby are just too cute for words.....but what was up with the Oscar getup?
The style of the dress was so-so, but it could have been salvaged. But that COLOR! I get that she wanted to stand out, but I'm sorry, that color was hideous. Maybe if it had been turned down a notch, but it was just so garish and loud. And speaking of garish, I don't know whose decision it was to pair it all with fire-engine red lips, but....oh, honey, no. The dress was bad enough on its own, but then paired with the horribly clashing lips, which were the first thing one noticed.....it was just bad news all the way around. And everyone else seemed to love it! That's what I really don't get. When I first saw a picture of her, I thought "Oh, poor thing, she's gonna get roasted." And everybody ADORED it! I don't understand.
~_~
Anyone see Failure to Launch yet? Is it any good? I'm not the biggest Sarah Jessica Parker fan in the world, but I do have a neverending affinity for Matthew McConaughey. And the movie itself looked kinda cute.
~_~
I finally got caught up on my television. It helped that I taped last Thursday's must-see TV without realizing it was all reruns. Excellent! That cut my viewing time in half.
My Name Is Earl - what I love about this show (well, one of the many things I love about this show) is the recurring characters who keep dropping back in. Like Kenny the gay guy, or Hank the prison inmate, or whats-his-face played by Giovanni Ribisi. All of these characters we've seen before make returns in one way or another, which is great.
Also, Darnell/Randy might be my new Earl OTP. I loved how they kept going back and forth with the whole Roadrunner business.
The Office - I loved everyone trying to keep the football away from Michael (go, Phyllis!) and then Dwight just tackles Ryan. Poor Ryan just can't seem to catch a break. And I love that he was recruited to work on wedding invitations with Pam and Kelly. Heh.
Angela faked being sick to go see Dwight's speech! Aww. And the look on Pam's face during the whole "Best of luck to you, Dwight!" exchange? Oh, god, it was priceless. I died. I love it when Pam interacts with the cameramen.
ER - Is Carter going to come back and interact with the rest of the staff, or is this just an update on his life? Because if he doesn't come back, then it really seems like a waste. Besides, how many times have we seen the whole "Practicing medicine is totally different when you're in a war zone" story play out? I swear, they could have just pulled stock footage from the Congo episodes and inserted them into this one. It was the same shit. And by the same shit, I mean.....oh, look, sanctimonious jackass Carter is putting everyone in danger because he's gotten up on his high horse and decided that he, the newbie, is the only one with the answers. God. Unless this storyline ends with him finally being shot for being a pretentious fuckwit, then I just don't care anymore.
Poor Vic. I love him more and more, and I'm pretty sure that he's going to come to a bad end. I just feel it. Mostly because John Leguizamo isn't on contract and is too big to stick around ER for longer than short term, anyway, but still. And I'm actually feeling the connection between Vic and Jodi more and more. I'm starting to like her. Which naturally means someone is gonna end up dead.
I expected a little more reaction to Abby being pregnant, but okay. Whatever. I do love that Morris claimed he was trying to defend her from "Abby is getting puffy" taunts, though. Hee!
I liked Pratt's storyline, because now I totally get where he was coming from. I hated when he faked the blood draw for his friend, but you can see now that he realizes what he did is wrong and he's paying for it. What really pissed me off, though, was the way Neela got in his face about it. He trusted her with the truth, and she just blasts him for how wrong he is. He knows that already! She really pulled the sanctimonious act on him, which made me feel even worse for the guy. If he was having one of his typical Pratt moments and not getting it, then okay, but it was obvious to everyone how terrible he felt for what he'd done.
That was bad enough, but Neela's whole "You need to own up to what you did" shit really pissed me off. I love Neela to death, but what a hypocrite. I don't recall her owning up to when she killed that patient and Gallant took the blame for it. At least the kid in Pratt's case didn't DIE. So why does she expect Pratt to jeopardize his career just for the sake of being honest? I thought she had no right and went a bit over-the-top with the whole thing.
Randomly - I love that Luka was going through his CD collection to find names for the baby. "I love Jewel!" Ha! And when they said they would name their baby after the first person that walked out the door, I was totally expecting Morris.