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itsallovernowThere was Angel viewing:
After last week, I'd have to say this was a let down. And that a little Illyria goes a long way. I'm very pleased with Amy Acker getting to stretch her acting muscles, but Illyria's rants -and her metaphors got pretty old after awhile.
That is not to say that the beginning did not kick ass. It did.
And that crazy Wes has not finally endeared himself to me. He has.
Lorne as some sort of dayglo Phillip Marlow. Also stellar.
And Spike. Aw, Spike. He's been a bright star for me this season, once they started writing him as useful comic relief, not just as a bad joke.
The kill 'em all thing was great.
The time loop, well, they've done it. And it didn't make any sense. I'm sorry, I did pay attention, but it didn't work for me. It just felt off.
Angel calling the world his Kingdom though. That I liked on so many levels, along with Illyia's definitions of betrayal, and compromise. And the Wes/Gunn make up. I loved that, Wes's books spread out, and the Watcher parallels, his need of Illyria.
Also watched West Wing, from this week and last:
Last week's ep made me so sad. Promises to labor, free trade, them all trying to tell Bartlett that he was confusing the people when he was the only one who really understood the ramifications of the agreement, and the betrayal by business and the lobbies.
Josh trying to suss out what he really believed, fighting with Donna and CJ's war against the FCC.
And I liked this week's ep very much, particularly the conversations between Toby and Will and CJ and Donna.
Toby's idealism, his vision of the political future are things that I so love about his character, and it really makes me wonder if they'll take Will's suggestion, Toby going out to search for the next good leader, to heart. Much as I'd hate to see him out of the White House, I love the idea of him doing this, putting his hat back in the ring, finding the next visionary in the middle of nowhere.
I also loved the CJ/Donna conversation because there positions are so interesting. CJ is a career woman, has made specific decisions to enhance her career, and is caught in the idea of being kind of giddy, and in love, and is determined not to let that interfere in her job, and Donna, staying because I do believe her when she says it's the White House, but it's also because of Josh, and she's holding herself back because he's dependent on her, and CJ, as the woman who's built her career already can see that, can see how sex and gender and personal ties are keeping Donna in this place, keeping her stagnant.
I like how they tied those two things together in the two episodes, keeping those themes running through, job and labor, economy and identityt, global existence, and unseen borders, boundaries.
After last week, I'd have to say this was a let down. And that a little Illyria goes a long way. I'm very pleased with Amy Acker getting to stretch her acting muscles, but Illyria's rants -and her metaphors got pretty old after awhile.
That is not to say that the beginning did not kick ass. It did.
And that crazy Wes has not finally endeared himself to me. He has.
Lorne as some sort of dayglo Phillip Marlow. Also stellar.
And Spike. Aw, Spike. He's been a bright star for me this season, once they started writing him as useful comic relief, not just as a bad joke.
The kill 'em all thing was great.
The time loop, well, they've done it. And it didn't make any sense. I'm sorry, I did pay attention, but it didn't work for me. It just felt off.
Angel calling the world his Kingdom though. That I liked on so many levels, along with Illyia's definitions of betrayal, and compromise. And the Wes/Gunn make up. I loved that, Wes's books spread out, and the Watcher parallels, his need of Illyria.
Also watched West Wing, from this week and last:
Last week's ep made me so sad. Promises to labor, free trade, them all trying to tell Bartlett that he was confusing the people when he was the only one who really understood the ramifications of the agreement, and the betrayal by business and the lobbies.
Josh trying to suss out what he really believed, fighting with Donna and CJ's war against the FCC.
And I liked this week's ep very much, particularly the conversations between Toby and Will and CJ and Donna.
Toby's idealism, his vision of the political future are things that I so love about his character, and it really makes me wonder if they'll take Will's suggestion, Toby going out to search for the next good leader, to heart. Much as I'd hate to see him out of the White House, I love the idea of him doing this, putting his hat back in the ring, finding the next visionary in the middle of nowhere.
I also loved the CJ/Donna conversation because there positions are so interesting. CJ is a career woman, has made specific decisions to enhance her career, and is caught in the idea of being kind of giddy, and in love, and is determined not to let that interfere in her job, and Donna, staying because I do believe her when she says it's the White House, but it's also because of Josh, and she's holding herself back because he's dependent on her, and CJ, as the woman who's built her career already can see that, can see how sex and gender and personal ties are keeping Donna in this place, keeping her stagnant.
I like how they tied those two things together in the two episodes, keeping those themes running through, job and labor, economy and identityt, global existence, and unseen borders, boundaries.
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tww
Date: 2004-04-30 06:09 am (UTC)Re: tww
Date: 2004-04-30 04:36 pm (UTC)