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naushikaI think the universe is trying to make up for my spectacularly shitty December by making January pretty awesome! Chris's parents are giving us one of their cars because his dad wants to buy a new truck. Exciting!! Free car! It's not the most fantastic car in the world - it's a 2002 Land Rover Range Rover.
Pros: it's been kept up with regular oil changes and maintenance all along so it's in fine shape; it's an SUV so lots of space, it might actually be helpful in our upcoming move & trips to Ikea; the new house is a mile from the light rail stop which is walkable in winter but in summer might be a bit inconvenient; did I mention it's free
Cons: it's a 12 year old car; it's got over 200,000 miles on it already; the mileage is atrocious at a mere 10mpg/city and 15mpg/highway; still gotta pay for monthly insurance, registration, taxes, all that fun stuff
But the cons are worth it because a) FREE CAR and b) we will only use it around town.
The car has also come at a perfect time because my one worry about moving into our new house is that we didn't have a car, so the driveway would be empty all the time - it would give the impression nobody's home like all the time. It's not the best neighborhood so that was giving me a slight worry. BUT NOW WE HAVE A CAR TO KEEP IN THE DRIVEWAY.
Ok on to tv talk!
Elementary
I am SO GLAD that Sherlock and Bell made up. Like that whole thing between them was more "annoying" than "dramatic tv", you know? I just want them to be a power crime solving brot3! Sherlock&Joan&Marcus forever!! But there were some nice conversations between them. The Elementary writers are always good at that - great emotional scenes. <3
NOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S ELEMENTARY A LOT BECAUSE THE GANG'LL BE BACK TOGTHER, YEAHHHHHH
Regarding Helix: I didn't like it. So if you did you might want to skip this, lol.
Helix
*chinhands*
I thought it was awful. Not least of the reasons being that the pilot was a giant rip-off of that X-Files episode. Which, yes, I know itself was a ripoff of The Thing, but I felt like so much of the Helix pilot was stuff almost copy-pasted from the X-Files episode.
But I could deal with that if the show were otherwise good, but.. I didn't like any of the characters. There was trite interpersonal drama (the main guy has two ~ladies who are into him wow so excite very drama wait, no, it's tired and boring), the characters acted SO STUPIDLY sometimes because it served to get them into precarious situations, the science is laughable (I CAN HANDWAVE BAD SCIENCE BUT EVERYTHING WAS ANNOYING ME SO THE SCIENCE GETS PICKED APART), just, ugh. Some "mysteries" were so obvious. "Gosh why would he cut off this dude's hand?" Gee I dunno, could be cause that's where everyone's RFID chips are and you turned the bad guys' off? Like, this is not a puzzler. Dr Hatake is obviously Julia's Secret Dad. TRITE, ALL OF IT TRITE.
There were some neat things. I enjoyed the scenes with the music because I always love that sort of juxtaposition. I like the creepy scene in the snow with all the monkeys. Yeah that's about all I liked.
WHOEVER SAID THAT HELIX WILL FILL THE FRINGE-SIZED HOLE IN MY HEART IS A DAMN DIRTY LIAR, lol. Just cause there are gross scenes doesn't mean it's just like Fringe. Fringe was speculative scifi. Helix is rehashed scifi-horror with nothing new or interesting to add to the mix.
Pros: it's been kept up with regular oil changes and maintenance all along so it's in fine shape; it's an SUV so lots of space, it might actually be helpful in our upcoming move & trips to Ikea; the new house is a mile from the light rail stop which is walkable in winter but in summer might be a bit inconvenient; did I mention it's free
Cons: it's a 12 year old car; it's got over 200,000 miles on it already; the mileage is atrocious at a mere 10mpg/city and 15mpg/highway; still gotta pay for monthly insurance, registration, taxes, all that fun stuff
But the cons are worth it because a) FREE CAR and b) we will only use it around town.
The car has also come at a perfect time because my one worry about moving into our new house is that we didn't have a car, so the driveway would be empty all the time - it would give the impression nobody's home like all the time. It's not the best neighborhood so that was giving me a slight worry. BUT NOW WE HAVE A CAR TO KEEP IN THE DRIVEWAY.
Ok on to tv talk!
Elementary
I am SO GLAD that Sherlock and Bell made up. Like that whole thing between them was more "annoying" than "dramatic tv", you know? I just want them to be a power crime solving brot3! Sherlock&Joan&Marcus forever!! But there were some nice conversations between them. The Elementary writers are always good at that - great emotional scenes. <3
NOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S ELEMENTARY A LOT BECAUSE THE GANG'LL BE BACK TOGTHER, YEAHHHHHH
Regarding Helix: I didn't like it. So if you did you might want to skip this, lol.
Helix
*chinhands*
I thought it was awful. Not least of the reasons being that the pilot was a giant rip-off of that X-Files episode. Which, yes, I know itself was a ripoff of The Thing, but I felt like so much of the Helix pilot was stuff almost copy-pasted from the X-Files episode.
But I could deal with that if the show were otherwise good, but.. I didn't like any of the characters. There was trite interpersonal drama (the main guy has two ~ladies who are into him wow so excite very drama wait, no, it's tired and boring), the characters acted SO STUPIDLY sometimes because it served to get them into precarious situations, the science is laughable (I CAN HANDWAVE BAD SCIENCE BUT EVERYTHING WAS ANNOYING ME SO THE SCIENCE GETS PICKED APART), just, ugh. Some "mysteries" were so obvious. "Gosh why would he cut off this dude's hand?" Gee I dunno, could be cause that's where everyone's RFID chips are and you turned the bad guys' off? Like, this is not a puzzler. Dr Hatake is obviously Julia's Secret Dad. TRITE, ALL OF IT TRITE.
There were some neat things. I enjoyed the scenes with the music because I always love that sort of juxtaposition. I like the creepy scene in the snow with all the monkeys. Yeah that's about all I liked.
WHOEVER SAID THAT HELIX WILL FILL THE FRINGE-SIZED HOLE IN MY HEART IS A DAMN DIRTY LIAR, lol. Just cause there are gross scenes doesn't mean it's just like Fringe. Fringe was speculative scifi. Helix is rehashed scifi-horror with nothing new or interesting to add to the mix.
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Date: 2014-01-11 09:24 pm (UTC)sdfiuagh;dlk WHY SYFY why can't i keep warehouse 13?
The only thing i liked was the cutie blonde scientist and even that was like, WOW really. so much trope. The plot overall was AWFUL and i'm like HOW IS THIS GOING TO LAST 13 EPISODE, LET ALONE MORE.
i fast-fowarded the last few minutes and i was just like FUCK YOU SYFY at the end, basically.
but YAY CAR
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Date: 2014-01-11 09:27 pm (UTC)Yea the blonde scientist was like the only one with a personality at least so I liked her best ahaha
WAREHOUSE 13 IS 5094720 TIMES BETTER THAN HELIX, it's SO UNFAIR it's getting cancelled. *SOBS*
Lol FUCK YOU SYFY, yep. My thoughts exactly.
Ahaha CARRRRRR
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Date: 2014-01-11 09:29 pm (UTC)oh no wait i remembered i liked ONE THING
and that was the blonde scientist saying Frak which i thought was a cool shout out to ron moore
but ARGH so so so so bad
why can't we have good scifi
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Date: 2014-01-11 09:30 pm (UTC)A miniseries would have worked way better for this concept!
:( I MISS GOOD SCIFIIIII. Syfy used to not be terrible at this! WHAT HAPPENED
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Date: 2014-01-11 09:33 pm (UTC):( they did. i dunno.
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Date: 2014-01-11 11:03 pm (UTC)FREE CAR! SCORE!
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:48 am (UTC)Yesssssss super score :D
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Date: 2014-01-12 01:39 am (UTC)I second what colls said.
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Date: 2014-01-12 03:05 am (UTC)I haven't watched Helix yet, but I'm sad to hear it was so bad.
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:49 am (UTC)I'm perversely pleased that everyone I've talked to personally who watched didn't like it either, because every blog review I've found online was like "Great show 8/10 stars" etc. I felt like I was living on some other planet or something.
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Date: 2014-01-12 07:48 am (UTC)Ugh, Helix...This is the new scifi you bring me, SyFy?! WHY couldn't it be even a little bit watchable?! I'm not asking for much, really. I watch lots of crappy shows...but I have to at least care about the characters, you know? And I really didn't. The closest I came was the snarky blond who said frak and even that was just 'you are the best of these poorly developed characters'. Plus, there was lots of icky animal stuff and while I managed to turn away quickly enough to miss most of it, I have a feeling that will be a continuing thing with this show. I watched until the end in case it had some great last minute twist and then...that ending. Nope. Done now, thanks.
A+ use of Daniel there:)
I miss space shows, man. Just give me ONE and I'll be happy. Even if it's not very good. Hell, I watched all of Stargate Universe just because it was a space show and Ming-Na Wen is pretty.
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:50 am (UTC)Omg thank youuuu I'm so glad there are others who didn't like Helix either! The blonde doctor was also the closest I came to liking anyone. But basically all the characters were terrible! Sheesh! I don't know how they could go so wrong.
Haha right? I miss shows in SPACE.
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Date: 2014-01-12 08:18 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm glad they fixed that too. It was okay, but the three are definitely better when working together. /nods
Lol, I guess Helix goes of my watch list, then. XD
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:51 am (UTC)Yeah, I hate when there's strife! I just want my trio of crimesolving awesomeness, thanks! haha.
LOL I usually tell people "don't take my word for it, give it a shot yourself" but I can't in this case! Run away from Helix! XD
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Date: 2014-01-13 09:43 am (UTC)You, too? :D
and then ep 3 (which is already online for some reason, and yep, I watched it) had something from BSG, and I was like "... really now?" *LOL*
I enjoyed the scenes with the music because I always love that sort of juxtaposition
YOU LIKED THE ONE THING I DIDN'T LIKE! just saying *lol* :D
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:47 am (UTC)Haha. We're opposites a lot. :D
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Date: 2014-01-15 11:20 am (UTC)I'm going to spoil you for the bsg thing then, because why not.
Of course they developed a test, for who is infected, blabla, and of course it turned out ... it didn't work!
So stupid :P
yaaaay, opposites? ;D
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Date: 2014-01-13 09:05 pm (UTC)Elementary was great this week!!!!!!
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Date: 2014-01-15 03:46 am (UTC)It really was! It was a breath of relief, yay!
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