ironically loving a tv show 101
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naushikaSo there is this show called The Last Ship and it's kind of terrible but kind of amazing at the same time. The plots are - IMO - pretty predictable, and everything is so ham-fisted and anvilicious, but my god, it's so entertaining somehow. Probably BECAUSE of those things. It's like watching a SyFy original movie every week.
No, you know what it is? It's like season 1 SG-1 with a WAYYYYY bigger budget and taking themselves even more seriously.
One of the moments early on I knew the show would be - air quotes - great was in the first or second episodes when the ship - a goddamn US Navy ship - has only one fuse left for an incredibly important part of their engine. It was so dramatic - sparks flying! everyone's shouting! and someone goes THERE'S ONLY ONE FUSE LEFT!!!!!! I'm dying you guys. Dying.
Is this a good time to mention this show comes from miCHAEL BAY?!
The best line of the series so far happened last night, in my mind.
"You make me want to love again."
Someone said that. Unironically. And the character that said it is a wise-cracking never-serious dude who likes Guns and 'Merica and his name is Tex ffs and he hot for the doctor and in last episode we found out a ~serious side of him when it turns out he has (had?) a daughter and in a moment of sickness-induced vulnerability he spouts that line.
"You make me want to love again."
I'm laughing again, right now, typing it out. Ahahaha oh god.
Other fun things about this show:
Colonel Dave Dixon Adam Fucking Baldwin is in this and he smokes cigars and generally is gr8, I forget his character's actual name because he's ALWAYS DAVE DIXON TO ME
The captain of the ship and Dr Scott, ostensibly the two main characters (besides Ham and Cheese), and I don't know if I'm SUPPOSED to root for them but I do?? The captain has a wife and kids but idgaf, these two are the only ones with any chemistry. And my shipping is out of control. I MUST SHIP. IT IS MY IMPERATIVE. And the Dr Scott/Tex thing they are doing makes no fucking sense, LOL.
2nd GIF IS A PLOY TO PASS ALONG INFORMATION THROUGH A NOTE FROM DR SCOTT'S MOUTH TO THE CAPTAIN'S LOLLLLLLL SRY YOU CAN'T TELL ME I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SHIPPING THESE TWO
i mean
just saying
"Hi, I'm super hot and wear a uniform different from everyone else's for no explicable reason, but I'm going to wear my collar zipped down as far as possible Because Reasons. I have an on-again off-again illicit romance with another member of the crew and that's supposed to be sweet but I'm kind of an enormous douchebag. But I'm hot. So there's that."
Tex/Murika/Guns ot3
"I'm Dr Scott, I am an unrealistic bio-genetics-whatever super genius but shhh it's just tv, but I solve the problem EVERY WEEk, and still, EVERY WEEK everybody on the goddamn ship doubts me, these motherfuckers don't really deserve a vaccine for the plague tbh"
SITWELL *SHAKES FIST* I have an ongoing storyline in my head that the plague is all a result of Hydra's nefarious evil-doings
p sure everyone wants the captain
ADORABLE INSECURE ENGINEER, he's only the second engineer or whatever the terms are, the chief engineer is actually a LADY. This entire show is diverse as fuck and makes sure you know it, because look at how accepting the Navy is, we're modern now and totally aren't full of douchebags anymore, don't you want to join the navy????
WE CAN'T FORGET the poorly accented comically evil over the top Russians!!!! Meet the Russian commander of another ship (uhh guess we're not the LAST ship now are we? lol), who will LITERALLY MURDER HIS OWN PEOPLE to get what he wants ahahahahaha JESUS, so evil. And he keeps sipping tea.. evilly. SO GREAT.
this guy's name is Bacon. LOL.
Dr Scott's adorable face tho - legit best character tbh
"our captain is such a badass holy shit in love tbh getting his initials tattoo'd on inner wrist next shore leave"
The Last Ship is so bad and yet so good and I love it, HELP.
This show was ALREADY RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON GUYS. LOL.
BRING IT ON
No, you know what it is? It's like season 1 SG-1 with a WAYYYYY bigger budget and taking themselves even more seriously.
One of the moments early on I knew the show would be - air quotes - great was in the first or second episodes when the ship - a goddamn US Navy ship - has only one fuse left for an incredibly important part of their engine. It was so dramatic - sparks flying! everyone's shouting! and someone goes THERE'S ONLY ONE FUSE LEFT!!!!!! I'm dying you guys. Dying.
Is this a good time to mention this show comes from miCHAEL BAY?!
The best line of the series so far happened last night, in my mind.
"You make me want to love again."
Someone said that. Unironically. And the character that said it is a wise-cracking never-serious dude who likes Guns and 'Merica and his name is Tex ffs and he hot for the doctor and in last episode we found out a ~serious side of him when it turns out he has (had?) a daughter and in a moment of sickness-induced vulnerability he spouts that line.
"You make me want to love again."
I'm laughing again, right now, typing it out. Ahahaha oh god.
Other fun things about this show:
The captain of the ship and Dr Scott, ostensibly the two main characters (besides Ham and Cheese), and I don't know if I'm SUPPOSED to root for them but I do?? The captain has a wife and kids but idgaf, these two are the only ones with any chemistry. And my shipping is out of control. I MUST SHIP. IT IS MY IMPERATIVE. And the Dr Scott/Tex thing they are doing makes no fucking sense, LOL.
2nd GIF IS A PLOY TO PASS ALONG INFORMATION THROUGH A NOTE FROM DR SCOTT'S MOUTH TO THE CAPTAIN'S LOLLLLLLL SRY YOU CAN'T TELL ME I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SHIPPING THESE TWO
i mean
just saying
"Hi, I'm super hot and wear a uniform different from everyone else's for no explicable reason, but I'm going to wear my collar zipped down as far as possible Because Reasons. I have an on-again off-again illicit romance with another member of the crew and that's supposed to be sweet but I'm kind of an enormous douchebag. But I'm hot. So there's that."
Tex/Murika/Guns ot3
"I'm Dr Scott, I am an unrealistic bio-genetics-whatever super genius but shhh it's just tv, but I solve the problem EVERY WEEk, and still, EVERY WEEK everybody on the goddamn ship doubts me, these motherfuckers don't really deserve a vaccine for the plague tbh"
SITWELL *SHAKES FIST* I have an ongoing storyline in my head that the plague is all a result of Hydra's nefarious evil-doings
p sure everyone wants the captain
ADORABLE INSECURE ENGINEER, he's only the second engineer or whatever the terms are, the chief engineer is actually a LADY. This entire show is diverse as fuck and makes sure you know it, because look at how accepting the Navy is, we're modern now and totally aren't full of douchebags anymore, don't you want to join the navy????
WE CAN'T FORGET the poorly accented comically evil over the top Russians!!!! Meet the Russian commander of another ship (uhh guess we're not the LAST ship now are we? lol), who will LITERALLY MURDER HIS OWN PEOPLE to get what he wants ahahahahaha JESUS, so evil. And he keeps sipping tea.. evilly. SO GREAT.
this guy's name is Bacon. LOL.
Dr Scott's adorable face tho - legit best character tbh
"our captain is such a badass holy shit in love tbh getting his initials tattoo'd on inner wrist next shore leave"
The Last Ship is so bad and yet so good and I love it, HELP.
This show was ALREADY RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON GUYS. LOL.
BRING IT ON
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Date: 2014-08-19 10:25 am (UTC)also apparently the navy had a lot to do with this show, so its quite realistic in that regard (maybe not everything else....but still.
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Date: 2014-08-20 01:11 am (UTC)Haha yeah, I did hear that, though I'm sure they changed some stuff just to make an interesting tv show.
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Date: 2014-08-21 09:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-19 08:44 pm (UTC)I was going to quote your descriptions as LOL but realized I'd basically be quoting your whole post.
If I had to narrow it down, my top 2 favs are
"Hi, I'm super hot and wear a uniform different from everyone else's for no explicable reason...."
"this guy's name is Bacon. LOL."
In all seriousness, I do not need another show to watch, noface. :/
You had me at bacon, could be the tagline
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Date: 2014-08-20 01:11 am (UTC)YES YOU DO. MORE SHOWS, ALWAYS!!
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Date: 2014-08-20 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-20 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-20 10:34 am (UTC)"these motherfuckers don't really deserve a vaccine for the plague tbh"
SO TRUE. I just want Rachel to start making a list of all the people who doubt her so they are the LAST to be vaccinated.
"our captain is such a badass holy shit in love tbh getting his initials tattoo'd on inner wrist next shore leave"
I love how no one even questions if they should go after the Captain when he's captured. They all know they're screwed without him, plus they all want to screw him so it's just DECIDED INSTANTLY that he will be rescued no matter the cost TO THE WORLD if they all die trying to save him.
My one complaint is that I want more with Lt. Granderson because she's awesome and in charge and I want to see her ordering people around for an entire episode and then bonding with Rachel over being total badasses. And I want more Chandler/Rachel kisses FOR REASONS AND ALSO SCIENCE.
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Date: 2014-08-23 09:52 am (UTC)Omg I want that too, Granderson and Rachel teamup! It'd be great!
MORE CHANDLER/RACHEL KISSES FOREVERRRRRR!
I'm so glad I'm not alone with my feelings, lol!