A giant post about tv

Everyone's jumping in with their post-mortem Dollhouse thoughts. Since I am a devote Whedonite, I can't help but join the noise:

it wasn't perfect but it was intriguing and really getting good. Did it deserve to die? Maybe, I guess, just by the numbers and whatnot but let's be honest, even if you loved it, didn't you fear this from the beginning? It was doomed from the start and Eliza (I loved you as Faith and even highly enjoyed Tru Calling) wasn't all that. Mostly I am sad for Dichen and Enver who were rockin' it out.

That rant ended let's move on to the other cancellation I care about: Eastwick. I hated the movie, loved the book, and the show was a fun guilty pleasure. I'll admit to mostly loving it because of Paul Gross (who plays Daryl Van Horn) because I love love loved him in Due South when I was a kid. He's been really good. It's a fun show. So I'm sad to lose that.

Meanwhile, the latest ep of The Guild is fabulous. I've been loving Vork all season and now he's back as guild leader (and on Glee! In the best ep yet!!!) so I'm psyched.

So it's only Wednesday and it's both a tragic (oh Joss) and terrific (yay laura on ANTM!) week for TV. We are blessed with riches American viewers. Seriously.

Dear Sanctuary writers & cast

(except you, Amanda Tapping who I would follow to the ends of the earth).

This last episode, "Pavor Nacturnus," is an example of why it's hard to support you.

Let's be honest, it was your wannabe "Epitaph One." But you are not a Whedon and it just came off cheesy. Mostly because Robin (don't worry you're still bang-able) with his mullet seemed to be channeling the mirror Middleman in "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome."

P.S. I love you, Robin Dunne, but you're no Matt Keeslar.

i may have to rethink disliking olivia munn...

Re-watching Buffy season 7:

Anya has all the best lines:

"I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad bad. Does it make you horny?"

"Upside down and half-way to happy land."

I get that Dawn is "part of" Buffy and that she is physically a person and everyone has memories of her, but don't you just go "You're not real! You're a fucking energy-key!" sometimes? The whole Dawn thing just still doesn't sit right. Maybe it's cos I'm an only child??

In "Conversations with Dead People" the First channeling the suicide girl channeling Tara (supposedly) warns Willow that she's going to destroy everyone. Is this wacky foreshadowing for the future Buffy sees in the comics? Am I reading too much into this? I think not. Let's face it--Willow's destiny is pretty on track so far.

*Nov. 11 addition: rewatching s7 I think I'm more okay with the whole Dawn + Xander thing. Look at the way he talks to her, or how she hugs him when he returns with one eye... it's sweet. She's grown up and he's the only one who sees it (and kind of Giles).

Obviously the cure for my cold is more gin...

what's with Joss and Cleveland? First there's a hellmouth there and now a Dollhouse? Sucks for you, Ohio!

the V review

it goes without saying, but if an alien who looked like Inara Serra told me to chillax and do what she said, I probably would.

I kind of loved it when Alan Tudyk was going all Omega on Juliet from Lost's ass.

The thing that does wig me a little? Bailey from Party of Five. He works in the role, but I can't think of him as anything but Bailey.

Final note: when Bailey agrees to be her mouthpiece at the end and they kind of nod at each other, don't you just want him to say, "Ambassador," in a Mal voice? (see Castle, you've effed with my brain. Now I'm pining for Firefly more than ever)

An open letter to Kleenx.

Dear kleenx: i am sick of your "get mommed" ads. Some of us like to keep our resentment/discomfort about being orphaned neatly packaged in say, May [mother's day], June [father's day] & Christmas. Stop reminding us we don't have parents. Enough all ready.

And those creepy talking coupon machines? Super not cool. Especially when a motherless daughter is shopping hungover in Food Emporium and a computerized voice says, "Want some motherly advice?"
Fail, Kleenx. Epic fail.