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Hee, so I first heard about this show ten minutes before the premiere aired, and I am glad I did! It's an alternative take on the superhero genre, sort of mainstream superheroes meets Men in Black. And it is fun! And funny! And the main female character is a total geek. Like, she plays video games and has opinions on which X-Men run is the best and is just generally awesome.

I have much love for shows that tackle common, ridiculous scifi plots in a way that lets me have fun while watching (It's what got me hooked on Eureka, which reminds me that the new season of that starts at the end of the month.), so I am very much looking forward to this show based on the first episode. I would quote bits to show the show's awesomeness, except I don't have time to rewatch the episode right now.

However! The pilot's available for free right now at the iTunes store. I don't know how long it'll remain free now that it's aired, but there you go.

I need to rewatch the episode at some point because I was cooking at the time and missed some stuff. But what I did catch was enjoyable. Slightly confusing due to missing some plot points, but enoyable.

( Spoiler-ish )

Oh, man. I am so very glad I waited so I could watch "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords" back to back. It was awesome!

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I found myself sans internet and tv last night and went, "Hmm, I seem to have an evening free and eight hours of Doctor Who on my computer. Sounds like a plan!"

( Cut for spoilers and squee )

But mostly my reaction can be summed up by "Eee, Mickey! Eee, Ten! Eee, Rose!" in that order.

Well, Serenity was really, really good. I've seen it twice now, and I'd also like to state that everyone should go see it. Even if you never saw Firefly, they did a really good job making the movie accessible. (My dad, who only ever saw one ep and is notorious for asking questions during movies, followed it just fine and never once got bored.)

( Spoilery Serenity thoughts )

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( Toons! Not particularly spoilery, but it is lengthy. )

I finally got to watch the season finale with my mom (and dad, though he ignored the tv mostly). ( Spoiler cut! )

In other news, my hands smell like fish. This is odd because I cooked hamburgers and mushrooms for dinner, neither of which are fish.

I finally bit the bullet and bought the second season of Nero Wolfe from A&E. It should get here sometime this week, and I'm excited! I've wanted season two ever since I got season one for Christmas. Yay! I'd probably be even more bouncy if it weren't for the fact that it's almost 8 in the morning and I have not yet gone to sleep. Because, man, that was one awesome show.

Everything is perfect as far as details-- music, clothes, scenery, etc. And Timothy Hutton is such a perfect Archie that I don't think anyone else could possibly ever measure up to him. Possibly the only thing one could complain about is that Wolfe is more emotional than he is in the books, but that is so far from a complaint. And you know how people always say that when you adapt books, the movie/tv show is never as good? That is because they have not seen this! I mean, stuff is taken word for word from the book but manages to be fresh and wonderful.

In conclusion: The books rock, the show rocks, and I would put on my season one except I need to sleep before I pass out on the keyboard.

I've started watching this show, and good Lord, is it addicting. I'm in the process of trying to acquire all the episodes for my computer. 'Cause yeah.

I have much love for the Green Lantern, with Flash as a runner-up. The Green Lantern kicks ass and is all tough and yeah. It's hard to describe why I like him so much, but I think it's because while he is extremely tough, he's also got quite the soft side and isn't ashamed of it. Because he doesn't give a flying fuck what anyone else thinks about him.

And Flash just amuses me to no end. Especially how he's the fastest man alive, but it's rather easy for someone to run verbal circles around him. Also, I cannot hear anything of Lex Luthor from Smallville in his voice, which is a testament to Michael Rosenbaum's acting abilities. Then there's the fact that while Flash may occasionally (okay, a lot of the time) do some rather stupid things, he's incapable of being evil. Any of the others, Batman and Superman especially I feel, could potentially cross that line. But not Flash.

So of course, I spend a good part of my time slashing GL and Flash. And yes, "The Brave and the Bold" and "Metamorphosis" are two of my favorite episodes. The first is obvious being very GL- and Flash-centric; in the second, GL spends the episode avoiding every scrap of heterosexuality thrown his way. Which amuses me so very, very much.

Some might argue that the writers are stting up Hawkgirl as GL's love interest, but they seem to be good friends more than anything to me. So that's how I write that off.

One other thing. Here, they say that GL's more complicated ring constructs in "Secret Society" might have been because of fan complaints. And, actually, the more complicated ring constructs bug me. I see the simplicity as part of GL's personality. As in, why expend the energy to make something complicated when something simple will do just as well? No, really. Why should he make a giant monster with nasty teeth when making a giant rake-like object would do the exact same thing and be easier to sustain? So that's my little gripe.