What can one say, but....

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111one

Yeah, that's all I got in reaction to the latest episode of Mad Men, "Souvenir". He reduces me to a flailing, fangirly mess.

So because I am unable to talk about the episode, watch this:

I'm on a posting spree!

Finish the book, Lea

This blog may or may not be about me. I think you should go there and check it out! :)

Bored to Death

I remember vaguely hearing about this show, but never giving it much thought. Over the weekend, however, I was, well, bored, and decided to watch the first two episodes on HBO. I loved it. It has that kind of quirky, dark humor thing going on. Lots of deadpan stares and sarcastic quips, coupled with some pretty out there characters. The best part of the show is of course, Jason Schwartzman, who I've come to the realization that I may be in love with. Zach Galifianakis is also just as amazing in this show as he was in The Hangover, and Ted Danson is just kind of crazy.



I'm putting this baby on my TiVo.

Gideon

Ok, so if you really want to laugh, watch this. No seriously, watch it. It's amazing. I love both of these guys so much.

Very excite

Just thought I'd give you a little update on the A Game of Thrones pilot! Things are coming along very very nicely. Production is set to start this month and almost all of the major roles have been cast. Last time I posted about this project only Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean had been cast, but there's some really great people added since:

Jennifer Ehle as Catelyn
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime
Tamzin Merchant as Daenarys
Lena Headey as Cersei

You can see a complete cast list with pictures here. The kids playing Sansa, Arya, and Robb also look fantastic. Actually, I think everyone looks fantastic. I think the cast is shaping up to be better than I ever could have thought. I never imagined Lena Headey as Cersei, but now that she's been cast? It's perfect. And the more I see of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the more I approve of him as Jaime. Which is extremely important of course, because he's my favorite character :)

I think if done right, this show is going to be HUGE. It fits the bill as HBO's next Rome, but has the potential to reach even more people than Rome ever did. It will attract people who love great drama and political intrigue, but it will also grab people who enjoy fantasy and sword fighting, etc. It technically hasn't been picked up to series yet (HBO has to see the pilot first), but I have faith, because so far it sounds like everyone involved is doing a really great job with it.

For all your up-to-date news about the television production, go to Winter is Coming.

I'm in a Supernatural mood

Need a laugh? Watch this.

Supernatural 5.03 "Free To Be You and Me"

I fail with keeping up on my Supernatural watching. I'm always catching up with episodes days late, which is a dirty shame, because this season so far has been fantastic.

I'll admit that I can be a little easy on Supernatural sometimes. I do think it really is a good show, but I also forgive it's cheesiness at times, because I love it so. But these past three episodes have been kind of, well, amazing. I think last season took a while before it hit it's stride, but this season started with a bang and kept on going.

The show is still going along with it's apocalypse storyline started from last season, but has added a whole new dimension. Not only do we have angels and demons, but we have angels who actually started the apocalypse in order for their quest for paradise, fallen angels trying to desperately fight back, Lucifer risen, a God who's missing, and Raphael and Michael the archangels making an appearance. And at the center of it all, Sam and Dean, who have been thrust right smack in the middle of this situation against their will. The show so far has found a really interesting way to introduce all of this religious mythology while still staying true to the show. There may be angels and God in this story now, but there's still rock salt, and classic rock, and Dean being sarcastic, and Sam getting into fist fights, and the Impala, and everything good about this show.

Speaking of Sam and Dean...ay carumba! Sam and Dean! They are tearing me apart here! It's maybe no great surprise that to me, the greatest part of this show is the relationship between Sam and Dean. It always has been and it always will be. Things this season are a bit tense however, and the last episode saw Sam and Dean separated and doing their own thing willingly. Dean, off with Castiel on his quest to find God, still following his path as a hunter. Sam, shamed by his role in releasing Lucifer, tries to form some semblance of a normal life, working in a bar, and lying to the people he meets about his true nature. In the end however, Sam realizes that lying about who he really is ("a freak" he calls himself), can never work, because he will always be drawn back in. Dean claims to Castiel that he's happy that Sam isn't in his life anymore, that he feels free from not having to concern himself with Sam's life, but is he really telling the truth there? With the revelation at the end of the episode that Sam is really Lucifer's vessel, and the reveal in the first episode that Dean is Michael's vessel, the show seems to be setting up a Sam vs. Dean scenario. I, however, have absolute faith that they will come together again. This show is built on the foundation that family and love will conquer all, and you know that Sam and Dean are going to realize that in the end.

For now, I'm just enjoying a super awesome season of Supernatural, that I can't wait to see where it's headed. Start watching, y'all!

Accidentally on Purpose

So last week, Accidentally on Purpose aired on CBS. In my true opinion I'd say it has a chance of lasting. It's actually quite amusing and has potential for a gathering a serious following. At first glance you could sum it up as a television version of Knocked Up (with Seth Rogen and Katherine Hiegl). Stories involving guys and girls always start with two possibilities: Either the guy meets girl and pines over her until some insane plan works out. Or girl lost guy and wants him back. And that's how this story began.

Essentially Bobbie meets Zach after attempting to make James want her back at a club. After a few drinks and his massive charm, she ends up back at his place. What was meant to be a one night turns into him becoming her boy toy. Well as she puts it she breaks her toy upon discovering that she's pregnant. Though she gives him an out he chooses to be involved. Here's where it gets fun, after a series of events he basically has no place to live so they decide to live together. Check this immature boy (he's younger than her) meets immaculate apartment plus established film critic, leads to a fridge door being taken off the handles, needs to establish sexual boundaries and of course a sweet scene that involves him painting a nurse purple because pink+blue equals purple! And unforgettably the almost fight between Zach and James--what is it with guys and the need to claim territory even when the girl is less than interested in that. Anyways for a Pilot, I'd say it did a good job of setting of who the characters are, their motivations and their stumbling blocks.

Oh yea, He's a professor

5.01 "Definitions"

That's right, your favorite architect on television has entered into the academic world with the best outfit a professor could want. The lasso and fedora from Indiana Jones (man, I am such a geek :D)

While Ted is attempting to figure out what kind of professor he wants to be--while still teasing us with a bit of hints as to who the love of his life is; aka the mother, Lily is determined to make Barney and Robin have "the talk."


Yes that's right after all the drama and the wish washy-ness that this comedy could take Robin and Barney had a secret romance all summer long while using the facade of a friendship. I never realized before this episode how controlling Lily really can be. After a fiasco that involves Barney punching a guy that Robin is on a date with, Lily locks them both in a room until they define their relationship in a satisfactory manner--according to what she needs to hear. Since both Barney and Robin have a very hard time with relationships this proves to be very amusing, but ultimately they decide while they aren't sure they want the titles of boyfriend and girlfriend they have to get out of the room she they decided to lie and say they are. Yet in the end you have to question if it really is a non-truth, because while they may not fit typical cliches, they definitely treat one another with those regards.

Overall I'd say that this epi was happy making but not as hilarious as some of the greater hits within this collection. But, YAY it airs tonight at 8 on CBS, and we shall see what the gang has in store for us tonight with their ever entertaining stories.

My response to all of last night:

I LOVE HIM

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. WORDS...THEY CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM. WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE LOVE HIM? WHY DOESN'T THE REST OF THE WORLD ACCEPT MY LOVE? I WANT HIM TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY. I WANT HIM TO BE AROUND FOREVER. HE'S THE GREATEST PERSON TO EVER LIVE. I LOVE HIM. OH...AND BUY HIS SONG ON ITUNES. IT'S FUCKING AMAZING!

I AM NOT DRUNK, DAMMIT! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ASKING ME THAT?

WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY? (IGNORE THE HEIDI)

ZOZIZZLE. WHERE ARE THEY? I'M SO DISTRAUGHT RIGHT NOW. COME BACK TO ME NINA/MICHAEL

Too Funny

I've seen some funny stuff on Saturday Night Live but this is just RIDICULOUS, in a no less than fantastic way

Mad Men 3.06: Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency: Reactions, Pt. 2/2

WAIT!! Don't read this yet!!

Ahem, before you read this part, be sure to read Pt. 1 of my reactions below this post.

Other thoughts...

Betty’s still an awful mother. The more she adores baby Gene, the colder she is towards Sally and Bobby. Especially Bobby. “Go bang your head against a wall. Only boring people are bored.” Poor Bobby. I foresee lots of therapy for him in the future.

And, though she is nicer to Sally, Betty doesn’t really understand the complexity of her daughter’s grief over (Grandpa) Gene’s death—i.e. when she misinterprets Sally’s standoffishness around (baby) Gene as mere jealousy and tries to pacify her with a note suspiciously ‘penned’ by baby Gene and a Barbie doll. I don’t blame Sally for throwing that Barbie out her window.

Anyways…I was delighted that this episode was very Joan-centric.

I know I could say it about almost every character on this show, but Joan is such a fascinating character to watch. She’s like…a witty super-hero, who can do practically everything. Even the annoying Mr. Hooker acknowledges in this episode that “Mrs. Harris knows everything…” I don' t know about you, but I still have trouble when people call her 'Mrs. Harris.'

Maybe (just maybe) the superhero thing is an exaggeration, but there is much to be said about Joan’s secret gamut of skills, which have been revealed to us over the past few episodes. Remember when she helped revive Peggy’s sad roommate ad off the top of her head? Or when she begrudgingly, yet beautifully, played accordion and sang for her pushy husband and his colleagues at their dinner party? Well, it turns out Joan’s hidden skills don’t end there.

In this episode, another one of Joan’s talents is revealed! Mainly, her ability to quickly patch up a man’s foot after it gets mangled by a John Deere’s tractor blades. I am convinced she is the 1960s female version of MacGyver. Geez, at this rate, she could probably become a surgeon more quickly than her husband--if she really wanted to. But, the thought has probably never crossed her mind (that's not meant to be an insult, it's just an assumption; her goals just don't seem to include being self-sufficient and single at this stage in her life).

It was difficult to see Joan burst into tears once MacKendrick made a toast congratulating her on her ‘new life’. A life that is falling shorter of her expectations every time she tries to move forward.

Despite all of her talents and charm, she seems to be getting ‘stuck.’ And it’s hard to surmise exactly who/what is to blame. On her own, she could be almost anything. Sometimes, I think that if Joan were transplanted into the present, this could be especially true. But she isn't. “If [she] only knew what was possible…,” right, Grandpa Gene? But then, I wonder: even if she did know what she could achieve, would she even want it? I’m not an expert on 1960s social thought, so I’m just gonna say I really don’t know.

Needless to say, she’s just pretty awesome. And how about that scene with her and Don?! Watching their exchange while they’re sitting together at the hospital was like beholding the king and queen of the universe (if said universe was Sterling Cooper). They are the greatest couple that never ‘officially’ was.

Another great exchange occured between her and Peggy. Though both women have shown themselves to be widely different in terms of goals/desires, they both seemed ready to wish each other the best, ready to effectively part in a nice tie-it-in-a bow way. And wouldn't you know it...just as Peggy was about to express heartfelt gratitude to Joan, the John Deere started veering out of control, and well, you know the rest... Mad Men is not a tie-it-in-a bow show.

Anyways, if you couldn’t tell, I loved this episode. It was crazy good. But, enough about what I thought.

What did you think?

*If you're in the mood for more commentary on this episode (that is also less rambly and far more coherent than I ever could be), be sure to check out Sepinwall's and TLo's reactions!*

Mad Men 3.06: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency: Reactions, Pt. 1/2

“…that’s life…one minute you’re on top of the world; the next minute, some secretary’s running over you with a lawn mower.”

--Joan

First things first: Congrats to Mad Men on its Emmy wins last night!!! It deserved them, without a doubt.

Now, on to the reactions..

Twice. That's how many times I watched this episode because with Mad Men, one pass is never enough. Especially when an episode involves a guy getting his foot run over by a secretary driving a mower *inside* Sterling Cooper.

In short, this. episode. was. amazing. Here are some things I thought were interesting—it’s all kind of thrown together. You have been warned.

More changes seemed to loom ever closer for many in the Mad Men universe, and so did the uneasiness. One example--the crew over at Sterling Cooper being anxious about PPL’s sudden inspection of its American acquisition.

For a second there, it looked like the old order at Sterling Cooper would get phased out even more. For example, Guy MacKendrick, the charming young account master who had everything going for him (i.e. being attractive, suave, rich, intelligent, etc.), was getting set to take over. Lane Pryce, who was starting to grow on me, was on the brink of being shipped off to Bombay. Roger Sterling wasn’t even assigned a position after MacKendrick’s takeover. And Joan’s last day was going to be relegated to a non-event due to MacKendrick’s arrival. And then, I remembered…

Ken Cosgrove drove in on a John Deere at the beginning of the episode, and I thought...this can't be good...

Didn’t Chekov have a literary principle that says, ‘If a John Deere mower shows up in act 1, then someone has to drive it over someone’s foot in the next one?’

I felt really bad for MacKendrick when his foot got mangled, but, part of me was…oddly relieved that a) Bombay would not gain a snake charmer in Lane Pryce and that b) the order of the Sterling Cooper universe would not drastically change for at least one more day. I'll be honest--I mostly felt relieved about (b).

(Cont. in Pt. 2!)