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firthgalSo, Community. I had been waiting for this ep ever since it was announced ages ago, because I am a tiny bit of an action film nerd (just a little bit. I have my specific tastes in types of action films that I love, but in general I will watch any film that is advertised as "action-packed thrill ride"). And this ep referenced so many films that I can't even tell you what was a reference and what wasn't, except for the Terminator quote, and the Chow Yun-Fat/John Woo reference. And the slow-mo bullets smashing into each other may have been a reference to The Matrix, but lots of movies do that now, so... maybe not (but the slow-mo double guns where everyone dies is definitely a commonly used sequence in John Woo movies, but again, lots of movies do that nowadays. And the ridiculously homoerotic head villain is another classic from John Woo movies). Anyway, my absolute favorite scene from any show ever:
I so love how they even inserted the operatic music upon Senor Chang's entrance and started it with the slow-mo then went into real time mid-action. The details! The details! The details are what make their spoofs so perfect.
Okay, after watching the following fanvid, I realize that there was a Chow Yun-Fat film where the bullets meet each other in slow-mo and explode. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
(note: YouTube made the person change the song, so just ignore the lyrics that flash across the screen)
Anyway, the Community ep would have been perfect had it not been for the overbearing Jeff/Britta going on. Community has been good lately at not over-saturating us with them, and then last night every single character had to point out their "sexual tension" and just... I don't like it when a show has to work that hard to tell us that a couple has sexual tension. I'd rather see it for myself than be told to see it, so, it just didn't work for me. I DON'T LIKE BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO. However, I did love Abed's comment about them lacking chemistry, and I let out an "Amen!" when Pierce told Jeff to just pork her and move on (even though, you know, it was offensive). Also, it is a classic staple of action movies to have an obscenely useless and annoying romance between the male and female leads who usually lack chemistry with each other (*coughSherlockHolmes*), so, when I look at it like that, it was just another aspect of the spoof (and at least Jeff and Britta do have chemistry now, just... not in the way I like? I don't know). But since I know what's coming in the finale, I know that it was not just a one-off thing, and that scares me, because Jeff/Britta is my least favorite dynamic on the show and has been since day 1. The show has been getting better with them, but then they pulled out this ep and just... blerg. It slightly ruined an otherwise excellent episode for me. But at least Britta got to be badass? And the tag scene was the cutest thing ever.
Parks and Rec was my favorite show of the lineup last night, I think, which surprised me since I thought Community would be my favorite (damn you, Jeff/Britta! I would have adored that ep with my entire soul if it wasn't for you! ARGH). Anyway, Parks and Rec was utterly hilarious, and the April/Andy-ness made me all gooey inside, and Ron's sleep-fighting somehow made him even more endearing, and Leslie was super adorable, and Ron only participated in the telethon because he owes Leslie like a thousand favors (read: he loves Leslie and would do absolutely anything that she asked of him no matter how annoying he finds it), and RON AND LESLIE AND THEIR SMILES, OMG! How are they not married already?
Seriously, dudes. Seriously. (I am going to be so heartbroken if he ever gets a girlfriend. I tried not to get serious about this ship, but... the show made it too hard for me to resist).
The Office! The Office was hilarious, and once again I found nothing to complain about. AND ANDY! ANDY GOT TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO ERIN! AND IT WAS GLORIOUS! AND HE USED HIS SEXY FALSETTO VOICE! OMG, I LOVE HIM. And I love Darryl. And I love Creed. AND I LOVE GABE. And I really love Andy and Gabe interacting. And I love Dwight's methods of seduction! And I love Dwight asking Michael to rub his thigh in a place that was uncomfortably close to his crotch. And I love that Michael still trusts Dwight whenever he says he's good at something. And I loved Michael's shock at being a mistress. And I loved his misunderstanding of the word "amok". SO CUTE. And I loved Jim and Pam jerking Dwight around in Morse code! I especially loved how the show pointed out that they really don't have time to do those things anymore, but they did it anyway. For some reason, this just rings very true to real life. You always find time for the ridiculous things in life, even though you know that that time would be better spent doing something else.
30 Rock! I actually enjoyed this episode completely! Say what? It was very reminiscent of the early days. Maybe because Jack's mom was there? Maybe because the show continues to inadvertently prove that Jack and Liz are made for each other when they parallel their stories like that? Maybe because I'm positive that Jack's mom wants him to end up with Liz? I don't know. I think Jack's mom was the basis of my enjoyment of this ep. I found the Buzz Aldrin scene tedious and awkward, but, other than that, I loved this ep. And honestly, when the show has Jack's mother telling Liz that she's probably already met "the one," how are we NOT supposed to translate that into, "Marry Jack, you idiot"? I mean, I know that it is probably just setting up Liz/Random Old Boyfriend, but come on. *sigh* And Colleen alluded to the fact that neither Avery nor Nancy are right for Jack. OBVIOUSLY LIZ IS THE ONLY WOMAN FOR HIM. ARGH, SHOW! WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME? Bah!
In other news, I finished an Asian drama called Goong last night.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sisterjune, you were so right about me loving that one. It was so, so perfect. I laughed, I cried, and it kept me excited (or in turmoil) through the entire series. Just... oh, it was so my kind of romance. If there are more shows in the same vain as this one, definitely point me in their direction! I think this is my favorite one so far. Mars was probably better in terms of overall story and acting and whatnot, but Goong just contained so many things that I love that it surpassed Mars in my heart. It was big on the importance of family and enjoying the little things in life, it had the super lovable average heroine who won the heart of the spoiled, arrogant, cold, broody Prince simply by being herself, it had epic love triangle drama, it had betrayal of all kinds going on, misunderstandings, heartache, humor, awesomeness. I loved it. In the beginning it was actually reminding me a whole lot of Bridget Jones' Diary, particularly the scene from the Prince's birthday party where he is trying to be standoffish to her (and is succeeding pretty well) but then she gives him those shoes and they were unique and significant to his relationship with her which in turn made him LOVE them but his friends made fun of them and so he acted like he didn't like them, and then later he sees Chaegyung and her friends and Yul laughing and splashing around in the water and he wants so badly to be a part of that fun and he looks down lovingly at the shoes that she gave him, but then Hyorin pops up and sees him staring at the shoes and gets all hurt that he hasn't even looked at the mp3 player that she got him. I don't know, for some reason it really reminded me of the row boats scene from Bridget Jones, especially since the Prince was already feeling a little jealous of her relationship with Yul. But anyway, when they allowed themselves to be happy together, ooooooh how adorable they were. Which made their bad times all the more devastating.
One thing that struck me as odd though was the ending. I was expecting this epic, sappy reunion where they embrace and kiss and ride off into the sunset, but instead we get this sudden time jump where we're not quite sure what's happening, and when they do see each other again, it's very subdued and different. But as it went on, it started to make sense. They had become different people, Chaegyung was comfortable living overseas and being free to do whatever she wanted, and Shin was no longer the crown prince, which meant he was trying to find a new identity, and he was super nervous that they wouldn't click anymore since their roles had changed so significantly. In the past they had fallen in love because they were what each other needed to survive, and now... they were both free to do as they pleased, and he feared that she wouldn't want to be tied down by him anymore. So, I loved how she kind of psyched him out in the end about the second wedding. And I loved the symmetry of the story, how it all started with a marriage, and then it ended with one.
Basically, I loved Goong quite a lot.
I so love how they even inserted the operatic music upon Senor Chang's entrance and started it with the slow-mo then went into real time mid-action. The details! The details! The details are what make their spoofs so perfect.
Okay, after watching the following fanvid, I realize that there was a Chow Yun-Fat film where the bullets meet each other in slow-mo and explode. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
(note: YouTube made the person change the song, so just ignore the lyrics that flash across the screen)
Anyway, the Community ep would have been perfect had it not been for the overbearing Jeff/Britta going on. Community has been good lately at not over-saturating us with them, and then last night every single character had to point out their "sexual tension" and just... I don't like it when a show has to work that hard to tell us that a couple has sexual tension. I'd rather see it for myself than be told to see it, so, it just didn't work for me. I DON'T LIKE BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO. However, I did love Abed's comment about them lacking chemistry, and I let out an "Amen!" when Pierce told Jeff to just pork her and move on (even though, you know, it was offensive). Also, it is a classic staple of action movies to have an obscenely useless and annoying romance between the male and female leads who usually lack chemistry with each other (*coughSherlockHolmes*), so, when I look at it like that, it was just another aspect of the spoof (and at least Jeff and Britta do have chemistry now, just... not in the way I like? I don't know). But since I know what's coming in the finale, I know that it was not just a one-off thing, and that scares me, because Jeff/Britta is my least favorite dynamic on the show and has been since day 1. The show has been getting better with them, but then they pulled out this ep and just... blerg. It slightly ruined an otherwise excellent episode for me. But at least Britta got to be badass? And the tag scene was the cutest thing ever.
Parks and Rec was my favorite show of the lineup last night, I think, which surprised me since I thought Community would be my favorite (damn you, Jeff/Britta! I would have adored that ep with my entire soul if it wasn't for you! ARGH). Anyway, Parks and Rec was utterly hilarious, and the April/Andy-ness made me all gooey inside, and Ron's sleep-fighting somehow made him even more endearing, and Leslie was super adorable, and Ron only participated in the telethon because he owes Leslie like a thousand favors (read: he loves Leslie and would do absolutely anything that she asked of him no matter how annoying he finds it), and RON AND LESLIE AND THEIR SMILES, OMG! How are they not married already?
Seriously, dudes. Seriously. (I am going to be so heartbroken if he ever gets a girlfriend. I tried not to get serious about this ship, but... the show made it too hard for me to resist).
The Office! The Office was hilarious, and once again I found nothing to complain about. AND ANDY! ANDY GOT TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO ERIN! AND IT WAS GLORIOUS! AND HE USED HIS SEXY FALSETTO VOICE! OMG, I LOVE HIM. And I love Darryl. And I love Creed. AND I LOVE GABE. And I really love Andy and Gabe interacting. And I love Dwight's methods of seduction! And I love Dwight asking Michael to rub his thigh in a place that was uncomfortably close to his crotch. And I love that Michael still trusts Dwight whenever he says he's good at something. And I loved Michael's shock at being a mistress. And I loved his misunderstanding of the word "amok". SO CUTE. And I loved Jim and Pam jerking Dwight around in Morse code! I especially loved how the show pointed out that they really don't have time to do those things anymore, but they did it anyway. For some reason, this just rings very true to real life. You always find time for the ridiculous things in life, even though you know that that time would be better spent doing something else.
30 Rock! I actually enjoyed this episode completely! Say what? It was very reminiscent of the early days. Maybe because Jack's mom was there? Maybe because the show continues to inadvertently prove that Jack and Liz are made for each other when they parallel their stories like that? Maybe because I'm positive that Jack's mom wants him to end up with Liz? I don't know. I think Jack's mom was the basis of my enjoyment of this ep. I found the Buzz Aldrin scene tedious and awkward, but, other than that, I loved this ep. And honestly, when the show has Jack's mother telling Liz that she's probably already met "the one," how are we NOT supposed to translate that into, "Marry Jack, you idiot"? I mean, I know that it is probably just setting up Liz/Random Old Boyfriend, but come on. *sigh* And Colleen alluded to the fact that neither Avery nor Nancy are right for Jack. OBVIOUSLY LIZ IS THE ONLY WOMAN FOR HIM. ARGH, SHOW! WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME? Bah!
In other news, I finished an Asian drama called Goong last night.
sisterjune, you were so right about me loving that one. It was so, so perfect. I laughed, I cried, and it kept me excited (or in turmoil) through the entire series. Just... oh, it was so my kind of romance. If there are more shows in the same vain as this one, definitely point me in their direction! I think this is my favorite one so far. Mars was probably better in terms of overall story and acting and whatnot, but Goong just contained so many things that I love that it surpassed Mars in my heart. It was big on the importance of family and enjoying the little things in life, it had the super lovable average heroine who won the heart of the spoiled, arrogant, cold, broody Prince simply by being herself, it had epic love triangle drama, it had betrayal of all kinds going on, misunderstandings, heartache, humor, awesomeness. I loved it. In the beginning it was actually reminding me a whole lot of Bridget Jones' Diary, particularly the scene from the Prince's birthday party where he is trying to be standoffish to her (and is succeeding pretty well) but then she gives him those shoes and they were unique and significant to his relationship with her which in turn made him LOVE them but his friends made fun of them and so he acted like he didn't like them, and then later he sees Chaegyung and her friends and Yul laughing and splashing around in the water and he wants so badly to be a part of that fun and he looks down lovingly at the shoes that she gave him, but then Hyorin pops up and sees him staring at the shoes and gets all hurt that he hasn't even looked at the mp3 player that she got him. I don't know, for some reason it really reminded me of the row boats scene from Bridget Jones, especially since the Prince was already feeling a little jealous of her relationship with Yul. But anyway, when they allowed themselves to be happy together, ooooooh how adorable they were. Which made their bad times all the more devastating.One thing that struck me as odd though was the ending. I was expecting this epic, sappy reunion where they embrace and kiss and ride off into the sunset, but instead we get this sudden time jump where we're not quite sure what's happening, and when they do see each other again, it's very subdued and different. But as it went on, it started to make sense. They had become different people, Chaegyung was comfortable living overseas and being free to do whatever she wanted, and Shin was no longer the crown prince, which meant he was trying to find a new identity, and he was super nervous that they wouldn't click anymore since their roles had changed so significantly. In the past they had fallen in love because they were what each other needed to survive, and now... they were both free to do as they pleased, and he feared that she wouldn't want to be tied down by him anymore. So, I loved how she kind of psyched him out in the end about the second wedding. And I loved the symmetry of the story, how it all started with a marriage, and then it ended with one.
Basically, I loved Goong quite a lot.
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Date: 2010-05-07 07:41 pm (UTC)I thought Ron and Leslie were really cute too.
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Date: 2010-05-07 07:54 pm (UTC)I thought the same thing, and I was even hoping that she'd spell it out for him in the end, but then... she said she couldn't tell him what to do, which totally crushed my hopes. *sigh* Oh well, I will just choose to believe that she ships them as hard as we do.
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Date: 2010-05-07 07:50 pm (UTC)Didn't love 30 Rock that much but Colleen! ♥
She is the biggest Jack/Liz shipper ever.
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Date: 2010-05-07 07:55 pm (UTC)Colleen never fails to bring the awesome.
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Date: 2010-05-07 07:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-08 01:03 am (UTC)Ok. So. I've never really been a Liz/Jack shipper. I enjoy their chemistry but I haven't really seen them ~like that. But I don't know what it was about this episode but I was GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED that Colleen didn't point out to Liz or Jack that they had already met "The One", because I really thought it was going in that direction and I was shocked (shocked!) but how much I wanted it to go to there. WHAT ARE THESE FEELINGS?
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Date: 2010-05-08 01:13 am (UTC)