rose_griffes: Olivia Dunham from Fringe: in the tank (fringe2)
2013-01-29 07:35 pm

a hodge-podge of links and TV thoughts

Person of Interest gets a new episode this week. Finally. In the meantime, here's an article about what Jim Caviezel does for fitness. What really struck me wasn't the exercise and health routine, it was that he views an eight-hour day as being a half-day of work... because a full day can run fifteen to nineteen hours on set. Aie. Can't imagine that.

I'm still watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. Episode 3.08 featured Hama, an awesome creepy old lady who reminds me of Tom Zarek. Though that might be [livejournal.com profile] lls_mutant's fault, since she compared another AtLA character to Tom Zarek, so the thought was already lurking. At any rate, that was a fantastic episode, and I'd love to see more of Hama and/or more about bloodbending, but I have a sneaking suspicion I'm supposed to view it as automatically off-limits, and I sort of... don't. Sorry, show. Which might be my own inner Tom Zarek coming out, with the 'any means to an end' idea drifting around.

Also still watching The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and it's lots of fun. And I'm trying to catch up on Fringe's last episodes. I have four more before it's done forever.

Two (more) quick vid links and I'm declaring this to be an official post. First, Festivids is still anonymous for... I don't know how much longer. I really liked this vid for Grapes of Wrath. It's centered around Ma Joad. (I've watched a few others, liked them well enough to comment, and entirely forgot to bookmark them.)

Finally, French Toast is an animated short film that I stumbled across a few days ago. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2010. Six minutes of action, and it includes a problem, a mystery, shooting, and, well, stuff. A nice and quick diversion of a film.

Back to work stuff now. *disappears*
rose_griffes: Leslie Knope loves her pancakes (pancakes)
2012-11-29 08:00 pm

a quick TV update

Non-spoilery reactions to current seasons of TV shows:

Parks and Recreation continues to be delightful. It's... well, rather perfect, and if started talking about how much I love one character, I'd feel obliged to write something about everyone.

If anyone who reads this has considering watching, 1) it's on Netflix livestream and 2) do NOT watch season one. Jump somewhere to the middle of season two. Oh, and "Galentine's Day" is a must-watch episode.

I managed to get horribly behind on Fringe--enough that I wasn't able to watch episode two for free. Episode one wasn't a good start, but three and four (so far, because I'm in the middle of it right now) have been much better. I've concluded that I'm watching the "Anna Torv and Peter Jackson have the most expressive faces" show. Good thing I'm not watching for any level of plausibility, because HAH.

Person of Interest has been really good this season; it's the one show I diligently watch every week. If you can train your brain to ignore some of the plot holes, it can even go up to great rather than good. Heh.

I tend to fall a few days behind on episodes of Elementary, mainly because with my job I have to wake up soooooo very early. But it's available the next day on the CBS website, and I'm really enjoying the Watson and Holmes show. Specifically in that order. Oh, and ditto what I said about PoI and plot holes.

Still watching The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on youtube. Two new episodes a week.

That's about it. I haven't taken the time yet to try Once Upon a Time again. Maybe soon-ish. Arrow also intrigues me. For, um, the plot. (Thanks a lot, Tumblr, for making me want to watch new things.)
rose_griffes: Olivia Dunham from Fringe: in the tank (fringe2)
2012-05-20 06:55 pm

catching up on Fringe (and accidental SCC rewatch)

I seem to have accidentally started a rewatch of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really didn't mean to, especially considering that IT'S NOT EXACTLY COMFORTING TV, y'know? Except that it is, with its amazing cast and its focus on Sarah and its fantastic story arcs and its MUSIC, OH I MISS GOOD SOUNDTRACKS and its EVERYTHING. Anyway, off to eat some dinner and start episode five (season one), but first I should post about catching up on Fringe...

Fringe: end of season four--somehow I got four episodes behind )

Unrelated to any of the above: hey livejournal, I would renew my account (and purchase extra userpics again) if your payment page was actually secure.
rose_griffes: (Default)
2012-04-04 08:21 pm

one-sentence TV reaction post, plus WILD ANIMALS (one, anyway)

I was on my way home from a friend's house around dusk this evening and I saw a coyote just hanging out near the side of the road. Whoa. I knew they lived in the area, but I've never actually seen one in town. "In town" is a bit misleading for this sighting--I was passing through a fairly undeveloped area on the edge of the city.

I watched a bit of TV over the weekend and during the first half of this week.

Community: I never realized how tragic "Eat Fresh" could be.
Fringe: Lincoln Lee makes the best facial expressions.
Ultraviolet: I don't know if I can write a reasonably objective recap with Angie and Vaughan breaking my heart.

Yes, I rewatched 1.05 last night. Such an awesome episode! I'll write the recap tomorrow. In the meantime my brain is entertaining the idea of writing post-series Angie/Vaughan fic again. Who knows, maybe I'll actually write some this time. FOR THE GREATER GOOD, since there isn't any out there.
rose_griffes: Olivia Dunham from Fringe: in the tank (fringe2)
2012-03-25 08:24 pm

quick Fringe thought (stolen from elsewhere) and links

Okay, so while I was wasting time on Tumblr, someone pointed out spoilers for Fringe 4.15 )

Some links to stuff (some of which I wrote):
* My recap of Ultraviolet 1.03 'Sub Judice'. It's the "Vampires want babies?!" episode.
* Poco linked to the Not my ship comment ficathon, so I looked around at the lovely short stories...
* ... and then I wrote some Faith/Wesley post-finale fic. I've never written Angel or Buffy fic before, so that was unexpected. Also, Wes is a W&H-made zombie. Oh, and Faith expresses herself colorfully, so consider this your warning.
rose_griffes: Peter and Walter Bishop (fringe3)
2012-03-24 10:33 am

Fringe 4.15 and Missing 1.02

FRIIIIIIIINGE! Fringe is back. spoilers for 4.15 )

The pilot episode for Missing isn't on the ABC website anymore, but it's available on hulu.com. I was going to rewatch it before watching episode two, but that didn't happen--not yet, anyway. I got impatient to find out what happens in episode two.

spoilers for Missing 1.02 )
rose_griffes: Mickey Smith holding a bat (hey Mickey!)
2012-03-20 07:48 pm

TV: Missing; also several fanfic recs (various fandoms)

I watched the pilot episode for Missing online. not very spoilery, but cutting anyway )

I'm on board so far. Hopefully this show isn't done by Warner, the company that has made it so difficult to get episodes of Person of Interest. (Difficult enough that I may have to wait and watch season two of PofI on DVD months later, since Big Brother will officially be watching our internet usage starting this summer.) I still can't believe that Warner won't even offer episodes for legal sale online the next day.

Moving on. It's fic rec time! Doctor Who, Parks and Recreation, Fringe, Person of Interest )
rose_griffes: Wonder-Woman carries Batman (wonderwoman-batman)
2012-03-05 06:22 pm

fictional couples I fancy

Since bsg_epics was asking about fandom pairs we like and why, here, have a post I started a few weeks ago and then forgot about. Probably because I was writing Zoe Morgan/John Reese fic again. (Heh.)

TV shows I've loved and the ships I've, er, sailed )
rose_griffes: Person of Interest on CBS (person of interest)
2012-02-11 01:18 pm

Fringe 4.12 and Person of Interest 1.14

Awww, my sci-fi shows, I love you. spoilers for Fringe 4.12 )

I'd put in more coherent stuff, but that would require a rewatch, and Fringe just isn't the watch it twice kind of show for me. I'm not sure why it isn't and Person of Interest is... but brains are weird like that.

Speaking of Person of Interest, spoilers for 1.14--and this got long, SORRY )

eta: I think Finch and Peter Bishop took the same class for choosing fake names.
rose_griffes: Leslie Knope loves her pancakes (pancakes)
2012-02-06 08:29 pm

the (now very short) TV (other than PofI) roundup

spoilers for Parks and Recreation 4.14 )

The other TV show I have left: spoilers for Fringe 4.11 )

Wow, it feels weird to have only three shows to blather about. Fringe, Parks and Recreation and Person of Interest.

Oooh, speaking of that... any of you other Person of Interest watchers got any gen fic prompts to share about Detective Carter? I want to try and write some genfic with her before halfamoon is over.
rose_griffes: quote from Terry Pratchett (multiple exclamation marks)
2012-01-24 08:23 pm

very quick media update

I've been talking to lls_mutant about it. BSG remix will be coming back soon! Watch the comm for sign-ups soon. You'll have at least six weeks to write your remix, and the minimum story length is five hundred words, so this is nicely low-key way to try a remix if you haven't done so before.

Quick reaction post for TV/movies. (Really quick. I'm grading papers.)

Iron Man 2 )

Fringe 4.09 )

Parks and Recreation 4.12 )

Once Upon a Time 1.10 )

End of the super-fast post. Expect a recruitment post about Person of Interest tomorrow! I have actual numbered points on why you should watch. It's so unlike me!
rose_griffes: line drawing of Matilda from the Raoul Dahl books (bookgirl)
2012-01-22 07:42 pm

I made the front page! (also, fanfic recs)

Guess what, you guys! I was googling detective joss carter, as you do when you're looking for pictures of Taraji P. Henson looking cop-like and carrying a gun, and I WAS IN THE TOP TEN RESULTS! My LJ and Dreamwidth were, that is. It was this post, by the way. And now I'm wondering: what if I didn't cross-post entries to dreamwidth and only my LJ entry existed. It would have been higher on the page, right? 'Cause all the hits would be on the one entry? I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER! *giggles a lot*

Ahaha, and now I've looked at page two of the results, and there are two more pages from my DW account.

Um. On that highly amusing (and really weird) note, I have some fic recs. Let's start with Person of Interest... fic recs for PofI, Fringe, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Doctor Who )
rose_griffes: hand holding sword (sword)
2012-01-16 04:22 pm

two movie reviews and some TV thoughts

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) a few thoughts )

The summary for those who are curious: Jim Caviezel does in fact have other voice pitches than "whispery" and "monotone." (Thank goodness he finally turned it up a notch on Person of Interest. It was beginning to make me giggle.)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) wins the prize for ludicrous but watchable )

Once Upon a Time episodes 1.08 and 1.09 am I the only one who doesn't really like Rumpelstiltskin? )

Parks and Recreation 4.11 this isn't the episode to watch as an introduction to the show )

Fringe 4.08 not much to put here )
rose_griffes: Peter and Walter Bishop (fringe3)
2012-01-09 07:12 pm

Huh. I managed to catch up on Fringe before the show comes back.

I feel like I should have a fancy name for this pile of thoughts. Something like Reflections in Amber. *laughs* Anyway, here are my (spoilery for everything aired so far, which means through 4.07) observations and thoughts about the Amber timeline.

characters who are not Olivia )

Olivia(s) and Peter )

two worlds and a reset button )
rose_griffes: Olivia Dunham from Fringe: in the tank (fringe2)
2012-01-04 09:37 pm

TV: more Fringe talk

Fringe. So icky. Still watching some episodes with the window tiny tiny tiny to minimize the bleurgh. Quick overview of my thoughts about episodes 3.18-3.22
spoilers )

I couldn't wait to start season four, so here are spoilers for episodes 1-2
spoilers )

I probably need to start rationing out the remaining five episodes. The show comes back January 13.
rose_griffes: Olivia, Walter and Peter from TV's "Fringe." (fringe)
2011-12-30 12:02 pm
Entry tags:

a movie and one more episode of Fringe

So I watched the movie Thor on DVD. spoilers )

Still watching Fringe. Episode 3.17 "Stowaway" this episode gets its own post before I watch the next episode )
rose_griffes: Peter and Walter Bishop (fringe3)
2011-12-29 09:48 am

more of season three of Fringe

I'm feeling a strange compulsion to document what I've watched of Fringe so far. *shrugs* spoilers through 3.16 )