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brokenrecordI have a thesis for my film paper! ...that may not sound like a big deal, but after watching the film I'm supposed to analyze (Ritual in Transfigured Time, if you're interested), I was just like... what the hell am I going to say about this? And I'm so used to arguing about how various techniques contribute to form a meaning or about the author's intent in books, but that's totally the opposite of what my professor wants, since he wants us not to write about story at all and instead write as if I were a Russian Formalist. And it's just... very difficult to get my brain into this other mindset. But I wrote a thesis, which I didn't think was incredibly good but... basically the conclusions I had reached, e-mailed it to my professor, and he said it would work. So yay! Now... I just have 2000 words to write. Joy. Well, Less than 2000. My thesis is some amount of words (like... 30-50, probably). So, 1950-70 words left. And at least I have three whole days to write it, rather than just one day, like with the (longer) English paper.
I also got my last abnormal psych test back, and I got a 95, and I had expected to do worse on it than previous tests since I was more rushed for time than usual (I got 94s on the previous two tests), so I was pleasantly surprised by that. That class is already my absolutely favorite, and it doesn't hurt that I'm going to get an A pretty easily in it, unless I horribly screw up the final test next week. The rest of my classes... not going that well. Optimistic predictions would be 2 A-s and a B+, but it's more likely to be a B and two B+s. Oh well. That's still pretty good.
So yeah. Feeling mostly positive, at least for now. Bizarrely enough, the thing that's actually making me feel more negative is TV! Specifically, Brothers and Sisters. ugh. WHY DID THEY HAVE TO DE-WALKER REBECCA?!?!? UGH I'M SO PISSED OFF ABOUT THIS. BERLANTI STATED NUMEROUS TIMES REBECCA WAS A WALKER. It's SO clear that they pulled this completely out of their asses and this was not the original plan for her. It just totally negates everything that occurred in season 1. So much of the storylines in season 1 were founded on the fact that Rebecca was this illegitimate child of William's, and now it's all just erased! And maybe if this was going to develop characters more and provide new, interesting storylines, I would be able to accept it, but it just feels like a dead end! Where the hell can they go with this that ends in a satisfying place? And to pull it SO late in the game just feels like a cheat, too. If they were going to give her a DNA test, they should have done it months ago.
And the thing that bothers me most of all is that they only reason they really seem to be doing this is because of Emily van Camp and Dave Annable's chemistry. Which is supposedly "undeniable." Except I NEVER watched them and was like "OH THEY TOTALLY HAVE THE HOTS FOR EACH OTHER TOO BAD THEY'RE RELATED MAYBE THE WRITERS SHOULD CHANGE THAT SO THEY CAN GET IT ON!" AND THE ACTORS HAVE BROKEN UP NOW, ANYWAYS. Plus, it's like... really, the ONLY way you could deal with their "undeniable" chemistry was to de-Walker Rebecca and imply that Justin's had the hots for her for awhile now even though he thinks she's his half-sister? That's just... creepy. I mean, if they want to get around the chemistry (which SERIOUSLY. I did NOT even see. The ONLY thing was Rebecca being kind of weird about Lena and Justin, and that was totally implied by the writing more than her acting, anyways. And I'd never seen anything from Justin until this episode, where... now it's just incredibly creepy and weird), then STOP WRITING SCENES FOR ONLY REBECCA AND JUSTIN. SERIOUSLY. I mean, I'd already wanted her to start interacting with the Walkers who weren't Justin or Nora more as it is. I can practically imagine the rest of the Walkers going "Rebecca isn't our sister? Huh. ...who's Rebecca again?" And even if they decided not to develop her relationship with other Walkers, they could have given her new storylines, like going back to school or developing a hobby or Holly dating someone that Rebecca doesn't get along with, or ANYTHING that's not this. Or they could, you know, tell the actors to act more like brother and sister if they were concerned with that. ugh.
The ONE good thing about this storyline is that Emily Van Camp was absolutely amazing last night. When she was talking about how she fell in love with the Walkers with David, I totally started tearing up. I knew what an amazing actress she was from Everwood, but I still didn't expect her to so completely blow me away. I just wish they could give her material that wasn't involved in such a creepy storyline.
Also, Kevin and Scotty somehow have the most mature relationship of anyone on the show now, which... is kind of bizarre. But awesome. I was kind of iffy on Scotty in the past, but now I really enjoy him. And I love Kevin, as always.
Anyways, a week and a half until I'm done with my first year of college! I can't wait. This summer is going to be awesome.
I also got my last abnormal psych test back, and I got a 95, and I had expected to do worse on it than previous tests since I was more rushed for time than usual (I got 94s on the previous two tests), so I was pleasantly surprised by that. That class is already my absolutely favorite, and it doesn't hurt that I'm going to get an A pretty easily in it, unless I horribly screw up the final test next week. The rest of my classes... not going that well. Optimistic predictions would be 2 A-s and a B+, but it's more likely to be a B and two B+s. Oh well. That's still pretty good.
So yeah. Feeling mostly positive, at least for now. Bizarrely enough, the thing that's actually making me feel more negative is TV! Specifically, Brothers and Sisters. ugh. WHY DID THEY HAVE TO DE-WALKER REBECCA?!?!? UGH I'M SO PISSED OFF ABOUT THIS. BERLANTI STATED NUMEROUS TIMES REBECCA WAS A WALKER. It's SO clear that they pulled this completely out of their asses and this was not the original plan for her. It just totally negates everything that occurred in season 1. So much of the storylines in season 1 were founded on the fact that Rebecca was this illegitimate child of William's, and now it's all just erased! And maybe if this was going to develop characters more and provide new, interesting storylines, I would be able to accept it, but it just feels like a dead end! Where the hell can they go with this that ends in a satisfying place? And to pull it SO late in the game just feels like a cheat, too. If they were going to give her a DNA test, they should have done it months ago.
And the thing that bothers me most of all is that they only reason they really seem to be doing this is because of Emily van Camp and Dave Annable's chemistry. Which is supposedly "undeniable." Except I NEVER watched them and was like "OH THEY TOTALLY HAVE THE HOTS FOR EACH OTHER TOO BAD THEY'RE RELATED MAYBE THE WRITERS SHOULD CHANGE THAT SO THEY CAN GET IT ON!" AND THE ACTORS HAVE BROKEN UP NOW, ANYWAYS. Plus, it's like... really, the ONLY way you could deal with their "undeniable" chemistry was to de-Walker Rebecca and imply that Justin's had the hots for her for awhile now even though he thinks she's his half-sister? That's just... creepy. I mean, if they want to get around the chemistry (which SERIOUSLY. I did NOT even see. The ONLY thing was Rebecca being kind of weird about Lena and Justin, and that was totally implied by the writing more than her acting, anyways. And I'd never seen anything from Justin until this episode, where... now it's just incredibly creepy and weird), then STOP WRITING SCENES FOR ONLY REBECCA AND JUSTIN. SERIOUSLY. I mean, I'd already wanted her to start interacting with the Walkers who weren't Justin or Nora more as it is. I can practically imagine the rest of the Walkers going "Rebecca isn't our sister? Huh. ...who's Rebecca again?" And even if they decided not to develop her relationship with other Walkers, they could have given her new storylines, like going back to school or developing a hobby or Holly dating someone that Rebecca doesn't get along with, or ANYTHING that's not this. Or they could, you know, tell the actors to act more like brother and sister if they were concerned with that. ugh.
The ONE good thing about this storyline is that Emily Van Camp was absolutely amazing last night. When she was talking about how she fell in love with the Walkers with David, I totally started tearing up. I knew what an amazing actress she was from Everwood, but I still didn't expect her to so completely blow me away. I just wish they could give her material that wasn't involved in such a creepy storyline.
Also, Kevin and Scotty somehow have the most mature relationship of anyone on the show now, which... is kind of bizarre. But awesome. I was kind of iffy on Scotty in the past, but now I really enjoy him. And I love Kevin, as always.
Anyways, a week and a half until I'm done with my first year of college! I can't wait. This summer is going to be awesome.
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Date: 2008-04-29 12:31 am (UTC)I'm really torn about the storyline, on one hand, it's good drama, on the other, it's too much too soon and really hard to imagine *where* the writers want to go with this...I honestly don't think the Justin/Rebecca romance is going to happen, at least I hope it doesn't. The best case scenario would be that Justin realizes he can't do this, regardless of whether they're blood-related...I'm not sure how long it's going to take for that to happen (I might be completely off-base) but I just don't think Justin and Rebecca will ever be a couple...God, I hope not.
That being said, I enjoyed about 75% of the episode. I didn't think I'd care about the Rebecca paternity plot, but I have to admit, EVC killed those scenes, she was absolutely amazing, that scene with Ken Olin was just heartbreakingly honest and real and gah, yeah, as much as I don't get or like this storyline, it worked for me...it just felt really really rushed and I will be kind of annoyed if they only did it so DA and EVC could hook up onscreen (as I mentioned earlier).
I'm interested to see where things go next week. I don't see this as a dead end, if anything, it shatters whatever fantasy Holly and Rebecca were living for the past few months and it is kind of mind-blowing, I just wish it had been better executed. I really loved the Kevin/Scotty scenes and I've come to the conclusion that Sarah's using sex with Graham as a substitute for the fact that she doesn't have custody of her children. Maybe Joe was right, maybe she isn't a very good mother. I'm hoping next week will be a return to form, it seems like it could be, in many ways. More Scotty/Kevin screentime would help, as would a little levity in the Kitty/Robert scenes, those two are becoming so heartbreaking.
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Date: 2008-04-29 03:21 am (UTC)I really hope you're right about Justin/Rebecca not happening. I wish I shared that belief, but I really think they are going to go there. I agree that the best case scenario at this point would be for them to realize that even if they're not blood-related, they're still family, and they can't have a relationship. It would be best if the whole family decided that, in fact, and that they all still treated her like family. Actually, the real best case scenario would be if it was just a lab screw-up and Rebecca really is a Walker, but I don't expect that's going to happen.
I actually did enjoy most of the episode. EVC really did make those scenes worth watching. She was just phenomenal. And I really liked the Kevin/Scotty story and where that's going, and I actually really liked Kitty/Robert as well, although I agree that they could use a lighter storyline. I think I'm just so afraid of the potential Rebecca/Justin hook-up that it's ruining an episode that actually was rather good. I hope that next week is a return to form.