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icepixieSay, did you know that the human knee can in fact bend backwards? Did you also know that it is excruciatingly painful when it does so?
*sigh* Back to the knee exercises. I've avoided them for a year; now is time to pay the proverbial piper, I suppose. Oh, and sit down and watch lots of due South, of course.
Speaking of which, the other day I watched through "Seeing Is Believing." I quite enjoyed all three episodes ("Mountie & Soul," "Bounty Hunter," SiB), although I think Thatcher is better when she expresses disgust-tinged-with-jealousy via a withering look and a roll of the eyes (see "Body Language") rather than via a dressing down of her junior officer while he's in his underwear. Other than that, I enjoyed the episode. I liked how the spectre of Victoria seemed to hang over the whole thing, and the plot was pretty good, too. It felt more like an episode from earlier seasons than the previous ones did; I feel like after this one, Fraser reverts somewhat to S1-S2 Fraser. Or else I just got used to the different Fraser. Who knows?
"Mountie and Soul" existed almost purely for the purpose of setting up Fraser using gang-speak at the end, and it doesn't disappoint in that aspect. Hee.
Liked SiB a lot, if only for the fact that it allowed Fraser, Ray, Thatcher and Welsh to interact as a group for most of the episode. Pretty cool. Rashomon did the concept better, but that's a given. The differing interpretations of the crime were sufficiently interesting, and putting the characters into the flashbacks first as, essentially, directors, then as the participants in the crime itself was a pretty neat little trick. Of course, the way that played out does make you wonder exactly how these people got to be police officers when they can't emotionally detach themselves from such a crime, but that's what suspension of disbelief is for, right?
The first disc of the sixth season of Northern Exposure also arrived yesterday. I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to watch any episodes past "Up River." I might watch through "The Quest" if only for the deleted scenes. Not sure. Anyway, the first four episodes were much better than I remembered them being. (I think my memory of the whole season is tainted by what it devolved into.) "Eye of the Beholder" and "The Letter" in particular were much better than I remember them as being. Ahhh, I missed this show.
*sigh* Back to the knee exercises. I've avoided them for a year; now is time to pay the proverbial piper, I suppose. Oh, and sit down and watch lots of due South, of course.
Speaking of which, the other day I watched through "Seeing Is Believing." I quite enjoyed all three episodes ("Mountie & Soul," "Bounty Hunter," SiB), although I think Thatcher is better when she expresses disgust-tinged-with-jealousy via a withering look and a roll of the eyes (see "Body Language") rather than via a dressing down of her junior officer while he's in his underwear. Other than that, I enjoyed the episode. I liked how the spectre of Victoria seemed to hang over the whole thing, and the plot was pretty good, too. It felt more like an episode from earlier seasons than the previous ones did; I feel like after this one, Fraser reverts somewhat to S1-S2 Fraser. Or else I just got used to the different Fraser. Who knows?
"Mountie and Soul" existed almost purely for the purpose of setting up Fraser using gang-speak at the end, and it doesn't disappoint in that aspect. Hee.
Liked SiB a lot, if only for the fact that it allowed Fraser, Ray, Thatcher and Welsh to interact as a group for most of the episode. Pretty cool. Rashomon did the concept better, but that's a given. The differing interpretations of the crime were sufficiently interesting, and putting the characters into the flashbacks first as, essentially, directors, then as the participants in the crime itself was a pretty neat little trick. Of course, the way that played out does make you wonder exactly how these people got to be police officers when they can't emotionally detach themselves from such a crime, but that's what suspension of disbelief is for, right?
The first disc of the sixth season of Northern Exposure also arrived yesterday. I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to watch any episodes past "Up River." I might watch through "The Quest" if only for the deleted scenes. Not sure. Anyway, the first four episodes were much better than I remembered them being. (I think my memory of the whole season is tainted by what it devolved into.) "Eye of the Beholder" and "The Letter" in particular were much better than I remember them as being. Ahhh, I missed this show.
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Date: 2007-03-15 02:42 pm (UTC)But, yes, knee braces are good for knees that tend to give out. That way you wouldn't ruffle your tux if the cane wasn't enough and you still fell on your butt. ;)
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