Pushing Daisies 2.2: "Circus Circus"
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icepixieI am back from my trip to Asheville. I took something on the order of 250 pictures, which I will put up...well, at the rate I'm going, it might be after I receive my PhD, but anyway. The Biltmore was spectacular, as was the mountain scenery, but let's just say that my fear of heights and the Blue Ridge Parkway do not exactly mesh, and the detour though twisty mountain roads even locals called "evil" we had to use because part of the BRP was closed was an exercise in terror I never plan to revist.
Anyway. Although I don't have time for pictures, I do have time for Pushing Daisies.
Bryan Fuller & Co.'s policy of suspense and mystery is utterly transparent and nonetheless utterly captivating. OMG WILL EMERSON FIND HIS DAUGHTER??? WILL CHUCK GET FOUND OUT BY HER AUNTS??? WILL OLIVE EVER COME BACK TO THE PIE HOLE AND WIND UP WITH ALFREDO HINT HINT??? STAY TUNED!!!
So many plotlines, so little time. This episode whizzed by in a flurry of lurid color and Burtony sets. I thoroughly approve. (Although...okay, I'm starting to wonder why they can't just let the aunts in on the secret of Chuck's life after death. They have no friends or relations besides her, and neither are the type to blab to the news media, so who are they going to tell? This may have been explained earlier and I just don't remember.)
- Those canaries are the tamest birds in the world.
- Ohhhh, and you had to go and make a scene with kindergarteners in butterfly wings and cute little birdies depressing, didn't you. Ow.
- "I was afraid my smile was going to vibrate the veneer off the cabinets." Hee! Second-best line of the episode.
- "What emotion?"/"All of them." Lady, I empathize.
- Dun dun dun! Emerson's issues rear their heads!
- OMG, the sound effects for the mime. Hee!
- Poisoned paint. Oh, my.
- Oof, that bed is literally a board. Ouch. Poor Olive.
- ZOMG! VIVIAN! (And Chuck takes a flying leap over the counter. Hee.)
- "...a ringing which only pie can muffle." Uh, Vivian, not to concern you, but you're sounding like a crack addict here. Sweet, sweet herbal crack.
- I might have annoyed my neighbors with my cackling at the fifteen dead clowns in a clown car bit. And also the part where there are multilevel clown bodies in the morgue. Clowns who were forming a union. Hee.
- *snort* Lily and her flasks. And her really, really awful attempt at lying.
- "Generally speaking I wouldn't even say you have a glass, you just have a wet ring on the coffee table where the glass used to be." Emerson, marry me. We see the world alike. (Best line of the ep!)
- DOOD, Chuck, ditch the plaid pants NOW.
- Awww, Emerson's so gentle and kind! Poor Emerson.
- Does the trapeze artist remind anyone of Orlando Bloom? Just the hair, really. But he's definitely Bloomish.
- "Love what's there. Love it. Love it." Emerson, I love you.
- Ned and Chuck's playacting is KIND OF CREEPING ME OUT for some reason. They need psychiatrists like nobody's business.
Speaking of PD, has anyone been able to see the episodes on the website? Because I've tried two different browsers, with popups both blocked and not, and it still keeps trying to contact ads.doubleclick.net or something like that, and it whirls its way into infinity. I've broken down and bought the last two episodes off of iTunes, but I was hoping to just watch them for free with the ads.
Anyway. Although I don't have time for pictures, I do have time for Pushing Daisies.
Bryan Fuller & Co.'s policy of suspense and mystery is utterly transparent and nonetheless utterly captivating. OMG WILL EMERSON FIND HIS DAUGHTER??? WILL CHUCK GET FOUND OUT BY HER AUNTS??? WILL OLIVE EVER COME BACK TO THE PIE HOLE AND WIND UP WITH ALFREDO HINT HINT??? STAY TUNED!!!
So many plotlines, so little time. This episode whizzed by in a flurry of lurid color and Burtony sets. I thoroughly approve. (Although...okay, I'm starting to wonder why they can't just let the aunts in on the secret of Chuck's life after death. They have no friends or relations besides her, and neither are the type to blab to the news media, so who are they going to tell? This may have been explained earlier and I just don't remember.)
- Those canaries are the tamest birds in the world.
- Ohhhh, and you had to go and make a scene with kindergarteners in butterfly wings and cute little birdies depressing, didn't you. Ow.
- "I was afraid my smile was going to vibrate the veneer off the cabinets." Hee! Second-best line of the episode.
- "What emotion?"/"All of them." Lady, I empathize.
- Dun dun dun! Emerson's issues rear their heads!
- OMG, the sound effects for the mime. Hee!
- Poisoned paint. Oh, my.
- Oof, that bed is literally a board. Ouch. Poor Olive.
- ZOMG! VIVIAN! (And Chuck takes a flying leap over the counter. Hee.)
- "...a ringing which only pie can muffle." Uh, Vivian, not to concern you, but you're sounding like a crack addict here. Sweet, sweet herbal crack.
- I might have annoyed my neighbors with my cackling at the fifteen dead clowns in a clown car bit. And also the part where there are multilevel clown bodies in the morgue. Clowns who were forming a union. Hee.
- *snort* Lily and her flasks. And her really, really awful attempt at lying.
- "Generally speaking I wouldn't even say you have a glass, you just have a wet ring on the coffee table where the glass used to be." Emerson, marry me. We see the world alike. (Best line of the ep!)
- DOOD, Chuck, ditch the plaid pants NOW.
- Awww, Emerson's so gentle and kind! Poor Emerson.
- Does the trapeze artist remind anyone of Orlando Bloom? Just the hair, really. But he's definitely Bloomish.
- "Love what's there. Love it. Love it." Emerson, I love you.
- Ned and Chuck's playacting is KIND OF CREEPING ME OUT for some reason. They need psychiatrists like nobody's business.
Speaking of PD, has anyone been able to see the episodes on the website? Because I've tried two different browsers, with popups both blocked and not, and it still keeps trying to contact ads.doubleclick.net or something like that, and it whirls its way into infinity. I've broken down and bought the last two episodes off of iTunes, but I was hoping to just watch them for free with the ads.
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Date: 2008-10-13 12:44 am (UTC)Yes, please! At least find some that fit better. I have seen plaid pants work, but those do not.
"Love what's there. Love it. Love it." Emerson, I love you.
Hee. Love it.
Ned and Chuck's playacting is KIND OF CREEPING ME OUT for some reason. They need psychiatrists like nobody's business.
YES.
I have been able to watch PD on the official website, but it 1) required a plugin, 2) seems to fail on Firefox upon returning from a commercial, and 3) is not user-friendly when it does play. You have to keep clicking after each commercial instead of it just returning to the show. I'm still trying to watch it that way, figuring it might help ratings/measuring interest, but it is a pain in the mikta.
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Date: 2008-10-13 11:02 pm (UTC)I don't think I can even imagine plaid pants that work outside of a pair of pajamas. But the high waist on these did not add, that's for sure.
I have been able to watch PD on the official website, but it 1) required a plugin, 2) seems to fail on Firefox upon returning from a commercial, and 3) is not user-friendly when it does play. You have to keep clicking after each commercial instead of it just returning to the show. I'm still trying to watch it that way, figuring it might help ratings/measuring interest, but it is a pain in the mikta.
Feh. I don't mind if it's not userfriendly, but I want to be able to use it! Argh. What plugin did you have to download? It's not prompting me with anything--just saying it's trying to contact the adserver with no success.