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rowdycamels being a TV addiction crack fairy = I think I might possibly be hooked on Bones.
Crap.
Aren't they on, like, season four or five now? Oh, dear. (Since it's on Fox, and it doesn't suck, that's rather amazing.)
3 papers + 4 weeks left in the semester + 2 exams + 4 seasons of Bones = MY HEAD ASPLODE.
Maybe it'll go downhill from the pilot and I can stop watching? Or maybe I'll just catch up over Christmas break. Or work out some method whereby I really truly limit myself to one every week. (I really, really don't have time for more than that. Oh dear god.)
(Re: impressions of the pilot: fairly heavy-handed exposition and point-making, but not terrible for a pilot; Brennan/Bones/Temperance/whatever she actually goes by is even more socially awkward than I am, which is comforting and horrifying at the same time; I'm kind of shocked that David Borwhatshisname isn't imitating a plank of wood; I'm glad they got the Mulder/Scully ref out of the way in the first five minutes, because...yeah; their FBI boss is bald, just like Skin-man!; the music is annoying; they gots cool electronic goodies at the Jeffersonian Institute of Whatever It Is (can you tell how much I was paying attention to detail?); I thought the bone lackeys were funny, but they seemed a bit scripted (maybe it's the pilotness of it); ZOMG BLATANT UST LIEK WHOA.)
P.S. Ellen, I hate you.
rowdycamels being a TV addiction crack fairy = I think I might possibly be hooked on Bones.Crap.
Aren't they on, like, season four or five now? Oh, dear. (Since it's on Fox, and it doesn't suck, that's rather amazing.)
3 papers + 4 weeks left in the semester + 2 exams + 4 seasons of Bones = MY HEAD ASPLODE.
Maybe it'll go downhill from the pilot and I can stop watching? Or maybe I'll just catch up over Christmas break. Or work out some method whereby I really truly limit myself to one every week. (I really, really don't have time for more than that. Oh dear god.)
(Re: impressions of the pilot: fairly heavy-handed exposition and point-making, but not terrible for a pilot; Brennan/Bones/Temperance/whatever she actually goes by is even more socially awkward than I am, which is comforting and horrifying at the same time; I'm kind of shocked that David Borwhatshisname isn't imitating a plank of wood; I'm glad they got the Mulder/Scully ref out of the way in the first five minutes, because...yeah; their FBI boss is bald, just like Skin-man!; the music is annoying; they gots cool electronic goodies at the Jeffersonian Institute of Whatever It Is (can you tell how much I was paying attention to detail?); I thought the bone lackeys were funny, but they seemed a bit scripted (maybe it's the pilotness of it); ZOMG BLATANT UST LIEK WHOA.)
P.S. Ellen, I hate you.
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Date: 2008-11-03 05:02 am (UTC)But don't worry! Hulu only has the first season complete - they've got a smattering of newer episodes, but after the first season finale, you'll want to go in order because an arc opens up. (This is what just happened to me this morning, arg!) So really you've only got one season to torture yourself with?
Maybe it'll go downhill from the pilot and I can stop watching?
Season 1 has pretty consistent quality. A few episodes were bad, but there were more than enough delightful ones to balance them out.
fairly heavy-handed exposition and point-making, but not terrible for a pilot
Yeah, it's anvillicious at times, but it's just so cute in the process!
Brennan/Bones/Temperance/whatever she actually goes by is even more socially awkward than I am, which is comforting and horrifying at the same time
The Awkward is one of the key reasons for my love. Unrealistic at times (EVERYONE UNDER EVERY ROCK HAS HEARD OF MULDER AND SCULLY ESPECIALLY FORENSIC NOVELISTS!!!), but lovable nonetheless.
I'm kind of shocked that David Borwhatshisname isn't imitating a plank of wood
I know!! He grew acting skills since Buffy! Who knew??
I thought the bone lackeys were funny, but they seemed a bit scripted (maybe it's the pilotness of it);
they do improve.
ZOMG BLATANT UST LIEK WHOA
OMG YES AND IT ONLY GETS BETTER!!1!
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Date: 2008-11-03 09:34 pm (UTC)Foolish person. This type of situation was what Netflix was invented for!
Season 1 has pretty consistent quality. A few episodes were bad, but there were more than enough delightful ones to balance them out.
Oy vey.
Yeah, it's anvillicious at times, but it's just so cute in the process!
Except for when it's lame...
The Awkward is one of the key reasons for my love.
Indeed. I feel a little too close to Brennan at the moment.
Unrealistic at times (EVERYONE UNDER EVERY ROCK HAS HEARD OF MULDER AND SCULLY ESPECIALLY FORENSIC NOVELISTS!!!)
For reals.
I know!! He grew acting skills since Buffy! Who knew??
Amaaaaazing!
they do improve.
Yay.
OMG YES AND IT ONLY GETS BETTER!!1!
EEEEEEK.
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Date: 2008-11-04 04:01 am (UTC)coughcough my first dvd arrives tomorrow cough...
But at least with Netflix, you can only blow through three or four episodes and then you've gotta stop and wait days for new dvds. It limits the insanity just a little.
Ummmm... I'm trying to talk myself out of getting a Kathy Reichs book when I stop by the library this weekend...
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Date: 2008-11-04 07:38 pm (UTC)Hee. I have half of S1 to go and then I can put it on my queue...
But at least with Netflix, you can only blow through three or four episodes and then you've gotta stop and wait days for new dvds. It limits the insanity just a little.
True, true...
Ummmm... I'm trying to talk myself out of getting a Kathy Reichs book when I stop by the library this weekend...
I hear basically the only thing it shares with the show is Brennan's name and occupation. I think I would find that disappointing, unless it's really good in a vastly different way...