To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Heh heh heh. I watched dS's "Hunting Season" tonight. Poor Fraser, having his Luke and Leia moment there. Although at least this show doesn't go straight for the ick in that kind of situation, unlike others I could name. *looks at Carnivale* *shudders*

Eee, Jessica Steen. So awesome. I really wonder why she hasn't had more visible roles over her career; she's been excellent in everything I've seen her in.

For some reason, after this episode, I kind of want to ship Meg/Turnbull. I'm going to hell, aren't I?

(Turnbull, along with Dief, may end up becoming my favorite character. I just...the apron! The duster! The pomposity coupled with the complete idiocy! Dean McDermott is hilarious.)

Jealous Meg was pretty funny, too. Although one nitpick...why didn't she run after Maggie, instead of insisting Fraser do it? I assume she's had the same training... (Oh, wait, I know: everyone moves at the speed of plot. Right. Shutting up now.)

Speaking of Carnivale, I finished the second season a couple days ago. I'm still trying to figure out whether I'm more annoyed at or resigned to everything that went on in the second half of that season.

I'm never watching another episode of Carnivale in the dark again. Little did I know that 2x03 and 2x04 were two of the creepiest episodes of the show so far. Before, the show was along the lines of "Ho-hum, freaks in the desert." These episodes, the guest stars were more like, "freaks in the desert who will kill you." Big difference.

Also, in a feat I didn't think was possible to accomplish, Justin managed to get exponentially creepier in these two episodes. Well, I suppose it's a combination of increased creepiness and revoltingness. It's the difference between "omgcreepy, but kind of in a way I love to hate" and "omgcreepy I don't CARE if I miss something important to the plot arc, I want you off my screen RIGHT NOW." Whatever; I will never look at a glass of milk without shuddering again.

Still moving at a glacial pace on the plot arc. This show could convey the same amount of information it takes twelve episodes to do in, oh, two. Not even joking. Foreshadowing is nice; I have no problem with it. I have problems with the camera slooooowly panning around a scene and focusing on random things that will not ever be seen again and which serve no purpose. Also, whole episodes that do nohting but rehash plot points. Oy with the poodles already. You could watch every other episode and still be up to speed on necessary info. I feel like I'm reading Dickens.

Then again, it is pretty. So, so pretty. So I keep watching, mainly for the pretty, pretty Depression-era set dressing and sepia lighting and awesome, awesome scene transitions and framing and various camerawork and etc. etc. etc. It's a pretty show. I'm also stubbornly determined to be there if they ever give out answers. The plot arc would be totally cool, if they'd ever get started on it.

One nice thing was the vague intimations of Ben/Sofie shippiness at the end of 2x04. Ben is still dumb as a box of hair, but he does seem to have gained a few IQ points over the season break. Sofie is less of a surly teenager with an attitude problem (albeit a fairly justified one) and more of a sympathetic character. I like them together, possibly because they're the only two people on the show who aren't having sex with each other. (...Yet. Surely it's only a matter of time.)

Er. I hope that was all vague enough not to spoil anyone who hasn't made it this far.

Hmph. Get me home, and I hardly update at all. (Although I haven't been doing too well over the last month or two, really, I suppose.) Mundane RL things: Um, actually, there's really just one, and it's how very nice it is not to be sleeping in a cement hammock anymore. It still feels strange not to have a giant hole in the middle of my bed, but believe me, I'm definitely getting used to it.

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I watched the BSG rerun on Skiffy last night, one called "Flesh and Bone." ( A few general comments, not really related to the ep but more to the show in general )

I just realized from a visit to TWoP that season one was only thirteen episodes long. Or they only have thirteen episodes recapped, anyway. Hooray, my chances of catching up on all of them (well, if they quit with the nausea-inducing camera work) at some point this summer just doubled!

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I also rented the first two episodes of Carnivále on DVD from Blockbuster. ( Babble )

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And I watched "Before I Sleep" on a much larger screen than the last time, which was lovely. I think I might finally be getting back into Atlantis after not even bothering to read fic, much less write it or make icons or anything, for months now, so yay! I should do something about those Vorkosiverse crossover and McKay babysitting fics...

That is, when I finish the nine thousand books I got from the library today...absolutely none of which have anything to do with my comps. Oops. I need to order them off Amazon sometime soon, so I can mark 'em up and remember what they're about come March and the Giant Test O' Horrible.