2 posts tagged “shakespeare”
So I'm behind on TV, and the local lakes have frozen over and I want to go skating. The problem is this weekend is going to be so packed with shit to do. On top of that, I'm going to a fencing thing tomorrow, except that I might not have to go. The thing is my coach hasn't responded to my email nor the message I left on his home phone. I need to be at school at 6:50 am, so if it turns out I didn't need to be there I'll be so fucking angry. There are 4 girls going, so I figure I'll be needed to carry shit. I just really wish I knew if I HAD to be there. I really don't want to go... at all. I'm so behind on sleep and TV, and I have a ton of films I want to see before the Oscars in a few weeks.
Speaking of Oscar nominated films, I saw The Queen tonight. I was so intrigued by the royal family. In the US, we don't really hear much from or about the Queen. It was a great insight into British culture. I can't help wondering how much of that film was documented facts and how much was artistic license.
Last night my school had a Shakespeare festival, and I did a number of scenes with classmates. It was a ton of fun, and today I got a bunch of compliments, especially from my teacher. I dunno, it's weird for me to get complimented, it's so awkward. I kinda just act really shy. Dunno, it was a mad fun night though.
Lost 3.07 + Heroes discussion
Well, it was a good episode, but I didn't get that OMGAMAZING feeling. It's just...nothing happened. Lost has this way of tricking viewers into thinking we learn stuff, like Kate and Sawyer got off the island. Well, we knew they were getting off there. We also really knew Jack would do the surgery and Ben would live. Plus, Juliet impregnating male mice? That's just weird. Maybe she was doing male uterine implants? That whole thing was very hard for me to believe. Plus, her sister looked like she was undergoing chemotherapy, which if it was the case, she would be in no position to have a baby, the treatment would kill the fetus. Why is she sick and having a baby? Maybe she didn't have cancer and all of that was a side effect of her treatment. The sad thing is that these questions I have, which are valid, won't ever be answered. Lost only answers the big mysteries they create, not the little ones. Remember Walt? Well, no doubt his out of the picture, but there are boatloads of unanswered questions, like how he does what he does, why did the Others take him, etc. Speaking of the Others, what happened to the Others who took the two kids from the tail section? Also, is Locke of the the good ones? What does that mean? Most importantly, WHY THE FUCK HAVEN'T WE HEARD FROM PENELOPE AND WHAT WAS THE PURPLE SKY ABOUT? Sorry, but those two mysteries I thought needed to be resolved more than Jack, Kate, and Sawyer being taken. Also, I was kinda disappointed that Jack's interaction with Kate didn't have this underlying tension because of the Skate sex. I mean, I interpreted Jack wanting Kate off as a sign that he still cared, even though he was hurt. He was showing her that he was the better man. I also thought part of it was that he didn't want Kate near him. He knew that they were far from camp, and I thought Jack needed for her to be far away. But alas, their conversation was pretty much one dimensional.
Lately I've been on this Heroes is better than Lost kick. Which is weird, because I still call Heroes "Lost for dummies." I still think that, it has it's predictably elements, and I'm rarely shocked. Lost, on occasion, has really left me stunned. Take Eko being killed, or Penelope. Plus some Lost theories stem from 18th century philosophy, plus the characters' namesakes are the same philosophers. That adds a different angle and layer to the show. But in the past few weeks, I've put my interest in Heroes and not Lost, to the point where I was like "meh" about the show coming back. Heroes, in the first half of the season, has balanced the many characters and plot lines extraordinarily well. Rarely do I watch episodes and think "where the fuck is so-and-so." I also rarely think "There are way too many characters and things going on." I cannot stress the number of times I've thought those things during Lost's first season. Heroes found the formula. My problem with the show was twofold. First, I thought for a show about superheroes, it took itself way too seriously. You need to show some sort of WTF-nests when this situation arises. The second thing was that the plot was overwhelming the characters. We skipped the characters reacting to their powers, and we got more of a "oh...OK" reaction to finding out that they could do some crazy shit. Then, as if by magic, everything clicked, and all the problems were resolved. Now I find myself bearing Mohinder and Niki, and I've stopped worrying that the show is moving too quickly. Unlike Lost, it has a plan. We know that this is all heading towards the nuke at the end of the season, and they have to stop it. It really is a comic book, and I'm OK with that. I think more shows should learn to chapter their seasons, so we don't end up like Lost, dropping subplots all over the place. Every subplot on Heroes plays into this nuke plot, or if it doesn't, it plays into the characters' relationships, therefore feeding the series' plot as a whole. Now, I know that Heroes is young and Lost has developed some of these problems with age. Most of the problems with Lost started early into the first season. It had, maybe 5 or 6 amazing episodes to start, but then it just went downhill fast. It began to ignore characters and plots. We had massive gaps in between character appearances. We had bigger gaps between plot points. I mean, we originally had the monster in episode 1, and we still have no clue about what that is. Heroes, we have everything we need to know, but still have openings to introduce characters with powers and new characters who we later learn have powers, and we'll have more great disasters. Plus we'll have Sylar, who I don't see going anywhere anytime soon. Or maybe now.
OK, I saw Grey's Anatomy from yesterday. Reactions for 3.15
OK, it was a fantastic episode, but someone told me it would be better than last years Super Bowl extravaganza. Sorry, but I'm not sure anything can trump that. This was still very good and shocking and emotional. Seeing a pregnant woman crushed beyond recognition is just heart breaking. The ending was kinda like a shocker-but-not-shocker. Mer falls into a lake! OMG! SHE'S TOTALLY GOING TO DIE!!! Right. Oh well, two more parts, and knowing Grey's they'll just get better and better. They've reached their mid-season moment, and it will just rise and keep going from there. Though I always worry that after these intense arcs that the episodes that follow can't meet the impressive standards that the episodes before created. It happened right after the Super Bowl eps (yeah I know their titles, I'm just too lazy to write them out) and it happened with the last episode of the season and the beginning of this season. Oh well, I'm along for the ride, which is really how you need to take this show.
Since getting my Wii last week, I've gotten Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and I am hooked. I'm playing it hours a day, homework be damned! It's so captivating. I'm really pumped for some of the Nintendo staples to come out, like Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Brothers, and hopefully a Mario Party somewhere. I'm also ready to get the new SSX game when it comes out. I've been pretty bad at beating the games, but I hope to do that.
Randomly, can someone get that "WEEWOO, WEEWOO" sound out of my head from Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape" song? Please? I'll pay money.
What character in a book can you connect with or relate to the most?
Submitted by Eating A Book.
Don't ask me why, but I'm relating a lot to Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. OK, technically it's a play, but... Katherine seems to be just a very bitter character. She's independent and doesn't like to be what everyone wants her to be. She's OK with being vocal and not the quiet timid Bianca like gal. I don't want to be this ditzy bubbly girl to get boys or attention. I'm OK with being sarcastic and very bitter. My sister recently got upset with me because I acted "weird" around her friends, but why should she care? It wasn't like I was insulting her! It wasn't like the things I said had anything to do with her! She just doesn't want them thinking I'm weird. But why should she care what they think of ME?? Gah I hate sheep.
