Now I have ABBA stuck in my head

[shah_of_blah]

Weekly TV!

Dexter: I have so much love for this show.  I really do.  I am totally digging Lumen too.  She's awesome.  I want more of her.  And I want to give her a hug (except not, because she wouldn't welcome it).  I am just so thrilled that this season has given us four new characters (Lumen, Sierra, the nanny, and the IA guy), three of whom (the most important three, too) are women.  

I also love Deb being good at her job.  Remember when she was always turning to her brother in the first season, desperate to get out of Vice?  Look how far she has come!

And oh Angel, it's not that I'm without sympathy, but why do men do this?  Seriously.  Ah well.  I still love you, even if you're an idiot and Maria has every right to be mad at you.

Chuck: Oh, this episode made me happy.  This week and last week have been markedly better than previous episodes.  That Aisle of Terror sequence?  Brilliant.  The entire thing after Chuck got gassed was awesome, actually.  I adored the little moment where he was freaking out and Sarah was helping him walk out of there.  Aw, so cute.  

Glee: I am maybe possibly almost over this show.  I dunno.  The stuff with Schuester was dumb.  Oh William, why is Sue Sylvester such a better educator than you?  BUT I greatly enjoyed the kids' performances from Rocky Horror, especially Mercedes's "Sweet Transvestite" (also because that's my favorite song from the show) although there is the weird and nonsensical omission of "transsexual" (replaced with "sinsational").  Which hints at some very unfortunate transphobia, especially odd since they used the word "tranny" earlier (which is actually offensive).  And all this is doubly strange because Frank N. Furter is not transgender.  So anyway.  Glee manages to offend somebody with almost every episode.

Oh, but the big surprise of the night: how much I enjoyed Emma's rendition of Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me, minus Schue.

Community: SO FREAKING EPIC.  OH MY GOD.  I loved it from the moment Troy walked in with his Ripley costume and even though I thought Alien was boring and have only seen part of Aliens, I was like "OH MY GOD TROY IS IN A RIPLEY COSTUME!"  And then the epic didn't stop! Chang as the racism detector!  I thought Shirley was the fairy godmother, but I can definitely see the Glinda angle.  Shirley can do better than Chang though.  Anyway.  Troy and Abed stole the show though.  "I love you."  "I know."  AHHHHH MY HEART MELTED OMG NERDS!  This episode, you guys.  I just watched it and I cannot stop grinning.  IT WAS SO GOOD.  I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.  

Although I do have "Gimme a Man After Midnight" stuck in my head.  Thanks Dean Pelton.

Comments

[softly-me.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I dunno about taking 'transsexual' out of the song. Obviously, it reaks of transphobia, but I just assume that they had no choice. FOX wouldn't have it. Plus, Sue said she was editing the script. So, it makes sense. I loved having Mercedes play the part though. At the showings I go to, the woman who does Frankenfurter looks kinda like Mercedes. So, that made me smile.

Community was perfect! Troy and Abed forever! And Jeff is just as cool and bored as a zombie.

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wondered if they had meant it as a deliberate jab at censorship (Sue's edits and such) except they didn't really make anything of it. I dunno. It was just weird, especially since they left in the "tranny" line. But Mercedes was so fantastic in the song. I wanted more of her Frank!

I am still all ridiculously happy over Community. I want to watch it again even though it's only been like 12 hours since the last time.

[entaiaime.livejournal.com]

Dude! I totally agree with you. Community rocked my face off last night! So many good lines. I loved it when Abed said, "I hate to be the 'We got company' guy but..." OH and ABBA was so freaking perfect. I loved Shirley "Miss Piggie/Glenda the Good Witch."

I was laughing so hard when Troy put on the Ripley costume and tried to make it through the hoard of zombies and his costume was trashed in seconds. Then he started saying, "I don't know why I thought this would work. Get off, you're so strong! Stop using your mouth!"

Hilarious. Yay for Nerds!

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

The whole thing was perfect! Oh my god, the Ripley scene--"Get off, you're so strong!" I'm cracking up just thinking about it. Also, the cat? I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

Chuck has been awesome lately! That's it!:D

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Very awesome!

[ivanolix.livejournal.com]

Troy and Abed stole the show though. "I love you." "I know."

This makes me so gleeful it's not funny. <3 I don't know why, it just did

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

That moment was just brilliant.

[somethingusual.livejournal.com]

I had very similar feelings about that episode of Glee. I oddly loves Emma's song but the rest was sort of meh. Will is really starting to annoy me. He was so awesome is season 1, why is he terrible now?

Also Dexter is so awesome. I really hope we get to see more of Lumen. And Deb, she's my favourite character. She's so funny/endearing.

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Someone told me that Glee has, like, three different head writers and I think they each have different perceptions of the characters or something...maybe that would explain this weird kind of schizophrenia or like multiple personalities or whatever.

And a big yes to seeing more of Lumen. Also, Deb is my favorite character too. :)