I've got a bone to pick with a couple of my television shows:
They're not moving.
The story doesn't seem to really be going anywhere. It's just a lot of side story lines.
That's right, How I Met Your Mother. I'm talking to you.
Now, I haven't seen last night's episode yet, but this season has been within TWO DAYS. That's not an exaggeration. It's still the weekend of Barney and Robin's wedding, but each episode has only been a few hours later past the las episode. Nothing is happening. Nothing is moving the over arching story-line. At first it was no biggie. It was entertaining. Now, I'm just tired of waiting. That's why I haven't thrown a fit to see the last one yet.
And then there's Once Upon a Time, which hasn't been as bad, but... They're still on the island. They're still looking for Henry. They're still fighting among themselves.
The character's have moved on a bit.
I mean, they did find Neal/Bae. He wasn't dead, yay. Hook and Neal are now in a heated love triangle with Emma, and they're not hiding it. David got a fatal poison, then Hook helped him cure it, now he can never leave the island. Regina left the Charmings for Rumple to find Henry. Ariel's giving us some insight into Storybrook...
Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it. I just don't want the whole season to be about getting Henry back. There's no movement. We want Storybrook! I miss the Enchanted Forest, too.
Come on, shows. I love you for a reason. Give me some movement!
Alright. I avoided it as long as possible. I couldn't hold out.
I'm addicted to the Walking Dead.
Everyone who works at the optometrist office that I work at watches this show. They talked about it constantly. Honestly, I got sick of having all those conversations going over my head, so my roommate and I decided to start the show on Netflix...
It took us maybe two weeks to watch everything on Netflix, and considering we both go to school full-time, work almost full time at the office, and I have a job at the newscast on campus, this is quite a feat!
I'm now waiting a week to watch new episodes on Sunday like everyone else.
Netflix spoils you. You don't have to wait between episodes...it's just "Play Next Episode."
Anywho. Spoilers.
We're now waiting for Daryl, Michonne, Ty, and that alcoholic guy to return to the jail with the meds
from the vet college, and for Rick to return with the food and stuff from that neighborhood. No Carol since Rick exiled her for killing Ty's GF and that other guy like Simba and Pride Rock did to Kovu in Lion King 2.
Now, I haven't read the graphic novels, but I know the television show has taken certain artistic liberties with characters and events. It makes me wonder if the comic is the reason for Carol going loco. I thought her character was whiny and annoying, and that surely she was be killed off or receed into the background once they "found" Sophia. But no. She went crazy.
AND I think that little girl in Carol was molding to be able to take care of herself is CRAZY. Her little sister even said she ain't right in the head. Carol sent her into a cell with a knife, with a bunch of sick people that are more than likely going to die. How do we know she won't do like Carol and kill people before they die from the sickness?
Then there's Glen. Glen, my dear. He's been getting a tad on my nerves since the Governor went crazy on Maggie, but I still love him and he CAN NOT die.
But Daryl is my favorite. You know, I had a feeling when his character returned from hunting to fin out that is crazy brother was handcuffed to a rooftop in a zombie infested Atlanta that I would like him. Not that I liked him at the time, it took a while, but I had a feeling. You can kill Rick, Carol, Sasha, Ty, CARL, even Judith, but leave Daryl be!
And, I'm now counting down the days to Sunday like everyone else.
The shows are returning, and I barely know what to do with myself! I'd forgotten how difficult it was too keep up with so many shows, but somehow, I'm getting by just fine...
Anywhoo! Here's what's going on in all my shows. Recaps, theories, rage. But as always...
How I Met Your Mother
So, we're five episodes in, and they are moving painstakingly slow. The episodes are all taking place the weekend of Barney and Robin's wedding. They're at a hotel and each episode we get a countdown of how many hours until the wedding, but we're all waiting for it to happen already, right?
Lilly has met the future Mrs. Mosby on a train to the wedding, but after they get off the train, we don't see her again(in current time, at least). Lilly's miserable without Marshall and the baby(he's on route to the wedding in a Hummer with a stranger) and has not only resorted to Marshpillow again, but has hired one of the bartenders to make sure she never doesn't have a drink in her hand.
Ted is going through a crisis being at the wedding of one of his best friends and his other friend who he still has on and off feelings about. (Although, thankfully, they're not spending too much energy on his unrequited feelings.) I used to be soooo Team Ted & Robin (Tobin? Red?), but they've changed so much, I just want him to get over her. Which he could...if the writers would let him meet the mother already! They did have a little future scene between the two of them in which we see happy Ted with Wife, but still.
Barney knows about the awkward handholding between Ted and Robin in the rain, but after getting back at him by making him do lots of ridiculous "Best Man" jobs, replacing him with who Barney calls the Karate Kid, and an awkward handholding of their own, they're BFFs again.
We continue to watch and wait for the mother to enter the scene...
Once Upon a Time
Our heroes have tracked dear Henry to wonderland to rescue him from the evil Peter Pan.
(I don't get it either.)
Rumple has gone off on his own, deciding to find Henry his own way, but he seems to be going a little off track. He's seeing apparitions of Belle and having flashbacks due to a doll one of the lost boys gave him. Once again, we see the power of magic calling to him, and pushing him towards doing the wrong thing. Is it his cowardice? His obsession with power? I don't know, but without Belle around, he could be losing his humanity...again. He already killed Tamara.
Charming, Snow, Emma, Regina, and Captain Eyeliner, are trekking through the forest to find Pan. Peter is taunting Emma by showing up and providing "help" in the form of a map that will only show the way once Emma admits who she "truly is." After a pointless session of admitting to the empty parchment that she was the "savior," nothing happened, and Regina resorts to magic, placing a tracking spell of the parchment.
Of course the villainous Pan sees that coming, and makes it lead them into an ambush. Pan calls it a warning and peaces out. No one dies, but Charming gets scratched by an arrow flying by him, one laced with poison. Deadly poison.
After a tisk with mom and dad, Emma admits to Snow, and to herself, that she still feels like a lost abandoned orphan, even if she's found her parents....aaaand the map shows up. *tears from everyone*
Let's go! #savehenry
Glee
Where do I begin? First we have Klaine back together, and the big proposal, and Rachel got Fanny, and Beatles music everywhere...!
Then we have the tribute episode.
I am not lying when I say I sobbed through it. Those actors were not acting in this episode. They we mourning a friend and colleague as their characters were also mourning a friend.
Ryan Murphy told USA Today
"I've never seen a crew that can't continue shooting because they've left the room sobbing. It was very hard."
The sendoff was great. They didn't get into why, he died, but as Kurt said in the episode, they focused on how he lived.
If you're a fan and haven't watched it, do. It's worth the tears.
I dread the word. A hiatus is a thing all TV show fans hate, whether it be a week or two of no new episodes, or the break between one season and another. Regardless, they suck. And most of us have been right in the middle of a bunch right now. Luckily, the seasons will begin soon and we can get back to our shows.
These are some of the shows I'm looking forward to watching/blogging about and a little recap on what we saw last...
Sundays
Once Upon a Time - So, Henry had just be taken away by the evil humans into the portal in the water, everyone thinks Neil/Bae is dead, Rumple left Belle behind to find his grandson while keeping her and the town safe because he wants to BE A BETTER MAN and finally take care of his family, Captain Eyeliner, Evil Regal, and the Charmings climbed aboard the Jolly Roger to follow the evils to Neverland to take on Peter Pan. Oh, and I hear a little mermaid is making her way to Storybrook's shores...
Mondays
How I Met Your Mother - We know who the mother is now...or what she looks like at least. I'm not as interested in her story as I am in the gang getting into their usual shenanigans. And I truly find Barney and Robin's relationship wonderful and awkward.
Thursdays
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland *NEW* I don't even know what to say, but if Once Upon a Time is good, then I'm sure this spin off will be, too. Bring it on.
Glee - BLAINE HAD A RINGBOX BEHIND HIS BACK. It's the last thing we see. Seriously!? But there is the whole thing with the death of Cory Monteith. Terrible, terrible thing. I'm very curious how they are going to write that into the show. And the whole Demi Lovato joining the cast for a spin. We shall see, eh?
The Big Bang Theory - I love intelligent comedy. Let's see, we left off with Leonard leaving for a big science-y voyage again. Penny and Leonard are back together, Sheldon and Amy are...whatever they are. Oh! And Raj can talk to girls now. Let the hilarity ensue!
Then you have the shows that we still have a while to wait on.
Game of Thrones - March. Man, that show is so messed up. Pain, I'm telling you. We'll talk closer to premiere time...
Doctor Who - November...which I have to wait until after airing and watch it online later... JOHN HURT. What? I don't even understand where he's supposed to fit in the timeline. Clara...meh. I'm not a total fan of the show being all about the Companion since Moffat took over, but I can handle her a lot better than Amy... And I KNOW Matt Smith isn't quite done yet, but PETER CAPALDI.
Now, though I will admit, I had a few laughs, I believe this movie is vastly overrated.
It's a tale of a drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis, who gets roped into becoming a drug smuggler by his jerk boss. No choice. He happens upon the idea to bring together a fake family for him to travel with so him crossing the border from Mexico doesn't seem so suspicious. He and his "family," which is composed of a stripper, a runaway, and a sheltered kid that lives in his apartment building, get aboard a flashy RV and embark on a journey to bring drugs to America.
Mostly, it's what you'd expect it to be. The only thing that really surprised me was that they got to the drug keepers place and black fairly quickly. Kudos for that. The movie makers used the rest of the time to allow the family to get into all types of trouble.
*Spoiler Alert*
The Millers run into another family in the line to get back to America. It reminded me a lot of the movie RV, with Robin Williams, taking his family on a family vacation in an RV. Given, that storyline wasn't a part of a major drug smuggle, but a lot was similar. Characters: Man, woman, girl, boy, there was the other family in their RV that was almost obsessed with becoming friends, there was the RV mechanics issues that made the families have to stop overnight and be forced to bond. I guess you can't really come up with all that much new stuff for a movie set inside a moving vehicle.
Also, there was the issue of the drug dealer chasing the Millers, and the fact that the RV was STUFFED with drugs. Impossibly so. Then throw in the fact that Sudeikis's boss decides to give him a deadline to bring in the product.
The movie was entertaining, and I did laugh. But, like I said before, this movie has been vastly overrated. Everything has been done before (except maybe Jennifer Aniston's strip tease in the car shop) which made the movie pretty predictable. Now, Roberts and Anniston's characters--playing mom and sister-- were teaching Poulter's character--playing brother-- how to kiss, was new, however, them getting caught? Predictable.
I did like "Nawmsayin," a.k.a. Scotty P. He was ridiculous.
So all in all, I liked the movie, but it was nothing special.
And that's my take on We're the Millers: funny, but not hilarious.
Your opinion? Let's chat: Comment! ~Tonico
That's right, How I Met Your Mother. I'm talking to you.
They're still on the island. They're still looking for Henry. They're still fighting among themselves.
