The blaze of glory goes up in flames.
Last night's episode of the OC, not one of my favorites. Wasn't terrible, wasn't the best--was like most of the episodes this season, just in the middle. A few choice thoughts, I was actually fairly funny this week, so if anything, read this:
-Julie Cooper is the best thing this show's got. First of all, she looked great in last night's episode and secondly, she's got the only semi-decent storyline, albeit a very predictable one [see this entry: psychic]. I enjoyed the part where Lance was about to get it on with a hooker to the Scorpions' Rock you like a Hurricane. Classy.
-Was it weird that Sandy watched her porn tape? I mean, he didn't really have to--but I guess he's a guy. And Julie called him Sanford. Awesome.
-I liked that Seth and Ryan were commenting on how the show sucks this season. Touche, Josh, touche.
-Julie also tried to get Marissa to move home or something. I don't know why she'd want her, Marissa is a selfish brat who really contributes nothing to the Cooper-Nichol household besides a party flask that was probably stolen.
-I'm Kirsten Cohen and I'm ridiculously lame. That's what she should have tattooed on her head. She's totally into this Carter guy or whatever, and who can blame her because Sandy was being a douche with the whole Rebecca deal and Billy Campbell is very good looking, but still. Carter is a douche. "Hey, look at me, I'm drinking in my apartment, in a Husker Du t-shirt, listening to 'Debaser.'" Come on. He prattled on about his wedding anniversary and how sorry everyone should feel for him because he's become everything he never wanted to be. Oh, I'm so sad for you. You don't have a porn tape about to go on the internet. And then they created this whole, he used to be a revolutionary figure in the liberal magazine world, taking pictures of 'loveable losers.' That's great that he's Sandy's idol and all, but when was this, when he was 12? I mean, Sandy could've read the magazine when he was in his last year at Boalt, conceivably at 25-26 years of age, or a little older because he did live in Berkeley until Seth was four (we'll ignore the fact that Nana said Sandy left for Berkeley at age 16), and there's no way Carter is the same age as Sandy, no way. Not with that face.
I guess I'm just pissed that they didn't use my favorite Pixies song. So I'll hold it against you forever, Carter.
-When did Seth become such a girl? He was obsessed with returning to the status quo, that it was ridonkulous. Really, enough. Just because you're back with Summer does not mean that everything can be/should be the same with Ryan and Marissa. He was whiny and lame and I found myself hating him in this episode, and I do not hate Seth Cohen. I wanted to hit him. And he practically made out with Captain Oats which was a little unnerving. Seth's track jacket was cute though.
-Seth calling Marissa, "Coop." Okay, why you frontin'? You're not Summer! This is really disturbing to me. First he wants everything to go back to the way they were, in a really obsessive compulsive way. Now, I think he likes Summer so much that he wants to become her! First it's "Coop," next it's dressing up in a Wonder Woman outfit and dating a water polo player. That's just weird, man.
-Not nearly enough Summer in this episode, but she mentioned metaphors and figures of speeches too often anyway so maybe it was for the best.
-Marissa, now not a lesbian. Well, thank you sweeps period for making Marissa like girls, but now that we're into March, it's back to liking boys. What a ho, I mean, Alex gave her the best three weeks of her life. Poor, lonely, bitter, drunk Alex. At least she's got her looks going for her. But now she's moving home to go back to school. Lo siento. Her life was better pre-Marissa, and I think we can actually all share that same sentiment.
-Alex getting advice from Seth, and Seth spilling the beans about the tent! Douche bag. I told you, he's turning into a woman--what guy dishes about his best friend/brother like that? Woman!
-Ryan and Marissa have even less chemistry than before. When they were planning the bonfire at the apartment, it was like, why do we want these two together? Oh, because they have nothing else to do...right--I forgot. And a little overkill on the whole 10,000 beer bottles littered around the apartment. We get it, they drink.
-I did like the scenes where Alex was all hardcore on Ryan, throwing a beer can at his head. If only it hadn't missed--think about it. He gets hit in the head, goes into a coma. Wakes up, somehow can't speak, and just continuously broods. Best ever. Think of the endless possibilities. Or, they should've let her beat him up. The guys she brought to the bonfire were skeezy, and I'm glad they used the word to describe them as such.
-Trojan horse. Who the hell has a pep rally/bonfire? I mean, think about the liability the school has to face with the gasoline and the embers and the public rallying. I'm glad Captain Oats was the model for it, but the whole thing really didn't make any sense at all. I really wanted an effigy of Seth on Captain Oats while it went up in flames. My friend Steven pointed out that the Trojan Horse, the symbol of the Greeks' complete surprise devastation of Troy, represented the fact that Julie Cooper got Ryan to break up Alex and Marissa and bring her home (and smack some sense into her)--her surprise attack on Marissa. See! She got Marissa to concede. This is why Steven is the smartest kid I know.
-Carter, seeing his magazine decides to go back to work. Yep, still don't care.
Remember Spring Break Shark Attack airs Sunday night. Can't wait to miss that one. I'm sorry, but I've just been hearing bits of the dialogue, and I just can't watch it. But here's some pictures of appearances, including Shannon Lucio on TRL promoting it. Also under the cut, Mischa and Rachel (they both look soooo cute) at Marc Jacobs opening, Samaire filming "Just My Luck" with La Lohan, Ben hosting a party at Prive, Rachel hosting a party at Mansion, Olivia Wilde at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Rebecca Beeson show
Shannon on TRL
Olivia at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Samaire in New York filming "Just My Luck"
Marc Jacobs (Mischa with sister, Hania in one of the pictures)
Rachel hosts party at a mansion, or at "Mansion" I really don't know
Peter, Bret Harrison, Jaime King, Ben, Rachel, Adam
Ben + shaggy friend
Ben hosts party at Prive
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Mischa and Adam will be presenters at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, airing on April 2nd.
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Music from last night's episode:
"Meantime" by The Futureheads
"What I'm Looking For" by Brendan Benson (somehow I knew they were going to be playing him this season, but I thought they were going to play the song I'm obsessed with--Alternative to Love)
"Debaser" by Pixies
"Frequency" by Feeder
"Rock You Like A Hurricane" by Scorpions
"AFK" by Pinback
"Snakes of Hawaii" by Army Navy
"A Smile That Explodes" by Joseph Arthur
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Linda Lavin aka the Nana will be reprising her role in an upcoming episode. Apparently, her cancer is in remission and she's getting married! "Say what?" so says Sandy, and he and the gang go to South Beach to find out what the eff is going on.
Also appearing on that episode is Jaime King, you know her from her model days and as a nurse in Pearl Harbor, or maybe more notably as Kid Rock's ex. She and Seth are involved in some type of MTV-like "Grind" show. I miss that Eric Nies.
And for those of you who have read that Demi Moore is going to be on THE OC, that rumor has been denied along with the rumor that she's pregnant by Ashton Kutcher. But not necessarily in that order.
Next week on the OC: The Brothers Grimm
Lance gets served by Caleb and goons. Awesome. Ryan's brother Trey (remember him? Actually you won't because he's being played by a different actor now) is released from jail, and he causes trouble, Chino style. Zach Attack is back (TV gods, please let him hit Seth). Julie figures out that Kirsten has a crush on Carter. Kirsten and Carter, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes hooking up on his desk, then comes hiding out at the Mermaid Inn, then comes Sandy finding out and divorcing Kirsten's sorry ass. And scene.
-Julie Cooper is the best thing this show's got. First of all, she looked great in last night's episode and secondly, she's got the only semi-decent storyline, albeit a very predictable one [see this entry: psychic]. I enjoyed the part where Lance was about to get it on with a hooker to the Scorpions' Rock you like a Hurricane. Classy.
-Was it weird that Sandy watched her porn tape? I mean, he didn't really have to--but I guess he's a guy. And Julie called him Sanford. Awesome.
-I liked that Seth and Ryan were commenting on how the show sucks this season. Touche, Josh, touche.
-Julie also tried to get Marissa to move home or something. I don't know why she'd want her, Marissa is a selfish brat who really contributes nothing to the Cooper-Nichol household besides a party flask that was probably stolen.
-I'm Kirsten Cohen and I'm ridiculously lame. That's what she should have tattooed on her head. She's totally into this Carter guy or whatever, and who can blame her because Sandy was being a douche with the whole Rebecca deal and Billy Campbell is very good looking, but still. Carter is a douche. "Hey, look at me, I'm drinking in my apartment, in a Husker Du t-shirt, listening to 'Debaser.'" Come on. He prattled on about his wedding anniversary and how sorry everyone should feel for him because he's become everything he never wanted to be. Oh, I'm so sad for you. You don't have a porn tape about to go on the internet. And then they created this whole, he used to be a revolutionary figure in the liberal magazine world, taking pictures of 'loveable losers.' That's great that he's Sandy's idol and all, but when was this, when he was 12? I mean, Sandy could've read the magazine when he was in his last year at Boalt, conceivably at 25-26 years of age, or a little older because he did live in Berkeley until Seth was four (we'll ignore the fact that Nana said Sandy left for Berkeley at age 16), and there's no way Carter is the same age as Sandy, no way. Not with that face.
I guess I'm just pissed that they didn't use my favorite Pixies song. So I'll hold it against you forever, Carter.
-When did Seth become such a girl? He was obsessed with returning to the status quo, that it was ridonkulous. Really, enough. Just because you're back with Summer does not mean that everything can be/should be the same with Ryan and Marissa. He was whiny and lame and I found myself hating him in this episode, and I do not hate Seth Cohen. I wanted to hit him. And he practically made out with Captain Oats which was a little unnerving. Seth's track jacket was cute though.
-Seth calling Marissa, "Coop." Okay, why you frontin'? You're not Summer! This is really disturbing to me. First he wants everything to go back to the way they were, in a really obsessive compulsive way. Now, I think he likes Summer so much that he wants to become her! First it's "Coop," next it's dressing up in a Wonder Woman outfit and dating a water polo player. That's just weird, man.
-Not nearly enough Summer in this episode, but she mentioned metaphors and figures of speeches too often anyway so maybe it was for the best.
-Marissa, now not a lesbian. Well, thank you sweeps period for making Marissa like girls, but now that we're into March, it's back to liking boys. What a ho, I mean, Alex gave her the best three weeks of her life. Poor, lonely, bitter, drunk Alex. At least she's got her looks going for her. But now she's moving home to go back to school. Lo siento. Her life was better pre-Marissa, and I think we can actually all share that same sentiment.
-Alex getting advice from Seth, and Seth spilling the beans about the tent! Douche bag. I told you, he's turning into a woman--what guy dishes about his best friend/brother like that? Woman!
-Ryan and Marissa have even less chemistry than before. When they were planning the bonfire at the apartment, it was like, why do we want these two together? Oh, because they have nothing else to do...right--I forgot. And a little overkill on the whole 10,000 beer bottles littered around the apartment. We get it, they drink.
-I did like the scenes where Alex was all hardcore on Ryan, throwing a beer can at his head. If only it hadn't missed--think about it. He gets hit in the head, goes into a coma. Wakes up, somehow can't speak, and just continuously broods. Best ever. Think of the endless possibilities. Or, they should've let her beat him up. The guys she brought to the bonfire were skeezy, and I'm glad they used the word to describe them as such.
-Trojan horse. Who the hell has a pep rally/bonfire? I mean, think about the liability the school has to face with the gasoline and the embers and the public rallying. I'm glad Captain Oats was the model for it, but the whole thing really didn't make any sense at all. I really wanted an effigy of Seth on Captain Oats while it went up in flames. My friend Steven pointed out that the Trojan Horse, the symbol of the Greeks' complete surprise devastation of Troy, represented the fact that Julie Cooper got Ryan to break up Alex and Marissa and bring her home (and smack some sense into her)--her surprise attack on Marissa. See! She got Marissa to concede. This is why Steven is the smartest kid I know.
-Carter, seeing his magazine decides to go back to work. Yep, still don't care.
Remember Spring Break Shark Attack airs Sunday night. Can't wait to miss that one. I'm sorry, but I've just been hearing bits of the dialogue, and I just can't watch it. But here's some pictures of appearances, including Shannon Lucio on TRL promoting it. Also under the cut, Mischa and Rachel (they both look soooo cute) at Marc Jacobs opening, Samaire filming "Just My Luck" with La Lohan, Ben hosting a party at Prive, Rachel hosting a party at Mansion, Olivia Wilde at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Rebecca Beeson show
Shannon on TRL
Olivia at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Samaire in New York filming "Just My Luck"
Marc Jacobs (Mischa with sister, Hania in one of the pictures)
Rachel hosts party at a mansion, or at "Mansion" I really don't know
Peter, Bret Harrison, Jaime King, Ben, Rachel, Adam
Ben + shaggy friend
Ben hosts party at Prive
---
Mischa and Adam will be presenters at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, airing on April 2nd.
---
Music from last night's episode:
"Meantime" by The Futureheads
"What I'm Looking For" by Brendan Benson (somehow I knew they were going to be playing him this season, but I thought they were going to play the song I'm obsessed with--Alternative to Love)
"Debaser" by Pixies
"Frequency" by Feeder
"Rock You Like A Hurricane" by Scorpions
"AFK" by Pinback
"Snakes of Hawaii" by Army Navy
"A Smile That Explodes" by Joseph Arthur
---
Linda Lavin aka the Nana will be reprising her role in an upcoming episode. Apparently, her cancer is in remission and she's getting married! "Say what?" so says Sandy, and he and the gang go to South Beach to find out what the eff is going on.
Also appearing on that episode is Jaime King, you know her from her model days and as a nurse in Pearl Harbor, or maybe more notably as Kid Rock's ex. She and Seth are involved in some type of MTV-like "Grind" show. I miss that Eric Nies.
And for those of you who have read that Demi Moore is going to be on THE OC, that rumor has been denied along with the rumor that she's pregnant by Ashton Kutcher. But not necessarily in that order.
Next week on the OC: The Brothers Grimm
Lance gets served by Caleb and goons. Awesome. Ryan's brother Trey (remember him? Actually you won't because he's being played by a different actor now) is released from jail, and he causes trouble, Chino style. Zach Attack is back (TV gods, please let him hit Seth). Julie figures out that Kirsten has a crush on Carter. Kirsten and Carter, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes hooking up on his desk, then comes hiding out at the Mermaid Inn, then comes Sandy finding out and divorcing Kirsten's sorry ass. And scene.