TV update - because that's what I've been doing

[rosiespark]

Am at home recovering from gastric flu and - joy! - watching lots of television.

Firefly - Finished the series yesterday, second time through. And went on to watch Serenity this evening - may I say how much more I appreciated it now that I have a good handle on the show. Ultimate test of just how far it got its claws into me - I cried. Good

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[brynnmck]

DUDE. I had the EXACT same experience over Christmas--I was watching dS with my family and I was getting SO FURIOUS that they weren't paying rapt attention! Hee. I think my mom liked it (she loved Vecchio--it was very cute); my dad, I don't think so much, for some reason. But yes. It is hard to watch things you irrationally love with people who might not feel the same way.

I also agree that I remember the early BSG episodes best. Because they were amazing and I watched them a lot. Heh. I was thinking the other day of the first time I saw KLG, and how freaking blown away I was. Amazing.

ETA that I'm sorry you're not feeling good! I hope you mend soon. *pets*

[rosiespark]

I don't get furious so much as withdraw like a poked snail. *g*

And yes, it's the irrationality of my huge, enormous (and probably dorky) love for dS that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to feel reasonable about it or to explain just why I adore it so much. It's very sad. OTOH, THANK GOD for having a fannish refuge of love here on lj. And thank YOU for making dS sound so intriguing that I just had to give it a try! ::smooshes you::

I will never forget the joy of watching the teaser to KLG Pt 1 - the music, the building of tension, the awful reveal that it's not actually Lee with Kara - just amazing.

PS Am feeling much better now. But the doctor has given me tomorrow off work too - yay, more tv!

[brynnmck]

I don't get furious so much as withdraw like a poked snail.

Awww. Well, yes. There was quite a lot of pouting on my end. And inward seething. Like a five-year-old, really. It was really INCREDIBLY sad, and I knew as I was doing it that it was utterly ridiculous, and yet! MY SHOW! *hugs it protectively*

And you're welcome--thank you VERY much for very obligingly loving my show, too! *beams at you and smooshes back*

Yay for you feeling better! Enjoy your time off! :)

[gobi_rex]

I used to be a Spike and JM fan, not so much anymore. I also totally failed to see the allure in that infamous clip.

Maybe it would be better to limit our joint watching to shows in which I have less of an emotionally investment.

I know! I've almost given up trying to pimp out shows I care about. On one hand, I really want to spread the glee. On the other hand, life is too short to get upset about other people's underwhelmed reactions. It's their loss anyway (right?).

Hee, one would think that negative opinions are the worst... well, they are, but I find it even harder to deal with people's "meh" reactions. I have to restrain myself from breaking out flow charts and essays and uhm, other supplementary materials. If I had my way, I would strap my victims people into a comfy chair, and pause every minute for "Did you get that? Pay attention! Why are your eyes wondering? This bit is going to be important! Let me explain why... What, why is your face turning blue

[sdwolfpup]

That is the reason I really can't pimp Due South to anyone at all: I'm so worried that they'll hate the show and I am waaaaaaay too emotionally attached to it to take that. I'm actually the same with Firefly, funnily enough.

[rosiespark]

I'm sooo glad it's not just me. *g* It's very frustrating though, seeing that I might very well be the only dS fangirl on the island...

[monsieureden]

I need to get the flu so I have another excuse to stay home all day and watch Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster...

[rosiespark]

The tv-watching is fair compensation for the icky side of things, which I won't go into detail about!*g*

Pretty icon, BTW. Makes me yearn to watch the LotR films again!

[monsieureden]

Yeah, I got to re-watching them over the holiday. :)

[msilverstar]

a crack fanfic. Which, since I'm not terribly emotionally invested in the show, is a Very Good Thing

I'm so with you on that!

And I think you were the one who convinced me to get Due South, and I can assure you, I watch with great pleasure and affection. As do my husband and teenboy! But I can't see the slash at all. I like the friendship very much, but it's just not slashy to me. Maybe when we get to Ray Kowalski?

[rosiespark]

I'm really happy to be the one who hooked you on dS! ::beams::

I don't find Ray Vechhio and Fraser all that slashy - though I can be convinced otherwise by a good enough writer. I'd recommend brynnmck's Negotiations and Love Songs, as long as you've seen the episode Red, White or Blue.

Kowalski and Fraser - that's a different story. :) So you haven't got to season 3 yet?

[glinda_north]

::pets poor sick you:: Hope you're good as new soon.

Ultimate test of just how far it got its claws into me - I cried.

Waaaaaasshhh! ::sob::

(But I did do a little dance of joy at your Firefly love *g* Yays!)

[rosiespark]

Am over the gastric thingy but spent most of Sunday defrosting the freezer - it hadn't been done for at least three years, and it was well on its way to becoming a solid block of ice with drawers and odd food items embedded in it - and am still completely worn out.

I do love Firefly, if not with an all-consuming irrational passion. *g* And I didn't cry when Wash died, it was Zoe being to strong and heroic afterwards that got me... Waaaah.

[glinda_north]

Ugh, defrosting the freezer is one of the worst chores ever--right up there with cleaning the oven. Every time I slog through it I swear I won't let it get so bad again. That has yet to happen. ;)

Zoe's strength really got to me too. She is, as they say, made of awesome.

[rosiespark]

Is your freezer moving house with you? Because if it isn't, you could just abandon it undefrosted - YAY!

An abandoned freezer, with its drawers hanging out... Hee.