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Jan 15, 2009 20:48

What the muffin is up with this episode of 30 Rock? Not feeling it AT ALL.

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lz1982 January 16 2009, 03:22:31 UTC
I was into it, except for Salma Hayek. I didn't hate her, and the plotline was fine, but I thought it would have been funnier with a more interesting character.

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western_skies January 16 2009, 03:25:38 UTC
maybe I just wasn't in the right mood tonight? Ah well, I'll give it another shot when it goes online tomorrow. But yeah, I pretty much thought Hayek...sucked. I liked her last ep, but this one? No.

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lz1982 January 16 2009, 03:36:39 UTC
I'm not really getting the chemistry between her and Baldwin, and not in a "Jack and Liz are my OTP and I can't see them with anyone else" kinda way. Also, her comic timing, it is, how do you say, not good.

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western_skies January 16 2009, 03:42:44 UTC
Oh, I know. I think when Hamm is on, I will be shipping him and Liz pretty hardcore. And I feel like, with Hayek, they really sacrificed comedic excellence for a "star". Boo.

Although, do you notice Jack's choices keep getting lower and lower on the "class" scale? By the end of the series, he'll have dated women far below his status, Liz will become a step up. Um.

Ok, yes, I do pretty much come back to shipping them in the end.

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postal152 January 16 2009, 03:42:21 UTC
Yyyeah, I'm not feeling Hayek. I thought she was okay last episode, I didn't even hate even kind of liked her and Jack's storyline (she made him all giddy and happy and cute, aw) but this time around she irritated me. And all I could think about was, "Ack, I would be so excited at the parallels between her and Liz if Tina wasn't so emphatic about Liz and Jack never getting together." Seriously, though, Hayek's character being in a different 'class,' while Liz's storyline involves trying to prove how much in that class she is?

And where were Frank and Toofer? D:

Anyways. We'll have to wait and see about next episode. *crosses fingers*

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western_skies January 16 2009, 03:45:28 UTC
See above comment to lz1982 about the class thing. :D

I've heard The Powers That Be are trying to push the show away from its "Show within a show" format, which necessitated the removal of some key plays, so the writers roles will now be tiny or nonexistent, I guess. :(

I'M SO EXCITED FOR NEXT EP. :)

Tonight's just really didn't hit me right. The pacing was off, and it felt like there was a different director or different writers, imo.

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postal152 January 16 2009, 03:54:24 UTC
Aww, really? Do you know why they're doing that? It's odd, I thought I would want a "Jack and Liz Show," but I really love the minor characters. That's too bad. :(

YAY, ME TOO! :D

Yeah, like one of you or both of you said up there, I was unimpressed with Hayek's timing, but it did feel like everyone was a bit off, or the show in general. Huh.

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lz1982 January 16 2009, 03:59:16 UTC
I thought Don Scardino was the director, and he's their usual guy. Can't remember who the writer was. "The best screenwriter in the world--whoever that is."

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