Veronica Mars & Alias

[jetpack_monkey]

Okay, admittedly, I didn't get to see all of this. I was a little distracted, but I saw enough. Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, just a week after that other Home Improvement kid? Geez. Also, Joey Lauren Adams is a lot more annoying than I recall her being in such films as Mallrats and Chasing Amy.

Okay, first of all, I don't understand Veronica/Logan. I thought it was a freaky underground fic movement with no canonical basis. So, you'll excuse me if this episode had me WTF-ing like woah, because not only did they GO there, but they did it in a way that made way too much sense. Dammit. This is all airawyn's fault, I just know it.

Keith and Alicia (I think that's her name) are the cutest ever. I didn't see it coming, but it does make sense. I like how it shakes up Wallace and Veronica's friendship, but also strengthens it in ways. Also, it's nice to see Keith happy. Keith's my favorite character, so I like seeing him happy. Honestly, he's a hard character to make miserable, though, since he always manages to make things work out.

ETA: Didn't figure out until later that Veronica essentially gave Duncan the Cliff's Notes on how to stage his own disappearance. Should be interesting to see how that plays out. I don't believe he killed Lily, if only because the show seems to be saying he did. But it's good to see him freak out.


When I first saw promos for Alias, I thought the scruffy, nefarious-looking guy was Joel Grey. Actually, more accurately, I thought whoever played Doc was playing this Sloane guy. I was wrong, but it just makes a lot of sense that Sloane's imposter/brother/semi-clone is played by Grey. They have a similar facial structure and all of that.

Good to see Katya back, although she's still about as trustworthy as a snake. Clever getting Nadia to bring her chocolate, although the endgame on that one is still unclear. Is it a ploy for escape or simply to see Sydney?

Dark!Vaughn was played beautifully here. Here's a man who would go to the ends of the earth, hanging on to the single thread of family he has since he shot his own wife. Sydney's a great girlfriend, but she's never been family. She's never been domestic. Here's a man on the razor's edge, and he quite nearly topples over. Sloane's 48 hours are a nice loophole for him to get back in the game without too many repercussions (something Alias does so well with rogue agent storylines). I think Sloane has other things to worry aobut, though.

I rather liked Izabella Scorpuco's character and it was a shame to see her gunned down. She's like a darker version of Sydney (something Lauren never really pulled off) and I would've liked to see more of her.

I loved loved loved that there was some (minor) Rambaldi in this ep. Rambaldi says arc. Arc says old-school Alias, even if there aren't any real cliffhangers like in the olden days.

Comments

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

My personal theory is that Jake did it and framed Duncan so that Celeste would go along with the cover-up. But that is just idle speculation with no spoiler-knowledge at all.

How long do you think it will take for the writers to put some sort of meta in-joke about Home Improvement into the script? =)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I doubt Jake Kane did it. Maybe Celeste did it and framed Duncan to get Jake to participate in the cover-up. She seems to be the manipulative one, and the show's barely touched on the possibility that she did it.

I give it another two episodes.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

I think Jake did it simply because it's Kyle Secor playing him. I mean... ideal casting for the part, don't you think?

Although Mommy Sneerest is also pretty good.

I agree with you that it wasn't Duncan, though.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll give you the Secor factor. But with a name like Celeste, how can you not be evil?

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Damnit. I think your logic trumps mine.

Curse you, foul logic man!

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Haha, puny human.

On a totally random note, I had the weirdest sensation yesterday. I was walking down the street, and I literally felt every inch of my height in every step. Usually, I just subconciously adjust my self-perception so I don't feel gargantuan, but yesterday I was feeling tall like somethin' somethin'.

Don't know why I mention it, but it was weird...

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

I remember that from being 5'10" when I was eleven. Sometimes it would just hit me, "Dude. I'm like some huge thing." It is kinda weird.

I've barely grown since, of course. =)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

It's okay. Not everybody can be a freakish giant like me. That's probably a good thing.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Well, if everyone was a freakish giant than the mean would be redistributed such that no one was freakish nor gigantic. So, I suppose you're correct in both parts: not everybody could, and it's a good thing because the paradox would cripple the minds of the poor and sane.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

...right. What you said.

Someday the mean height for men will be 6'7". I hope the airlines feel total contrition at that point.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Well, better 6'7" than 6'9", considering that the standard height for a door opening is 6'8".

Time for lunch! To the food mobile!

[kittycat22.livejournal.com]

Hrmm. I'm guessing when I get more background, I'll be more inclined to be interested by Katia and that whole little subplot...

For last night's ep, I think shooting Dixon proved how far "gone" Vaughn was at the time. I mean, sure, CIA protocol you wear a vest, and i'm hoping he was banking on that.. but either way, it was a pretty intense move. For me, it was a surprise. Plus, I'm struggling with confusion while watching seasons 1 and 4 simultaneously. Where I'm at in S1, Dixon just got out of surgery from getting shot cause he wasn't wearing his vest. Then that happened and I was like "woah! WOAHWOAHWOAH!!!"

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Hee. I can't wait for you to get to season 2. You'll be nuts.

[kittycat22.livejournal.com]

I'm almost there! Just 2 more discs. The really good news is that I own S2 already, so I won't have to wait for the mail to watch! :D:D

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I'm all jealous. I don't own any seasons. Bastid.

[kittycat22.livejournal.com]

Awwww. It twas a gift! Which is why I don't own season 1. :)

[empressvesica.livejournal.com]

I watched the start of VM, totally forgot about it for a few months and then came back. Sometime during my absence, 'shipper cults arose. I find this odd.

It NEVER occurred to me during the start of Buffy to start plotting who would get with who (though I was quite vehement in my demands that Giles get some). Maybe it's because I wasn't ficcing yet then...but I just don't understand how people can come up with OTPs from three epis.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

The way I see it, geeks need fandoms. Fandoms come out of obsessions and niches and strong opinions. They come out of shipper wars and meta-discussions. In my experience, one of the easiest things to meta is a 'ship. Pulling "evidence" out of context to fit a premise, i.e. Weevil and Wallace hook up.

I sort of get it. Doesn't mean I like it.