Glee

[Tannhauser]

Oh wow, that's true. :)

Journey songs were great also. 

[Merusk]

Goddamn my wife and child for watching this while I'm in the same room, I started to pick it up after the Madonna episode.  Yes I like Madonna, fuck you.

Man, it just now occurred to me that Sue did a really nice thing by letting Will think that she was the reason they lost.

I thought the same thing about it being 'nice' and that the whole end was too much of a 180 for the Sue-Will relationship.   The Sue I'd been seeing for the last half a season would have laughed in his face, smirked and walked away letting the club fail.  This turnaround felt forced, even if the 'real stars' were all mean and nasty to her enough to have made her empathize with the outsiders.  She'd shaken off enough personal attacks and real hits to her ego over the year that giving in on that one and being the 'hero' seemed forced.

[Samwise]

Sue suddenly being nice didn't bother me quite as much as Mercedes and Kurt suddenly being happy to play second fiddle to Rachael and Finn.  There were entire episodes in the first half of the season that centered around them fighting to not be the token girly dude and the token black chick.  Then they get to regionals and it's the Rachael and Finn Show again with not a complaint from either of them.

[Trippy]

Well that was kind of the point. Mercedes and Kurt tried to get out of the shadow of Rachel (Kurt wasn't competing for the male lead parts) including joining the Cheerios at one point but it didn't work out so they came back and accepted their backup roles, at least for now. Jesse was Finn's competition for male lead part and in fact took that role from Finn while Jesse was in New Directions but when he went back to Vocal Adrenaline, Finn got his part back.

[Surlyboi]

Kurt and Mercedes were still in the cheerios. In the episode before regionals, they won the big cheer competition because Kurt did like a 10-minute solo.

[Trippy]

It was 14 minutes. Of Celine Dion. In French. And that's true Kurt is still in the Cheerios. It was only Mercedes that left the Cheerios after her fling with Puck.

[voodoolily]

I was bummed that the funk they brought in the previous episode ended up amounting to diddly squat for intimidation against Vocal Adrenaline.

[Samwise]

Almost nothing they do ever amounts to diddly squat in the greater "arc".  They spend the whole season practicing songs and making costumes and coming up with fancy choreography that they're going to use to win at the competition, and then come competition time they don't use any of it (except Don't Stop Believing).  Which I guess is so we don't get bored seeing the same songs over and over again -- but I think it'd actually be pretty cool if they'd done a bunch of songs over the course of the season and then picked the three best to do again but more awesome for the season finale.  But then, I'm a freak in that I like the "rough" and unaccompanied numbers better than the high production value ones in general.

Also, "To Sir With Love" was a better performance than anything they did at regionals IMO.  If nothing else, it was a much better ensemble piece (despite being originally written for one voice).

[K9]

Finale was, ok. It felt like they tried to cram two or three episodes worth of story into a single episode though

[Slyfeind]

I saw a coworker watching this, so I was like hm, what's all the fuss about. I found the finale performance online and was all "OMG OMG THIS IS SO MUCH AWESOME" So now I'm watching the series, starting with Ep 2 because the pilot isn't online anywhere.

I must say, it's pretty cool going into it, after knowing where it's headed. I saw the sheet music for Journey and was all, "Mmm hmm," nod knowingly.

[Ratman_tf]

And through second hand exposure, this show is giving me diabeetus.

[Slyfeind]

Omg omg things are happening, and stuff!

[voodoolily]

I saw a coworker watching this, so I was like hm, what's all the fuss about. I found the finale performance online and was all "OMG OMG THIS IS SO MUCH AWESOME" So now I'm watching the series, starting with Ep 2 because the pilot isn't online anywhere.

I must say, it's pretty cool going into it, after knowing where it's headed. I saw the sheet music for Journey and was all, "Mmm hmm," nod knowingly.

I watched the pilot on Hulu when the show first aired, but it's not there anymore. 

[Slyfeind]

I just went out at got the damn DVD. Those video diaries are freakin' cute. I was glad to see them eating big ass pizzas. I'm tired of watching actors starve themselves!

[Merusk]

Library!

Then again, it's probably only in our library whenever my wife wants to pick it up because it's a singing and dancing show and I live in redneck country.

[Slyfeind]

Speaking of actors starving themselves, I saw pictures of Lea lately and she needs a freakin' sammich. I was afraid that shit was gonna happen. 

HOLY CRAP NEW SEASON!


Spoilered just in case, though I imagine anyone who's gonna see it has already.

[voodoolily]

Speaking of actors starving themselves, I saw pictures of Lea lately and she needs a freakin' sammich. I was afraid that shit was gonna happen. 

She is totally skinny, it's true. But her bangs are really cute.

[voodoolily]

Also, I thought it was kinda funny that they addressed the "Will sucks at rap" by having Artie rap in what, every song? They just need less rapping. Period.

Also, meow! at the new kid Sam (Gus Van Sant's wet dream).  

[Slyfeind]

Heh. I bet he's all gay and stuff.

[Slyfeind]

Ugh. I wish Mike Chang would have just stood there and sung whem Sam was auditioning. He's like this really creepy mime now, dancing around while everybody else sings. I suppose it can be attributed to how he loves dance and never gets the chance to do it outside that room. But still, holy crap! Even Brittany stands still once in a while!

Brittany was cute running off with her new sexual harrasment doll. Hehehehe. 

[Samwise]

Ugh. I wish Mike Chang would have just stood there and sung whem Sam was auditioning. He's like this really creepy mime now, dancing around while everybody else sings.

Yes.  I think the problem is that they haven't figured out what his character is beyond "Asian guy who likes to dance around a lot".

[Slyfeind]

I watched it again last night, and when Quinn and Santana were fighting, I got chills when Brittany said, so quietly, "Stop the violence." At first I thought it was funny, but then realized it just might be a sign of a horrible history of abuse, of which Brittany has only been able to survive by pretending to be so dumb....

[K9]

Agreed with most of the points; the plot seemed a little over-worked, but I'm still look forward to a season which I hope will remain mostly lighthearted.

[Slyfeind]

BRITNEY SPEARS SEX RIOT.

[Surlyboi]

I watched it again last night, and when Quinn and Santana were fighting, I got chills when Brittany said, so quietly, "Stop the violence." At first I thought it was funny, but then realized it just might be a sign of a horrible history of abuse, of which Brittany has only been able to survive by pretending to be so dumb....

Nah, Brittany is just that dumb.

And more talented than all of them. Bitch.

Seriously, after the Britney Spears episode, if there was any doubt in my mind that Brittany and Santana are what made me watch the show, that doubt is gone.

[Draegan]

Seriously, after the Britney Spears episode, if there was any doubt in my mind that Brittany and Santana are what made me watch the show, that doubt is gone.

Yeah.  And Britney S Pears is hotter than I thought.  Holy shiet.

[Bunk]

For some reason she just looks a hundred times hotter with hair framing her face. Which is odd, since I think the other two cheerios look better with the ponytail look.

[Slyfeind]

Man, that hair made her sodamnhot in Artie's dream sequence last year, despite being dressed kinda frumpy at the time.

Holy crap. Even in an episode where she had almost half the screentime as everyone else, she still managed to keep it subtle. (Except when she was shoving her body right up in the camera.  )

[K9]

Unfortunately for Rachel she falls below the Vicky Mendoza diagonal

Fortunately, Santana and Brittany are just stupidly hot.

Will is being a bit too douchey right now, I prefer him as the nice guy.

[Samwise]

For some reason she just looks a hundred times hotter with hair framing her face. Which is odd, since I think the other two cheerios look better with the ponytail look.

Finally watched the episode last night, and I concur 100%.  My theory is that it's her nose.  Big hair has a way of making otherwise prominent facial features look more in balance with the rest of the face.

[sigil]

Agreed with most of the points; the plot seemed a little over-worked, but I'm still look forward to a season which I hope will remain mostly lighthearted.

Tonights episode hit waay too close to personal experience.

[Slyfeind]

I was surprised that

NOT what I was expecting at all. Freaking amazing. And on top of that, they still brought the funny.

Also the guy who plays Finn is getting better. They'll always face the auto-tuner; shit, they got like a day to learn the songs sometimes. But he put some serious mojo into it nonetheless.

Also,

[Bunk]

I liked the episode, thought it did a decent enough job of expressing both sides of the issue.

[Samwise]

I wonder if they had to pay the people who made Across the Universe anything to use their version of that song.

[Bunk]

Love that arrangement - my favorite song in that movie. Some of the other songs in this episode, well, PVRs were made for fast forwarding Yentl.