Glee

[Xerapis]

Dear Glee,

You know I love you. But if you ever touch Singin in the Rain again, I will cut you.


Love,

X

[Slyfeind]

Yeah I wasn't terribly fond of that either. The episode was downright awesome until that...that...whatever that was.

[Bunk]

That whole episode was... disjointed. Plot points just kind of flying around and inbetween musical moments that just kind of occured. That said, it actually made me enjoy watching Gwyneth Paltrow in something, which I'm not sure has ever happened before. I actually thought the attempt at Singing in the Rain was a much better example of a successfull "mashup" than either of the travesties from the week before.

Hated the All that Jazz number, but I've always hated that song/musical/movie/Liza Minnelli

[Slyfeind]

I don't think that was as much a story-episode, as it was a Gwyneth-episode. Just my impression.

Oh, and holy crap creepy: "There's someone out there for you." Karovsky walks by and winks. Then later on, TEENAGE DEATH THREAT!

Also, "Gay, gay-gay, gaygaygay. Oh look at that, I open up my mouth and a tiny pink purse falls out!"

[voodoolily]

I hated Gwyneth Paltrow in it. They auto-tuned her all to fuck and it was clearly an attempt at covertly promoting the new movie she's in (does she play Loretta Lynn?). Yick.

[K9]

I'm just amazed they managed to make her seem like she has a personality

[Bunk]

Yea, that's more what I was getting at.

[Draegan]

Lotta of weird, awesome and funny things in this episode.  The thermometer and vasoline and playing sick baby?  

Also, "Gay, gay-gay, gaygaygay. Oh look at that, I open up my mouth and a tiny pink purse falls out!"

I was rolling with this one.  Awesome.

I hated the "All That Jazz" number.  It was terrible and I've seen it done better.

When Shoester? Shuester? was hallucinating and all the Glee people were small kids was funny too.

The Singing in the Rain was pretty bad.  I love the set and the choreography but the song was just awful.  The song they mashed it with fucking drives me insane every time I hear it.

Edit:
I forgot, "There has to be a Journey song we haven't done yet!"

[Slyfeind]

I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one, but I'm really missing Rachel Berry. The first season was generally through her eyes, and it gave the whole arc a sense of focus. Now it's all over the place, she's become even more of a charicature of herself, has one or two lines per episode, and it's all a bunch of stuff that happens to a bunch of different people. It's nobody's story anymore.

The producers have said several times that they want to go more in-depth on all the characters this season, so I have a feeling it's intentional, but it just feels disjointed.

[voodoolily]

No, I agree with you. I miss Rachel, too. I love her insufferable egotism.

[Draegan]

I agree as well.

[Slyfeind]

I'm sure her recording was auto-tuned (everybody is, duh), but I don't know about "the fuck out of". She has that jerky tonality with everything she sings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjx5wSXROl0

[Slyfeind]

Okay, Sue fucking rocked. It's awesome to see her do the right thing. I hope she doesn't make a habit of it though. 

And the "Glee wedding" was good old fashioned Glee cheese. Oh man, been a while since we've had some of that.

[Trippy]

Okay, Sue fucking rocked. It's awesome to see her do the right thing. I hope she doesn't make a habit of it though. 

She did something similar, though not quite as impactful, at the end of the religion episode too.

[voodoolily]

I loved this episode, too. Straight up misty-eyed cheese-fest. 

[Slyfeind]

I'm starting to think that to combat the "Rachel-hate" they're making us fall more in love with Kurt, then make him Best Buddies with Rachel. They do a duet together, she offers him a solo, and next week she's quietly cheering him on from the audience....

http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/11/24/glee-darren-criss-train-hey-soul-sister/

[Surlyboi]

I fucking loved this ep. Misty-eyed cheese doesn't describe it. It did make me dread the remaining planning I have to do for my own wedding a little less.

And sue's dress was badass. Still trying to talk the missus into something like it. 

[Slyfeind]

Thank you Glee for moar Rachel. Also, love the straight-off-Internet-comments line from Quinn, "Mostly you're just annoying but now I find I want to punch you every time you open your mouth."

[voodoolily]

Also, love the straight-off-Internet-comments line from Quinn, "Mostly you're just annoying but now I find I want to punch you every time you open your mouth."

That is exactly what I thought as well.

I hated seeing Rachel so castrated again, but at least they weren't side-stepping the "let everyone have a turn" issue this time.

[K9]

I thought this was one of the best episodes they have done, and it tied up a lot of the slightly more ponderous story arcs too.

Florence + The Machine was an interesting choice.

[Slyfeind]

Okay so Glee Christmas was amazing. I didn't think they'd take the Grinch as far as they did. Freaking brilliant.

[Bunk]

I didn't have much hope when it started, as I was expecting a non story wrapped around annoying Christmas Choir songs. By the end of it though, I was happy. Three bits made it work for me:

 - Becky the Reindog
 - Brittney in Cindy Lou Who braids
 - and that stupid Whoville song which for some reason allways gets to me this time of year.

[Surlyboi]

Yes, yes and yes. All three of those things made this ep rock.

Those and the fact that I think Artie and Brittany are the best couple evar.

[Bunk]

Sorry, but my inner letch is still hoping for a Brittney / Santana reuniting. That, and I really find the Artie character annoying.

[Surlyboi]

Sorry, but my inner letch is still hoping for a Brittney / Santana reuniting. That, and I really find the Artie character annoying.

Not that I disagree about the hotness of Brittany/Santana (oh so hot), but Bartie is just so damn cute.

[Slyfeind]

Odd lack of Chanukah though, in what has been an otherwise fairly Jew-friendly show so far.

[Draegan]

I thought the "Baby It's Cold Outside" was pretty meh.  Curt's voice is perfect for the female role, but the other dude's voice wasn't right for it, it was too soft imo.

The rest of the ep was great.  I love me some Grinch.

[voodoolily]

I didn't have much hope when it started, as I was expecting a non story wrapped around annoying Christmas Choir songs. By the end of it though, I was happy. Three bits made it work for me:

 - Becky the Reindog
 - Brittney in Cindy Lou Who braids
 - and that stupid Whoville song which for some reason allways gets to me this time of year.

Totes.

But does anyone besides Sauced and me think that Becky is basically a pirate's slave-monkey to Sue? Doesn't seem very pro-handicapable to me.

[Trippy]

Odd lack of Chanukah though, in what has been an otherwise fairly Jew-friendly show so far.

The Jewish reference was the Chinese food on Christmas Day quip from Rachel.

[Slyfeind]

But does anyone besides Sauced and me think that Becky is basically a pirate's slave-monkey to Sue? Doesn't seem very pro-handicapable to me.

Yes, pirate slave monkey, but I get the feeling that they're ignoring the handicapable angle completely. Or, Sue is empowering a Downs kid in a way that she (Becky) wouldn't be empowered otherwise. (By turning her eeeeevil MUAHAHAHAHA. Er, but in a fun way.)

The Jewish reference was the Chinese food on Christmas Day quip from Rachel.

Ah, good catch, I missed that.

[Merusk]

But does anyone besides Sauced and me think that Becky is basically a pirate's slave-monkey to Sue? Doesn't seem very pro-handicapable to me.

Yes and no.  It's a very big sister/ little sister relationship.   If you didn't have siblings you wouldn't quite get it, but if you did think about how the older of you always managed to manipulate the other into being your accomplice.  It's using people being confused for love and very fitting for the emotional child Sue is.

[voodoolily]

I have a younger brother, but he never really did my bidding. I didn't try to use him as my personal assistant, though, either.

[Merusk]

Then you missed out on one of the great joys of siblinghood!  As the eldest of 4 I had several minions, and they had their own.  Well until you got to the youngest, but they're the youngest so fuckem!  They get all the attention anyway.

[Trippy]

But does anyone besides Sauced and me think that Becky is basically a pirate's slave-monkey to Sue? Doesn't seem very pro-handicapable to me.

No. Sue heaps abuse on Becky because she treats Becky as if she wasn't handicapped. There was an early episode in Season 1 where Becky was in Cheerio tryouts or something like that and Sue insulted her performance just like she would've to a person without Down's. And Becky, I believe, appreciates that because it makes her feel like she's more like a regular person.

[Slyfeind]

No. Sue heaps abuse on Becky because she treats Becky as if she wasn't handicapped. There was an early episode in Season 1 where Becky was in Cheerio tryouts or something like that and Sue insulted her performance just like she would've to a person without Down's. And Becky, I believe, appreciates that because it makes her feel like she's more like a regular person.

THOSE BETTER BE TEARS OF JOY!!!

I think that universal bitchiness also came across when she was insulting Kurt, calling him a girl's name, and Kurt accused her of bullying. So she just used a different insult.