shallowness

So, when I read that Captain America 2 had done well in China, is it daft that I wondered whether that would mean we might get a Push sequel? Common sense kicked in (although in the last few years, we have seen sequels to films I never expected to see sequels of...) I just still feel that there should have been a trilogy with the other instalments being called 'Move' and 'Watch'.

Anyway, yesterday I had the joy of getting spoiled, thanks to some delightful feature writer on The Guardian. I was innocently scrolling down the Culture page and bam, that would be a spoilery headline and summary for The Mindy Project an American sitcom that hasn't restarted airing here in the UK, the country the paper is from. And it wasn't a mere X is cast as Y's Z, which can be bad enough. Why couldn’t they and/or whoever was responsible for the spoilery headline and summary just carry on chattering about Girls and Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad (i.e. shows I don’t watch)? Grr to them and their commissioning editor.

I caught up on Brooklyn 1.12 Pontiac Bandit and I haven't much to say about it ( Read more... )

I managed to watch The Mindy Project finale on TV. ( Read more... )

I am starting to come to terms with the fact that it's now autumn. I missed watching the Strictly show (and The One Show special, for that matter), so will have to catch up on it alongside the OUaT finale when I have proper internet access.)

I may have slightly spoiled myself for the remaining episodes of The Mindy Project while checking how many episodes were left of this season.

1.22 Triathlon

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This week, I decided to treat myself and buy more Livejournal icons, but after immediately bringing back a bunch of old ones I missed, I have a few gaps to fill. I’m umming and ahhing over resuscitating one or two further ones, but I also don’t want to have placeholders that I’ll replace when shows like Downton Abbey come back.

However, I desperately want an icon/icons of people from something that I love being happy/amused/laughing. Since I started watching it, I’ve wished there were more The Mindy Project icons out there to pick from. I don’t understand why there are so few: it’s a colourful show with far from ugly people pulling funny faces. I know it hasn’t been massive in fandom, but still.

Anyway, if anyone would like to rec icon makers who they love, please do so!


I caught up on the penultimate episode of Top of the Lake on Friday, but last night sat down to watch Glorious 39 on DVD, mistimed it and didn’t watch the final episode of TotL. I will watch it when I get the time and nerve (I’m more worried about being spoiled offline) and post about both episodes.

As for Glorious 39

( spoilers, six degrees of British actors, shallowness )

The Mindy Project 1.18 Danny’s Friend

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I’ve held off from posting about Nashville, because I thought there were 22 episodes in the season, not 21 – which does seem a random number, although, in hindsight, given the DRAMA of episode 21, of course it was a finale. As I found out when I tried to catch up with a non-existent episode this morning.

Nashville 1.20 A Picture from Life’s Other Side

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1.21 I’ll never get out of this world alive

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How to describe my feelings for the show? I’ve quite enjoyed it, although I didn’t love how they went for the second half of the season with Scarlett/Gunnar, which was what I most passionately cared about, although I like Scarlett’s journey. I enjoy the music (much more than I thought I would), which is used really well within the show, and I appreciate the drama, but I’ve never felt compelled to watch the next episode (like I’m itching to see the next episode of Top of the Lake or how there is no question that I’ll watch Once Upon a Time). My attitude has always been more ‘I’ll catch up with it eventually.’ It might help if More4 air season 2 in a 9pm slot - but not The Good Wife's. I enjoy the dynamics that having two female leads brings out. Also, I would love to see some Juliette/Liam happening at some point.

I remembered this was on with several minutes to spare, so I got to see the episode of New Girl with the ( thing ) I was spoiled for months ago. I don't quite get New Girl, I have to admit. Am I too old for it? But then I was acting like a Rugrat earlier in the night - that reference probably dates me.

Anyway, the Mindy Project was quite amusing (I wasn't laughing so much as I was the night before when rewatching Arrested Development's 'Best Man for the GOB', say). ( Read more... )

I brought forward funny women night to Tuesday so that I could be sure of catching the last two episodes of Parks and Rec, and it meant that I could watch the Mindy Project Live.

P&R: 2.21 The Master Plan (immediate reaction)

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2.22 Freddy Spaghetti (immediate reaction)

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And now, we have to wait a while for season 3 on the BBC, I s’pose.

The Mindy Project

I think this the first TMP episode I’ve watched on my TV set – and thus I have no idea what the episode number or title were.

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I watched Up the Women (episode 3) on Wednesday and ( spoilers )

Also that night I rewatched an Arrested Development episode that featured Jane Lynch, Julia Louis Dreyfuss and Amy Poelher as guest performers. I thought that was notable.

And then, courtesy of musesfool, I saw Ryan Hansen’s vid responding to all the Kickstarter awesomeness that’s getting the Veronica Mars movie to be made and allowing him to reprise Dick Casablancas. Even if you don’t care about VM, it's wortth watching. It surely made him win at the interwebs the day he posted it.

Parks and Rec 2.19 Park Safety

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2.20 Ugh, I forgot to note the title, Summer Catalogue?

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The Mindy Project 1.11 Bunk Beds

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And did any of these shows, funny though they were, make me laugh as much as the Arrested Development season 1 episodes I've been watching? No.

(I've reached 'Pier Pressure').

The Mindy Project 1.8 Two to One

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1.9 Josh and Mindy’s Christmas Party (the reason for the subject line)

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The Good Wife 4.19 Death of a Client

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