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frelling_tralk ([personal profile] frelling_tralk) wrote2010-09-21 02:05 pm

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LOVED Caroline and Stefan's bathroom scene, LOVED Caroline throwing Damon down the hallway. LOVED the hospital scenes with Caroline's initial transformation. What an excellent job the show (and Candice) did of showing how traumatic it would be to suddenly have these urges to drink blood, and seeing fangs come out of your mouth.

And Caroline's always been kind of a control freak, so it makes sense that she was able to master the hunger a lot quicker than Vicky did. "God bless Elena, but she does not understand the word fabulous". I'm kind of surprised that Caroline is back at home now though, part of me was expecting Stefan and Damon to take her to live in the mansion with them like they did Vicky? Without a ring it's going to be next to impossible for her to hide from her mother why she can no longer go out in daylight

Loving the dynamic between Stefan and Damon. Hee at "Aren't you afraid that all the forest animals are going to come together and fight back? I mean surely they talk?" discussion and "Oh ninja turtles."


I'm finding the warewolf storyline really slow-moving, and I think Tyler is being kept too isolated from the other characters. We've only just met his uncle, so it's hard to get too invested in all of the scenes with just the two of them. I'd be interested in having more friendship scenes for him with Matt, or just interacting with the other characters his age in general. Even a quick scene of Matt offering his condolences for the death of Tyler's father would be something. With both the warewolf storyline and Bonnie's early witch storyline, I feel they suffer from being so isolated from the main action, and so slow-moving in comparison to the shows usual pace








What a fantastic trailer! I've gone from not caring at all about the warewolf storyline to being pretty excited for it




I really liked this episode. The Nikita/Alex connection is still my favourite part of the show, and I thought the flashbacks here were well done. I find it a bit implausible how Alex contacts Nikita though, they don't have any surveillance in the computer room???

I don't care much for Jaden (I think that's her name?), her attacks on Alex come off as so illogical, she seems to be there to act solely as the antagonist for Alex. I still don't quite understand why she went for Alex with a fork in the pilot when she didn't even know her? At least give her a reason for the outbursts of rage geez

I'm not sure what to think yet about Michael/Nikita. I do like the writing for them, but I'm not completely sold on the chemistry (he comes off as a bit too young for Nikita maybe idk? Or at least not a badass on Nikita's level) Maybe if we had some more backstory on how they were in Division I could get more of a handle on how close they were supposed to be. I could be on board Michael and Nikita just having that whole enemies who secretly respect one another type vibe, and it possibly turning sexual later on, but it doesn't play as romantic to me at all so far if there is supposed to be a backstory of them having some special connection in Division.

I don't care for Birkoff so far, but I really liked how Amanda was chanelling Madeline a bit in this episode.




Another episode I really enjoyed. Blair looked absolutely gorgeous, although I was a bit confused when she was wearing 3 different outfits in the same day, while Serena was stuck wearing those hideous trousers *g* I presume they must be in fashion at the moment, but yuck!

I've liked Dan a lot more since seasons 1 and 2, I find the whole bumbling dork thing more endearing now that it's not paired with judgmental Dan. Him and Vanesa are pretty cute together, and I think she looks much better than last year (her hair extensions were vile in season 3). Even her wardrobe, while still being very Vanessa, is looking better and more like it was in seasons 1 and 2, as opposed to I'll wear a blanket as a coat fashion from season 3

The Dan and Nate scenes were fun, and I loved the final moment of Serena realising that they had decided for her after she couldn't make up her mind between them. Hee at "Dan's a great shoulder to cry on, and Nate has great shoulders". And Juliet is started to intrigue me more, loved her final scene.

I did find myself rolling my eyes a bit at Chuck's "everyone's wished me dead since I was born", it came across like his decision to hide out with Eva was more about being emo Chuck, instead of him genuinely regretting his past behavior. Still the final "I'm Chuck Bass" moment was very nicely done

I'm torn on Chuck/Blair because a part of me does still want them to get back together eventually and still get scenes together, but at the same time I'm irritated that they're already pusing them back together romantically. It seems like Blair gets no time at all to be allowed to explore other serious relationships (I mean this is GG, it's supposed to be about mixing things up), but no it always has to come back to Chuck. I already think the reunion at the end of season 3 happened way too soon, so meh if the show doesn't give them some real time apart to grow as people. The train scene was gorgeously done, but earlier in the episode I found myself annoyed with how much Serena was pushing Blair to run after Chuck.

And I don't get Rufus deciding not to have their own paternity test, but just concentrate on not missing out on bonding time with the baby. Er you can still do both?


And this is what comic book Chloe will look like apparently...

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[identity profile] lilbreck.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I have this sudden fear that they're going to have the werewolf kill Caroline. I only fear this because I flail over her so much. I'm pretty sure it's not going to kill any of the vamps, but still.

I need to make some vamp!Caroline icons.

As for Chloe, I'm really not liking that facial expression or her feet for some reason. They don't really seem to go with the rest of the legs.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
If they kill Caroline then I may have to personally kick the writers asses! *g* I'm pretty hopeful that Damon's comment on Caroline won't make it as a vampire is foreshadowing her making a really kickass vampire though (she already has the controlling her urges pretty much down)

And LOL yeah her face expression is so snarling and odd, it kind of makes her look like a bulldog :P I don't see much resemblance to Chloe, but then apparently that's intentional as they're not allowed to use Allison Mack's image from what I've heard

[identity profile] lilbreck.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
If you need help with the ass-kicking, I'm available.

Yeah, she doesn't look like AM and, from what I've heard, doesn't really resemble Chloe in personality. Basically, they seem to be going for name recognition.

[identity profile] rjchasez.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically, they seem to be going for name recognition.
Exactly, Chloe in name only. Because, hey, I imagine it'd be hard to write real!Chloe because she's too damn much like a character they've already been writing for the last seventy years... *coughloislanecough*

[identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
What a fantastic trailer! I've gone from not caring at all about the warewolf storyline to being pretty excited for it

I just hope it doesn't drag down the Caroline/Damon/Stefan storyline which is something I'm more interested in.

Hee at "Aren't you afraid that all the forest animals are going to come together and fight back? I mean surely they talk?" discussion and "Oh ninja turtles."

They actually made Stefan funny "marvels".

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
the Caroline/Damon/Stefan storyline which is something I'm more interested in

Oh me too! At first I was assuming that vampire Caroline meant that she would be at the mansion with Stefan and Damon and they'd all be working together against vampire threats but then, judging by that trailer, her storyline is still going to be pretty separate and tied up with Matt? I don't object to the Matt/Caroline storyline at all, but it would be nice to get some more scenes of Stefan helping her out, and seeing more scenes with Damon's reaction to her

[identity profile] rjchasez.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Good lord. Comic!Chloe looks like a friggin vampire. Hate to say it, but, totally true. What the hell does comic!Jimmy see in her? He's prettier than that. lol *mean*

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee yeah, I wonder why they drew her so angry-looking

[identity profile] starry-dawn.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I like how comic!Chloe looks, but jeez, why is she so grumpy?!

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah it's not like she's the villian in these comics, so I've no idea why she would be drawn snarling like that *g*

[identity profile] llenka.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Caroline is AWESOME. i even liked Stefan.

comic!Chloe...WHY?

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee I know. It's odd to have such a scowling expression, especially when Chloe is generally known more for the big beaming smiles she has.

[identity profile] latetothpartyhp.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
On the plus side comics!Chloe's got her early-season bracelets on, and I like the jacket...

... trying very hard to be optimistic here.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I noticed the bracelets too! :D

[identity profile] ladydreamer.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*tries to avoid VD spoilers and focuses on Chloe*

Either that image is flipped or someone can't draw hair or feet.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
I think they're going for Chloe's early hairstyles in seasons 1-3, but really she never had her hair that short (except for very briefly in Exile before they added the extensions in cause A&M kicked up such a fuss). They'd be better off giving her the flippy hair as that's a recognizable Choe style

[identity profile] sum1-different.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
I see Lyndsy Fonseca is in Nikita as Alex. Who is Alex? What's her her role and how does she relate to the main characyer?

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Originally we see her as kind of the new Nikita being recruited into Division, and Michael training and protecting her. And then, at the end of the pilot, it's revealed that she's Nikita's mole and the two of them are working together to take down Division. The second episode shows how Nikita did it, and reveals that Alex's parents were killed y Division so she wants revenge on them

[identity profile] sum1-different.livejournal.com 2010-09-23 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Did you see Kick Ass? Lyndsy Fonseca is good in it and it's probably the best superhero film ever. Hit Girl belongs on the list of best female characters of film.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2010-09-23 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't, I've only seen her in Nikita so far. She's been good as Alex :)