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A Father and a Nation

Not to continue my streak of being really harsh on Robin Hood lately, but GAH! Warning: Spoilers for "Show Me the Money". I have to say, I have thought the last two episodes aired in the U.S. were well done dramatically- season finale worthy. However, to kill Marion's father two episodes after they killed Will's? Speaking of finale worthy, I would have hoped Sir Edward's death would be. I really liked him as a character, but since he was the one who most played by the rules, well.... At least he went out with a bang. The whole Marion yelling at him soon before his death was kinda cliché, though.

I showed my youngest brother the latest Avatar DVD last week. He loved it. We now quote it an unnecessarily high amount of times. I am glad I got him hyped up again before the finale, though he still has not seen a lot of the beginning of season three. I am getting really excited! I just hope it does not cause the online community to implode. Heh heh.

Also, two days to my birthday!

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Posted by AlexandriteTopa, 06/16/2008 2:52pm  0 Comments
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There's Nothing a Miner Can Do

Well, there's nothing a medieval English carpenter/engineer can do. I just watched the Robin Hood episode "The Angel of Death" (twice- spoilers ahead). Poor Will, they keep killing his family. Run while you can Luke, run! I mean, when Luke and Dan showed up I figured at least one of them was going to die, since the ads made it clear the episode involved a "plague" but I did not see it coming in the first fifteen minutes!

But seriously, I do not understand why they cannot just let the sheriff die. Seriously, why does Prince John even care about Nottingham? And they could make his death look like an accident or something. But nooooooooo, Will infiltrates the castle and poisons the guy all by himself only to have the whole thing reversed. *Sigh* Whatever point Robin was trying to make went right over my head. And no new episode next week. Dang!

A note on the sitch over at the Avatar boards: I am sorry to see familiar names being banned. I could make an unnecessarily complicated analogy with a situation I faced in high school, but instead I will just say I hope no one else falls into the banned category. I don't really understand the reason some of them were banned, so perhaps there is still a chance of getting some of them back. Maybe?

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Posted by AlexandriteTopa, 05/17/2008 10:48pm  0 Comments
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Louder Than Words

Well, for starters I did not get to see the season two Robin Hood premiere on Saturday night because I don't get BBC America at school! Ah well, I'll have to catch up when I get home.

So Avatar is ending in July. Well, that gives me plenty of time to decide how I want the ending to be and then be disappointed when it does not turn out exactly how I imagined. It does not look good for Tokka, with Suki coming back and all, but I can still hope. Yeah, I am not really expecting a whole lot in that department, but I hope the finale will be epic anyway. There are still a lot of choices to be made. At any rate, "Ember Island Players" looks hilarious from the preview at NYCC.

It looks like I am using a lot of emicons today.

I am tired.

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Posted by AlexandriteTopa, 04/27/2008 9:13pm  0 Comments
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Easy As A Life

It's been a long week, and not particularly one which makes me want to be on a college campus. I'm from the Chicago area, and the NIU shooting hits close to home. My east-coast campus is a bit unstable right now, though I don't think near that level of dangerous. I have not however, been able to quell my mother's fears.

I have been rather unproductive this week. Everything going on around me has just caused my to want to escape to the world of fiction. I watched four Full Metal Alchemist episodes, Starting with "Thje Flame Alchemist, the Bachelor Lieutenant, and the Mystery of Warehouse Thirteen". It's been a while since I watched FMA. I continue to laugh at the irony I see when comparing Riza Hawkeye with Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H*

There was a decent, if not predicable, episode of Psych on tonight. The last few have been pretty funny, in my opinion. A few more twists in the story would be nice, though. It actially made me feel a lot better. Now it's on hiatus again until summer. Wow, it seems like it just started up again. And I still haven't seen the episode with Kevin Sorbo in it.

Here's looking to a better week and the sooner rather than later advent of the last half-season of Avatar as we know it.

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Posted by AlexandriteTopa, 02/15/2008 8:34pm  0 Comments
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Children and Art

So I get into these "phases" aka obsessions where I really really like one specific show. Right now it is Avatar. Unfortunately for me, I am in college, where no one else watches Avatar. That makes it hard to feed the addiction. Actually, the only other person I know (in real life) who watches it is my brother. He is eleven years old. Needless to say, he does not really have much of an interest in actually discussing plot or character development, but he does like to quote it with me. As I mentioned on the forums the other day, it goes something like this:

My brother and I are drinking tea.

My brother: This tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice!

Me: Uncle, that's what all tea is!

Both of us: How could a member of my own family say something so horrible!

We also once changed the screen-saver on our mother's laptop to read "I want to spend my vacation AT THE LIBRARY". She thought it was pretty weird.

Speaking of weird, I have discovered it is possible to connect almost any T.V. show or movie, plays and musicals, too actually, to Avatar or M*A*S*H*, which are of course connected by Makko. It is kind of funny. I have come across some interesting trivia, such as the fact that someone behind the scenes on Desperate Housewives seems to like Stephen Sondheim musicals. But seriously, I can connect Psych to Megas XLR, and it is a bit creepy. Strange, but entertaining none the less. I mean, when I was watching Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas as a little girl, I was already heading towards M*A*S*H*.

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Posted by AlexandriteTopa, 11/03/2007 10:44pm  0 Comments
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This series hits on a lot of the points which I enjoy making fun of in cartoons. Coop has refigured a giant robot from the future in the image of his video games for cryin; out loud. His reuse of the same special button in nearly every battle he fights to save the world and the ridiculous amount of pointless distruction only add to the parody.

I think the fact that I grew up in New Jersey makes everything more hilarious, so perhaps I overate a bit. In its defense, this show was one of the few things I could every watch woth my younger brothers peacefully (the others being Indiana Jones and Star Trek: Deep Space 9). Usually, using the T.V. involved a lot of argument. However, Megas made everyone happy. It just had different types of humor and diverse appeal.
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For one thing, these kids go to a boarding school and they actually (gasp) go to class and have schoolwork. What a concept. Sorry about that, but I appreciate that bit of reality in a show like this. This show is somewhat addicting. It is interesting in its own way. It just holds your attention. Sometimes I find the characters to be a little extremely stereotypical. However, it does manage to present a number of secondary characters who are appealing and add to the storylines. A lot of animated shows have a tendency to be exclusive to only a few main characters. Code Lyoko creates more opportunity by being more open.
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With a time capsule of course. Anyway this episode does a good job of giving viewers one final taste of "normal" life at the 4077th. It brings back memories of the entire series while still allowing time for Hawkeye and Margaret conflict, Klinger growing up some more, Father Mulchahy trying help everyone at once, and as always the joke, this time pulled off by BJ and Charles. It is not a phenominal "out with a bang" type episode, that was left for the finale. It simply gives fans a sentimental feeling and brings together the cast in an usually tight way.
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That said, this show has a lot of problems. I like it anyway. To me, the stories are somewhat predictable. If I was not already familiar with Robin's band (Much, Alan, and my personal favorite, Will) and read multiple summaries/character bios I would get a little confused. Also, the language and costumes sometimes seem very modern, although I have read this is on purpose. Regarless of all this, I am addicted to this show. I find the personality of Robin strangley appropraite, especially the light attitude. I like how the makeup of Robin's band is less than ideal, kind of rag-tag. I like Will's personality too. He does not have a lot of lines, but he does not need them. As I mentioned before, he has always been my favorite, and I like the way he is portrayed here more than of any I have ever seen. Robin and his band exhibit heroics which include larger than life antics- but that is how it should be.
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This episode features another doomed-to-fail plot by Baloo. He is just as oblvious as ever, failing to notice the police cars that converge on his client as he takes of from the dock. But things like that are why this episode is funny. The "goons" are just impossibly stupid. And, as always, there is the ridiculousness of Baloo's "auto pilot" on the Sea Duck. Wildcat gets is a few funny moments as well. Kit gets pulled along for the ride. Becky is angry with Baloo, as usual. Actually, it is only another "normal" day with the Higher for Hire crew.
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