ONCE UPON A TIME

Even though this show is in it's second season I feel like I should talk about it.  This show reminds me of that really nice guy that has a crush on you but you just don't feel it.  You want to, he has everything you're looking for, and you keep going out with him, hoping something will spark, but you just can't help seeing all his flaws and laughing about him to your friends behind his back.  That's how I feel about Once Upon A Time.  It has everything I like, action, adventure, fairy tale stories, but there's just something about it that holds me back from calling it a great show.  I've thought about why exactly that is and it's mostly because of the huge plot holes I see in nearly every single episode.  I find myself raising my arms and rolling my eyes saying out loud (which is weird because I live alone) "Why would she say that?  Why is he doing that?  Why? WHY????"

Let's for a minute suspend our disbelief.  Snow White and the Queen fight so much that the Queen sends an entire kingdom (a whole kingdom!) into a small town of what couldn't be more than a few thousand people.  Then, their lives are suspended for 28 years while the outside world ages, giving Snow White and Prince Charming's daughter time to age.  While she's aging she has a baby who gets adopted by the Queen and raised in this town where no one ages except the kid.  And don't forget, there are other children in this town who are from the kingdom (the Mad Hatter's kid) who are supposedly not aging either while Snow White's grandkid is aging like any normal kid.  Also, the town gets supplied with everything it needs, gas, electric, food, supplies, from some unknown source that has never been addressed. And I don't mean that in a sinister, there's someone behind the curtain, way. I mean it in, it's never properly explained way.  They make a big deal about strangers not coming into Storybrooke, that they literally can't come in or the whole order of things is messed up, but never address how they get everything they need.  Magic wasn't used for the whole 28 years, up until the past few episodes, so it's not like the Queen is bippipy boppity boo'ing everybody the latest fashions and supplies.

Are you still with me?  

Despite all of that (and more) I stick with it, it's pretty entertaining if you don't let your mind wonder too much and think about all the plot holes.  Most of my love stems from wanting to know what kind of ridiculous crazy stuff will they think of next.  Half of it doesn't make any sense, and sometimes a huge circle is weaved through the storytelling that gets you right back to the beginning, ie when Cora, Hook and Mulan appeared in season 2, not in Storybrooke, and you wondered how they got around the curse.  Come to find out, in like the tenth episode of the season, Cora put up a protective wall over the island she was on with Hook that kept Mulan and a lot of other people protected from the curse.  That was a cool moment, but it took ten episodes of me going 'WTF' for it finally to be revealed.  

One more gripe, the special effects. They're awful.  I wanted to use the argument that this is Disney, they should be able to afford good special effects, but then I remembered this is Disney, and they don't do special effects, they do cartoons.

So my overall assessment of the show is that it's worth watching. It's fun and goofy and entertaining, you just have to know what you're getting.  And occasionally a hot guy will show up (and then promptly die or turn bad) which is good.  But don't expect any of it to make much sense. 

GAY, STRAIGHT OR TAKEN

No, I'm not describing my typical Saturday night out. I'm talking about the new Lifetime, yes, I said Lifetime show in which a girl goes out for the day with three guys and after hanging out and doing different tests with them, tries to figure out if they're Gay, Straight or Taken. I thought I was really good at this. Actually, no I didn't, I was never good at this. I'm the Queen of not knowing if a guy is taken or gay. Anyway, as surprising as it was, it was fun to try to figure out who was which. Both shows I couldn't figure it out and was surprised at the results. If she chooses the guy who's straight and available they get to go on a vacation. If not, the guy she chooses and their significant other go on the vacation. This show isn't winning any awards and when American Idol comes on I probably won't watch it, but, I'll catch the reruns, it's cute.

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'

Last night, as I struggled to fall asleep, I kept thinking about random things, one being this blog. I was thinking about how I get backed up on recaps and it totally sucks. Then I thought, hey, this is my blog, I can do what I want to do. So, from now on, I do it my way. Okay, so I was doing it my way before, but now it's going to be a little different.

Sorta like the "Quickies" thing I have set up, I'm going to be writing a review for some episodes, instead of a full recap. Of course I'll talk about things that happened in the show, but for some shows, like Lost, it gets hard to recap because it's so detailed. Plus, I'd rather give my opinion on things anyway. Obviously.

QUICKIES (MEN IN TREES)

Okay, I had to tell somebody. Marin and Jack slept together. He was helping her with her beaver. Wait, that's not right. He was helping her with her raccoon. That still doesn't sound right. And so did Annie and Patrick. Oh, and the frogs were doing it too. Everybody was doing it. But Marin and Jack! It was hot! And Annie and Patrick were so sweet because Patrick was a virgin. Aw. They still make those? Anyway, Jack isn't really into talking, which is sexy, but not when you're trying to hook it up with him. Eventually he and Marin decided to just stay friends. Personally, we would have been friends with benefits, but that's just me. I'm sorta slutty.

QUICKIES (SURVIVOR)

I tried boycotting this racist season of Survivor but Jeff's legs brought me back. And guess what? The Asian guy solved the puzzle and found the hidden Immunity Idol. The Hispanic guy was lazy and made the women do all the work, and the black guy's hitting on the white chick. Wow, this is a social experiment that's working against stereotypes.

Okay, so he's talking about a bird they're trying to catch, but what if he wasn't? Haha!

I LOVE Ozzie and Jonathan so far, and I hope they stay in it. The tribes have merged and now as one of the survivors said, "We're back in America". Yay, let the veiled racism begin! So far eliminated since we last spoke, almost all of the Hispanic-Americans, Cecelia, Billy and the lovely J.P.

R.I.P. hottie. I'll see you at the reunion.

The show's still good, even with the foolishness of the twist and hot damn they have some cute boys on it.

Seriously? I would so want to be stuck on the island with him. It'd be Blue Lagoon 3: Oh No She Di'int

QUICKIES

I've come to realize something in the last few weeks. I'm only one person. I can only watch so much television during the week. And what happens is, if I don't recap it, I feel bad. Honestly, it takes me nearly a day to recap a show because to be honest, I'm working. Plus, I have to find the pictures, proof the entry and do everything involved in that. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing it, that's why I feel bad when I get behind on shows. So to make myself feel better, for some of my shows I'm going to just give a small, few sentence recap. Of course that won't be possible for a lot of things, and I may try to only write a few sentences, but it may turn into something longer. What I'm trying to say is that smaller recaps will have to suffice for some of the shows. If it's an exceptionally good show I'll try to recap the whole thing. If not, take what you can get. I can't be brilliant all the time.

Other quickies I'd like...