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matrixrefugeeYou have no idea how glad I was to hear that the writers' strike was over as of the end of February, especially since the serieses I regularly watch have been jam-packed with engaging continous storylines.
I was also delighted to hear that "Criminal Minds" was one of the first shows to go back into production right away. I'm looking forward to the new episodes, and I'm hoping to God they resolve some of this season's plot twists amicably. The sub-plot involving Hotchner's marriage going on the rocks makes me want to scream. Reason? I hate divorce sub-plots. They're over-done and since I believe marriage is forever, unless one of the partners is abusive, adulterous, or too immature and unwilling to get help for themself for any or all of the above. I think Haley Hotchner fits the last category, sort of, if she's unable to accept the fact that she's married to a modern day St. George or a human version of St. Michael, and that his work helps keep her safe from the dragons out there; don't know what happened to her, she seemed fine with her husband's wonky work schedule for the first two seasons, now all of a sudden she can't deal with it. I'm tempted to write a Dresden Files (book universe)/Criminal Minds crossover in which Haley meets Charity Carpenter, who gives her a lit-tle talk about being fortunate to be married to a metaphoric dragon-slayer. I'm speaking as a kid whose dad worked crazy hours, thus I don't see that it's a collossal big deal: when I was younger, I sometimes didn't see my dad for days during May and December, since those were the busy seasons. I'm hoping the season finale features a case in which Haley falls into the talons of one of those metaphoric dragons and either gets eaten (and thus the divorce nonsense becomes moot point, but then poor Hotchner has to raise his son by himself, but that could make for a "Lone Wolf and Cub"/"Road to Perdition" scenario) or Hotchner saves her life and *HOPEFULLY* she gets over her little hissy fit and realizes how bloody lucky she is to be married to this guy.
Hoo, that was a long rant, but I needed to get it off my chest. Other serieses I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see where they go:
"Moonlight" -- How long is Mick's cure going to last? Is Beth going to get over being mad at him for not turning her boyfriend after he was attacked? I remember when the most recent episode aired, back around Christmas, in the prologue, there was a clip of this bit, and I remember calling out, "He won't do it because this isn't 'Hellsing'!" just as a geeky thing to do. But seriously (If you can be serious about the mythos of a series...), I think Mick did the decent thing, since it wouldn't have been Beth's boyfriend's choice to become a vampire, and I think he'd probably rankle a little at being the childe to the guy he suspects of being a rival for Beth's affections. That and... well, I don't think he'd take too well to being one of the walking undead.
"Supernatural" -- I was concerned that the strike would cancel out the ending to this season and ruin the clever time constraint that the Winchester Brothers are running against. I like the "real-time" idea we have going on the time Dean has to find his way out of the deal he made with the Crossroad Demon, and it would have been a terrible shame if they'd had to quickly commission a novel or something to keep up the element of realism in this little twist, though if they'd had to resort to that, it would be better than just leaving us hanging. The question remains, how are the boys going to pull it off? In the meantime, the new episode, set to air April 25th, sounds like a hoot: it's supposedly going to involve a "reality" show about ghost hunting, and I've heard that it's Eric Kripke's way of taking a playful swipe at those annoying "reality" shows, since he's not a fan of them by any account.
I was also delighted to hear that "Criminal Minds" was one of the first shows to go back into production right away. I'm looking forward to the new episodes, and I'm hoping to God they resolve some of this season's plot twists amicably. The sub-plot involving Hotchner's marriage going on the rocks makes me want to scream. Reason? I hate divorce sub-plots. They're over-done and since I believe marriage is forever, unless one of the partners is abusive, adulterous, or too immature and unwilling to get help for themself for any or all of the above. I think Haley Hotchner fits the last category, sort of, if she's unable to accept the fact that she's married to a modern day St. George or a human version of St. Michael, and that his work helps keep her safe from the dragons out there; don't know what happened to her, she seemed fine with her husband's wonky work schedule for the first two seasons, now all of a sudden she can't deal with it. I'm tempted to write a Dresden Files (book universe)/Criminal Minds crossover in which Haley meets Charity Carpenter, who gives her a lit-tle talk about being fortunate to be married to a metaphoric dragon-slayer. I'm speaking as a kid whose dad worked crazy hours, thus I don't see that it's a collossal big deal: when I was younger, I sometimes didn't see my dad for days during May and December, since those were the busy seasons. I'm hoping the season finale features a case in which Haley falls into the talons of one of those metaphoric dragons and either gets eaten (and thus the divorce nonsense becomes moot point, but then poor Hotchner has to raise his son by himself, but that could make for a "Lone Wolf and Cub"/"Road to Perdition" scenario) or Hotchner saves her life and *HOPEFULLY* she gets over her little hissy fit and realizes how bloody lucky she is to be married to this guy.
Hoo, that was a long rant, but I needed to get it off my chest. Other serieses I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see where they go:
"Moonlight" -- How long is Mick's cure going to last? Is Beth going to get over being mad at him for not turning her boyfriend after he was attacked? I remember when the most recent episode aired, back around Christmas, in the prologue, there was a clip of this bit, and I remember calling out, "He won't do it because this isn't 'Hellsing'!" just as a geeky thing to do. But seriously (If you can be serious about the mythos of a series...), I think Mick did the decent thing, since it wouldn't have been Beth's boyfriend's choice to become a vampire, and I think he'd probably rankle a little at being the childe to the guy he suspects of being a rival for Beth's affections. That and... well, I don't think he'd take too well to being one of the walking undead.
"Supernatural" -- I was concerned that the strike would cancel out the ending to this season and ruin the clever time constraint that the Winchester Brothers are running against. I like the "real-time" idea we have going on the time Dean has to find his way out of the deal he made with the Crossroad Demon, and it would have been a terrible shame if they'd had to quickly commission a novel or something to keep up the element of realism in this little twist, though if they'd had to resort to that, it would be better than just leaving us hanging. The question remains, how are the boys going to pull it off? In the meantime, the new episode, set to air April 25th, sounds like a hoot: it's supposedly going to involve a "reality" show about ghost hunting, and I've heard that it's Eric Kripke's way of taking a playful swipe at those annoying "reality" shows, since he's not a fan of them by any account.