meredith44, posts by tag: lost - LiveJournal

To my flist... Sorry to spam, but I wanted to get this up while I still had brain function.

Oh, and this isn't a GIP, as I have a bunch to talk about, but I love this icon. It always makes me giggle.


Okay, I was sick and in bed for a long period of time last weekend and continued a lethargic existence this weekend, so I watched a bunch of shows on videotape and download. I’ve finished the last season of most of my shows, and have started watching the current seasons of some of them. I’m sure there really isn’t anyone who cares of my opinions about these shows, especially at this late date, but I wanted to write them, so here they are anyway.

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If ever CSI goes back to being about interesting (not sensationalistic) stories with twists and turns and no excessive personal stuff, I might consider watching it again.

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I thought of a lot of stuff to say when I was watching the episode; however, everyone else has said it so much better in their journals, so I’ll leave that to the others. Not ‘The Others’, just the other LJers. *grin*

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For the past year or so, NCIS has definitely been one of my favorite shows, and the fourth season looks to be continuing in the same strong vein as the third. I hope that it doesn’t let me down.

Speaking of being let down by a favorite show...
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I’m still watching, but I just don’t enjoy the show as much as I used to.

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I think if this show were “Daddy Mars” with only a side story of Veronica instead of the other way around, I’d be much more likely to enjoy it. Oh well. I will probably try again in a few months. Maybe. (Shouldn’t 4 episodes be enough for me to be sure that I don’t like the show without feeling guilty that I didn’t give it a chance? Apparently not, as I’m still feeling guilty.)

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I really want to like the show, but so far? Not so much. I do have to say that it is really odd to watch in real time and to see Studio 60 after Heroes. They are not very similar and even though I like both well enough, it’s a bit jarring to go from one to the other.

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I might end up giving up this show, as my Tuesdays are already so crowded (see NCIS and Gilmore Girls, plus there is also Friday Night Lights, which I have yet to watch, but which I’m told is great). Eh. We’ll see.

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So, I’ll keep watching, but I don’t see it becoming an obsession unless something changes.

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All that being said, I think Grey’s is one of my favorite shows right now.


And that got way, way too long, so although I don’t want to give each show its own post (because that would be spam to the highest degree, I will devote a separate post to Without a Trace. (Of course, that allows me more time to formulate it, as I think that post might be the one that I can actually find a couple of people to care about. :)

Okay, this is sparked by a post from alliecat8. (And I could have sworn I responded to the post, but I don't see my reply. Huh. I did type something, and it appeared to have gone through. *iz confused*) Anyway...

She asked why het is problematic on Lost, and in responding to her, I realized that my interest in Lost has waned with my loss of interest in Sawyer/Kate. I do like Jack/Sawyer, so it's not like I'm only invested in the Sawyer/Kate relationship, which made me think at first that the two couldn't be related. Then I realized that my interest in Without a Trace has also waned this season, and I can't help but think it's at least a little due to the fact that there is no more Samantha/Martin anymore.

I used to wonder how certain shippers could say that as soon as there was no chance of their couple doing anything in canon that they would stop watching the show. I always thought that the show was so much more than that. I mean, I've watched a bunch of shows in which there was no chance of romance on the show (Law and Order: SVU and Cold Case spring immediately to mind) and had/have no problem with it, so why would it matter for other shows? Apparently it does. *sigh* Maybe it's just that I need at least one strong/complex man that I like and one strong/complex woman that I like and that they have a potential for het romance even if it isn't ever going to really happen? Maybe even if nothing ever happens, I'm fine, but if the possibility is quashed (either through a deterioration in the quality of either character (as in the case of Lost) or due to the relationship fizzling out (as in the case of Without a Trace)), my interest level starts to go downhill?

I don't know, but I wish that it didn't matter to me. Maybe I'm overanalyzing and it really doesn't matter and it's really a drop in the quality of storytelling this season for both shows? I'd prefer that, because if that were the case, I could hope for an upswing in quality, but if it is my problem with the lack of het romance, I think I'm screwed with either show.

Thus ends my rambling for this evening.

Okay, sorry to spam, but I really want to participate in eponine119 appreciation day because I want to get back to the positives of fandom.

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In compiling these, I realized I've been awful in leaving fb. Some of it was from back when I was a lurker, but really there is no good excuse. Sorry! I should probably rectify that at some point, what with the whole positive thing I'm trying to do now.

Also, I was intending on doing an appreciation thing for halfdutch, foxxcub, and uberaeryn, but I got caught up reading and rereading all of eponine119's fics under her Lost fanfic tag trying to choose my favorites and hours have gone by, so that will have to wait for another time. (As I'm eons late for their appreciation days, another day or two won't matter. Did I miss the appreciation day for anyone else? Maybe I should just randomly do some on my own.)

I like this positive stuff. I think I missed Icon Maker Appreciation Day, didn't I? I seem to recall something little about that. Maybe I'll retroactively do a post for that. I'm going to try this positive thing if it kills me!

(Oh, and for all of you Italian people on my flist that have just started watching Lost, I made sure not to include any spoilers in my recs. I also reordered the recs to put them in order of what episodes the stories themselves spoiled so that you could plan your reading accordingly. If you choose to take me up on some of my recs, that is.)


Anyway...
Happy Appreciation Day, eponine119! I ♥ you and all of your writing.

Okay, I saw this in halfdutch's and liianna's journals, and you know me and memes; they're like my crack.

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I also included a fanfic author rec because the meme asked for my favorite author and I couldn't say just one. If you're interested in some CSI (Sara/Nick), CSI: Miami (Calleigh/Eric), Gilmore Girls (Lorelai/Luke), Highlander (just one story, but it's a good one), La Femme Nikita (all kinds), Law & Order: SVU (mostly Elliot/Olivia), Lost (some gen, mostly have something to do with Sawyer), NCIS (gen, and all possible pairings of Kate), and Without a Trace (not much yet), feel free to check it out.

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If you don't see an author or story on my rec list (because I by no means claim to be fully comprehensive in my list, especially in certain fandoms) and you think I might like him/her/it, feel free to rec in comments. I'm really (I mean like a few hundred email alerts/stories) behind in my fanfic reading right now (if you couldn't tell from my comments on this list), but I'm always looking for good stories.




Wow, that took way longer than I was planning for it to take. And I wonder why I have no time to actually read fanfiction? *sigh*

Well, I've seen "which Lost character are you" quizzes before, but I don't think I've ever taken one. midnight_air posted one today and I decided to take it. I went into it thinking that I didn't want to be Charlie or Boone, and knowing that I wouldn't end up being Sawyer.

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