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Las ([personal profile] whynot) wrote2009-04-03 04:48 am
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i can haz teevee

It's totally the fault of writing the Merlin&Will fic that I went and watched 'Skins'. 'Cos when I mentioned Will in the past, people'd say, "Oh, you mean that guy from Skins!" So, with a renewed interest, off I went intertubing through the 'net, and went straight for the episode called 'Chris'. Who is of course the character Will plays.

THE THING IS. I was in the library at the time, working on my statistics homework and watching internet TV. (I caught up a bit with 'Heroes' during it. Since my homework was mostly grunt work and 'Heroes' has become mediocre, the two of them combined kept my mind fully engaged.) SO. The first scene was Will having an erection, then pissing on himself, and then we get a gratuitous ass shot. I was like, "WOAH, TONE IT DOWN THERE, WE'RE IN PUBLIC. (NICE BUTT!)" But I figure no one ever looks at anyone else's computer screens anyway (...right?) so whatever. But then we get to the part where that girl and that guy who looks familiar were taking off their clothes, and that was the end of watching 'Skins' in the computer lab.

THAT GUY, WHO LOOKS FAMILIAR? Is that kid from 'About a Boy'! wtf?! The kid from 'About a Boy' was taking off his clothes on the library computer!

omg, this show is hilarious. It's just a little off-beat and cute, and FUNNY, and I just wanna hang out with Sid. It's got excellent moments, like Will standing in the middle of the road with the boner of death and a broken heart. And Sid whole's interaction with that messed up girl in the beginning, hahaha. And everyone sleeping together in a big dogpile in the living room <33 omg adorable. And everything about Will and the wardrobe omfg, hilarious and heartbreaking and absurd. I'm watching it as I'm writing this. You guys who watch 'Skins', which episodes have the most Will in them?

omg Will's butt is all over the place! All scenes involving Will's butt are awesome, especially the one with the guy in the bathtub.


Elle/Claire is pretty sexy and feels like boyslash. Claire/HRG is still inappropriately heated. [OMG WILL'S EMO RUN THROUGH THE PARK <33333. Wiiiilllllll. And the scene at his dad's house? Holy shit. Good stuff.] Elle/Sylar, I like it when she was shooting lightning bolts at him in revenge. But then they made out and it was too soon. I might feel Peter/Claire where I didn't before. And Nathan&Peter bromance is still awesome.

I noticed I was liking things that I hadn't liked before: Claire's valiant brattiness and the dweebing down (a.k.a. rushed redemption) of antagonists. 'Heroes': I'd only think it's good if I were doing statistics homework?

It's been a good week for TV-watching on the internet. Still don't care about 'Lost'. (MAKE ME CARE AGAIN, 'LOST'.) Randomly getting into 'House' again. Of that I have this to say: House/Cuddyyyyyy. OH AND 'KINGS'. Let me tell you about 'Kings'. It's like this:

Kings = Merlin - crack + srs bsns

It's a 'Merlin' Americanmonarchy!AU. If I described bits of the first episode using no names, you wouldn't know which show I was talking about. The crazy king, the bratty prince, the valiant parvenu, and ~*~DESTINY~*~. Arthur/Jack, guys?!

[identity profile] mumblemutter.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
I downloaded the Kings pilot after the king was on the Daily Show and am watching it right now, but, dude. They have a David and a Jonathan and they have... no David/Jonathan? What the fuck is this? Depressing. I don't know, I guess this is more plausible, but fuck it. It's in the BIBLE. However, I'm kind of enjoying the Reverend.

Also, someone already went there (http://all-my-fandoms.livejournal.com/21443.html) with the Jack/Arthur.

(Oh, no pressure at all, but did you have a look at the Eyes eps? If you ever run out of teevee, I think you'd enjoy it!)

The Jack character is depressing me, idk.

ETA: Okay, I hate war movies and shows, but fuck, the big surrender scene was fucking amazing. Eliiiiiiiiiiiiiii oh god. :'-(
Edited 2009-04-03 11:03 (UTC)

[identity profile] twoskeletons.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
:-/ I HAVE HEARD that they actually wanna play down the gay. The Reverend is pretty badass though, yeah. I haven't looked at the Eyes eps, I don't have it around anymore since viruses from skeevy internet TV made me reformat my laptop.

Jack is kind of how I wished Arthur was like more. I kind of wish Arthur hadn't de-pratted himself so quickly. I mean, he's still a prat, but I can't imagine Arthur of the later episodes bullying that steward from the first episode. I wanted him to indulge in more debauchery.

[identity profile] mumblemutter.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's what Wikipedia says and it's KIND OF UPSETTING. But like, Jack is ridiculously pretty from certain angles? I mean, it's really just a matter of weighing my righteous disappoinment against like, cheekbones, and I'm willing to give it a couple more eps to reach a conclusion. Also, the evil general (or whatever) is the evil Huron from Last of the Mohicans and one of the comic relief guards is the douchebag songwriter from Music & Lyrics, which is kind of entertaining in its own way. Oh haaaaa, and I'm watching ep 2 right now and the Gath general is, uh, some dude from a crime show or other. Oh, TV.

Sometimes I think they rushed through Arthur's ~reformation because they couldn't be sure whether the show would be renewed and they wanted to get the point across. It really was pretty fast, but hey, *~Merlin tends to have that effect on, uh, people? I'M TALKING ABOUT BUTTSEX

Jack. :-(

[identity profile] lazaefair.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never seen 'Skins' but I'm primarily interested in Anwar, cause he was played by Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire and Dev Patel is a strange kind of awesomely cute.

[identity profile] twoskeletons.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT. now i have. Holy shit Dev Patel! Anwar is pretty hilarious, his t00biness is so spot-on.

[identity profile] silentsighs.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Skins! I am so attatched to that show. The first two series pretty consistantly broke my heart although I am not completely convinced by the third. Chris pops up pretty regularly throughout the first and second series, particularly towards the end of the second (although don't watch them before you've seen the rest!)

I really want to like Kings but I am sort of struggling to get properly involved with it. I love Thomasina (Thomasina/Rose?!)and I adore Jack - I am really insterested in where the show will take him and WHEN THE DAVID/JACK BFF-ING WILL HAPPEN. I thoroughly support Arthur/Jack :D
Edited 2009-04-03 16:28 (UTC)

[identity profile] twoskeletons.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, I wonder what happens to him in the third DON'T TELL ME. The 'Chris' episode is just aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, hilarious and heartbreaking and absurd and observant and OMG will will will.

Yeah, I'm not excitedflail about Kings. I'm not finding very many things to talk about yet. But yeah, Thomasina is pretty awesome, though the character I find most fascinating is the queen and how she has run of the court.

[identity profile] marycontraire.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You need to watch Skins properly. For serious. It's only ten episodes per series, and it is like crack. Like really good crack. (Like my own personal brand of heroin?) All the characters are in all the episodes, but they tend to be in their episode the most. Chris is also in Jal's episode a lot in the second series. But do try to watch all of them in order! It's more fun if you've kept track of who's fucked who. (Also, don't know if you've noticed yet, but other famous people on Skins include Dev Patel, pre-Slumdog Millionaire.)

[identity profile] twoskeletons.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHA I did not notice it was Dev Patel until you guys told me. I was halfway through the Tony episode when I exceeded the Megavideo bandwidth or whatever. I have cognitive dissonance looking at Tony being the smooth leader of the pack, 'cos I just keep on thinking "Kid from About a Boy!"

[identity profile] fireflower314.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
KIIIIIIIIINGS. I love that show sfm. (Though it makes me sad when I keep hearing people say David is boring, since I think he's really adorable. He, Jack and Rose are my favorites). As similarities between the two shoes go, I especially like how Merlin's going to get its time slot this summer. Fandom needs to write more crossovers between them, though I have seen a few good ones already, at least.

And I've been wanting to watch Skins because of Will, too. I might have to when I have time to marathon a show.

[identity profile] twoskeletons.livejournal.com 2009-04-06 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, oh fandom! I love how everyone is totally seeing the Kings/Merlin parallels. So by transitive property... Merlin/Bible parallels?? And yes, Queen Rose is the motherfucking man, I <3 her.

Skins is totally like my happy place right now. I love all the characters, even Tony the douchebag, and I wanna hug Sid and Cassie forever and ever ever. AND ALSO MAXXIE. And Anwar. and Chris and his craziness omg everyone everyone! I'm watching the series 1 finale tonight while I do homework, it will be glorious.