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I guess I'm really just not a CSI kind of person, though I kind of understand the thing that people have for Grissom (he's such a savant!). I was not into this hour of television, even with the sparing presence of Milo Ventimiglia, tearing up yet again. (Man, that guy gets typecast as a crier. I don't mind, but dang.) I especially hate shows that have the "if you take drugs ever, you will die - or kill your loved ones and not remember it afterwards!" Or, for that matter, almost any hour of television ever that features a "rave". This one is particularly ham-fisted, not to mention that it came out about ten years after the rave scene had already collapsed. Grr! Stupid mainstream media! [/cranky oldster] Anyway, Milo is cute, but not as cute as he would later become. He looks oddly older here than he does on The Gilmore Girls. The character itself is fairly vague and unformed, his plotline only one of three (the CSI standard? Very standard for any kind of procedural, as I've learnt watching House), and the culmination as lurid as it has to be, seeing as it involves drugs. I'll watch the episode again if it happens to be on, but this is not one of my Milo favorites. Onward! Maybe I'll try to uncover some of those Boston Public episodes... aw, who am I kidding? This is what NetFlix was made for. (But do I dare open that hornet's nest? I have such poor impulse control when it comes to movies and TV shows... I just really want to see WINTER BREAK and Opposite Sex, as well as the truckload of embarrassing past Adrian Pasdar credits.) Unnecessary personal update: I'm exhausted. I'm writing, but very slowly. Life is still really busy, but I am poking at Ritual 39 every day. But for right now, I'm going to take a nap.Tags: :(, milo ventimiglia, other roles
Current Mood:  tired
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Aw, too bad. As I said, I'm quite fond of his CSI episode. I think it's one of the first where Grissom really shows any personal emotional involvement in a case (even Grissom can't resist teary-eyed Milo!) And, not to get into a debate about drugs or anything, but personally, I find the "drugs make bad things happen" message way more palatable than the simultaneous "being gay makes bad things happen" message in the same episode... I was also slashing Milo's character and the dead kid in my head (way before I knew who Milo was), so finding out the gay was there, but only in the other plotline was kind of annoying...
On a completely OT note: I just finished watching the season two finale of Gilmore Girls (thus far I have seen the episode Jess is introduced in and a couple after that, and the last eight episodes of season two, where they get in that car accident, etc) and I just have to say that if the PTB on that show want us to think that the only reason Jess wanted to come back to Stars Hollow was Rory... then they are complete idiots who are missing out on a potentially much more interesting character.
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From: mystery_sock |
Date: May 7th, 2008 03:41 am (UTC) |
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I find the "drugs make bad things happen" message way more palatable than the simultaneous "being gay makes bad things happen" message in the same episode...
This is defintely, definitely true, and I missed that whole aspect because by then, I was fast-forwarding through any non-Milo footage. Jimson weed is NOT something that people ought to fuck with, 'tis true. The drug thing is just such a cliche. Oh wait, CSI: I forgot. And, oh, absolutely, I just assumed that Milo and Dead Guy were Very Good Friends™. I'm just like that.
So that's Grissom, huh? Interesting. I'd like to get him into a cage match with Locke from Lost, and see who can out-inscrutable the other. I did like the rollercoaster outro, though - that brief scene told me quite a bit about his character. And of course, I had some bitter laughs of irony watching Gary Dourdan talk about how drugs r bad. Ecstasy, cocaine, AND heroin? Gosh, mister, slow down. He obviously has some big, big problems.
Jess on Gilmore Girls broke my heart so badly I couldn't keep watching the show. I literally could not stand to watch a really nice guy like that be trampled on by every single person he comes into contact with. It literally took me out of the entertainment zone into a red rage of injustice. However, it's funny to see him standing next to Jared Padalecki as Dean... he comes up to Jared's shoulder. Awwww!
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From: 47_trek_47 |
Date: May 7th, 2008 03:50 am (UTC) |
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Oh, Grissom could totally kick Locke's ass in an inscrutability contest. Hands down. And... yes, let's just not talk about poor Warrick/Gary Dourdan. It makes me sad, honestly.
Jess is breaking my heart, too. He's just... god, that poor kid. And now I'm making him a hooker. I can't tell if the writers are intentionally making everyone completely fuck up when it comes to Jess (although the reunion with Luke was pretty good, really), or if they don't realize their oh-so-sweet characters are doing it wrong. Though, I do have to say that, at this point, at least, Rory is the only one being decent to him.
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From: mimesh |
Date: May 7th, 2008 11:15 am (UTC) |
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CSI. Uggghhh. Hate that show and all of its offspring.
You mentioned Nathan, errr, Adrian. Last night I watched Shadows of Desire with he and Nicolette Sheridan. It was excruciating listening to him affect a Southern accent. He did it well, but I know that's not how the man speaks (even if he is married to a native-Texan). LOL. One word, actually two: Fast-Forward & Pause. LOL. Because the movie was so 'dated' and just uggghh in terms of storyline, I did a lot of fast-forwarding. But because Nathan, I mean, Adrian was in it so much, I did a lot of pausing and utlizing the 'zoom' feature on my dvd remote. Particularly in those instances where his sweet tush were in frame, oh and in the same instances where his junk was on display, mid-frame, a little left of center. *sigh* I have a couple other of his past junkets en route; maybe they'll be better, maybe I'll actually pay attention to the story.
Another interesting tidbit about Shadows of Desire (which you probably already know), Richard Roundtree nee Charles Deveaux was also in the film. It's a small world, eh? ;) LOL
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