those girls they wanna have fun
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Happy birthday to my dearest ropo today!
I finished ep 14 of Glee S3 last night. I'm just going to avoid talking about the "plot" shenanigans, as it is too crazy, incoherent, and frankly stupid to discuss. Instead, I am going to share with you my favorite cover songs from the season so far. Sadly some of the actual performances on the show aren't available on YouTube, but the songs themselves are.
"What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" - The Glee gang does Kelly Clarkson justice. Actually, specifically it's the Troubletones who do it... the Troubletones are awesomesauce.
"Smooth Criminal" - Sebastian is a little punk, but I did love this duet he did with Santana. Plus the CELLOS ARE FLIPPING AWESOME.
"Christmas Wrapping" - I love this song and love Brittany's cover w/ the ribbon dance routine. <3
"T.G.I.F." - Darren Criss does Katy Perry better than Katy Perry. You know I'm right.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - The Greg Laswell (not Cyndi Lauper) version. This is such a beautiful cover. You know it's good when I rec anything that features Finn, who I generally can't stand (especially his singing). I think I actually cried during this scene when he's singing it to Santana. (There is a full performance of this on YT but the quality is terrible and the important part is the music.)
I found this great Logan/Veronica video yesterday, and watching it reminded me of how much I'd loved that ship (the ship acronym was actually LoVe!) once upon a time... which made me pissed off all over again wrt what they did to it. F*ck you, Rob Thomas. The first season of Veronica Mars was amazing. It was so good that Joss Whedon was gaga over it (which was what made me interested in watching it), which he says himself he rarely gets over anything that isn't his own project.
The problem was, it was conceived of as a one-season show, and after that one season, things started falling apart. By the third (and last) season, it no longer resembled the great show it'd once been. One of the hugest mistakes they made was what they did with Logan and Veronica. (And maybe Logan specifically. But Veronica too. And the two together.) Logan was the Damon/Spike of the series. He wasn't intended to be the male lead or Veronica's primary love interest, or play such a big role, but he ended up doing so because the fans loved him, and loved them together. It got so that they let the other actor (the one who played her actual boyfriend) go, because, according to Rob Thomas, "it became clear that one suitor won out."
So they KNEW what the fans liked. And yet instead of nurturing that interest, they basically blew up the LoVe relationship, and not in the typical little bullshit ways to keep the viewers interested and wanting them to be together. Instead, they drove huge, gaping chasms between them in ways that were irreparable, or nearly so. I've never understood their reasoning for doing this. Were they resentful of the fact that people enjoyed Logan more than they were supposed to? Were they trying to kill the ship, which was cutting off their noses to spite their faces, since, as is the case with many shows I love, VM was a critical but not ratings darling? I just don't know if they did what they did out of ignorance, stupidity, or some misguided attempt to try and either kill the ship or keep people interested (???). In any case, what they did was destroy it, and since the show itself was faltering anyway, there was really nothing left to watch for, by the end.
Wow. I had no idea I still felt so strongly about it after all this time. LOL. Anyway, if you were ever a LoVe fan, it's a good vid that will make you nostalgic (and maybe mad when you remember the rest of it).
ropo today!I finished ep 14 of Glee S3 last night. I'm just going to avoid talking about the "plot" shenanigans, as it is too crazy, incoherent, and frankly stupid to discuss. Instead, I am going to share with you my favorite cover songs from the season so far. Sadly some of the actual performances on the show aren't available on YouTube, but the songs themselves are.
"What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" - The Glee gang does Kelly Clarkson justice. Actually, specifically it's the Troubletones who do it... the Troubletones are awesomesauce.
"Smooth Criminal" - Sebastian is a little punk, but I did love this duet he did with Santana. Plus the CELLOS ARE FLIPPING AWESOME.
"Christmas Wrapping" - I love this song and love Brittany's cover w/ the ribbon dance routine. <3
"T.G.I.F." - Darren Criss does Katy Perry better than Katy Perry. You know I'm right.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - The Greg Laswell (not Cyndi Lauper) version. This is such a beautiful cover. You know it's good when I rec anything that features Finn, who I generally can't stand (especially his singing). I think I actually cried during this scene when he's singing it to Santana. (There is a full performance of this on YT but the quality is terrible and the important part is the music.)
I found this great Logan/Veronica video yesterday, and watching it reminded me of how much I'd loved that ship (the ship acronym was actually LoVe!) once upon a time... which made me pissed off all over again wrt what they did to it. F*ck you, Rob Thomas. The first season of Veronica Mars was amazing. It was so good that Joss Whedon was gaga over it (which was what made me interested in watching it), which he says himself he rarely gets over anything that isn't his own project.
The problem was, it was conceived of as a one-season show, and after that one season, things started falling apart. By the third (and last) season, it no longer resembled the great show it'd once been. One of the hugest mistakes they made was what they did with Logan and Veronica. (And maybe Logan specifically. But Veronica too. And the two together.) Logan was the Damon/Spike of the series. He wasn't intended to be the male lead or Veronica's primary love interest, or play such a big role, but he ended up doing so because the fans loved him, and loved them together. It got so that they let the other actor (the one who played her actual boyfriend) go, because, according to Rob Thomas, "it became clear that one suitor won out."
So they KNEW what the fans liked. And yet instead of nurturing that interest, they basically blew up the LoVe relationship, and not in the typical little bullshit ways to keep the viewers interested and wanting them to be together. Instead, they drove huge, gaping chasms between them in ways that were irreparable, or nearly so. I've never understood their reasoning for doing this. Were they resentful of the fact that people enjoyed Logan more than they were supposed to? Were they trying to kill the ship, which was cutting off their noses to spite their faces, since, as is the case with many shows I love, VM was a critical but not ratings darling? I just don't know if they did what they did out of ignorance, stupidity, or some misguided attempt to try and either kill the ship or keep people interested (???). In any case, what they did was destroy it, and since the show itself was faltering anyway, there was really nothing left to watch for, by the end.
Wow. I had no idea I still felt so strongly about it after all this time. LOL. Anyway, if you were ever a LoVe fan, it's a good vid that will make you nostalgic (and maybe mad when you remember the rest of it).
