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The O.C. 1x06 The Girlfriend:
Once again we have a party, which, once again, is supposed to be a special and extraordinary party, and I can't be the only one sick of the parties, can I? Can't these people have sex and relationship crises without having parties each time either happens? I wish the series would explore some other settings. I'm wondering by now whether we will get to see school eventually or whether it's just going to be various party settings forever. As usual the characters were either adorable or hot or both, so at least there was no lack of eye candy. But I really wish Everwood was back already then I could have adorable teen angst eye candy without the constant (beach, pool, birthday, charity, whatever) party. At least the plot this week highlighted some really twisted family stuff, and I liked that Ryan wasn't all moral about getting it on Gabrielle.

Enterprise 3x01 The Xindi:
I think it's interesting that Enterprise seems to be going for much less humanoid aliens than is usual for most of Star Trek, I liked to see aliens that were different. Though I was a bit confused: Were the council members we see at the beginning all supposed to be Xindi just different kinds or was that an alliance of some kind? All this time traveling stuff is making my head hurt like usual, and I didn't think the plot was all that great, though I liked the ruthless mining operation captain. On a completely shallow note, I don't like T'Pol's new look, and I could have done without the scene with T'Pol and Trip, when they do this Vulcan massage thing.

Jake 2.0 1x01 The Tech:
I liked this. It has potential, and it was fun. I hope the series will survive at least for a while. I liked the actor who plays Jake back when he was in Odyssey 5 (sorry, I'm really bad with names, so I don't remember his), and I like Jake as character. I could totally see his mixture of being terrified and thinking how cool the nano technology that's infested him is at the same time, and I'm a sucker for the geek/superhero combination anyway, as my love of Spider-Man shows.

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Enterprise--I've been saying for awhile that I'd be much happier if they fired everyone but Hoshi and Phlox out of a missile tube. And Porthos, he can stay too. I do not like this cast--they've gone out of their way to make Archer the most unlikeable jackass ever to command a ship. T'Pol--this from the same producers who described her being mind-raped as a "sexy encounter", so I'm not surprised, only resigned to being disgusted. And they made the theme song WORSE! How did they manage that?

..otoh, was mildly amused to see that one of the marines was "Gavin" from Angel. I like him.

Jake 2.0--Relatively harmless. Yeah, I got the Spidey-vibe, but the actor's not that cute. Plus, I sense a Smallville-style triangle happening with Jake liking the vapid blonde chick (Lana) and ignoring smart doctor-chick (Chloe). Boys are dumb. >_< At best it reminds me of Invisible Man, which I liked a lot, only without Darien's smart-ass sexiness and Hobbes' grouchiness. But I'll probably watch for another ep or two at least.

I have to admit I always fast forward through the Enterprise theme song, as I can't see it on tv, so I've stopped being annoyed by it and didn't notice any change. I think what I dislike most about Archer is that he doesn't seem to have a lot of personality at all. I mean, it's two seasons now, and the seasons were longer than most tv seasons, and still I feel like I know very little about the characters.

About Jake 2.0, I think that classic setup can still work (though I don't think it'll be nearly as cool as Spidey either), and can turn out well (or awful). I don't think it'll be as original as Invisible Man, because really the quirkiness of that one was great, especially in the first season, with the super secret agency having no budget etc. That was way better than the "regular" NSA stuff in Jake 2.0. Plus, I just always fear for any vaguely sf-like series, that it won't be given more than a few eps these days, and will never get a chance to find it's footing.

I just always fear for any vaguely sf-like series, that it won't be given more than a few eps these days, and will never get a chance to find it's footing.

Yeah. I'm still mourning Firefly and Invisible Man and Miracles and Now and Again and and and.... *sigh*

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