Glee Christmas ep
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erilynI never got around to posting about Furt and Special Education (major reason was I was too busy getting annoyed by people being WRONG ON THE INTERNET about Kurt). Short version, on the whole, I liked the episodes, though they were as flawed as most of Glee is. Sue's wedding was a total waste of time and Carole Burnett (apart from the Ohio duet with Jane Lynch), but at least there was awesome Sue-and-Kurt interaction to make up for it (Gelfling? Porcelain?) But maybe I need to check out Bruno Mars, cause I've never heard his songs before, but loved the use of both Marry You and Just the Way You Are (though would it have killed them to fix the song so Finn wasn't calling Kurt a girl?)
They're serious about the parallels between season 1 and 2, aren't they? In 1x09 Wheels, Kurt and Rachel do a not-duet of Defying Gravity. In 2x09, they do a not-duet of Don't Cry For Me Argentina (again, couldn't Kurt have sung boy not girl?) However, everyone knows that the Hipsters should have won. Rachel&Kurt bonding for the motherfucking win!
Anyway, Christmas ep...OMG I'm gonna need an icon of Kurt and Blaine from "Baby It's Cold Outside". That was ridiculously adorable and flirty and ♥ Also, totally added on cause of the success of Teenage Dream and how much interest there's been in BICO, I don't believe that was originally in the script, given how isolated it was.
I'm not sure I've ever heard the song before, but that's par for the course with a bunch of the Glee songs this year. I can tell I'm gonna be listening to it a lot though, their voices sound so good together.
Argh, they are being such teases with how they are drawing this out. On the other hand, it's getting the most build-up of any of the kids relationships outside Finn and Rachel, so it's nice that they think it's worth the build. We're definitely gonna need some more character development to Blaine too, if they're gonna keep around in a meaningful way, we need to see him shaken up and not so in control/buttoned down.
It did feel a little abrupt that a) Kurt was owning up to being in love with Blaine and b) that'd he'd tell Will. The interaction between Kurt and Will was sweet, including the way Will asked about Blaine - at least Kurt's exile is bringing him closer to people like Rachel and Will, odd. It's amazing how Kurt doesn't look all that short when he's only interacting with Blaine and Will, and no Finn around.
On the whole, I was generally pretty entertained by the episode, lots of funny bits and some cute, sweet moments (though seriously, they are writing Brittany as so infantilised/developmentally delayed that I'm squicked by her being sexually promiscuous). And did we really need two sadpanda!Rachel songs, mooning over Finn? Frankly, the relationship does neither of them any favours, the way its written most of the time. Nice to see Finn try to be the leader that he wants to be. Sue's present to Will made me laugh, and cut through the treacle of the scene (though it made me sad that apparently Kurt is stuck at school for Christmas, or wasn't invited to the inappropriate gathering at their teacher's place).
Can't the Glee kids use their awesome singing powers to get money from people with more to give than their teachers? Though Finn's opening address was hilarious ("neverending nightmare of pain").
They're serious about the parallels between season 1 and 2, aren't they? In 1x09 Wheels, Kurt and Rachel do a not-duet of Defying Gravity. In 2x09, they do a not-duet of Don't Cry For Me Argentina (again, couldn't Kurt have sung boy not girl?) However, everyone knows that the Hipsters should have won. Rachel&Kurt bonding for the motherfucking win!
Anyway, Christmas ep...OMG I'm gonna need an icon of Kurt and Blaine from "Baby It's Cold Outside". That was ridiculously adorable and flirty and ♥ Also, totally added on cause of the success of Teenage Dream and how much interest there's been in BICO, I don't believe that was originally in the script, given how isolated it was.
I'm not sure I've ever heard the song before, but that's par for the course with a bunch of the Glee songs this year. I can tell I'm gonna be listening to it a lot though, their voices sound so good together.
Argh, they are being such teases with how they are drawing this out. On the other hand, it's getting the most build-up of any of the kids relationships outside Finn and Rachel, so it's nice that they think it's worth the build. We're definitely gonna need some more character development to Blaine too, if they're gonna keep around in a meaningful way, we need to see him shaken up and not so in control/buttoned down.
It did feel a little abrupt that a) Kurt was owning up to being in love with Blaine and b) that'd he'd tell Will. The interaction between Kurt and Will was sweet, including the way Will asked about Blaine - at least Kurt's exile is bringing him closer to people like Rachel and Will, odd. It's amazing how Kurt doesn't look all that short when he's only interacting with Blaine and Will, and no Finn around.
On the whole, I was generally pretty entertained by the episode, lots of funny bits and some cute, sweet moments (though seriously, they are writing Brittany as so infantilised/developmentally delayed that I'm squicked by her being sexually promiscuous). And did we really need two sadpanda!Rachel songs, mooning over Finn? Frankly, the relationship does neither of them any favours, the way its written most of the time. Nice to see Finn try to be the leader that he wants to be. Sue's present to Will made me laugh, and cut through the treacle of the scene (though it made me sad that apparently Kurt is stuck at school for Christmas, or wasn't invited to the inappropriate gathering at their teacher's place).
Can't the Glee kids use their awesome singing powers to get money from people with more to give than their teachers? Though Finn's opening address was hilarious ("neverending nightmare of pain").
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Date: 2010-12-09 10:18 am (UTC)The plots are mostly a fucking shambles, and a bit of the music is falling flat for me, but sadly, this is still the show I most look forward to. Can't believe the next episode is 9 weeks away!
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Date: 2010-12-09 01:45 pm (UTC)I downloaded Special Education today and watched it. I enjoyed it, felt more like season 1. Lots of music I liked, and I love Kurt and Rachel's non-duets (and I'm just a sucker for Broadway musicals).