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My ramblings on part one of the pilot here. I suspect as I settle in I'll get lazy enough to go back to my usual style of episode response which is a bit of wordless flailing and a few I LOVE X's. For now I appear to need to type and type and type.
Whee, time to put on a show, and how adorable is Laurette? SO ADORABLE. *heart*. I LOVE HER THIS MUCH, Y"ALL. Little Miss I Was Mean To Boonie appears to have dysentery. GOOD. Satisfying payback and it means Laurette gets to step up and be the star. She is far more engaging on the stage, and I remain baffled that anyone would pick LMIWMTB over her on any score, who was not only mean to Boonie (yes this IS an unforgiveable sin in my book), but is so bland in her prettiness as to be boring. Laurette is way more attractive IMO. And she sings better. So there.
You'll notice that despite the conflict before it is KC who drives Cherry to the party. And that Cherry is still confiding in and reaching out to her. Because she's Cherry. And because despite her hard shell, or maybe because of it, KC can't seem to resist...not trying to protect Cherry so much, but to...I dunno, stay near? In a way it's almost like she acts like a buffer. It's kind of awesome, these two and their unlikely bond.
I do not think I could love Beckett putting formaldehyde in the punch and Boonie cheering him on more if I tried. It's funny, yes..but also deeply satisfying. Buncha bloated self-important politicians shaking hands and shmoozing with the blood of thousands on their hands. Fuck 'em. Also, I find myself having Beckett/Boonie thoughts. I think, possibly, the rule of thumb here is that if Boonie is sharing a scene with anyone it is safe to assume I 'ship it.
Ouch. Boonie and KC. BOONIE IS SAD, MAKE IT STOP. I actually love this relationship, even as it hurts me. KC, more than anyone, has seen behind the happy mask. Hell, she helped him create it, which both of them reference here. And Boonie knows the part of KC that isn'tentirely cynical and jaded. And it just...this whole conversation sums them up. He wants this, she wants that and there's no way to reconcile that despite what they feel. Maybe even because of it. BUT IT MAKES BOONIE SAD. Even though I'm kind of on KC's side....Boonie isn't so good with reality, and happy pony wishes do not make things the way you want them to be. Alas.
Douchebag aide is douchey. I hate him. Blood. On. Your. Hands. And step off my Cherry.
Ha! Beckett vs. Clueless Senator. OMG THIS GUY SUCKS. Beckett hates him. Beckett is fucking with him and I approve. The formaldehyde again! HOW ARE YOU SO AWESOME BECKETT?
Oh, Boonie. *cuddles him*
Greeeat, douchebag aide is a *rapist* douchebag. CHERRY BIT HIM, GO CHERRY! See, sweet she may be but Cherry's got some steel in her spine, she really does. Girl does not back down when it's important to her, and finding her brother is. And okay, I love this...that it's Dodger who rescues her (and then cries...oh Dodger, you are ten pounds of crazy in a five pound bag, but I do love you). And just as with KC, Cherry is learning some real truths...the dirty crazy-eyed soldier and the whore are the best friends she's got out here, while important men in suits are slimy assholes, because life is not as simple as she thought. What I really love is that this doesn't shatter her belief in good, it just shifts her definition of what is good. I love her for it.
Buh-bye Little Miss I Was Mean To Boonie. Don't let Vietnam hit you in the ass on the way out. On the other hand, do. You were good Laurette. You're worth ten of that creep.
Hee, Colleen's goodbye party. The sweetness wrapped in whacky wierdness makes me want to HUG ALL OF THEM SO HARD. Except Natch. Who is a douchebag. Shut up Natch. And...awwwww...Colleen. You're not going to leave. You should leave. I know you love it, but Vietnam is your abusive boyfriend, and it did mean to hit you. You can't save all of them, and no matter how many you do, they'll keep on coming. It's useless to tell you that, though, isn't it?
See, and here we have getting through Colleen's numbness without being a douchebag. From Laurette, of course. The deal they make here is awesome even though Laurette has no idea what she's getting into. Colleen wants her to understand. She wants to step into Laurette's world and feel that spark again, but it has to be an even exchange because she needs her to get it too . Seriously, they're doing it, right?
Awww, party getting ready. I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH. SO, SO MUCH. With the sweetness, and the heartbreakingly sad, and the funny, and it's all here in this sequence. *DRAWS HEARTS OVER ALL OF THEM*
Except Natch. Who is a douchebag. No, he didn't do anything in particular here to warrant that. I just hate him enough to mention it again.
EEEEEE, and I love that they put this in the credits because Colleen up there dancing and doing back up for Laurette and having a ball while being slightly awkward and when they all recognize that it is her and go wild...and she's like teary and you know for sure that, yeah she's not going anywhere and it's beautiful....except that's when the bombs go off, because that's the way it is...and...I just...you can snatch your bits of happiness, but the death and destruction is always there. OH SHOW.
And now it's time for Laurette to get it. The endless stream of bodies. The dead boy who isn't yet dead and carries a picture of her in his pocket. So she does what she knows how to do. She sings, and maybe it's futile but it's something and it means everything. AND MY HEART BREAKS FOREVER. That Laurette also chooses to stay after this speaks volumes about her and why I love her so damn much.
And she does get it, and it is what Colleen needs...this moment of bonding. The shared burden. *writes Mrs. and Mrs. Colleen and Laurette in notebook over and over again*
Of course Colleen's home is destroyed as she decides to stay, welcome to Vietnam. Heh, and Laurette talking about going home when she's not going anywhere either And what are ya gonna do about it except dig your cross out of the rubble while Boonie brings you coffee and lawn chairs and good cheer, 'cause that's what Boonie does (ILU BOONIE). And pray for peace.
Damn. Twenty years since this show aired and it still gets me.
My ramblings on part one of the pilot here. I suspect as I settle in I'll get lazy enough to go back to my usual style of episode response which is a bit of wordless flailing and a few I LOVE X's. For now I appear to need to type and type and type.
Whee, time to put on a show, and how adorable is Laurette? SO ADORABLE. *heart*. I LOVE HER THIS MUCH, Y"ALL. Little Miss I Was Mean To Boonie appears to have dysentery. GOOD. Satisfying payback and it means Laurette gets to step up and be the star. She is far more engaging on the stage, and I remain baffled that anyone would pick LMIWMTB over her on any score, who was not only mean to Boonie (yes this IS an unforgiveable sin in my book), but is so bland in her prettiness as to be boring. Laurette is way more attractive IMO. And she sings better. So there.
You'll notice that despite the conflict before it is KC who drives Cherry to the party. And that Cherry is still confiding in and reaching out to her. Because she's Cherry. And because despite her hard shell, or maybe because of it, KC can't seem to resist...not trying to protect Cherry so much, but to...I dunno, stay near? In a way it's almost like she acts like a buffer. It's kind of awesome, these two and their unlikely bond.
I do not think I could love Beckett putting formaldehyde in the punch and Boonie cheering him on more if I tried. It's funny, yes..but also deeply satisfying. Buncha bloated self-important politicians shaking hands and shmoozing with the blood of thousands on their hands. Fuck 'em. Also, I find myself having Beckett/Boonie thoughts. I think, possibly, the rule of thumb here is that if Boonie is sharing a scene with anyone it is safe to assume I 'ship it.
Ouch. Boonie and KC. BOONIE IS SAD, MAKE IT STOP. I actually love this relationship, even as it hurts me. KC, more than anyone, has seen behind the happy mask. Hell, she helped him create it, which both of them reference here. And Boonie knows the part of KC that isn'tentirely cynical and jaded. And it just...this whole conversation sums them up. He wants this, she wants that and there's no way to reconcile that despite what they feel. Maybe even because of it. BUT IT MAKES BOONIE SAD. Even though I'm kind of on KC's side....Boonie isn't so good with reality, and happy pony wishes do not make things the way you want them to be. Alas.
Douchebag aide is douchey. I hate him. Blood. On. Your. Hands. And step off my Cherry.
Ha! Beckett vs. Clueless Senator. OMG THIS GUY SUCKS. Beckett hates him. Beckett is fucking with him and I approve. The formaldehyde again! HOW ARE YOU SO AWESOME BECKETT?
Oh, Boonie. *cuddles him*
Greeeat, douchebag aide is a *rapist* douchebag. CHERRY BIT HIM, GO CHERRY! See, sweet she may be but Cherry's got some steel in her spine, she really does. Girl does not back down when it's important to her, and finding her brother is. And okay, I love this...that it's Dodger who rescues her (and then cries...oh Dodger, you are ten pounds of crazy in a five pound bag, but I do love you). And just as with KC, Cherry is learning some real truths...the dirty crazy-eyed soldier and the whore are the best friends she's got out here, while important men in suits are slimy assholes, because life is not as simple as she thought. What I really love is that this doesn't shatter her belief in good, it just shifts her definition of what is good. I love her for it.
Buh-bye Little Miss I Was Mean To Boonie. Don't let Vietnam hit you in the ass on the way out. On the other hand, do. You were good Laurette. You're worth ten of that creep.
Hee, Colleen's goodbye party. The sweetness wrapped in whacky wierdness makes me want to HUG ALL OF THEM SO HARD. Except Natch. Who is a douchebag. Shut up Natch. And...awwwww...Colleen. You're not going to leave. You should leave. I know you love it, but Vietnam is your abusive boyfriend, and it did mean to hit you. You can't save all of them, and no matter how many you do, they'll keep on coming. It's useless to tell you that, though, isn't it?
See, and here we have getting through Colleen's numbness without being a douchebag. From Laurette, of course. The deal they make here is awesome even though Laurette has no idea what she's getting into. Colleen wants her to understand. She wants to step into Laurette's world and feel that spark again, but it has to be an even exchange because she needs her to get it too . Seriously, they're doing it, right?
Awww, party getting ready. I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH. SO, SO MUCH. With the sweetness, and the heartbreakingly sad, and the funny, and it's all here in this sequence. *DRAWS HEARTS OVER ALL OF THEM*
Except Natch. Who is a douchebag. No, he didn't do anything in particular here to warrant that. I just hate him enough to mention it again.
EEEEEE, and I love that they put this in the credits because Colleen up there dancing and doing back up for Laurette and having a ball while being slightly awkward and when they all recognize that it is her and go wild...and she's like teary and you know for sure that, yeah she's not going anywhere and it's beautiful....except that's when the bombs go off, because that's the way it is...and...I just...you can snatch your bits of happiness, but the death and destruction is always there. OH SHOW.
And now it's time for Laurette to get it. The endless stream of bodies. The dead boy who isn't yet dead and carries a picture of her in his pocket. So she does what she knows how to do. She sings, and maybe it's futile but it's something and it means everything. AND MY HEART BREAKS FOREVER. That Laurette also chooses to stay after this speaks volumes about her and why I love her so damn much.
And she does get it, and it is what Colleen needs...this moment of bonding. The shared burden. *writes Mrs. and Mrs. Colleen and Laurette in notebook over and over again*
Of course Colleen's home is destroyed as she decides to stay, welcome to Vietnam. Heh, and Laurette talking about going home when she's not going anywhere either And what are ya gonna do about it except dig your cross out of the rubble while Boonie brings you coffee and lawn chairs and good cheer, 'cause that's what Boonie does (ILU BOONIE). And pray for peace.
Damn. Twenty years since this show aired and it still gets me.
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