Fangirl Mode: ON Set to: Squee

[sienamystic]

Uh, guys? I'm absolutely in love with Castle. As in, yeah, I can tell there are flaws, but I just...really don't care. I'm a big ball of giddy watching it because of the banter and the hot Nathan Fillion and I like Kate-who-is-not-all-that-uptight-really-and-occasionally-silences-Castle-with-a-quip. I like the daughter a lot, and her relationship with Castle, and I even like the grandmother who's character has probably been done a million times but I don't care. I don't even object to the two dumb-guy cops who are, as of yet, primarily around for exposition and cop-talk.

Seriously, though - I watch The Mentalist unabashedly. It's a flawed show, in truth, because the crime plots are frequently beyond lame, and really the point of it all is watching Simon Baker smile at people and bounce off his teammates to the great glee of everybody involved. For this show, the mysteries are a touch better written (and I think they've managed to find better actors for the crime-o-the-week stories, although it's probably too early to tell) and there are fun background characters. And on top of it all you have a fun couple sparking off each other. (These are big reasons why I like Jennifer Crusie's books.) Both are shows that wouldn't stand up to much critical attention, but they don't all have to - I mean, I'm watching Kings, and if that show doesn't balance out the fluff with some weighty melodrama (and Ian McShane throwing his weight around and maybe I can forgive him for being in that abomination of a movie The Dark is Rising because I did love you in Deadwood, McShane), I don't know what will. As of this moment, I am very ok with my fun, fluffy, eye-candy show. DON'T MAKE ME HATE YOU AGAIN, ABC.

I seem to use a lot of hyphens when I'm excited. Uh, feel free to blame this entire post on my pain pills, which have just started to kick in. Squee + Percocet = fangirl raving, apparently.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, rave away. Forgot to watch Castle again. I could have done that as I was knitting, darn. I need to put it on my calendar.

Glad you took last Thurs. and Fri. off. My mom asked how you were and gave her mom-opinion that you should have stayed home. :) Well, also she's watching my dad recover, so I guess she's entitled to protest any perceived over-exertion. Oh, and thank you back for the thank you card--it's going on my fridge, you know how I feel about that owl. Love him!

~Kate-h

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Hee, your mom was very right. I'm glad I stayed home those extra two days. Work isn't hard, but I am definitely still a little more easily tired. How's your dad doing?

I mentally think of that owl stamp as "Kate's Owl" now, you know!

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

I liked last night's episode a lot more than I did last week's. I do love the relationship between Castle and his daughter. And I like the way Castle is actually helping the police with his think outside the box antics and not hindering them--while still being made aware that is is not the police.

I thought the point of The Mentalist was Simon Baker getting punched in the face--that's the only reason I ever watch it. ;)

Have not seen Kings yet--I'm going to try to check out the pilot on NBC's website this week. I've loved Ian McShane since he played Lovejoy on Mystery back in the day.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Ian McShane is, at least, very equipped to handle the dense and formal language, thanks to Deadwood. One thing that may cripple Kings is that he has so much presence that most of the other actors may not be able to stand toe-to-toe with him. I should probably Netflix Lovejoy.

The point of The Mentalist is the fact that Simon Baker's grin makes me slide off the sofa. I thought everybody knew that! It was so nice of them to make a tv show targeted that narrowly.

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Simon Baker is, indeed, a pretty pretty pretty man.