A Study in Scarlett

[vovat]

Okay, so, cartoons. I actually found the Simpsons episode to be pretty good, even though the ending was a bit abrupt. That's pretty much par for the course these days, though, isn't it? I do wish they'd done more to work the subplot in with the main plot, but they were both pretty funny. And is this the first time we've seen Gerald (the unibrowed baby)'s mother? I think there was some speculation that his father might have been Leopold, Superintendent Chalmers' assistant who was introduced around the same time and quickly forgotten about. The Family Guy episode wasn't that great, but the jokes based around Jerome being the stereotypical cool black guy were amusing, and I liked Quagmire's rant to Brian near the end. It does seem like they've made Brian more of a jerk in recent years than he was in the show's early days. Mind you, I've also seen it suggested that Brian has become a self-insertion character for Seth MacFarlane himself, so maybe there's a bit of self-mockery (or perhaps mockery of Seth by the others writers) in there. I did watch the Cleveland Show and American Dad as well, but I can't think of anything particularly constructive to say about them. I do wonder why they chose to use My Morning Jacket as the band that Stan became obsessed with, but for all I know they went through several others before finding a group that would agree to be on the show. I can't say I know much about the band; it seems like they were a hot item a few years ago, but they've since largely gone off the radar. But then, I don't exactly keep up with the latest in music news, so maybe that's just my impression.

Also, happy twenty-fifth birthday to Scarlett Johansson. Because she totally reads this, right? {g} Seriously, though, she's someone on whom I actually agree with the makers of the Hottest Celebrity lists. She seems to have particular appeal to nerdy guys; I remember one magazine calling her a "brainy bombshell," and Darius Whiteplume had a post on her possible nerdiness. Not sure how accurate that is, but even though the opinions I've heard on her album of Tom Waits covers weren't particularly positive (I've never heard it myself), it kind of strikes me that you'd have to be at least somewhat geeky to even know who Tom Waits is.

Comments

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

OMG, Tom Waits. I am so in absolute adoration of that man. Seriously.

And Scarlett Johanssen is amazingly luscious, I agree.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I tend to put Tom Waits in the same category as Leonard Cohen, in that they're better songwriters than they are singers. Not everyone agrees with that, though, and I like some singers who aren't necessarily conventionally good. I have noticed that artists like Waits and Cohen are often more popular among other musicians than the general public.

[revme.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind the simpsons, but I thought the baby-subplot was kinda lame. But then, I don't know if they've done a subplot on Maggie/Parenting that's ever really worked out well. Mainly because they always have to shove in the Octuplets and goddamn but I hate them and Manjula.

I liked Jerome OK, but the thing that was great was Quagmire's tearing into Brian. I like that I never really noticed that Quagmire didn't really like Brian, but looking back, they've always been relatively indifferent towards each other.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Mainly because they always have to shove in the Octuplets and goddamn but I hate them and Manjula.

I'm not so keen on them either. At least she only had one baby with her when at Marge's house, but that raises some questions, since they're all the same age.

I kind of thought Quagmire hating Brian came out of nowhere, but I don't recall a whole lot of interaction between them in earlier episodes anyway. Regardless, I think it made sense, and was definitely the best part of the episode.