Originally Posted By mele I was a fan of this show since the first preview of the show almost 2 years ago. Now I really can barely stand it. Last night's episode was just awful. Just doing Britney videos and exact covers of her songs? Meh. That's not what made the show fun...it was seeing how they'd redo older and current songs in new ways. Since when do all students go to the same dentist? And what kind of dentist gives out nitrous oxide on demand? And would the red-headed school counselor (I've forgotten her name) really be okay with him drugging her students? STUPID. Lea looks about 30 years old now. She looks way too thin to me and her character has lost it's vulnerability. Now she's just irritating. This show is rapidly jumping the shark. I can barely stand watching it. Awful. I'm so bummed. (I still adore Sue and love the addition of Bieste.)
Originally Posted By mele Oh, and am tired of the bully football players, too. Trying too hard to create drama.
Originally Posted By Labuda "And it's nice to see that Coach Bieste has a heart." See, I think we got that in the first episode... but, yeah, we got more of it in the episode from this week. I was absolutely SHOCKED at what a good dancer the actor who plays Brittany is! Good for her!
Originally Posted By Labuda "Since when do all students go to the same dentist? And what kind of dentist gives out nitrous oxide on demand?" A lot of my friends and I go to the same dentist... you find a good one, you tell others about it. And, note that most of the students who went were girls. Of COURSE girls are going to go to see a doctor who looks like John Stamos! And as for giving out nitrous oxide on demand, dentists here in the Austin area do it! Dr. Mysse and then Longhorn Dental - both have signs that say to ask if you want it.
Originally Posted By debtee Awww it's sad to hear some of you didn't like it ....as I really enjoyed the Britany/Brittany episode. The video re-inactments were spot on! I was reading that Heather Morris is actually a choreographer! She has worked with Beyonce and other famous stars. She was hired by the producers of Glee, to teach the cast how to dance. They realised how talented she was and then wrote the full time role for her in the show!
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 I enjoyed it too! I LOLed a few times... "Leave Britney alooone"... "It's Britney... B****"... and at least one other time. I was entertained.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Just watched last Tuesday's episode. Every single character continues to be a one-dimensional cartoon character -- with the possible exceptions of Shue, Sue's sister, The Piano Player, and The Asian Dancer Who Isn't Allowed To Speak. And the show continues to be completely, totally, utterly implausible. But, OMG, how well written was that episode?! I am in awe of the writers that they didn't have Kurt make some desperate, last-chance conversion from his atheism, yet they showed how truly sincere and loving people who are religious can be. Other reactions: Finn should have been there more for Kurt. Lea Whatzername (Rachel) out-Barbras Barbra. I would love to hear Streisand's comments on this young singer who obviously has patterned herself after her. The use/transformation of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was brilliant. A minor point... The song "Losing My Religion" isn't really about losing religion. The title phrase is a southern US expression that refers to, ummmm... becoming exasperated. The writers didn't just play with our emotions in this episode; they were flat-out manipulative. But they did it so skillfully that I was forgiving them even as I was wiping away tears.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that the emotional arc of that episode was incredibly well done. I thought they did a very good job of incorporating the songs into the story (which almost makes up for the Britney episode), and twisting their meaning a little. The characters could still use some work, but the situations in the last episode were so good that it didn't really matter. I Wanna Hold Your Hand reminded me of the version in Across the Universe, where it's the same song, but completely different meaning. I really appreciate when they can work with existing songs and work them into a story to do something more powerful. I was also impressed with how they handled the 'heavy' issues related with religion. It presented several very strong viewpoints, but none of them ever really crossed the line. It left a great message, but still made you want to see and know more about each of the characters. I'm also glad that the piano guy finally made a comeback!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just finished this week's episode, and I was a little disappointed. Again, there were a ton of songs, but they were all set as performances, and very few of them were actually used to progress any sort of story or emotional arc. Yah, a couple of them worked to add to the story (Sam and Quinn, Rachel and Finn's first song-kind of), but most just fell flat. The songs were entertaining and well performed, but they were clearly performances that didn't add anything to the show, other than an extra musical number. What made so many of the songs from the first season so memorable was that in addition to being well performed, they also added to the story and presented the song in a new way. I Wanna Hold Your Hand did a great job of that last week, and Imagine (with the deaf school) is a good example from last season. I know they can do it, so it's really disappointing when it doesn't happen, especially in an episode with as many songs as this one. I know what they were trying to do with Kurt's song, but it just didn't really express it very well. I'm not familiar with the music from Victor/Victoria, but I would think there had to be something else that at least mentioned being two people at once. Rachel and Finn's 'offensive' song wasn't really offensive at all, IMO. I personally thought that the Grilled Cheesus story line was far more offensive, yet there was no reaction to that. The audience reactions to their song were so over the top that it just didn't make sense, especially with the other things going on in the episode. Am I the only one who gets incredibly uncomfortable every time Brittany is in a bedroom? And what happened to the 12th member of the Glee Club? They had enough, and then swapping Sam for Puck, they should still have 12 (the number needed for Nationals), but Kurt had to sing alone, and nobody else was in the episode. I can't think of another character who it would be, so I'm just kind of confused. I'm glad to see that the piano guy is back again! And I think I might have known the guitar player in the background of Santana and Mercedes' song...
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<And what happened to the 12th member of the Glee Club?>> I'm not sure this will help solve your math question, but this season aren't we missing The Black Dancer Who Never Spoke?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i didn't. which if there was id be shocked because i love that movie/musical
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Am I the only one who thought there was a new episode this week? Anyway, ti was good to see one of the old ones. It really helped highlight the differences in the style of the two seasons to me. Yes, there are still some conflicts this season, but there are no big overarching conflicts like the baby/no baby/Emma situations. Each episode seems to be a stand-alone, so there's really very little reason to watch a specific one. The plot the episode was just rediculous enough that it worked, without losing all sense of reality. The characters' relationships developed in realistic ways, even if they were in unrealistic situations. With the newer episodes, none of it seems terribly realistic. And I'm not particularly looking forward to the Rocky Horror episode next week. I'm sure it will be well executed, but like the Madonna, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga episodes, I'm sure that the music will take the focus of the episode's 'plot' and replace any sort of character development.
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 Add me to the list of people excited about the Rocky Horror Glee Show!
