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alitar (profile) wrote,
on 10-19-2003 at 9:55pm
Alias 3.04

Better. Quite a bit better. I actually don't have huge nitpicks about this one. Hmmm, does that mean I need to watch it more? lol. I do need to demote some of crew, but we'll get to that later.

Justin Theroux. I'm sorry, dude, but I don't find you very hot. Your British accent bugs. I had a hard understanding your dialogue, and I just don't you're as cool as you try to be. I think I'll trade you for more Sark, please. His accent is much sexier. He's hotter with his shirt on than you are with your shirt off. Nice try, though. I like the idea of your character, however, so I'll give it time. Looks like Syd WAS evil. Good stuff; I'd like to see where this goes.

Sloane. Oh, I love that evil smirk. Sloane, you rock. I only tolerated Lauren when she was in scenes with Sloane, frankly because he's manipulating her, and the evil part of me enjoys that a LOT. This has great potential for an interesting relationship. Wait...did the writers just give me some complexity that I asked for? Hmm....

Vaughn and Syd. Thank you. You talked to each other, finally. I LOVE how very important, awesome conversations always takes place on a plane on this show. It's a nice parallel. DA? tmx? Bonus points if you can tell me where this happened last season. Answers tomorrow. I LOVE LOVE that conversation on the plane. The writers hit on some very painful issues for both of them there, and I look forward to more.

FlatDixon lives encore. Sigh. Writers?

Jack had nothing to do this episode. Sigh. Writers?

Sark was nonexistent this ep. 5 secs? WTF? I didn't wait all week for a cardboard cutout role. JJ, you promised me he'd be on all 22 eps. I DON'T call that an appearance!! That was barely a cameo!! Writers, pay docked, now! You used Justin Theroux instead of him? What are you smoking?!

Ok, what is up with Vaughn and Lauren macking right in the middle of the Oops Centre? Um, UNPROFESSIONAL MUCH?? Syd and Vaughn didn't even do that, why should you? AND, that was an inane fight about the guns report. I'm siding with Lauren for once, you should have noted what you were blowing, idiot. They have no chemistry. I hope Lauren's evil, or something. At least THAT would be interesting. She needs to go to Sloane often; it's fun to see him slap her around.

Composers? What's with the swelling "THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT, PEOPLE!!!!" violin music in the background everytime we get a Syd Vaughn talk? It's highly annoying that before Syd says something weepy, the music rudely makes an entrance. Subtlety, people. It's your friend.

Ooh, Syd stabs Vaughn! Hopefully she killed PansyVaughn and resurrected BallsyVaughn of Season 1 Episode 2. The one who fights Syd, and has a backbone.

I liked Jack's response to Syd's "It can't be more painful than not knowing." I hope it's the writers subtely reminding us of Jack and Irina, and the pain Jack went through after finding out the marriage was a sham. That woman destroyed his life, and it showed on Victor Garber's face. Victor, you ROCK, even in ten seconds of screen time.

I thought Syd's hair and makeup were very nice in the maid uniform scene, as was Lauren's in the second Sloane scene. Yay makeup people. Also, the maid outfit is a total shoutout to first season, remember, DA? Right before the famous rubber blue dress.

Other things:
- swelling violin music is the same theme they used for The Kiss in Phase One (S and V's first kiss) Scared that I recognized that? I am!
- the slurpy sounds that ebola guy was making icked me out
- also, that scene, Mission Impossible 2, much?
- more Sark, Jack, Dixon, stat!
- keep hacking away at the Syd and Vaughn dynamic, and kill the triangle
- give Jack another damn storyline
- I love Marshall and Carrie
- Weiss, stop interrupting the SV moments!
- Justin Theroux has weird hair
- dammit, I wanted Sark to see Syd, and have a wicked reaction.
- I want Sark to have a storyline, too. Hell, I just want Sark. Heh.
- “That is a concern I do not share.” Hee! That's my SpyDaddy!
- Phrank
- naked Syd. Boys, I'm sure you enjoyed that. Jennifer Garner is hot. I want to be her.
- Does Syd have some kind of medical condition in which she needs to strip every single episode? If so, Syd, honey, would you please infect Vaughn and Sark with the same condition? I'm just sayin'.

Better episode overall. Thank goodness. I was having issues with the season, but this is the Alias I'm used to seeing. A good ep, not as great as some of the classics, but a step in the right direction. Yay! My faith is restored.
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gbk

10-20-03 1:22am

Hehe...I was waiting for this post.

Yeah, Justin Theroux is so not hot. Not even with his shirt off. Is he going to be a regular?

And Sark! Why wasn't there more? =( But wow. Just out of jail and he's already doing some evil scheming. Damn, he is good. And yeah, I wanted him to see her too! too bad...

And Jack wasn't completely there for nothing. The beginning was so "awww..." I really liked him there.

And hey, did you notice? (well, you probably did but I'm tellling you I noticed anyway) When Marshall was fixing up Vaughn's criminal profile thing, there was something there (probably birthplace) and it said Normandy, France (or something close to that) as in, it probably said wherever Michael Vartan was born? I think anyway. Well, if that's true, then it's cool.

But yeah, very good episode. I can't wait til the next one. I thought i'd hate this season because of the whole 2 years gone thing, but I love how it's so unpredictable. yay!

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tmx

Comments, 10-20-03 10:46am

-where interesting conversations took place on a plane? I'm not completely sure how specific you want, but when I read that, the first thing I thought of was the convo between Jack and Irina near the end of season two...I could so watch the vids to make sure which one and figure out the name of the episode because I have the movie files on my computer, but I can't because I have work to do!

About the lack of professionalism, my friend and I noticed that as well. It was like "uhh...okay." I abbbbbbbbbsolutely loooved that argument though. It was awesome. Down with Lauren. hehehe. You should've seen me during the Sloane convos with her. I was practically cackling. Actually not practically. I WAS.

Uh...about the guns report...Vaughn DID know what he was blowing. He just didn't note it in the report, which made it burn even more when he told Lauren? Pain for Lauren. I love it. Oh my. Saw the previews for next week. This is going to be GOOD. Lauren'susing her authority on Syd? Mmm...I'm waiting for Sloane to do something about that... evilness. I love it. I love it!!

Hahah. Right after the episode, the dumbass was saying that the Ebola guy didn't look like he portrayed symtoms OF actual ebola. What a disappointment.


lol. Addicted.


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da

10-20-03 1:42pm

... lol I missed so many eps of season 2, so i have absolutely no idea which ep you are referring to, lol.

And okay, for the record, I think she looks hotter just normally than in that blue dress.. it screams "$5 hooker" too much, lol.


And omg, I just realized that my chem prof now reminds of me Sark, LOL Okay, more of the accent than looks, but still.. lol... (Yes, different profs for different sections of the textbook... mr sloane is gone now)

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alitar

Re:, 10-20-03 4:07pm

Wow, all my friends coming out of the woodwork.

tmx - congratulations. You are Alias princess for the week. I, of course, am and will remain Queen. lol. Good catch. The Jack and Irina conversation, which was brilliant, mirrored another the episode afterward, between Irina and Sloane. Again, very nice writing touch. Regarding Lauren and Sloane - yes, I cackled evilly. Then I rewound and cackled again. Hee!

DA- You have SARK as a professor? I want Sark to be MY prof. I need a prof who looks and sounds hot. That would keep me awake in class.

gbk- yeah, I noticed. Have you ever checked out the ABC bios on the agents? They are very accurate real-life bios. Jen and Virginia, Michael and Normany, Victor and Canada, I think. They sort of merge the real stuff with the spy detail there. I am very frustrated by the lack of Sark. A poster at TWoP suggested this, and I love it: what if Sark is planning to work with Syd to take down the Covenant so that he can regain his 800 million dollars? That would ROCK. And, we'd see more of him.

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gbk

10-20-03 7:45pm

Ew, no! No no no...that is wrong. The chem prof is NOT Sark. Not even remotely. Yes, he has a British accent, but definitely not like Sark. I can't believe you said that...

And oh my god, Sark is 22?!?! And by Sark I mean David Anders.... Wow. I think I knew that before but still. wow. And Sark and Syd working together would be sooooo good. I like it when they sort-of flirt. it's cute...

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da

Re:, 10-20-03 10:17pm

hey, when I'm sitting in class being bored to death, I take "power naps" (HAHA such bullshit) And at the end of class today when I woke up, I was like. omg, that voice sounds familiar... LOL


Yes.. it's stretching it even further than 'sloane', but meh! lol

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alitar

Re:, 10-20-03 10:37pm

Yeah. Only 22, and so very talented. I've picked up the sexual vibe from Sark in their conversations, but so not much from Syd. I love that he's respectful, flirty, but still has a fricking backbone. He's enjoying the well-matched competition with Syd. I would love a greater interacter between them, and to see that relationship develop into a tacit partnership, or even romance.

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