15/260
I thought it was okay.
Vanessa Hudgens was good. :)
Now that I’ve seen this, I can see the physical appearance in Aly Michalka then and now. I’m almost certain she had implants done and maybe had her nose changed too, though I’m not sure. There’s just something different about her face in “Bandslam” and the one that she has now in “Hellcats” and I can’t quite put my finger on it.
This one has a nice soundtrack.
Okay.. let’s see…
Gossip Girl’s “Juliet Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” was a great friendship episode. Made viewers realize that it was and it still is all about the fearsome and awesome foursome of the Upper East Side – Serena, Blair, Chuck and Nate. The epic take down of Juliet was a great, great scene. And the haters will always try but won’t succeed. I’m really looking forward to seeing what Little J, Vanessa and Juliet will cook up in order to try and take down the awesome foursome of the Upper East Side.
And btw, Vanessa Abrams needs to GTFO if she’s also hell-bent on destroying Serena. I don’t get why she would want to do it. It was Dan who screwed with her. She should be taking down Dan. Oh well, she IS a hater and I guess it was inevitable to see her cook up something against Serena and Blair.
For Hellcats… Marti and Dan should stop with the longing looks and just either get together or move on. Personally, I’d like to see Dan with Savannah. He brings out her wild side and she tames him a bit. Good combo, if you ask me.
Glee left me bored with their “Rocky Horror” episode but left me astounded with their “Never Been Kissed” episode. I gasped twice. First was when Kurt was kissed. Second was when Mr. Schuester kissed Shannon Beiste. Darren Criss performing “Teenage Dream” was great. And I just learned that Darren is half-Filipino and half-Irish. Pretty cool.
The Vampire Diaries had two great consecutive episodes with “Rose” and “Katerina”. We finally saw Katherine’s past and found out that she had a child prior to becoming a vampire. We finally saw how she was turned: she had Rose’s blood in her system and then she killed herself. When she woke up, she and Rose got into a tussle and Katherine got to feed on an elderly woman.
In “Katerina”, we find out that Elijah is able to compel other vampires. I wonder how that’s possible.
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I know I haven’t been able to do much blogging lately. It’s because I work now and I barely have time to blog because I still have to stream the episodes I wanted to blog about. Further explanation at a later time.
Hugs.
So, let’s see…
November 1 – I went to work while people who work in non-BPO environments were on holiday leave. Work was okay. I wasn’t bored.
November 2 – I still went to work and was almost late. Nothing exciting here. Tried to download/stream the latest episode of Gossip Girl but couldn’t.
November 3 – Experienced overtime at the office. Worked 4 more hours than usual. Tried to go home before 9 PM so I could catch Glee. Found out that there was no new episode of Glee. Tried to stream Gossip Girl’s “War of the Roses” again.
November 4 – Had lunch with Charls. Claimed my DKNY giveaway from Nuffnang. Spent time with my good friend Rolls. Had a great time catching up. Watched “War of the Roses”. That whole peace treaty thing with Blair and Chuck? So great. Serena falling into old patterns, what else is new? And then the ending scene with Chuck and Blair making out? Epic. Then downloaded Hellcats’ “Back of A Car”. The whole Marti losing her virginity to Dan and Savannah finding out about it the night she decides to give up her virginity to Dan is major friend drama. The kind of drama I’ve been waiting for the show to produce since it came out.
November 5 – Went to work. Went to Glorietta for my NBI clearance renewal. Thankfully, I was done in a few minutes. Grabbed some take-out from Wendy’s. Hailed a cab to go back to work. Chatted with Charls. Talked to my boss Helen about Charls. And then, we had a freakin’ fire drill. We had to go down using the stairs ALL THE WAY from the 24th floor! Then we had to “wait out” the fire by more than an hour so I to extend an hour more at work just to compensate for the hour missed. Not that my boss required it of me. There were just some reports that needed to be done by Monday. Downloaded The Vampire Diaries’ “Rose”. Great, great episode. And there were two sweet Elena and Damon moments. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m a big Stefan-Elena fan. But the moment Damon said “I love you” to Elena…I don’t know. I wish they’d get together for at least a season and then Elena goes back to Stefan. :)
And that’s how my week went. Oh, and somewhere along the week, I found out that Blake Lively and Penn Badgley broke up after three years of dating. Apparently, it’s because Penn wasn’t ready to put a ring on it.
Finally! Some drama and intrigue into this initially boring show.
I won’t go into details much but here are some of the highlights:
I just hope that the show will improve over the next few months. I’m really rooting for Ashley Tisdale here. I’ve loved her as Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical series. Sharpay and Savannah are so different from one another, though they do have one thing in common: they both have the passion to win. Only I don’t think Savannah is willing to play dirty unlike Sharpay.
Sometimes, I forget and I almost expect Savannah to snap her fingers and be cocky. But Savannah’s character is really nice. And seeing Ashley play a nice girl role is very refreshing to me and I like it.
Here’s the promo for Episode 4:
It’s Episode 2 of the new series from the CW Network, Hellcats.
And unfortunately, Alyson Michalka, aka Marti, is still not growing on me. I still find her annoying though I did find myself secretly hoping she’d be able to do the helicopter move successfully.
The storyline is still a little shallow. Family drama just ain’t enough. No real rival school, no brewing struggle, no conflict. It’s as if the writers haven’t actually thought this through and it’s just a series to fill up a certain timeslot.
Or maybe I’m judging this too quickly.
Savannah did say in this episode that the journey to Nationals will make whatever they’ve been through to get to Qualifiers seem like cakewalk. So maybe the real story will be unfolding somewhere there.
I’m liking Savannah a bit more in this episode. She’s a complex character – a Christian cheerleader with family issues isn’t exactly what you’d usually expect from these types of series. And she’s a cheerleader who’s usually sad – very much different from the usual peppy, smiling, cocky and flirty cheerleaders (Brooke Davis from OTH series comes to mind).
I was surprised to see that the show is tackling the all too touchy subject called religion. It’s nice, yet weird, only because I’m not used to it. And I’ve watched a lot of TV series. I think the last show I watched that dabbled in religion was Dawson’s Creek. Remember Michelle’s character’s grandmother?
Here’s a VERY BRIEF summary of the episode:
By the way, the ending of this episode sucks. A bunch of them dancing around, making it seem like a happy ever after, reeks of a TV movie. No something to look forward to the next episode. I mean, come on! You’re supposed to make viewers want to watch more by dangling something exciting for them to want to watch the next episode.
Anyway, I hope the story gets improved soon. I really like Ashley Tisdale and I sincerely hope this works out for her.
I’m waiting for the next episode. And I hope to write a more positive review by then. The Episode 3 preview looks promising.
I didn’t like it. But I didn’t hate it.
The story line so far sucks – very formulaic. I predict that it’ll last only one season. Two at most. The writers need to come up with something great in order to keep the viewers. It’s like Bring It On meets High School Musical for TV.
Too bad, I really love Ashley Tisdale. This is such a far cry from her renowned “Sharpay” roles. She’s nice in Hellcats. And she isn’t the girl we all love to hate in this series, which is like a breath of fresh air. I was looking at her and the song “Fabulous” was coming to mind. Good thing she dyed her hair brown. If not, I would’ve half expected her to belt out a song.
As for Alyson Michalka…well, I know I’m not that pretty but she doesn’t seem to be like lead material…like she’s not pretty enough to be lead. Great dance moves, though.
Oh wait. I think that’s it. Alyson looks too bitchy to play a girl down on her luck while Ashley looks too nice for her supposedly anti-hero role. I think they need to switch places.
I don’t know. There’s just something about Alyson that I don’t like. I don’t like how she looks. Maybe it’s her make up or her short hair. I googled her and found some pictures wherein she looks way better than she does in the series.
Two male alums from One Tree Hill are also in this series: Matt Barr (Peyton’s stalker, Derek) and Robbie Jones (Quentin Fields). No real chemistry between Matt and Alyson and Robbie and Alyson. I’d like to see Ashley with Matt in the future.
I hope as the series goes further into the season, the story gets better as well. And maybe Alyson will grow on me. Or maybe not.
Since I’m officially jobless for 30 days now, I’ve been enjoying lazing around, just watching TV and reading my books and watching DVDs. But I’m now officially bored. But I’m still relishing my free time because I’ll be soon out of it again once I get a job.
Anyway, I’ve been catching up on the TV that I missed. And now that I’m caught up, I’m now waiting for the new seasons and/or new shows that I watch. So I thought I’d share the list with anyone who’s out there who might have stumbled upon this blog:
What shows are you waiting for?
