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sherryillkOh Glee...What can I say?
I went into the episode thinking "Man, I'm so going to be disappointed," and "Please be as awesome as the Teenage Dream clip made it out to be" and also, "I've spoiled myself so much with these damn clips on Hulu that I know it can't be as awesome as I hope it would be." Toss in "Please, please, please let us hope that Darren Criss' character Blaine will be so major and Kurt will fall in love and he'll be Kurt's boyfriend forever!!!" and that's basically where I was coming from.
After watching it (only once and with damn commercials at actually 8 PM PST because the modem died and I had no internet for a while -- seriously, how do normal people watch TV shows with commercials anymore?), I guess I'll say this:
1. I was disappointed.
2. It wasn't as awesome as I hoped it would be.
3. But in a way, it also was.
4. It was very cliched -- I think I read that in a slash fanfic about a billion times before. Or in a yaoi manga. Or even a heterosexual romance novel. It's been done.
5. Darren Criss' part in it was small. Basically, all that I hadn't seen was the "talk" (which kinda didn't have anything I didn't already surmised) and the last bit with very much closeted jock whose name I don't remember.
6. The picture of Blaine in Kurt's locker gives me hope?
7. The fact that confused, violent jock is also at McKinley High School AND kissed Kurt makes me think #6 is a pipe dream.
And that's all about the Kurt/Blaine/Jock storyline.
The Bieste storyline? Painful. Sad. Mean. Really wished Will hadn't kissed her... Not that I don't think Bieste is deserving of lots of loving kisses, but that was a pity kiss and I can't get over it. If they're not going to be together, I think it's cruel to give her hope.
On the other vein, I'm kinda glad that Blaine didn't kiss Kurt for the same reason. Also kinda sad that he didn't because I would have paid to see that.
Instead, we get even more cliched, jock is about to hurt the gay guy he's bullying but instead kisses him instead because he's deeply closeted. As soon as Kurt started after him and they were in the locker room, I thought, OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD and then I was saying it out loud probably more loudly than I should have because they weren't going to do this right now, right here. And then they did. And I was pissed off. And sad. And still remarkably shocked that it actually happened. I mean seriously, how is it possible to be shocked and have it be such an utterly predictable scene?
I don't remember what it had been said in the various interviews about Kurt's first kiss. I remembered that it wasn't Blaine. But it was supposed to be someone else unexpected. At that moment, I realized it was unexpectedly cliched and I could already see that whole storyline unfurl in my mind even as Kurt was ranting and jock guy was threatening. I don't know what I thought... Another girl? Sam? I don't know. I think I was half expecting it to be nobody... but then it happened and it was like, oh yeah, that makes sense. But I wish it hadn't happened!!!
The one thing good about it? I think this basically blows away anything that it might have been rumored about Kurt and Sam. Football boyfriend is not Sam but some bully closet case jock. Yay. NOT. Blaine would be better. I want Blaine. More Blaine!
Anyway, what did I love that made it kinda awesome... Kurt and Blaine running through the hallway together! Oh my god, easily the most fangirly moment of the episode. At least since the Teenage Dream part is a bit over done at this due to the fact that I've already seen it over a hundred times... But that didn't stop me from singing along the entire thing and feeling excited to see it for real. But yeah, love the whole "down the rabbit hole" and "Alice in Wonderland" feeling to it all. The look on Kurt's face made it totally a joy to see.
And like I said above, Blaine's picture in Kurt's locker! God, wonderful! I couldn't have pictured it more awesome. I wonder if jock guy is pissed off because he's jealous that the first boy he kissed (at least I assume Kurt is the first since he's so closeted, it's painful to watch) is all into a different boy? Because I think all that aggression is partly due to the fact that he's jealous (both for Kurt being as out and proud as he is, and for Kurt to be into some other guy)... It makes sense in my mind but I think I'm making it up as I go along.
What I really didn't like? Darren having such a small role! One song. Handful of scenes. And they only sizzled during the song, of which I had already seen. I wanted more crushing proof! Well, the picture was kinda big but I wanted more proof that he was coming back? I mean, they're facing them in Sectionals so I hope he'll be back for at least another episode? Please Glee gods? Shall I sacrifice something?
I think in the end it was typical Glee. Good at parts, awesome at others, but really bad at others and it still makes me sad.
Okay, songs! Teenage Dream was still awesome! I had heard every song before the episode but what did I enjoy?
One Love! It was good when I listened to it and was even better in the show! I do enjoy Kevin McHale and Mark Salling's voices separately and together, they're not bad. I actually didn't know this song which is sad because I think it's a really famous Bob Marley song? *shrugs* Not generally my thing so it was new to me.
The Start Me Up/Livin' On a Prayer mashup of the girls....Well, what can I say? The copy I had of it before the episode sucked so I hoped it would be better. I saw the clip of it on Hulu which was short and out of context so it didn't make a great impression. The real version? Well...it was still short and out of context within the actual episode!! Thus, I didn't like. Which is sad because I ADORE the original two songs they mashed up! My favorite Rolling Stones song and the Bon Jovi song I've been obsessed with since this summer started?! I can't believe this is what came out. :\ I mean it's listenable. Maybe if it was longer I would like it more? But while seeing it on TV made it a little better, it wasn't by much.
And lastly, the boys' mashup of Stop! In the Name of Love and Free Your Mind. I think they won again. Why do they always win? They were charming. Their vocals worked well together. And the songs went well together. Plus, most importantly, it made sense in the context of the story where as I think I needed maybe five more minutes for the girls' choice. With these two songs, I knew them both but I never really particularly liked either of them? Stop! In the Name of Love does have the distinction of being Star no Koi's theme song and I adored Globe's version of it so ever since then, I've been okay with the song (before that, I always thought it was cheesy and kinda stupid...). The two of them together actually elevates both songs in my opinion.
Okay, that's it. I think I wrote too much. :\ Gotta watch it again and now I'm off to see other people's reactions to it and see if I wasn't the only one screaming at the TV tonight.
edit x1: Second time around makes the Kurt parts better. You notice so much more and you once again get a sense that Chris Colfer is so incredibly expressive in his subtlety... He's awesome, just awesome.
edit x2: I haven't seen or HEARD this before!!! http://antm.wetpaint.me/glee/photo/chris-colfer-on-on-set-of-glee-on-november-5-2010 DO NOT CLICK IF SPOILERS FOR FUTURE EPISODES OFFEND YOU. But it makes me giddy...
edit x3: Oh my god, I've got to stop spoiling myself for Glee! I think I know way too much now. But it makes me happy! But gah! I'm continuing on though... Spoilers good! But spoilers bad! I still want to know either way!
edit x4: Also? Kurt/Blaine fic is so much LOVE! I can't believe there are so many already (as opposed to like none or two). Some of them are really good too! Might this be the start of lots and lots of awesome Kurt/Blaine fic for this year?
I went into the episode thinking "Man, I'm so going to be disappointed," and "Please be as awesome as the Teenage Dream clip made it out to be" and also, "I've spoiled myself so much with these damn clips on Hulu that I know it can't be as awesome as I hope it would be." Toss in "Please, please, please let us hope that Darren Criss' character Blaine will be so major and Kurt will fall in love and he'll be Kurt's boyfriend forever!!!" and that's basically where I was coming from.
After watching it (only once and with damn commercials at actually 8 PM PST because the modem died and I had no internet for a while -- seriously, how do normal people watch TV shows with commercials anymore?), I guess I'll say this:
1. I was disappointed.
2. It wasn't as awesome as I hoped it would be.
3. But in a way, it also was.
4. It was very cliched -- I think I read that in a slash fanfic about a billion times before. Or in a yaoi manga. Or even a heterosexual romance novel. It's been done.
5. Darren Criss' part in it was small. Basically, all that I hadn't seen was the "talk" (which kinda didn't have anything I didn't already surmised) and the last bit with very much closeted jock whose name I don't remember.
6. The picture of Blaine in Kurt's locker gives me hope?
7. The fact that confused, violent jock is also at McKinley High School AND kissed Kurt makes me think #6 is a pipe dream.
And that's all about the Kurt/Blaine/Jock storyline.
The Bieste storyline? Painful. Sad. Mean. Really wished Will hadn't kissed her... Not that I don't think Bieste is deserving of lots of loving kisses, but that was a pity kiss and I can't get over it. If they're not going to be together, I think it's cruel to give her hope.
On the other vein, I'm kinda glad that Blaine didn't kiss Kurt for the same reason. Also kinda sad that he didn't because I would have paid to see that.
Instead, we get even more cliched, jock is about to hurt the gay guy he's bullying but instead kisses him instead because he's deeply closeted. As soon as Kurt started after him and they were in the locker room, I thought, OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD and then I was saying it out loud probably more loudly than I should have because they weren't going to do this right now, right here. And then they did. And I was pissed off. And sad. And still remarkably shocked that it actually happened. I mean seriously, how is it possible to be shocked and have it be such an utterly predictable scene?
I don't remember what it had been said in the various interviews about Kurt's first kiss. I remembered that it wasn't Blaine. But it was supposed to be someone else unexpected. At that moment, I realized it was unexpectedly cliched and I could already see that whole storyline unfurl in my mind even as Kurt was ranting and jock guy was threatening. I don't know what I thought... Another girl? Sam? I don't know. I think I was half expecting it to be nobody... but then it happened and it was like, oh yeah, that makes sense. But I wish it hadn't happened!!!
The one thing good about it? I think this basically blows away anything that it might have been rumored about Kurt and Sam. Football boyfriend is not Sam but some bully closet case jock. Yay. NOT. Blaine would be better. I want Blaine. More Blaine!
Anyway, what did I love that made it kinda awesome... Kurt and Blaine running through the hallway together! Oh my god, easily the most fangirly moment of the episode. At least since the Teenage Dream part is a bit over done at this due to the fact that I've already seen it over a hundred times... But that didn't stop me from singing along the entire thing and feeling excited to see it for real. But yeah, love the whole "down the rabbit hole" and "Alice in Wonderland" feeling to it all. The look on Kurt's face made it totally a joy to see.
And like I said above, Blaine's picture in Kurt's locker! God, wonderful! I couldn't have pictured it more awesome. I wonder if jock guy is pissed off because he's jealous that the first boy he kissed (at least I assume Kurt is the first since he's so closeted, it's painful to watch) is all into a different boy? Because I think all that aggression is partly due to the fact that he's jealous (both for Kurt being as out and proud as he is, and for Kurt to be into some other guy)... It makes sense in my mind but I think I'm making it up as I go along.
What I really didn't like? Darren having such a small role! One song. Handful of scenes. And they only sizzled during the song, of which I had already seen. I wanted more crushing proof! Well, the picture was kinda big but I wanted more proof that he was coming back? I mean, they're facing them in Sectionals so I hope he'll be back for at least another episode? Please Glee gods? Shall I sacrifice something?
I think in the end it was typical Glee. Good at parts, awesome at others, but really bad at others and it still makes me sad.
Okay, songs! Teenage Dream was still awesome! I had heard every song before the episode but what did I enjoy?
One Love! It was good when I listened to it and was even better in the show! I do enjoy Kevin McHale and Mark Salling's voices separately and together, they're not bad. I actually didn't know this song which is sad because I think it's a really famous Bob Marley song? *shrugs* Not generally my thing so it was new to me.
The Start Me Up/Livin' On a Prayer mashup of the girls....Well, what can I say? The copy I had of it before the episode sucked so I hoped it would be better. I saw the clip of it on Hulu which was short and out of context so it didn't make a great impression. The real version? Well...it was still short and out of context within the actual episode!! Thus, I didn't like. Which is sad because I ADORE the original two songs they mashed up! My favorite Rolling Stones song and the Bon Jovi song I've been obsessed with since this summer started?! I can't believe this is what came out. :\ I mean it's listenable. Maybe if it was longer I would like it more? But while seeing it on TV made it a little better, it wasn't by much.
And lastly, the boys' mashup of Stop! In the Name of Love and Free Your Mind. I think they won again. Why do they always win? They were charming. Their vocals worked well together. And the songs went well together. Plus, most importantly, it made sense in the context of the story where as I think I needed maybe five more minutes for the girls' choice. With these two songs, I knew them both but I never really particularly liked either of them? Stop! In the Name of Love does have the distinction of being Star no Koi's theme song and I adored Globe's version of it so ever since then, I've been okay with the song (before that, I always thought it was cheesy and kinda stupid...). The two of them together actually elevates both songs in my opinion.
Okay, that's it. I think I wrote too much. :\ Gotta watch it again and now I'm off to see other people's reactions to it and see if I wasn't the only one screaming at the TV tonight.
edit x1: Second time around makes the Kurt parts better. You notice so much more and you once again get a sense that Chris Colfer is so incredibly expressive in his subtlety... He's awesome, just awesome.
edit x2: I haven't seen or HEARD this before!!! http://antm.wetpaint.me/glee/photo/chris-colfer-on-on-set-of-glee-on-november-5-2010 DO NOT CLICK IF SPOILERS FOR FUTURE EPISODES OFFEND YOU. But it makes me giddy...
edit x3: Oh my god, I've got to stop spoiling myself for Glee! I think I know way too much now. But it makes me happy! But gah! I'm continuing on though... Spoilers good! But spoilers bad! I still want to know either way!
edit x4: Also? Kurt/Blaine fic is so much LOVE! I can't believe there are so many already (as opposed to like none or two). Some of them are really good too! Might this be the start of lots and lots of awesome Kurt/Blaine fic for this year?
