What's Your Blog Wanted For?
Oh, I also found out that there's an average of 966 words in each of our posts... it seems we talk too much.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Oatmeal
Basil introduced me to this wicked awesome website, theoatmeal.com and it told me this:
What's Your Blog Wanted For?
Oh, I also found out that there's an average of 966 words in each of our posts... it seems we talk too much.
What's Your Blog Wanted For?
Oh, I also found out that there's an average of 966 words in each of our posts... it seems we talk too much.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Broken Promises and the Epic Return of Degrassi
So regardless of the quality of the episode, Broken Promises means Degrassi is BACK, my friends! Of course, I was in Florida for the premiere in a hotel that was amazing until I found out it didn't have TeenNick. Then it got less amazing. But regardless, I managed to get my hands on some Degrassi goodness the other day and I am now prepared to review it for your well-being.
So overall, the episode was great. I had higher expectations than usual because it was a premiere, but after thinking about it, I realized the episode wasn't designed to be one so I really shouldn't assess it like that.
I only had a few problems with the episode. My first problem was the bizarreness of Farrah's will to marry Sav. Of course it was obvious she liked Sav during the awkward "Who's Anya?" "Oh, she's my girlfriend..." scene, and she was kinda annoying when she wanted pictures with Sav, but that may have just been me trying to make her seem like a jerk in my head because I've seen the trailers. But Farrah was a genuinely likable character. It didn't fit for her to be the possessive and aggressive character she suddenly wound up being.
My other problem was the subplots. I probably would've cried when Save dumped Anya, but the subplots are just anticlimactic. The only decent part of the Bruce-Johnny conflict was the fight between them, but then it's so awkwardly resolved that I couldn't even bring myself to laugh at the comedic relief they're supposed to offer. And the Alli-Dave plot was great, but it deserves more attention. Alli seems to think she's better than everyone else and can't be "uncool." Like many high schoolers today, she's caught between being cool and being herself and Dave and her have different ideas of where the line is drawn. It wasn't too dramatic or flashy a storyline, but it was a real one that shouldn't have been awkwardly placed between an intense Sav and Anya plot. Both the subplots were misplaced and distracting from the main plot.
Degrassi has dealt with sex time and time again, partially because it's a big high school topic, partially because there's so many possible ways to utilize it. There's Holly J. and her doubts as to how sex contributes to her popularity and coolness and there's the genuine love aspect of it that Liberty and JT shared until the pregnancy got in the way. There's the social consequences that Mia faced when she chose to have sex and the emotional consequences Paige and Darcy faced when they were forced to. There's first time anxieties and worries with Alli and anxieties in general when Jimmy faces the physical reality with Ashley. And now there's the pressure to have sex in order to keep your boyfriend with Anya. And although I love this new take, there are two things I wish they would've done.
1) I wish the pressure was coming from Sav rather than from Farrah. The typical high schooler is not dealing with pressure from the girl their boyfriend is supposed to marry. Not to slight the issue, because it's a real one and arranged marriages aren't a thing of the past which is something people should realize. However, in the sexual aspect of arranged marriages, there's much less pressure. Farrah wasn't utilized as well as she could've been, serving purposes she didn't need to.
2) I wish Degrassi would show more of the effects of sex that the guy faces. Sav was stressed about having a baby, but once they took the pill he seemed to be fine and unconcerned, breaking things off with Anya because he couldn't trust her. The only guy who's really actually had good plots revolving around the effects and consequences of sex was JT during the pregnancy. Otherwise, the guy has never been the main focus and I'm pretty sure (I wouldn't know for sure since I'm a female virgin) that guys are effected by sex, too. I guess Johnny had to deal with whatever he was going through, but that was never really focused on as his issue, either, rather as Alli's problem as she stressed about it.
The acting didn't exactly reduce me to tears, but as I mentioned above, the distractive subplots may have had to do something with that since I was never fully able to feel completely involved in a scene. Raymond Ablack actually shined more in his lighthearted scenes rather than his intense ones while Samantha Munro did the opposite, making them a good, solid team. The episode provided little bits of humor and some deeper confrontation, taking you through the full spectrum of Degrassi awesomeness.
So Degrassi is back in my life. And coming up next week? Heart Like Mine. Oh, an hour of Degrassi? Be still my heart...
And as a niner myself, any niner drama just makes me exceptionally happy. Our lives are intense, too, ya know :)
Well, bye.
I need a creative acronym like Mango with her MLML...
So overall, the episode was great. I had higher expectations than usual because it was a premiere, but after thinking about it, I realized the episode wasn't designed to be one so I really shouldn't assess it like that.
I only had a few problems with the episode. My first problem was the bizarreness of Farrah's will to marry Sav. Of course it was obvious she liked Sav during the awkward "Who's Anya?" "Oh, she's my girlfriend..." scene, and she was kinda annoying when she wanted pictures with Sav, but that may have just been me trying to make her seem like a jerk in my head because I've seen the trailers. But Farrah was a genuinely likable character. It didn't fit for her to be the possessive and aggressive character she suddenly wound up being.
My other problem was the subplots. I probably would've cried when Save dumped Anya, but the subplots are just anticlimactic. The only decent part of the Bruce-Johnny conflict was the fight between them, but then it's so awkwardly resolved that I couldn't even bring myself to laugh at the comedic relief they're supposed to offer. And the Alli-Dave plot was great, but it deserves more attention. Alli seems to think she's better than everyone else and can't be "uncool." Like many high schoolers today, she's caught between being cool and being herself and Dave and her have different ideas of where the line is drawn. It wasn't too dramatic or flashy a storyline, but it was a real one that shouldn't have been awkwardly placed between an intense Sav and Anya plot. Both the subplots were misplaced and distracting from the main plot.
Degrassi has dealt with sex time and time again, partially because it's a big high school topic, partially because there's so many possible ways to utilize it. There's Holly J. and her doubts as to how sex contributes to her popularity and coolness and there's the genuine love aspect of it that Liberty and JT shared until the pregnancy got in the way. There's the social consequences that Mia faced when she chose to have sex and the emotional consequences Paige and Darcy faced when they were forced to. There's first time anxieties and worries with Alli and anxieties in general when Jimmy faces the physical reality with Ashley. And now there's the pressure to have sex in order to keep your boyfriend with Anya. And although I love this new take, there are two things I wish they would've done.
1) I wish the pressure was coming from Sav rather than from Farrah. The typical high schooler is not dealing with pressure from the girl their boyfriend is supposed to marry. Not to slight the issue, because it's a real one and arranged marriages aren't a thing of the past which is something people should realize. However, in the sexual aspect of arranged marriages, there's much less pressure. Farrah wasn't utilized as well as she could've been, serving purposes she didn't need to.
2) I wish Degrassi would show more of the effects of sex that the guy faces. Sav was stressed about having a baby, but once they took the pill he seemed to be fine and unconcerned, breaking things off with Anya because he couldn't trust her. The only guy who's really actually had good plots revolving around the effects and consequences of sex was JT during the pregnancy. Otherwise, the guy has never been the main focus and I'm pretty sure (I wouldn't know for sure since I'm a female virgin) that guys are effected by sex, too. I guess Johnny had to deal with whatever he was going through, but that was never really focused on as his issue, either, rather as Alli's problem as she stressed about it.
The acting didn't exactly reduce me to tears, but as I mentioned above, the distractive subplots may have had to do something with that since I was never fully able to feel completely involved in a scene. Raymond Ablack actually shined more in his lighthearted scenes rather than his intense ones while Samantha Munro did the opposite, making them a good, solid team. The episode provided little bits of humor and some deeper confrontation, taking you through the full spectrum of Degrassi awesomeness.
So Degrassi is back in my life. And coming up next week? Heart Like Mine. Oh, an hour of Degrassi? Be still my heart...
And as a niner myself, any niner drama just makes me exceptionally happy. Our lives are intense, too, ya know :)
Well, bye.
I need a creative acronym like Mango with her MLML...
Monday, April 5, 2010
Upcoming Episodes
Are you ready... for the [updated] list of Degrassi episodes?!
Well, that really stinks if you aren't, because here it is!
- Heart Like Mine, Part 1 & Part 2
- Holiday Road
- Start Me Up
- Innocent When You Dream
- In Your Eyes
- Keep On Loving You
- The Rest of My Life (Degrassi Takes Manhattan)
Marco: The Return
THAT'S RIGHT!
Adamo Ruggiero is in Season 9!
But which episode, do you ask?
Should I tell you?
Heart Like Mine, Pt. 1! And THAT airs this Friday (in America, because the Canadians have already experienced his return).
On a side note, Why Can't This Be Love? (Broken Promises for us Americans) airs in the summer on Much Music for the Canadians. SOOO (as JJ stated in a past post) we finally got our Degrassi-fix before the Canadians :D Although they have already seen all of the upcoming episodes (Heart Like Mine, Holiday Road, and Start Me Up), we got the Sanya insider info ;) Admit to your jealousy, Canadians!
And remember, Why Can't This Be Love? Pt. 2 review is coming up later today and tomorrow JJ plans on whipping up an analysis of the episode as a whole.
MLML,
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Why Can't This Be Love? (Pt. 1)
After months...
Many weeks...
Countless days...
We were given...
DEGRASSI: BROKEN PROMISES (Pt. 1 for now).
-Yes, applause would be appropriate here-
The episode starts out with Sav opening his locker and confetti being blown all over him. I love Anya for doing that.
Danny: You're getting pretty good at that. Keeping Anya happy - nice work!
Sav: One minor problem: she wants to come to my place for formal photos.
Danny: Kay, well come on you're not that ugly.
Sav: Very funny.
^ I agree, Sav. This little exchange actually made me laugh (out loud). ^
This next part is what gets me. If Sav really, like really, cares about Anya, wouldn't he not want to keep it a secret from his family? Of course they're going to be upset, but if they know then it would lighten the stress load, even just a little. Another thing that makes me wonder is Anya parents. They know, right?
Danny: It's gonna blow up.
Sav: You're right. I gotta come clean.
Danny: No, the Bunsen burner behind you dude!
^ Suave, Sav (: Real smooth (like broken glass!) ^
Alli: Hey dork.
Sav: Hey spaz.
^ This is literally the coolest thing ever. Honestly, I don't know why, but I am in love with it. ^
"No boyfriends or girlfriends until college!"
^ That's relatively close to what my parents declared ("No boyfriends until you're at least 16") ^
"Well, we walk past here everyday. I thought it'd be the perfect place for our formal photos."
^ Nice save, Sav (save Sav save Sav save Sav HAHA). This is the second smooth thing you've done. Let's keep watching. ^
Wilford Tuxedos. This was so awesome to watch because... I don't know. Didn't you think it was awesome? I sure did! :D
Fast forward a bit (I'm sure my method of reviewing isn't as favorable as JJ's... sorry!)... When I first saw Farrah Hassan (played by Sarena Parmar) I was taken aback (like Sav) because she was... wow. Painstakingly beautiful. (Just a little note, she plays Chandra in How To Be Indie.)
"I hope you and Farrah have a nice life."
^ NO NO NO! As much as I hate Anya for being with Sav, I need Anya to be with Sav! I know, hard to understand, but since when does anything I say make sense? Yeah, never. ^
OHHHHHH Sav wears green skinny jeans (: Can you spell "LOVE"?
Ergh, Chantay and Holly J. spinning off the questions. As always I strongly dislike Chantay and I used to do the same for Holly J. until she showed that she really changed in Love Games... alas!
*drumroll*
SUBPLOT TIME! (:
This time it's Johnny and Bruce (the Moose, but he's probably gotten rid of that by now). They've been together forEVER! And now they actually get some spotlight (well, Johnny's gotten a lot in the last few episodes, but instead of being with Alli, he's with Bruce now).
At first Bruce pisses Johnny off by acting immature in front a university girl named Lindsey (Lindsay? Lyndsay? There are so many spellings of that name!). Afterward they get over it and Johnny buys their tickets to the Springtime in Paris formal (spiffy name, eh?). Bruce (never growing up, "Mister Two Credits Shy") slaps Johnny on the butt and calls it their first date. Gotta love that guy ;)
Stay tuned folks, for the review of the 2nd part of Broken Promises/Why Can't This Be Love (Pt. 2) is cominggggggg uppppp!
MLML,
Monday, March 29, 2010
And Some Degrassi to Spice Up Your April
If the April showers have gotcha feeling glum next month, don't worry. Doctor Degrassi is on her way. With marathons and new episodes all month long, all those CTV Canadians will be sitting there jealous of our sucky economy because we'll have Degrassi all month long.
Also, if you can't wait just 5 more days for Degrassi to return with some intense Broken Promises, go over to TeenNick.com and check out The Click for a new, moderately entertaining mini. It's slow to get going and if you just want a laugh, skip right to parts 3 and 4. Part 1 and part 2 just set the scene, but you really don't need it. It seems like it was an attempt to drag this one out even more, like they did in Sinder3lla. But regardless, it was still good and it added some Degrassi to my starving diet of Brothers and Sisters, Glee, Degrassi, and Make It Or Break It. (Seriously, nothing I watch is playing right now. It's like everyone took a big hiatus at the same time to annoy me. Well, except for Brothers and Sisters, but they just show that one whenever they feel like it, at 2 week intervals when they want to be really obnoxious.) Also, it gives you a taste of the comedic capability of 2 incredibly neglected characters, Bruce the Moose and Dave. Now I'm hoping for more of them in season 10... although I'm still sorta hoping someone will kill Chantay/Chante/Chantey. But, we'll see. Patience, my Degrassi-ites. Patience.
Also, if you can't wait just 5 more days for Degrassi to return with some intense Broken Promises, go over to TeenNick.com and check out The Click for a new, moderately entertaining mini. It's slow to get going and if you just want a laugh, skip right to parts 3 and 4. Part 1 and part 2 just set the scene, but you really don't need it. It seems like it was an attempt to drag this one out even more, like they did in Sinder3lla. But regardless, it was still good and it added some Degrassi to my starving diet of Brothers and Sisters, Glee, Degrassi, and Make It Or Break It. (Seriously, nothing I watch is playing right now. It's like everyone took a big hiatus at the same time to annoy me. Well, except for Brothers and Sisters, but they just show that one whenever they feel like it, at 2 week intervals when they want to be really obnoxious.) Also, it gives you a taste of the comedic capability of 2 incredibly neglected characters, Bruce the Moose and Dave. Now I'm hoping for more of them in season 10... although I'm still sorta hoping someone will kill Chantay/Chante/Chantey. But, we'll see. Patience, my Degrassi-ites. Patience.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Broken Promises
So incase you've missed the trailers, I think I'll give you the heads up. I'm talking about Broken Promises (or "Why Can't This Be Love" for you Canadians). I'm talking about the big Anya-Sav episode everyone's been waiting for. I'm talking about the big episode that's airing in America on April 2nd, 2010.
Yes, TeenNick is airing something before Canada for once. I'm as shocked as you.
There's not much to say. Other than buckle your seatbelts, folks, this is the big Anya-Sav episode we've been waiting for.
I just might die.
Yes, TeenNick is airing something before Canada for once. I'm as shocked as you.
There's not much to say. Other than buckle your seatbelts, folks, this is the big Anya-Sav episode we've been waiting for.
I just might die.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Belieber
It's not even like he has bad lyrics.
It's just that he sounds like he's... a five year old girl.
Poor kid. When his voice deepens with puberty, I wonder what his fangirls will do.
And why, you may wonder, am I blogging about Justin Bieber?
Because my friends...
DRAKE IS IN THE "BABY (ft. Ludacris) " MUSIC VIDEO!
How do I know that?
Well, my little sister has given into conformity and began watching his music videos, and she was like, "Hey, this guy at 1:13 looks like that guy from that show you watch [as in Degrassi]."
I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Aubrey Graham, Jimmy Brooks, Drake... whatever you want to call him, is sadly featured for a mere two seconds here [WE DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4
MLML,
~Mango
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Hiatus? What! NO!
Since Degrassi decided to not air until APRIL 2ND (I am going to die between now and then), we have nothing to blog about.
~Mango
What do you want us to blog about?
We could do a Spotlight On: or a Twitter update...
But the former requires a lot of time and the latter is lame (seriously, you can check the Twitter yourself).
What to do? What to do? (Pity the ladies in waiting... Sorry, Once Upon A Mattress is implanted in my brain, thankyouspringmusical).
Maybe I'll set up a YouTube for us, and JJ and I could spaz around (wearing costumes so ours true identities are concealed).
So... yeah.
Someone asked us on Formspring.me (my latest obsession) why we abandoned the blog.
What?
Yeah, someone thought we ABANDONED THE BLOG.
Well, we really can't, because we're basically sworn under this oath that was never really taken, but abandoning it would be detrimental in ways you cannot believe
(1) We have readers.
(2) Our friends hate listening to us rant on about Degrassi this and Degrassi that and (for me) how amazing Raymond Ablack is.
(3) WE HAVE READERS! :)
(4) When we're bored, what are we supposed to do? READ? DO HOMEWORK? No way, my friends. We're supposed to blog.
(5) I'll let you in on a little secret: Even though we're not as famous as Kary (http://degrassiblog.com) or Erin (http://degrassi-fans.com), we kind of have READERS.
(6) I think that's super fly.
(7) Don't you?
(8) Okay, list ends NOW.
Hey, have you noticed that whenever I plan to write a short update, it ends up being this long post? Sorry to those of you that are bothered by that.
MLML! (Much Love, More Later <-- Just a reminder since I haven't blogged in forever and a day)
Friday, March 12, 2010
Big News
Guess what The Exec just tweeted! Season 10 surprise, possibly? Well, it turns out, Degrassi will be broken up into two parts during season 10: 24 episodes this summer and another 24 released on a normal schedule throughout the year. Although there's the possibility of a rushed season, there's also a strong chance of a steady stream of Degrassi-awesomeness. In the past, summers have been lonely and Degrassi-less, so much so that I need to find new shows to watch (Make It or Break It for the WIN!). But this summer, I will be able to remain ever faithful to the Jesus of television, Degrassi. So get excited and set your DVR because I smell a whole lot of drama coming our way!
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