tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post1475908443059925056..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Chuck: Chuck versus the Other GuyBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-4887092496663373252013-12-17T03:11:23.775-05:002013-12-17T03:11:23.775-05:00I'm glad we've come to the end of this arc...I'm glad we've come to the end of this arc. I am glad that Casey is back, that Morgan is part of the team and that our duo are finally together.<br /><br />Looking forward to what comes next.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-29768761225547095642010-04-25T06:04:02.897-04:002010-04-25T06:04:02.897-04:00Romo Lampkin?! What craziness. Everyone knows he&#...Romo Lampkin?! What craziness. Everyone knows he's really Badger!Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-97372966112724422010-04-25T02:17:23.632-04:002010-04-25T02:17:23.632-04:00An abandoned and atmospheric warehouse. Daniel Sha...An abandoned and atmospheric warehouse. Daniel Shaw meets with the director of the Ring. <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Join us, Daniel.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>I’ll never join you.</i><br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Daniel, the CIA never told you what happened to your wife.</i><br /><br />Superman: <i>They told me enough. They told me you killed her.</i><br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>No, Daniel, Sarah killed your wife.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>No. That’s not true. That’s impossible.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>I know, it is a rather contrived and hackneyed plot twist.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Bit too Heroes, isn’t it?</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>What can I say, obviously the writers hope the audience will be too distracted by my scene stealing charm and your Kryptonian good looks to notice.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>I am distractingly hunky.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Only thing stopping me from completely blowing you off the screen.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>But the fans will never tolerate this kind of sloppy writing. They know the show is better than that. Remember last season’s finale? That was awesome.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Those days are gone, Daniel. The writers will simply slap on a happy ending to appease disgruntled fan, in which Chuck and Sarah finally getting together.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Shit, I’m dead meat then.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Relax, NBC has ordered additional episodes.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Phew, I was really worried for a minute there. I really need this job.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>I know. So what do you say, want to team-up and do bad stuff together?</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Ummm, okay.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Boy, that was quick. What happened to your patriotism, Captain America?</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Nah, I just put that on to score hot chicks. Or flip flopping leading ladies.</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Nice.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>By the way if, say, you should get napped by the CIA and I, hypothetically, got pumped full of lead, fall into the river and mysteriously vanish, you don’t mind if I go into hiding, take over the Ring, possibly team-up with Chuck and Ellie’s mom and show up as the new big bad in the other season finale?</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Sure, no problem. I’ll be busy doing Supernatural that week anyway.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Great. And to think they said my stiff acting would hold me back. Bwwahahahahahha!!!!</i> <br /><br />Romo Lampkin: <i>Don’t do that.</i> <br /><br />Superman: <i>Sorry.</i>Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57142555115005642832010-04-07T09:10:33.412-04:002010-04-07T09:10:33.412-04:00Hmmm ... good review, Josie, but I disagree on yo...Hmmm ... good review, Josie, but I disagree on your overall assessment of the ep as "incredibly satisfying." There were things I really liked, but there were too many things I didn't enjoy for me to rate it as satisfying (much less "incredibly" satisfying). <br /><br />I really didn't enjoy the constant Shaw's a bad guy, no wait he's a good guy, check that, he *is* a bad guy stuff. I kept expecting it to turn out to all be some really elaborate test to get Chuck on the path to real spydom. Remember back at the beginning of the season when General Beckman was talking ominously to an off-screen Shaw about "is this really necessary?" She seemed worried. Did I just forget that this was addressed? It was foremost in my mind throughout the whole end sequence, and I kept expecting that everyone (even the supposed Ring operatives) were all part of some elaborate sting (thinking maybe Sarah's Red Test victim wasn't really dead or really Shaw's wife).<br /><br />So anyway, I was once again a bit disappointed with the whole resolution to the Shaw storyline. And Sarah's "You saved me" line just made me groan and long for Sarah of old. I can understand being grateful, but I just didn't like the way they made it seem like she was suddenly all doe-eyed and gooey over Chuck killing someone because he *saved* her. He's done it before after all. Ugh.<br /><br />OK. With that venting aside, I did like the Morgan and Casey stuff (SO glad that Casey is back), and I really enjoyed the scene in the apartment when Sarah finally told Chuck that she loved him. Understated and simple, and I was really feeling the chemistry between them in that moment. <br /><br />And, of course, the stuff with Mark Sheppard was great fun. I particularly liked the seeming shout out to The Princess Bride when he said something like "What Ring phone?" and Sarah puts a gun on him and he says "Oh, you mean this phone" while pulling it out of his jacket. (We've been getting a lot of unintentional Princess Bride vibes from shows lately, but I think this one was intentional).<br /><br />Overall, I'm glad that the band is back together (with new member Morgan) and that the will they/won't they thing is done. Can't wait to see how they make it work in the next bunch of eps. Lots of potential for things to get really fun again. Yea!Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-17388241850250602102010-04-06T22:43:29.416-04:002010-04-06T22:43:29.416-04:00I loved this one. It was a worthy season finale. ...I loved this one. It was a worthy season finale. It was even a worthy series finale. Sort of odd that it's neither, but that's okay with me, too. <br /><br />Casey rocks. I knew he'd be a spy again, but getting him back to that point was fun. It'll be interesting to see Morgan as a spy; I don't think they'll go with total comedy, since Morgan's quickness was what saved the day this time. I think I like Brandon Routh more than you do, Josie, and I bet the fact that he went into the Seine means that he might not be dead. I want him back.<br /><br />Did they actually go to Paris or was it just a remarkable simulation? <br /><br />Terrific review, Josie.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-63052803776360027282010-04-06T19:03:23.918-04:002010-04-06T19:03:23.918-04:00I agree completely, Josie!
I only just started ...I agree completely, Josie! <br /><br />I only just started watching Chuck -- grateful for the reviews BTW to catch me up -- but was sad to see that a couple of episodes ago I didn't really need any help to 'get' the ep. Always a bad sign if you can dive in cold and follow everything, and not be very engaged. But that was a couple of weeks back; tonight's show was very satisfying and crisp. It didn't sink to cliche or leave you hanging. One example: it believably revealed the fake fight being played to the camera, and made several visual references beforehand without hitting us on the head about it. It was emotionally resonant across the hour; and also had CHUCK save the day, rather than his deus ex machina programmed abilities.<br /><br />I also really appreciated Mr. Sheppard's contributions, and it's nice to see great actors continue across series, as Adam Baldwin etc. And the general's clapper moment was lovely!<br /><br />One question: did I have a brain freeze, or does Casey's apt look a lot like Giles' in Buffy? There was a rather delightful moment of dissociation for me there, with the stairs leading up on the right, maybe that's a common motif in LA...<br /><br />The one thing that frustrates me, and it's not Chuck especially but hey, fair game: is how freaking often we're back to women as helpless and needing to be saved, the ones who stay behind on a mission, or or or... doesn't that seem to happen a little too frequently here for capable spies? Maybe I'm wrong, being a casual surfer here, but it seemed so the past few weeks, and reminds me of so much in tv that currently reverts to that wrong, tired, and worse BORING knee-jerk. Probably just a tie to the culture at large, but you think there'll be headway after Joss and BG and some others and then voom! Back to the 1950's...<br /><br />But still: I did enjoy the hour!GreenHornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400048484864815977noreply@blogger.com