To be continued... And then 5 months later...

[tj_teejay]

... there comes 'Checkmate'. I'm talking about White Collar. So, yeah, I just watched it. And I liked it. A lot. Not super squee material, cause I thought the episode had a few problems, but I'm actually really happy with it. I'm gonna have to write a more composed review at some point, but before I went into the episode, I had a certain kind of dready expectation. Or, well, let's say I didn't know at all what to expect, but was fully prepared to be disappointed. Which I wasn't. So: Yay! \o/

And that's all I'm gonna say for now. Stay tuned for something more coherent in a few days.

I think I'm gonna go watch a really bad Peter Outerbridge movie now (i.e. Population 436). Why oh why do I do this to myself? *sigh*

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[tj-teejay.livejournal.com]

Me saying that I thought John A was very good actually means a lot, because normally I'm not a fan of period pieces. And I'm actually quite sure I would have enjoyed it, even if Peter Outerbridge hadn't been in it. (But of course there was the extra bonus of hearing him speak in a Scottish accent all throughout the movie!) You probably saw from my squee post that he and Shawn Doyle actually earned themselves an ACTRA Award nomination for it.

So, yeah, I will highly recommend it, but with the disclaimer that you'll probably get more out of it if you know a little bit of Canadian history. Which of course I didn't, being German and all, so I read up on it on Wikipedia before I went in. Helped me a lot to understand a little more of the political intricacies.

Yes, Heartland is Beverly Hills, 90210 with horses. The shudders of doom are still running down my spine as well. POB did a great job with his role, but the rest was just terrible. And he didn't exactly play an amiable character, so... I feel sorry you had to go through more than one episode of it.

[neontiger55.livejournal.com]

lol, it was quite traumatic - and I have a phobia of horses so... Which character did he play?

I don't tend to like period stuff very often either, but I remember the reviews were pretty persuasive. If I check it out I'll keep an eye out for PO! ;)

[tj-teejay.livejournal.com]

Well, I love horses, but that didn't make the show any more bearable to watch. LOL He played a guy named Brad Borden (and it's telling that I know the name by heart), the no-good father of one of the regulars (one of the teens). He was in episode 2x08. If you've seen it, he drives a cattle truck to the ranch that has horses in it he was meant to bring to the slaughterhouse, though he wanted to do the right thing and took them to the farm in hopes of rescuing them. In the process he tries to reconnect with his son whom he's alienated in the past cause he was in trouble over gambling or something equally shady. He wore this scruffy full beard as well, which was kind of a turn-off. But, well... gotta take what you get, right?

Oh, and visually, John A wasn't all that appealing either. Cause... 1860's fluffy sideburns all the way, baby! :-P

[neontiger55.livejournal.com]

More worrying that I know exactly the ep you're talking about! God, I'll never get those hours back.

Hmm, scruffy beards and sideburns... Yeah, no.

[tj-teejay.livejournal.com]

Well, if you wanna reminisce: http://vimeo.com/34673369 (http://vimeo.com/34673369) :-D

As for John A, I thought this was kind of amusing (no spoilers): http://vimeo.com/34266485 (http://vimeo.com/34266485)

[neontiger55.livejournal.com]

Ha! It brings back...memories for sure. (Is that your PO Vimeo channel by any chance?) ;)

[tj-teejay.livejournal.com]

Of course it is. Well, it's not specifically a POB channel. Just my account where I dump all the videos I need to upload. The Tumblr video feature kinda sucks, so I'm putting everything on Vimeo and then link to that from the POB-themed Tumblr (http://pouterbridge.tumblr.com) I'm currently having a lot of fun with.