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Chuck
Oct 14, 2008 21:57:42 GMT -5
Post by Lola m on Oct 14, 2008 21:57:42 GMT -5
Oh Captain Awesome, you are so very awesome! ;D Hmmmm. Have to act like Fulcrum to get Fulcrum. Be just as uncaring and ruthless and so on. Hmmmm. That can be the slippery slope, dudes! Saying you have to become just as bad as the enemy is the only way to beat the enemy usually just means, why bother. I mean, if you become the enemy then they aren't really all that enemy-ish anymore. Heck, you should just become best buds. Heeee! I love how the rich decoder guy thinks spy stuff is so cool and is all geeky with Chuck. But damn. I hate that Bryce was right that Sara's emotions interferred with her ability on the case.
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Chuck
Oct 14, 2008 22:10:06 GMT -5
Post by Lola m on Oct 14, 2008 22:10:06 GMT -5
Oh, not a cage match . . . Woo hoo, Anna!! "I don't fight girls." "Neither do I!" Yeah! **makes fist pumpy motion** I love that Casey looks impressed and starts thinking of her as a candidate right away. ;D Also? Just goes to show that Morgan is right to fear her. Bryce is sort of looking out for Chuck, and has been even back in college. Except of course he always protects him in a way that hurts him. So . . . And damn. His speech to Sara? I mean, he really is right about all those points. If this relationship was gonna be real then it would need to be real. Yes, he might be saying this partly to respond to what Bryce said about feelings interferring with the work, but it's also true. That was a seriously touching moment when they both plastered on the fake happy smiles and went back inside. Ha! I knew the glasses were more than just glasses. Bryce did it again.
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Chuck
Oct 14, 2008 22:15:44 GMT -5
Post by Lola m on Oct 14, 2008 22:15:44 GMT -5
I do not know where the writers will go from here, but I'm impressed that they haven't taken the usual pathway of denying his feelings, denying her feelings, spinning out the UST forever. Instead, she knows he's in love with her. He knows she has feelings for him. And they've had an honest adult conversation about why, in spite of reciprocal feelings a long-term relationship isn't going to work. So it looks like they've decided against any "fling". I"m really curious to see how this continues. But I really was quite surprised at their rational laying out of the future. And, Oh, my gosh, if you have the ep saved go back and rewatch their faces as they stand in front of the door. It was like some kind of acting exercise: go from sad and resigned to all's happy and hunky-dory in 1.5 seconds flat. I mean, I knew they were going to put on "happy faces" but I was stunned at how quickly and how realistically they did it. Great stuff. Eetah to all of this. I was, as you said, impressed they took the storyline there. So many shows would not have put such a realistic and deep moment in an action-fantastic show. And I totally agree about the moment right before the door opened. Wow!!
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 8:45:33 GMT -5
Post by Pixi on Oct 15, 2008 8:45:33 GMT -5
Posted from LJ:
Great show. I loved the hot dance between Sarah and Bryce. I loved Casey asking for a background check on Anna Wu. I loved Bryce updating Casey's brain with the sunglasses. I loved the guest star - the guy from Crossing Jordan - who played the rich guy. He is always excellent. And though I'm not a shipper of Chuck and Sarah at all, I thought the ending was very well acted by both of them and very moving.
The stuff at the store with the big guys was a little predictable and boring but it did give us Anna kicking the head big guy's ass.
Very entertaining. I'm so glad NBC has faith in this show by picking up the back 9 since it's getting clobbered by the competition. Move this gem NBC.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 9:29:39 GMT -5
Post by Sara on Oct 15, 2008 9:29:39 GMT -5
Quick 'n fun tidbit: the lead bully was played by ex-NFL linebacker Michael Strahan.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 11:51:38 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 11:51:38 GMT -5
Casey likes to eat a lot of yogurt. Has he been hanging with Michael from Burn Notice?
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 11:57:01 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 11:57:01 GMT -5
OK, this is probably thinking too much about this again, but they access the information in the Intersect by having Chuck inspect things and see if he "flashes" on them. Since the real Intersect is a super computer in some bunker somewhere do they normally just take notes when they're on a mission and then go back and cross reference? Or do they have some kind of remote device that scans and beeps when it finds something that's on file in the Intersect?
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 11:58:52 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 11:58:52 GMT -5
The Mighty Jocks. Hee.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 12:05:52 GMT -5
Post by Sara on Oct 15, 2008 12:05:52 GMT -5
Posted from LJ: Great show. I loved the hot dance between Sarah and Bryce. I loved Casey asking for a background check on Anna Wu. I loved Bryce updating Casey's brain with the sunglasses. I loved the guest star - the guy from Crossing Jordan - who played the rich guy. He is always excellent. And though I'm not a shipper of Chuck and Sarah at all, I thought the ending was very well acted by both of them and very moving. The stuff at the store with the big guys was a little predictable and boring but it did give us Anna kicking the head big guy's ass. Very entertaining. I'm so glad NBC has faith in this show by picking up the back 9 since it's getting clobbered by the competition. Move this gem NBC. Loved Casey's reaction to Anna's performance; I could almost hear the Canna 'shippers being born. Chuck/Sarah angst always hits me where it hurts, and as you said the final scene with the two of them was particularly well-performed. One thing that really struck me for some reason was the contrast between Chuck and Heroes, particularly in the way Heroes has struggled to find any sort of thematic or tonal consistency while Chuck continues to very deftly manage a rather tricky balance between humor, action, and heart. ETA: Oh, and Captain Awesome was so far beyond awesome I decided he needs to be promoted to Admiral Awesome.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 12:48:38 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 12:48:38 GMT -5
Worst hostage. exchange. ever. Ha!
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 12:58:12 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 12:58:12 GMT -5
"Kid!? Honestly, we're born in the same year!"
HEE!
Ooh, I love this song that starts up in this scene.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 13:11:48 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 13:11:48 GMT -5
Oh, yes. The high quality of the writing and acting in this show is a constant delight. And the look Sara gives Chuck over her shoulder, right at the end of that scene. Oh, and Bryce deserves to be sent to a hell dimension. OK, but can we make a cardboard cut out of him before we send him there? That much pretty shouldn't go entirely to waste.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 13:41:38 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 13:41:38 GMT -5
I do not know where the writers will go from here, but I'm impressed that they haven't taken the usual pathway of denying his feelings, denying her feelings, spinning out the UST forever. Instead, she knows he's in love with her. He knows she has feelings for him. And they've had an honest adult conversation about why, in spite of reciprocal feelings a long-term relationship isn't going to work. So it looks like they've decided against any "fling". I"m really curious to see how this continues. But I really was quite surprised at their rational laying out of the future. And, Oh, my gosh, if you have the ep saved go back and rewatch their faces as they stand in front of the door. It was like some kind of acting exercise: go from sad and resigned to all's happy and hunky-dory in 1.5 seconds flat. I mean, I knew they were going to put on "happy faces" but I was stunned at how quickly and how realistically they did it. Great stuff. I continue to be impressed by the show's macro writing as well. I'm real glad that the will they/won't they question isn't going to become the center of everything the way it would be on some lesser shows. They also addressed the question about the Intersect going out of date that a lot of us were wondering about in the first season. Chuck appears to be taking the next step towards realizing a more mature self, which is neat (keeping in with the theme of show). I'm not sure what their flirtation with dating did for Sarah. Maybe to help put the mistakes she made with Bryce behind her.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 13:45:50 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 13:45:50 GMT -5
Oh Captain Awesome, you are so very awesome! ;D Hmmmm. Have to act like Fulcrum to get Fulcrum. Be just as uncaring and ruthless and so on. Hmmmm. That can be the slippery slope, dudes! Saying you have to become just as bad as the enemy is the only way to beat the enemy usually just means, why bother. I mean, if you become the enemy then they aren't really all that enemy-ish anymore. Heck, you should just become best buds. Heeee! I love how the rich decoder guy thinks spy stuff is so cool and is all geeky with Chuck. But damn. I hate that Bryce was right that Sara's emotions interferred with her ability on the case. Eetah.
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Chuck
Oct 15, 2008 13:46:34 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 15, 2008 13:46:34 GMT -5
Oh, not a cage match . . . Woo hoo, Anna!! "I don't fight girls." "Neither do I!" Yeah! **makes fist pumpy motion** I love that Casey looks impressed and starts thinking of her as a candidate right away. ;D Also? Just goes to show that Morgan is right to fear her. Bryce is sort of looking out for Chuck, and has been even back in college. Except of course he always protects him in a way that hurts him. So . . . And damn. His speech to Sara? I mean, he really is right about all those points. If this relationship was gonna be real then it would need to be real. Yes, he might be saying this partly to respond to what Bryce said about feelings interferring with the work, but it's also true. That was a seriously touching moment when they both plastered on the fake happy smiles and went back inside. Ha! I knew the glasses were more than just glasses. Bryce did it again. Anna rocks. And I liked how Bryce updated the Intersect. But couldn't he have warned Chuck first? Unless maybe Chuck couldn't know about it for it to work.
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