Comments by Miranda Wicker (Page 4)

76. Scandal Review: We The People

    1/18/2013 7:01 AM
    
    @TooSilver--I think the reason the focus is on the love affair is because that's the part that feels most real-life. While the other laundry list of things you mentioned happen, those are more easily written as fiction and are therefore part of the subplot of this show. I DO, however, agree with you that more focus should be paid to what this affair, and the cover up, are doing to Olivia. People think she's done all of these things TO others, but they've come with great cost to herself, in my opinion.

77. American Idol Season 12 Premiere: New York State of Mind

    1/17/2013 11:18 AM
    
    @Terrie--it is too early, but sometimes you just get a feeling about some people. Phillip Phillips was that for me last year. Angela Miller was fantastic, so she's on my list of people to keep an eye on!

78. The Vampire Diaries Spinoff: An Original Debate

    1/15/2013 8:00 PM
    
    To Matt's point, if they spun this off as a werewolf tale with occasional appearances by vampires, that would work. If they plan to make TVD: Part Deux, I'm going to have to pass no matter how much I want the potential for more Elijah in my life.

79. Scandal Review: Ends and Means

    1/11/2013 10:21 AM
    
    @K, well, that's unfortunate because if you'd kept reading you'd realize that just because it wasn't my PERSONAL favorite, I still liked it as part of the ongoing story of Scandal.
    
    And no, we didn't see the conversation between Verna and Hollis, so now I, too, am wondering if she planted the phone or had it planted there. Again, Hollis being behind this all by himself is just too easy.
    
    Verna's words regarding Huck's arrest were:
    Verna: I'm so sorry, Liv. It's all my fault.
    Olivia: What's your fault?
    Verna: Huck. I'm the reason they took Huck away.

80. Scandal Review: Ends and Means

    1/11/2013 8:39 AM
    
    @gem, I definitely think/hope that Hollis is somewhat of a misdirect. If he's the be-all, end-all of this conspiracy, it's going to fall flat for me simply because, as I said earlier, he's too predictable. And yes, there does come a time for episodes that answer questions and tie things together, but I feel like the first episode back after a break shouldn't be that episode, you know?
    
    However, as @Kim pointed out, this was a potential season finale, so that makes a little more sense regarding why it felt so neatly wrapped up.
    
    And @Fudgefase, yes. YES. It doesn't always have to be waterboarding. Sensory deprivation/overstimulation would be just as torturous and effective to drive the point home.

81. Dexter Review: The Beginning of the End

    12/17/2012 10:46 AM
    
    Did anyone besides me watch the director/producer/writer (can't remember which he was) interview/commentary following last night's ep? He said that Deb running to La Guerta was completely unscripted. After she fired the shot, they left the camera rolling and Deb embracing the dead La Guerta was spontaneous.
    
    That, I think, is probably why the dress was the same and un-bloody in the closing scene. If I had to guess, they were shot out of sequence and then edited. But I still thought it was a poignant moment and I like it when actors/actresses submerge themselves in their characters like that so that they respond how they think the character would respond.

82. Dexter Review: The Beginning of the End

    12/17/2012 10:42 AM
    
    @Pratik--in my defense, my 8 month old woke me half way through writing the review? My apologies for the lack of clarity. But yes, I should've stated that this season was slow or sleepy in comparison to TWD. However, I do think that this season was a much, much different season of Dexter from previous seasons.
    
    @Suzanne--I had in my notes that with La Guerta playing supercop this season, there's no way she would've gone to the ship yard without calling backup. That was just stupid. Dexter told Harry that he would shoot Estrada right into the stab wound which would eliminate evidence that he'd been stabbed first. And then Dexter probably banked on being able to write the spatter analysis himself to further cover his tracks.

83. Dexter Review: The Beginning of the End

    12/17/2012 6:59 AM
    
    And when I say it's been "ridiculously slow" I realize I'm making a slightly unfair comparison. Dexter is up against The Walking Dead which has brought its A-game in terms of keeping viewers hooked. When I had to choose between which to watch on Sunday night, I often found myself choosing Dexter so that TWD would record and I could skip commercials. But then by the time Dexter was over, I was too tired from the pace of Dexter to fire up TWD.
    
    The last several episodes of the season, however, increased in their excitement because La Guerta was closing in on Dexter, and that was really the point of this season. Deb knew and grappled with his secret. Hannah knew and accepted it. What would happen when someone else, someone who didn't love him, found out?

84. Dexter Review: The Beginning of the End

    12/17/2012 6:55 AM
    
    Hey everybody, new reviewer here. I thought I'd chime in about a couple of the differences you're noticing between my opinion and Matt's.
    
    First, I haven't disliked/hated/been disappointed in this season at all. In fact, I've been quite impressed with the emotional/mental development Dexter has undergone. Hannah, and whether or not there's any sort of future for him that doesn't involve his own demise, has been interesting and different. This season has been more cerebral than previous seasons as Dexter's "Big Bad" this year was himself. I did feel like there were many competing story lines that distracted from Dexter, namely Quinn and Nadia and Angel's retirement. (Though whether the latter comes to fruition now that La Guerta's dead remains to be seen.)
    
    Continuing so I don't get cut off by the character allotment--

85. Glee Review: All I Want For Christmas Is No More Holiday Specials

    12/15/2012 11:02 AM
    
    @Amy Lynn and Amanda--I am a fan. A huge one. I don't hate Glee. In fact, I love it quite a great deal to the point that where other people have given up and stopped watching, I'm still here. And there hasn't been an episode yet where I've enjoyed nothing. But as a fan, I challenge this show to be better than it is. To be what I know it can be. I'm not going to accept the mediocrity they've handed us as being Glee's very best, because it isn't. It's okay to be critical of things you love when you know they can be better.

86. The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

    12/14/2012 3:28 PM
    
    @nasne--yes, she did hear that conversation. But it's crazy to me that she's been at boarding school and knows where the Lockwood cellars are when NONE of the other characters knew where they were before season 1 and they'd never lived anywhere else.
    
    @kurt--that makes sense. Klaus was just a weapon. A bloody, brutal weapon.

87. Vampire Diaries Exclusive: Joseph Morgan Teases "Mind-Blowing Horrors" to Come

    12/12/2012 4:24 PM
    
    Great interview, Steve!!

88. Bellamy Young Speaks on Being Mellie Grant, Moving from Stage to Screen

    12/12/2012 3:42 PM
    
    @Marilyn, there are clips from tomorrow night's episode that show that what you've asked is not the case. At all.

89. Dexter Review: All He Wants For Christmas

    12/10/2012 7:33 AM
    
    I like the idea that Deb poisoned herself, and if so, well done Deb. However, in the hospital it felt like Dexter planted the seed in her mind that it was Hannah who had poisoned her and not Deb planting the seed in Dexter's. I'll have to rewatch that scene, but on my first viewing, it definitely felt like Deb was caught off guard and questioning herself, and all season long we've seen her reaching for the bottle of pills making the idea that she could do something like this on accident seem plausible. (Though I don't think it was accidental. She was definitely poisoned.)

90. Glee Review: Don't Dream It's Over

    12/7/2012 11:04 AM
    
    @Fatin--the decision to break the "fourth wall" was a very deliberate one on Murphy's and the writers' parts, I think. They anticipated the backlash from the Brittany/Sam pairing and addressed it in hopes of the internet not imploding on itself this morning. Whether or not that worked, I'm not sure. I think an occasional break of that barrier between screen and living rooms, when well done, is a cheeky way for a show to acknowledge that its viewers are there. I liked it.

91. The Vampire Diaries Review: To Sire, With Love

    12/7/2012 8:02 AM
    
    You said heightened emotions, Leigh. EVERYBODY TAKE A SHOT!

92. Scandal Round Table: "Defiance"

    12/5/2012 2:31 PM
    
    @GeekyDiorGirl I did some research before posting and it seems that West Wing did an attempted assassination of a Presidential aide, Charlie Young, and not President Bartlett. I didn't watch the series, though, so my information is coming strictly from what I'm reading online.

93. Bones Review: The Soul Transcends

    12/4/2012 3:54 PM
    
    Thanks for covering for me, Christine!

94. Scandal Interview with Kerry Washington: You Ask the Questions!

    12/4/2012 10:48 AM
    
    Hey @Overthinking--Those are awesome questions! Please make sure you're registered so I can include them in the interview with Kerry! We won't spam you! Promise!

95. Scandal Review: Intuition

    12/1/2012 10:12 PM
    
    I don't at all think Billy Chambers is dead. No body, no death. And we haven't had a single mention of him this season which I think is telling. It's purposefully not mentioning him so that when/if he comes back it's a big shock! Billy could totally be behind this.

96. Scandal Review: Intuition

    11/30/2012 5:06 PM
    
    @mrenee--sorry if that came off shorter sounding than intended. I'm computer-less and posting from my phone.

97. Scandal Review: Intuition

    11/30/2012 5:05 PM
    
    @mrenee, I can't tell if you think his ego and abuse of power is a bad thing or acceptable given who he is.

98. Scandal Review: Intuition

    11/30/2012 8:13 AM
    
    @T, so you think she definitely knew? I can't decide if I think she knew or if something in her gut just said they shouldn't get out of the car.

99. Glee Review: Home

    11/30/2012 8:11 AM
    
    Yes, @Tara! That was...absurd. Horrifying. And absurd. Gangnam Style itself was absurd. But that was ultra absurd.

100. Scandal Review: Intuition

     11/30/2012 6:57 AM
     
     @Delilah--Fitz-bashing? Really? I have ONE sentence in there about him being obsessive. ONE. Even though he told the surveillance detail to stop and they didn't the fact that there was even one there to begin with crossed a line and was, in my estimation, an abuse of his office. We generally sneer at the government watching the every move of private citizens (there was an entire episode about it!) so why would we think it okay and NOT obsessive for the POTUS to watch his mistress?
     
     And I never called her relationship with Edison romantic, nor did I say they have the hallmarks of happily ever after.