Heroes, 2x03, Kindred

Midwatch report:

Yeah, in case anyone was wondering, Ireland neither looks nor sounds like that. And security guards here certainly don't look like beefy Americans from central casting. Also, since most of the Gardai don't carry guns, I have a hard time believing they let the rent-a-guards walk around armed but I'd need to double check (hey, I'm living in Ireland. How cool is that?).

Threequarterwatch report: In which I call bullshit on the reveal that ( Heroes rant/spoiler )

That was cheap and lazy and borderline hateful writing. Strike one. Three strikes and you're out.

eta: My Heroes rantage so pales beside laurashapiro's: she is the master, picking up on so many other awful racist and sexist stereotypes in this episode that I feel vaguely ashamed for not honing in on them too. Although, I suspect my new mantra of "I will not piss and moan about a white guy in Tokugawa Japan, I will not piss and moan about a white guy in Tokugawa Japan" may have distracted me from the giant WTF-ery of casting Sark in that role in the first place. My suspicion is that ( speculation )

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Pushing Daisies, 1x01

Prologue report: "a renowned synchronized swimming duo, they shared matching personality disorders and a taste for fine cheese."

I think I could come to love this show very much.

Apres ep report: Pushing Daisies is definitely of the win but I have serious doubts about the show's ability to maintain its tone of bittersweet whimsy indefinitely. The pilot episode was brilliant in every respect but they've set themselves what I suspect is an impossible task in trying to match that episode over a 22 episode run. PD, which I'm almost afraid to watch more of because I can't imagine that the next episode will be as good, would be an excellent candidate for the 'Beeb' treatment of six perfect episodes telling one story, possibly followed by another six if another story can be found. I am nothing but apprehensive about what will happen when they try to stretch this story to fill a standard US TV season. As it stands, Pushing Daisies is a perfect bijoux of a TV show but alas I fear the inevitable tarnishment of its fragile luster.

Ontario Election Results Keanu-afying (aka *whoa*)

Given that when I left home September 4th, most of us who hung around politics were figuring McGuinty was good for a minority gov't, just how badly did John Tory fuck himself to see the Libs re-elected with three additional seats*?!

*As of 4:12 am GMT. The article will probably be updated when the final counts come in.

Large chunks of tradition Liberal Party supports - teachers, public servants, medical health professionals - were justifiably furious with McGuinty's government and his inability or inaction on fixing the mess Mike Harris, the last Progressive Conservative premier (no, Ernie Eves doesn't count) left the province in. While no one wanted another Tory gov't (aka Progressive Conservatives for those non-conversant in Cdn poli-slang), there were a lot of us who wanted to send McGuinty a message about how unhappy we were with his gov't so far.

And now this... a majority and a formidable 70-seat (out of 103) majority at that!

I can't imagine Mr. McGuinty suddenly got religion or turned into the JFK of the Ontario campaign trail, so I ask my Ontarian compartriots again - just how badly did Tory fuck himself?

And while I'm on the subject - shame on all three major party leaders for avoiding Toronto's Jane/Finch neighbourhood during the campaign. The centre of Toronto's gang and guns problem, J/F is arguably the most dysfunctional, desperate neighbourhood in the province outside a reserve (which are technically a Federal responsibility but I digress). Shame on Ontario's politicians for ignoring this community as they continue to ignore the serious crisis in infrastructure and social funding facing Toronto and cities across the province.

Shame on you all.