don't be dull, be fannish

I decided to ditch two shows: The Vampire Diaries and Suits.

The Vampire Diaries: I own S1 and S2 on DVD, I saw the whole S1... and I'm kinda fed up with these characters and their ISSUES. Two 150 year old vampires and a bunch of teenagers decide about the fate of basically everyone in their town. Buffy and her friends at least didn't run around, cheerfully murdering people like it's no biggie. When it's not Damon who's slaughtering people, it's Stefan, everybody is covering for them, Elena is usually in some kind of distress, mind-wiping her brother left and right, Caroline is weeping, Bonnie's hollier than thou, the guys don't know what they want... And the love triangles! There's never a conclusion that's final, the writers always leave a backdoor open and ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Shelving the S2 box set to be watched... at some point in the future.

Suits: I barely finished S1. I ffwded through so much shipping BS, I watched like 10 minutes from each episode. Mike and Trevor, Mike and Rachel, Mike and Jenny, Jenny and Trevor, Mike behaving like an idiot again and again and again. And when it wasn't the shipping, it was the backstabbing among the lawyers in the firm. I'm tired of those people's agendas. I'm tired of waiting for the other shoe to drop and someone else to find out about Mike's secret. I just don't like Mike, period! If this was the Harvey and Donna show, I would be all in because Donna is awesome. As it is, eh. I might watch it once the season is over, in one go, but right now, I just can't be bothered.

I guess my "DON'T WANNA" funk continues. Sheesh on a pogo stick, when will it end? *hands*

As much as I like this show, the shipping is horrible: Mike/Jenny, Mike/Rachel, jealousy all around... Soap opera, here we come! It totally ruined ep 107 for me, because ( spoilers! ) I really hope this ep was a fluke.

Harvey is still rocking awesome. But, from time to time, I'm getting slightly annoyed with Mike. I mean, I know that he's the "heart" of the show but his naivety is quite... Well, IMHO, there's naivety and then there's stupidity and he's sliding dangerously close to the latter. The mistakes he makes, like when ( spoilers! ) I mean, I get that he's the character-to-grow, the main hero whom we shall see develop, but I would prefer subtlety, this is sometimes pretty ham-fisted. Eh, I guess I prefer Harvey ;) And Donna. Donna's fantastic!

I still like the show a lot, but I do hope there'll be as few eps as 107 as possible.

Finally watched the pilot of Suits. It didn't wow me as much as White Collar's pilot did two years ago but I liked what I've seen so far.

Though I can't help but see the similarities between this and WhiCo - Harvey is a slicker version of Peter (the successful man-of-the-company) and Mike a less experienced and less confident version of Neal (basically, the lovable crook). The setting's New York and even the offices are all glass and pretty views.

( Spoilers for the pilot! )

Looking forward to more!