Week after week Glee has always brought a level of enjoyment to me. From the musical choices to the individual stories, I'm not one to complain. This week's episode is no different. I think that this is my favorite episode by far, taken Throwdown off my number one spot. What makes this episode so good you ask? Let me tell you.
With Sectionals ever approaching, Mr. Schuester pairs off everyone in Glee so that they can perform a ballad to the other person. Everyone seems to pair off ok, until Finn gets paired with Kirk. For Kirk this is a dream come true, but for Finn he doesn't think he can "Sing a ballad to another dude." Rachel is the last to go, and due to Michael being in the hospital, puts her without a partner. Mr. Schuester says that he'll be her partner for the ballad, because what could go wrong? Rachel starts things off by singing "Endless Love" with Mr. Schue and that's where we get our first story arc in the episode. After the touching duet it seems as though Rachel has formed a crush on Mr. Schuester, much to his dismay.
With this new found love for Mr. Shoe we get one of my favorite scenes with him singing "Don't Stand So Close to Me" to Rachel, with Emma. This song was picked by Will to help let Rachel down easy and to shed light on the situation for her. At the end of the song both girls are stunned and Rachel's crush grows even stronger. Epic Fail Mr. Shoe!
The second story arc involved Quinn, Finn, and Kirk. Kirk is trying to win over Finn by helping him out with meeting Quinn's parents later that week. Finn being the ingnorant football jock type he is, just assumes that Kirk wants to help him and not try to worm his way into his jock strap. This story has quite a few touching moments to it including seeing Finn sing "I'll Stand By You" to the sonagram he has of what he thinks is his baby.
Near the end of the episode things got a little heavy. After Finn reveals to Quinn's parents that she's pregnant - through the song "(You're) Having My Baby" - things take a dark turn for the worst. In what was the darkest moment in Glee yet, we see Quinn's father saying some very hurtful things towards Quinn to the point where she's in tears. We also get to meet Suzie Peppers, the first girl to get a crush on Mr. Schue. She shows up here and there throughout the episode following Rachel around but not in a "he's my man don't you step my way" manner. Suzie actually serves as a grim future for Rachel should she keep trying to win Schuester over. This helps Rachel realize she's just gaga over Schue, and quickly goes to make up with him about her behavior.
One thing I really want to ask is, "Why did you sing that song Finn?" He couldn't sing a more obscure song that got the same point across. I mean the Fabray's are an uber-religious family, of course singing "You're Having My Baby" is gonna end up badly. However this move makes me agree with one thing Mr. Fabray said, "He does wear a helmet on the field doesn't he?"
Overall and as I've said, this is one of my favorite episodes yet. It had a total of five songs throughout it, which I think is the most yet. The only real problem I had was a scene of Mercedes and Puck talking about Quinn and Finn. Puck reveals to her that he is actually the baby's father. Mercedes than tells him that that's tough luck because Quinn has chosen Finn to father the child, and that he should just face the facts. To be honest, I expected her to act more shocked about such a twist. I could even see her telling the other Glee clubbers by "accident" so that more people would know. I'm not sure what the writers were thinking in that scene, but it didn't really work with the Mercedes I've come to know.
I agree on the whole Mercedes' thing because she acts way to calm for something this shocking. I was really expecting her to say, "for real?" and run outside and tell everyone that it's Puck's baby, but instead we got her telling Puck pull it together and sing. This might get good with her being the only one who knows but for now it was kind of dissapointing.
See Ya & Till Next Time,
Mike & Razz
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Our Canonverse: Episode 1
Here at Mike and Razz’s blog, are slogan is “We tell you what’s good, what’s bad, and what we think should happen.” Well, we’ve gone good on reviews, but we haven’t really told you what we think should happen other than that occasional comments throughout the reviews. Well tonight after chatting for a bit, I’m happy to tell you about new segment called, Our Canonverse. This is basically what me and razz think should happen in our favorite shows regardless of the plausibility of what comes next. What better to do now than to dive right into the Canonverse.
The first idea we have to add to the Canonverse is one we discovered while talking Heroes and Glee. There seems to almost be a formula to both shows that needs to be known. The formula is as follows:
Your character gets written out of Heroes ---> Chance of being a cast member on Glee
Examples of this include Stephen Tobolowsky (Bob on Heroes; Sandy Ryerson on Glee), Jessalyn Gilsig (Meredith on Heroes; Mrs. Schuester on Glee), Jayma Mays (Charlie on Heroes; Emma on Glee), Kenneth Choi (Sam Douglas on Heroes; Dr. Wu on Glee),and Dianna Agron (Debbie Marshal on Heroes; Quinn Fabray on Glee). Now I know you might be asking who some of the characters from Heroes are, and that’s ok. We had to do a bit or research ourselves to find some of these people.
Back on topic, it’s been discussed that Adrian Pasdar might be leaving Heroes. This now makes sense because Sylar has his body back as of the last episode. What Razz and I thought is that since the theory of Heroes to Glee is in effect, he would end up on Glee. Now the question is who will he play? At first we thought a judge at Regional’s, just as a kind of cameo to please the fans. That idea was soon shot down when we came to realize something about the show that is cause for this inspiration. The rival glee group, Vocal Adrenaline, doesn’t have a group leader. This is where Adrian can shine. Allow me to set up the scene.
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After winning Regional’s, Adrian Pasdar’s character meets up with Will to talk about Nationals or whatever comes up next in Glee club. His character is similar to first season Nathan, stone cold and barely showing emotion. He begins to brag to Mr. Shoe about how superior his group of kids is because they get the best training and choreography. Think of a male version of Sue. After bragging enough to make the most ego-centric person blush, Will leaves not wanting to hear what he’s saying. We now go to Adrian on stage with a guitar. He says something similar to “Start from the top!” and starts playing the beginning to Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now. As he plays and sings the song, we see that the rest of the band is actually people from Band From TV are accompanying him. That’s right. Matt Parkman on drums, House playing on piano, and everyone else from the band partaking in the scene. Scene ends and tears are shed around the world for pure awesome factor. With Sue and Adrian being so alike we also can set him up to be a long term character as Sue’s love interest. Imagine those two stone cold people, arguing and fighting and then suddenly making out. A great story line for down the road.
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And that’s what is now canon in the Glee universe, and the Canonverse, according to Razz and I. Agree with us? Disagree? Let us know in the comments.
See Ya & Till Next Time,
Mike & Razz
The first idea we have to add to the Canonverse is one we discovered while talking Heroes and Glee. There seems to almost be a formula to both shows that needs to be known. The formula is as follows:
Your character gets written out of Heroes ---> Chance of being a cast member on Glee
Examples of this include Stephen Tobolowsky (Bob on Heroes; Sandy Ryerson on Glee), Jessalyn Gilsig (Meredith on Heroes; Mrs. Schuester on Glee), Jayma Mays (Charlie on Heroes; Emma on Glee), Kenneth Choi (Sam Douglas on Heroes; Dr. Wu on Glee),and Dianna Agron (Debbie Marshal on Heroes; Quinn Fabray on Glee). Now I know you might be asking who some of the characters from Heroes are, and that’s ok. We had to do a bit or research ourselves to find some of these people.
Back on topic, it’s been discussed that Adrian Pasdar might be leaving Heroes. This now makes sense because Sylar has his body back as of the last episode. What Razz and I thought is that since the theory of Heroes to Glee is in effect, he would end up on Glee. Now the question is who will he play? At first we thought a judge at Regional’s, just as a kind of cameo to please the fans. That idea was soon shot down when we came to realize something about the show that is cause for this inspiration. The rival glee group, Vocal Adrenaline, doesn’t have a group leader. This is where Adrian can shine. Allow me to set up the scene.
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After winning Regional’s, Adrian Pasdar’s character meets up with Will to talk about Nationals or whatever comes up next in Glee club. His character is similar to first season Nathan, stone cold and barely showing emotion. He begins to brag to Mr. Shoe about how superior his group of kids is because they get the best training and choreography. Think of a male version of Sue. After bragging enough to make the most ego-centric person blush, Will leaves not wanting to hear what he’s saying. We now go to Adrian on stage with a guitar. He says something similar to “Start from the top!” and starts playing the beginning to Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now. As he plays and sings the song, we see that the rest of the band is actually people from Band From TV are accompanying him. That’s right. Matt Parkman on drums, House playing on piano, and everyone else from the band partaking in the scene. Scene ends and tears are shed around the world for pure awesome factor. With Sue and Adrian being so alike we also can set him up to be a long term character as Sue’s love interest. Imagine those two stone cold people, arguing and fighting and then suddenly making out. A great story line for down the road.
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And that’s what is now canon in the Glee universe, and the Canonverse, according to Razz and I. Agree with us? Disagree? Let us know in the comments.
See Ya & Till Next Time,
Mike & Razz
Friday, November 13, 2009
Glee: Wheels Review
This week's installment of Glee changed gears and focused the story on the kids more than Mr. Schuester and his baby drama. I for one welcomed this. We get to know more about each of the students lives and stories. Well, lets start off, shall we?
The show begins with Mr. Schuester speaking with Principal Figgins about getting a special bus for Glee club due to Artie needing a wheelchair accessible bus. Figgins, being the penny pinching principal we've come to know, won't give it to them and suggests they raise money for one. Mr. Schuester acts on that by getting everyone in Glee club to help out in a bake sale. While discussing the need for the bus the rest of Glee club seems to react negatively to the fact they have to work just to get Artie to come with them. This makes Mr. Schuester realize the students aren't taking Artie's feelings into consideration, so what does he do? He gets a wheelchair for each Glee club student so that they can walk a mile in his shoes (so to speak). Mr. Shoe also lets them know that for Regionals they'll be doing a whole routine with all of them in wheelchairs. On top of that, they'll be doing "Defying Gravity", a popular number from the broadway musical Wicked. Kurt wants nothing more than to do the solo for it, but Mr. Shoe gives it to Rachel. Kurt being the diva he is, calls both Rachel and Mr. Schuester out for the solo. So begins the the Diva Off!
While Artie was doing his "Dancing with Myself" routine, I realized he was rocking that wheelchair. And yes, I realize most of that was probably a stunt double, but still kudos on the choreography. I was also glad when Mr. Shoe grew a pair and told them to get in the wheelchairs, because I think that time was good for all of them.
We also get to see more of Sue and Mr. Shoe going at it. After Quinn got kicked off Cherio's, there's now an opening. Principal Figgins suggests that Sue holds open try outs to let someone take the spot, with Mr. Schuester being the other judge. Sue chooses a girl with downs syndrome out of all the potentials, and Will immediately assumes she's up to something. Sue starts training the girl in the way of the Cherio, which means Sue constantly yells at her for not being good at anything. The girl just smiles and replies with "Thanks coach!" Schuester thinks something is still up, but Sue's playing coy to the whole thing. Near the end of the episode, we find out that Sue's sister is at a mental hospital and also has downs syndrome. For me, seeing Sue being caring and seeing an emotion that wasn't rage of some variation was stunning. I highly enjoyed it.
The stuff with Sue kinda threw me off, I was stunned to find out she willingly took that girl on the squad and also gave money for new ramps at the school. I was starting to agree with Shuester that she was up to something but I was relieved at the end when it was revealed she had a sister with the same condition, I think it makes Sue a more grounded and more believable character.
Back to the Diva Off! Kurt and his dad have several talks about the solo and the fact that Kurt is an outed homosexual in high school. It's fun to see Kurt try work things with his dad. His dad obviously has no idea what to do, but still offers his support. We then see Rachel and Kurt face off in Glee club for the solo, where Kurt ends up breaking on the high F note that would make or break him. He then tells his dad about losing the solo on purpose, all so that his father can keep his cool when people make negative remarks against his son's sexuality. It was heartwarming.
I liked this part of the episode, we got more about Kurt and his dad going through dealing with the homosexuality thing, which they kind of just left off at the end of one of the previous episode. It was good to see how Kurt felt responsible for his father and broke the F on purpose so things would be easier on his dad. Especially after his dad gets a call saying Kurt is a fag, didn't know he was that into bikes! Plus I am liking Glee's style of putting appropriate styles of songs in the show. You could almost start watching the episode at the Diva off and understand the story just by the lyrics and the way it was edited with Rachel and Kurt.
Lastly (I'm sure you're tired of reading) we get to know more about Artie, who the episode somewhat revolves around. We come to the realization that he has a thing for Tina (the girl with the stuttering problem). He also opens up about how he got into the wheelchair, and how it's affected his life. We also get to see a great musical number of Artie singing Billy Idol's "Dancing By Myself". After the bake sale gets more than enough money for the bus (due to Puck making Hash cupcakes), Artie decides to use the money to get a wheelchair ramp for the auditorium. Scene goes to Tina and Artie sharing a date by racing around in their wheelchairs. Tina then gives Artie a kiss and comes clean -- she doesn't have a stutter. She started doing the stutter in sixth grade to stop from having to do reports in front of the class. Artie tells her "Well, that's good. You can be a regular person now but I'm still stuck in the wheelchair." and leaves her standing there. Way to BRO up man! DON'T LET NO HOE PUSH YOU AROUND! (and now I can have her all to MY self....yes...)
I am really getting into Puck's story line, you start to see how he still cares about Quinn and didn't just knock her up. I think they should really be together because no offense Finn is a bad baby's daddy. Plus that would leave Rachel and Finn to get together, which even in this episode you can see sexual tension between them. We see Artie takin' charge in this episode along with my favorite quote by him, "Let me be perfectly clear I still have the use of my penis."
Anyway, it was a good episode. We FINALLY got to see something other than Mr. Schuester get played by his lying wife. Once again I digress, but I enjoyed seeing more of the students being the focus of the episode.
Til Next Time & See Ya,
Mike & Razz
The show begins with Mr. Schuester speaking with Principal Figgins about getting a special bus for Glee club due to Artie needing a wheelchair accessible bus. Figgins, being the penny pinching principal we've come to know, won't give it to them and suggests they raise money for one. Mr. Schuester acts on that by getting everyone in Glee club to help out in a bake sale. While discussing the need for the bus the rest of Glee club seems to react negatively to the fact they have to work just to get Artie to come with them. This makes Mr. Schuester realize the students aren't taking Artie's feelings into consideration, so what does he do? He gets a wheelchair for each Glee club student so that they can walk a mile in his shoes (so to speak). Mr. Shoe also lets them know that for Regionals they'll be doing a whole routine with all of them in wheelchairs. On top of that, they'll be doing "Defying Gravity", a popular number from the broadway musical Wicked. Kurt wants nothing more than to do the solo for it, but Mr. Shoe gives it to Rachel. Kurt being the diva he is, calls both Rachel and Mr. Schuester out for the solo. So begins the the Diva Off!
While Artie was doing his "Dancing with Myself" routine, I realized he was rocking that wheelchair. And yes, I realize most of that was probably a stunt double, but still kudos on the choreography. I was also glad when Mr. Shoe grew a pair and told them to get in the wheelchairs, because I think that time was good for all of them.
We also get to see more of Sue and Mr. Shoe going at it. After Quinn got kicked off Cherio's, there's now an opening. Principal Figgins suggests that Sue holds open try outs to let someone take the spot, with Mr. Schuester being the other judge. Sue chooses a girl with downs syndrome out of all the potentials, and Will immediately assumes she's up to something. Sue starts training the girl in the way of the Cherio, which means Sue constantly yells at her for not being good at anything. The girl just smiles and replies with "Thanks coach!" Schuester thinks something is still up, but Sue's playing coy to the whole thing. Near the end of the episode, we find out that Sue's sister is at a mental hospital and also has downs syndrome. For me, seeing Sue being caring and seeing an emotion that wasn't rage of some variation was stunning. I highly enjoyed it.
The stuff with Sue kinda threw me off, I was stunned to find out she willingly took that girl on the squad and also gave money for new ramps at the school. I was starting to agree with Shuester that she was up to something but I was relieved at the end when it was revealed she had a sister with the same condition, I think it makes Sue a more grounded and more believable character.
Back to the Diva Off! Kurt and his dad have several talks about the solo and the fact that Kurt is an outed homosexual in high school. It's fun to see Kurt try work things with his dad. His dad obviously has no idea what to do, but still offers his support. We then see Rachel and Kurt face off in Glee club for the solo, where Kurt ends up breaking on the high F note that would make or break him. He then tells his dad about losing the solo on purpose, all so that his father can keep his cool when people make negative remarks against his son's sexuality. It was heartwarming.
I liked this part of the episode, we got more about Kurt and his dad going through dealing with the homosexuality thing, which they kind of just left off at the end of one of the previous episode. It was good to see how Kurt felt responsible for his father and broke the F on purpose so things would be easier on his dad. Especially after his dad gets a call saying Kurt is a fag, didn't know he was that into bikes! Plus I am liking Glee's style of putting appropriate styles of songs in the show. You could almost start watching the episode at the Diva off and understand the story just by the lyrics and the way it was edited with Rachel and Kurt.
Lastly (I'm sure you're tired of reading) we get to know more about Artie, who the episode somewhat revolves around. We come to the realization that he has a thing for Tina (the girl with the stuttering problem). He also opens up about how he got into the wheelchair, and how it's affected his life. We also get to see a great musical number of Artie singing Billy Idol's "Dancing By Myself". After the bake sale gets more than enough money for the bus (due to Puck making Hash cupcakes), Artie decides to use the money to get a wheelchair ramp for the auditorium. Scene goes to Tina and Artie sharing a date by racing around in their wheelchairs. Tina then gives Artie a kiss and comes clean -- she doesn't have a stutter. She started doing the stutter in sixth grade to stop from having to do reports in front of the class. Artie tells her "Well, that's good. You can be a regular person now but I'm still stuck in the wheelchair." and leaves her standing there. Way to BRO up man! DON'T LET NO HOE PUSH YOU AROUND! (and now I can have her all to MY self....yes...)
I am really getting into Puck's story line, you start to see how he still cares about Quinn and didn't just knock her up. I think they should really be together because no offense Finn is a bad baby's daddy. Plus that would leave Rachel and Finn to get together, which even in this episode you can see sexual tension between them. We see Artie takin' charge in this episode along with my favorite quote by him, "Let me be perfectly clear I still have the use of my penis."
Anyway, it was a good episode. We FINALLY got to see something other than Mr. Schuester get played by his lying wife. Once again I digress, but I enjoyed seeing more of the students being the focus of the episode.
Til Next Time & See Ya,
Mike & Razz
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