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TV commentary:

Young Justice- Heh, I'm surprised it took me so long to figure out who the villain was this ep. Obviously everyone feeling ill had something to do with the case, I dunno why I didn't think Parasite. Like when the Ringmaster guy turned into the strongman, I was wondering, is it like Clayface or something? But I didn't think about him having gotten Miss Martian's power.

But he got the super combo- the martian/kryptonian power sets. Though are the Martians weak against fire, or just scared of it? I thought it was the latter, like in JL: Doom, when Martian Manhunter was set ablaze, I thought he was just freaked out because he was on friggin fire, not that it was doing damage, or more damage than it would. Also, its like he was surrounded by fire and Miss Martian was all, "You gained my vulnerabilities!" and he just like passed out, like what was the fire actually supposed to be doing him there, because he seemed otherwise fine physically.

Fringe- One more Fringe comment. Why do some people think alt-Broyles is a shifter, like some people in the forums all, if they had the tracking data, wouldn't they wonder why one is in Fringe HQ? I figured he's just a human who decided to side with Meana and RDJ.

In Plain Sight- I'm surprised things turned out the way they did. Given the budget crunch, I'm a little shocked the feds would spring to relocate the guy, and his two wives and their families separately, as that's now three groups they have to watch for one witness. I figured the government would be more a-holish. Like if the wives wanted nothing to do with the hubby, the feds would be all, okay, see ya! I mean, I'm sure the witness would want both his families watched over or else he wouldn't testify, but still.

So one wife was Mindy Collette/Riggins who looked more or less the same from FNL, but Sunny Mabrey looks kinda diff. I mean, I wouldn't say she's less attractive, but her face does look kinda different. I guess she is older.

And is Abigail supposed to be much younger than Marshall? I mean, she looks younger, but not that much younger to warrant Mary always referring to her as a high schooler. I'm actually worried for her, now that Marshall's proposed. I mean, its obvious he's been interested in Mary, but now that he's with Abigail, and proposed to her, I don't see him coming to some realization that "Wait, I love Mary, I can't be with Abby!" So I'm thinking its more likely she'll get killed in the line of duty, because I can't believe they'd pull some crap like she's cheating on him or something, and Mary and Abigail haven't been antagonistic enough to have Abby make Marshall choose.

And I'm sure the thing with Stan and Tia Carrerre is leading to trouble. Not that she's shady, but given we learn of her ex, she's prolly paranoid of all of Stan's secrets, and its not exactly a job he can tell her about.

And is it me, or is Mary kinda a bitch? I mean, she has important job, but its not like her baby's daddy is a layabout, he has a job too, so its not like he's doing nothing instead of taking care of their kid. But then she's not satisfied with the prospective nannies for the most ridiculous reasons, and she's upset when he gets his mom to help. She can't have it both ways- she chose to keep the kid (even though it didn't make sense for her character), but if she herself can't take care of it, she needs someone to help her husband out!

Fairly Legal- Okay, I thought the whistle blower thing protected them once they got the evidence to the "authorities"? Leo isn't the authorities. Couldn't the one guy have sicced security on him while he was doing a victory dance in the parking lot?

Oh, ultra-creepy comment of the day: So, I knew Hilary Duff look alike Kagney Lynn Karter has done "certain things", but apparently one of her latest works she does everything. (Well, almost everything you can have in a plotless scene, though it did have one thing I like I didn't realize was in there initially because I apparently skipped that part, and only learned about it later)

Comments

[xantha.livejournal.com]

re: broyles shifter, I kept expecting Lincoln to look at the tracking map and say, "hey look, there's one in Fringe HQ!"

[voicelessloud.livejournal.com]

One of the Martian Manhunter's signature traits is his vulnerability to fire. Although it has been an element of the character since his earliest appearances, writers have depicted it with great inconsistency throughout the character's long career. In some instances, it is portrayed as a physical susceptibility inherent to the Martian race, while at other times it has been explained as a personal psychosomatic disorder. The degree of vulnerability has also been wildly inconsistent, in some cases capable of stripping away his powers and killing him, while at other times simply inflicting pain or delirium with no actual danger of physical harm

[geebs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had heard it had been inconsistent over the years. I guess I just found it weird how the show depicted it- Parasite was acting all cocky, and them MM was "You got my powers... and my vulnerability to fire!" And then he's all, "Huh?!" and then he just passes out!

I mean, obviously they weren't going the psycho-somatic route, because I don't think he can inherit psychological problems, and even if he could, then he should've started freaking the hell out once he was ablaze.

But if it was a biological weakness inherent to Martians, then they shouldn't have had him act all fine until Miss Martian said he was vulnerable to fire, and then have him just pass out. I think they could have had him start feeling ill/progressively weaker than go from 60-0 in a few seconds.

[voicelessloud.livejournal.com]

i think that the writers dont know and needed a fast way to take the bad guy down