Please pronounce it DIE-rections. Thanks.

2.16 "Original Song"

Despite watching Glee since it's very first episode, I have never noticed anything unusual when anyone referred to the name of the glee club, New Directions (except for it just generally being a dumb name). But for whatever reason, in this week's episode when the announcer at regionals introduced the group I finally heard it in a new way and was astonished I'd never noticed it before:

Nude Erections.

And, of course, now that I've heard it I can't unhear it and will never be able to not think it. Thanks for that, show!

And on a note that I could make related with a crass segue if I were so inclined but I'm going to call unrelated because it's safer that way, is it just me or does Santana just get hotter and funnier every single episode? That "Trouty Mouth" performance was truly inspired.

(This has to go titleless because it's been days and I just can't think of one.)

I saw Drive Angry this past weekend, and due to the prominent role of Bill Fitchner, it got me thinking about an old website I used to read. Fametracker was kind of a precursor (or maybe companion piece) to Television Without Pity, before it was discontinued in early 2007. It's most popular features seemed to be Hey, It's That Guy, which highlighted popular character actors whose names most people don't know (which is how I learned Bill Fitchner's name years ago), and 2 Stars 1 Slot, which compares stars that seem to fill the same pop culture niche.

As I was reading through a random selection of entries from these two features, I was wondering if the creators ever feel like revisiting any of them to comment on their original opinions or to make updates based on significant changes. For example, I'd say that Jane Lynch no longer qualifies as a Hey, It's That Guy. Really old entries for HITGs include Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman. There's a 2 Stars 1 Slot battle between Kirsten Dunst and Reese Witherspoon declaring Kirsten Dunst the winner. Clearly there's some room for revision here.

So there I was, like an hour ago, clicking around and I came across a particularly interesting entry that I'm pretty sure they'd love to go back and change if they could:

Leelee Sobieski vs. Natalie Portman: Battle of the Bankable Jailbait

For those who want the punchline without clicking on the link, here was their verdict:

Advantage: Leelee Sobieski.

Oops.

"The French Mistake" Mistake

It seems that my lack of blogging this past year may be caused by the fact that I have less time to devote to TV watching and, as a result, limit my TV watching to shows that I actually think are "good" and satisfy my unique TV needs. If my blogging histories of Heroes and Lost should have taught me anything, it's that I use this blog as a place to snark and complain about the kind of crap a show is pulling. Maybe I should have spent the past 6 months watching The Cape.

But what I'm really getting at with this is "Thanks Supernatural, for giving me a reason to blog again!" And I'm feeling like it's a good time to return to the 5 things structure so I don't rant too much.

6.15 "The French Mistake"

1. There was a time last spring when I suggested that the show should leave the meta to Ben Edlund. After watching this episode I've amended that suggestion to "FOR GOD'S SAKE, LEAVE THE META TO BEN EDLUND!"
2. Other than them being stuck someplace they didn't want to be and Virgil the Powerless trying to kill them, this show didn't have much plot. It was basically filler with only two relevant pieces of information. Raphael is trying to kill pretty much everyone and Castiel now has an arsenal (which I assume will come in handy when they finally meet Mother). So with the exception of those two minutes, it was pretty boring. (It was also basically RPF, but I won't get into that.)
   
3. I guess, since Virgil followed them, this was supposed to be an actual alternate universe that they went to and not just an angel constructed world like Fake Future Detroit and everything Gabriel ever did. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
4. Also, because there was no magic in the alternate universe, wouldn't the wall in Sam's brain have ceased to exist? Or did it mean that the soul crushing hell coma affects of his memories didn't exist there either so he didn't need the brain wall?
5. Jared's house. The paintings of Jared and Genevieve, the painting of Jared as a cowboy, the picture of the alpaca on the mantel next to the Padalecki's wedding picture. That stuff was all pretty funny. Well done, set designers!