Psych Season 1, Monk Season 5

[meganbmoore]

I did end up watching all of season 1 of Psych.  While I like it, I can't help but think it would have been much, much better without the fake psychic angle.  Even without it, Shaun is still an obnoxious guy who can't keep a steady job and likes to solve crimes with a photgraphic memory and, thanks to his father, keen analytical skills, which alone sets him apart from all the other TV detectives currently running around, and is something of a nod to the TV detectives ofthe 70s and 80s.  The fake psychic angle turns Shaun from "obnoxious but endearing" to "obnoxious pain" everytime he gets into that mode.  It says a lot that my two favorites are Lassiter and the captain: the two who don't buy into the act and don't cover for him.

And I watched Season 5 of Monk.  There were some really good episodes here-particularly "Mr. Monk and the Actor," "Mr. Monk and the Leper"(though I'm biased as Paul Blackthorne, aka, Harry Dresden, gueststars, and it was made to be similar to noir) and "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy"(though, again, biased, as I dislike the bulk of the tech/forensics crime investigations shows and this was a bit of a parody of them) but I can't help but think that the series is starting to mock Monk's OCD a bit.  In the past, it's always been funny  because you can't help laughing despite being kind of sad because of what the OCD does to him, and people's reactions were always more of an "I don't understand this guy so he's absurd to me" thing but we weren't made to share the opinion, where as it approached it more as "isn't this absurd?" a few times this season.  One scene that really bothered me was in "Mr. Monk Can't See A Thing" when Monk was on the steal beam...now, I've seen people not stop to help a lost blind person before, but I find it hard to believe that that many people would see a blind man on a steal beam, clearly thinking he was over open air(he wasn't, but didn't know that) and not stop to help him...lost is one thing...scared out of your wits for obvious reasons is another.  Still, not nearly enough to get it dropped from my list.

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[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

I'd heard a lot of rumours at the time Bitty Schram left - that she wanted better billing & pay (which, she was practically his partner) but they decided to prove to her the show was Monk - not Sharona & Monk - so they kicked her off.

I'm glad to hear the show should run 7 seasons - it's one of my favorite shows. I hate those CSI type shows, too. ")

The frame on my icon? It's a brush I made in Photoshop. I use it a lot (see Sano icon) My personal computer crashed last week & I'm picking it up today from the IT guy at my work who was kind enough to fix it. He tried to salvage what was on my hard drive but most of it was lost. If I still have my Photoshop & brushes, I can give it to you, if you like. It's so simple you can make it yourself, too. Or - if you don't have photoshop & if I still have my Photoshop, I'd be happy to apply it to anything you like.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

yeah...how it went down all depends on who you ask. Really, though, the bulk of what makes the show work is the fact that even though he drives them batty, the rest of the main cast unconditionally loves, supports and believes in him...without them, it wouldn't be a good show.

There's one episode in season 7 that basically mocks all the CSI type shows. The only ones I like are Bones(for the OTP) and Numb3rs, because its still his brain that makes it all work.

I can never figure out how to make frames, and i only ever get trial versions of photoshop and such, so when i have it, i'm busy utilizing my time making icons. I really do like that frame...most of the ones people make have too much frame and don't leave much room for the picture. Do yeah, I'd love to have it to use.

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

I'll hook up my computer tonight & see what was salvaged on my computer & let you know if I've still got it.

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

Well, I did end up losing my Photoshop & it's way too expensive for me to run off & buy so I'm resorting to GIMP which so far isn't bad at all. I remade the brush so here it is in gif format - that way, no matter what program you want to use, you can convert it to a brush.

Here's the brush! (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/ockola/brush.gif)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*saves*

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