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lord_cellytronI just saw this commercial with cars that looked like their owners. Is that ever fucken cute!
I'm rather surprised, I must say, Usually (or, I guess I should say, previously) the Sunday episodes are either repeats that have played within the last month or they're final season episodes or... well, "special" episodes sometimes. Now, on Friday, the first part of Radar's departure played. I figured they'd pull a Lifetime and never play the conclusion, so imagine my surprise when there, on the credits, for all to see: "And Gary Burghoff as Radar". Holy crap! They played a part 2 on a SUNDAY!
Anyway, it was as sad as ever; Potter crying, aw man. And I'd forgotten that Klinger actually stole the damn generator! "Do I hear three?" God, he is so cute.
And the second episode (after we got to watch a great little Marilyn Manson video... I shit thee not.) was, tada! The dreams episode!! God, talk about trippy. I enjoyed, on my second viewing, taking a look at who was in everyone's dream. Of course they dreamed about each other to a certain degree, but no one had a dream with everyone in it (except possibly Mulcahy, I didn't see who all was at church).
Since I have absolutely no shame, let me ramble about Charles' dream. Again. ^^; His damn tuxedo, mmmmmm. Now, of course, I have my theories about why Klinger spent so much time in his dream, and why the camera spent so much time on his disappointed face. It never did a close-up of him when he was cheering; in fact, when everyone was applauding him, it showed Klinger with a bunch of nurses. But then when Charles started screwing up, it was just close-up after close-up. (Okay, to be fair, Mulcahy was disappointed, too.) Now how weird is that?? And no one else was in the room. Ma's theory is that the reason Klinger was shown so much was that since he's basically the lowest-ranking person and the one Charles has the least respect for, it was a double slap in the face to see such an expression of disdain coming from him.
Another thing was the earrings. At first, Klinger had on these really gaudy earrings, while applauding. Mm-hmm. While applauding. Now, according to some site, the fact that his earrings disappear is a blooper or something. But it really fits, though. It sort of shows a metamorphosis of both characters. Charles of course has the obvious feeling of going from being a miracle-worker surgeon, so high above the rest of the common world. He saw himself as worthy of praise and admiration and all that, which the little people are more than happy to give to him. But then, he got transferred to the 4077th and suddenly nothing's too easy anymore. Suddenly, there are kids dying all over the place and his fancy-schmancy schooling means nothing. Suddenly, he's not God, and he's equal to the little people. The common world is his contemporary. This is pretty obvious.
SO WHAT DOES KLINGER HAVE TO DO WITH IT? Well, (and this is just my theory) of course at first he was just a mockery. He was there to be walked over and do menial tasks. He was not to be taken seriously, and since Charles felt so high above him, yadda yadda. So, I guess that's what the earrings symbolize. But then, to rationalize what has been called a blooper, suddenly the earrings are gone, and Klinger's showing that he's not buying all of Charles' crap, because it's not doing anything. He's gaining competence, showing his feelings about the situation, and they actually matter to Charles, because Klinger's not just some little pawn anymore.
Of course, that also makes one wonder, why weren't Hawkeye and BJ in the dream? Maybe benevolent writers, maybe not. I kind of figure that his mind totally blocked even the idea of them being in it, and instead chose the little people because they had absolutely no chance of showing him up. Except they did.
Yeah, I'm sure I'm stating the obvious or not making any sense... but there has to be a passing of the torch of sorts implied there.
I have to say, I'm not entirely sure about Klinger's dream. The train to Toledo was obvious, but how about when he threw his coat and scarf away? Maybe shedding his shell from being in Korea? And what Ma mentioned was that the city was desolate and stuff, which was pretty deep. And looking in the window of Packo's and seeing Potter operating on him... And one thing I'd never seen before; when Kellye comes in to wake him up, he yells "I'm alive!". That's creepy.... do you think that meant he felt dead? Maybe he's feeling that a part of him is dead, or that he'll never get home. I really don't know.
Hawkeye's was obvious, but I loved Charles' acting when he was asked to pull Hawk's arm off. And he just sat there so disgusted through the whole thing. I found it interesting how the established very close relationships were hardly alluded to in anyone's dreams (well, except C and K, and Duh, Peg and BJ, and Potter was visible in the crowd in Mulcahy's dream, cheering.). Hawkeye and BJ weren't in each other's dreams, and Potter didn't dream about ANYONE at the camp, and... well, I dunno. I know a lot of thought had to go into that episode, and I could think about it for hours. Mmmmm, it was so damn trippy.
Uhhh... this is kinda personal, I'm a bit embarrassed to talk about it... so, another cut.
For the past couple of months, I've had this weird thing on my left breast. It's about the size of a quarter now, although it started out dime-sized. It's red, lumpy and itchy as hell. I've scratched it to the point where it bled before, so it's no biggie. Well, tonight, I scratched it and noticed how large it's gotten. Ma kinda freaked out when I asked her about it and told me to put antibiotic stuff on it. I did, and then put some gauze over it. Well, right now, it doesn't really itch anymore, but it hurts like hell. I think it's the pressure from the gauze, because it never hurt before. :\ Ma actually wants me to go to the doctor about it tomorrow. The FAMILY doctor... christ, how embarrassing. I mean, I guess I do hope I go... but what the HELL is the doctor going to do about it??!? It itches and feels like a rash; scaly, red skin, bleeding only in little dots, you know. A rash. But it isn't going away... so what the hell is it?
It's unfortunate that Grandma's going to give us the money for it... and we can't spend the money on something else. Shit, stupid thing.
I'm rather surprised, I must say, Usually (or, I guess I should say, previously) the Sunday episodes are either repeats that have played within the last month or they're final season episodes or... well, "special" episodes sometimes. Now, on Friday, the first part of Radar's departure played. I figured they'd pull a Lifetime and never play the conclusion, so imagine my surprise when there, on the credits, for all to see: "And Gary Burghoff as Radar". Holy crap! They played a part 2 on a SUNDAY!
Anyway, it was as sad as ever; Potter crying, aw man. And I'd forgotten that Klinger actually stole the damn generator! "Do I hear three?" God, he is so cute.
And the second episode (after we got to watch a great little Marilyn Manson video... I shit thee not.) was, tada! The dreams episode!! God, talk about trippy. I enjoyed, on my second viewing, taking a look at who was in everyone's dream. Of course they dreamed about each other to a certain degree, but no one had a dream with everyone in it (except possibly Mulcahy, I didn't see who all was at church).
Since I have absolutely no shame, let me ramble about Charles' dream. Again. ^^; His damn tuxedo, mmmmmm. Now, of course, I have my theories about why Klinger spent so much time in his dream, and why the camera spent so much time on his disappointed face. It never did a close-up of him when he was cheering; in fact, when everyone was applauding him, it showed Klinger with a bunch of nurses. But then when Charles started screwing up, it was just close-up after close-up. (Okay, to be fair, Mulcahy was disappointed, too.) Now how weird is that?? And no one else was in the room. Ma's theory is that the reason Klinger was shown so much was that since he's basically the lowest-ranking person and the one Charles has the least respect for, it was a double slap in the face to see such an expression of disdain coming from him.
Another thing was the earrings. At first, Klinger had on these really gaudy earrings, while applauding. Mm-hmm. While applauding. Now, according to some site, the fact that his earrings disappear is a blooper or something. But it really fits, though. It sort of shows a metamorphosis of both characters. Charles of course has the obvious feeling of going from being a miracle-worker surgeon, so high above the rest of the common world. He saw himself as worthy of praise and admiration and all that, which the little people are more than happy to give to him. But then, he got transferred to the 4077th and suddenly nothing's too easy anymore. Suddenly, there are kids dying all over the place and his fancy-schmancy schooling means nothing. Suddenly, he's not God, and he's equal to the little people. The common world is his contemporary. This is pretty obvious.
SO WHAT DOES KLINGER HAVE TO DO WITH IT? Well, (and this is just my theory) of course at first he was just a mockery. He was there to be walked over and do menial tasks. He was not to be taken seriously, and since Charles felt so high above him, yadda yadda. So, I guess that's what the earrings symbolize. But then, to rationalize what has been called a blooper, suddenly the earrings are gone, and Klinger's showing that he's not buying all of Charles' crap, because it's not doing anything. He's gaining competence, showing his feelings about the situation, and they actually matter to Charles, because Klinger's not just some little pawn anymore.
Of course, that also makes one wonder, why weren't Hawkeye and BJ in the dream? Maybe benevolent writers, maybe not. I kind of figure that his mind totally blocked even the idea of them being in it, and instead chose the little people because they had absolutely no chance of showing him up. Except they did.
Yeah, I'm sure I'm stating the obvious or not making any sense... but there has to be a passing of the torch of sorts implied there.
I have to say, I'm not entirely sure about Klinger's dream. The train to Toledo was obvious, but how about when he threw his coat and scarf away? Maybe shedding his shell from being in Korea? And what Ma mentioned was that the city was desolate and stuff, which was pretty deep. And looking in the window of Packo's and seeing Potter operating on him... And one thing I'd never seen before; when Kellye comes in to wake him up, he yells "I'm alive!". That's creepy.... do you think that meant he felt dead? Maybe he's feeling that a part of him is dead, or that he'll never get home. I really don't know.
Hawkeye's was obvious, but I loved Charles' acting when he was asked to pull Hawk's arm off. And he just sat there so disgusted through the whole thing. I found it interesting how the established very close relationships were hardly alluded to in anyone's dreams (well, except C and K, and Duh, Peg and BJ, and Potter was visible in the crowd in Mulcahy's dream, cheering.). Hawkeye and BJ weren't in each other's dreams, and Potter didn't dream about ANYONE at the camp, and... well, I dunno. I know a lot of thought had to go into that episode, and I could think about it for hours. Mmmmm, it was so damn trippy.
Uhhh... this is kinda personal, I'm a bit embarrassed to talk about it... so, another cut.
For the past couple of months, I've had this weird thing on my left breast. It's about the size of a quarter now, although it started out dime-sized. It's red, lumpy and itchy as hell. I've scratched it to the point where it bled before, so it's no biggie. Well, tonight, I scratched it and noticed how large it's gotten. Ma kinda freaked out when I asked her about it and told me to put antibiotic stuff on it. I did, and then put some gauze over it. Well, right now, it doesn't really itch anymore, but it hurts like hell. I think it's the pressure from the gauze, because it never hurt before. :\ Ma actually wants me to go to the doctor about it tomorrow. The FAMILY doctor... christ, how embarrassing. I mean, I guess I do hope I go... but what the HELL is the doctor going to do about it??!? It itches and feels like a rash; scaly, red skin, bleeding only in little dots, you know. A rash. But it isn't going away... so what the hell is it?
It's unfortunate that Grandma's going to give us the money for it... and we can't spend the money on something else. Shit, stupid thing.
