Fortress Of Good Fortune

Missed Arrow last week because I couldn't get the signal. Grr!! So no review.

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Well, no Vegas this week due to the presidential debate, and I missed Arrow because I was out. I only caught the last five minutes, so I'll have to see if anyone put up a review on my flist.

( Spoilers for Partners, Chicago Fire & Hawaii Five-0 )

Hi, luvs! A quick set of reviews on two new shows I watched last week. No spoilers because I won't go into details of the episodes, just general stuff.

Partners is a show reminiscent of Will And Grace but with none of the sparkle of that show. The lead characters, Joe and Louis, are childhood friends and Louis is gay while Joe is straight. Their friendship has lasted until adulthood and Joe has just gotten engaged to Ali (played by Sophie Bush). Brandon Routh plays Wyatt, a gay nurse who is in a new relationship with Joe.

I tuned this in solely to see Brandon Routh, the star of Superman Returns. He is, as one critic said, the only bright spot. There is zero chemistry between the two old friends and the two couples. The writing is awful and the plot paper-thin. The bromance between Joe and Louis seems forced, like the Kirk/Spock friendship in the 2009 movie. People keep telling us they're great buddies, but you don't feel it. My recommendation is to tune it in to keep on as background noise until you hear the velvet voice of Brandon and look up to watch his scenes. He looks fantastic and gives this part more effort than it deserves. This show should be gone in about two weeks, anyway. It airs on CBS on Mondays at 8:30.

Vegas is a mob drama set in the early '60s with Michael Chiklis as the mobster Vincent Savino and Dennis Quaid as the sheriff Ralph Lamb. The stars must have drawn in the No. 1 New Show rating for CBS. The story itself wasn't anything spectacular but it shows promise. I hope they put more emphasis on the time period, because frankly except for some clothes and the cars it could have taken place in 2012.

I did like the final scene with Chiklis' character served spaghetti and meatballs in the hotel kitchen. Cliche? Sure, but the reason why you always get the meatballs and pasta in a mob story is because anyone raised in a full-blooded (or even part) Italian-American household eats pasta. It's a staple! And a nice touch I always like to see. :)

It airs on CBS on Tuesdays at 10:00.

I'd give this one a try. They could need a few weeks to really ramp things up.

Title: Victorian Ladies, Elephants, Bulldogs, And The 1939 World’s Fair (3/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters (this chapter): Clark/Bruce, Alfred, Dick, Dorrie Davis, Alicia Davis
Continuity: Batman Begins, Superman Returns
Genres: Challenge, Drama, First Time, Holiday, Romance
Rating (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
General Summary: Bruce invites Clark to the Manor for Christmas.
Chapter Summary: New traditions are born.
Date Of Completion: November 25, 2011
Date Of Posting: December 5, 2011
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and WB do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1360
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Note: Written for the 2011 World’s Finest Gift Exchange. Prompt: F2: The rest of the Justice League scattered to spend the holidays with friends and family. Everyone just assumed Clark would be doing the same. But Martha passed away a little while ago, and Lois married Richard, and Clark is all alone on Christmas Eve. Bruce finds out, of course, and decides that Something Must Be Done.
CONTINUITY: SUPERMAN RETURNS/BATMAN BEGINS, but expanding to bring in all the other heroes. One or more of the Robins is fine, too, if it suits the story. Also written for my 2011 DCU Fic/Art Silver-‘N’-Gold Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt: Silver-‘N’-Gold, natch! ;) and saavikam77’s 2011 DCU_Freeforall Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompts: No. 3: Twinkling Lights/Star/Sparkle, No. 8: Family/Home/Shelter/Hearth and No. 9: Christmas Tree. :)
All chapters can be found here.

( Snow began to fall again as Alfred drove them home hours later. Lights twinkled in the homes they passed on the outskirts of the city. Clark was pleased at the sight. )