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for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture.
Last night I walked into a Barnes & Noble in search of the second season of The West Wing on DVD and walked out with the second season of Numb3rs. And also a bar of chocolate, which I threw in just to make the purchase as a whole less depressing.
After I got home, and after I'd watched Bones (oh, Stephen Fry, please stop making me want to slash you with whatever guy you share screentime with, it's kind of a distressing superpower in this particular instance; also, oh, Seeley Booth, I LOVE YOU) I popped in the first disc, because there was exactly one reason I even wanted the damn DVD set.
The blooper reel.
And let me just say: ♥ ♥ ♥
I have an ungodly love for blooper reels in general; I downloaded and watched the S1 Supernatural blooper reel without having seen the show. Likewise the fifteen-minute Battlestar Galactica blooper reel extravaganza on youtube. The first thing I ever bought over the internet was a blooper reel from the X-Files' first two seasons, and I still have it. On VHS, baby. Ohyeah.
Anyway, even so, this was a lovely one: I think my favorite part was Diane Farr and Dylan Bruno having the giggles together, in some shot where the camera has him in range behind her shoulder. The best part was that he kept cracking up first, silently, and turning away behind her, and then she would start laughing too. Eventually the camera pans down to Dylan, crouching on the floor, trying to stop laughing. It is maybe just the best thing ever.
A funny thing about Numb3rs bloopers, though: the conspicuous absence of Peter MacNicol, two seasons running. Does he have some kind of philosophical objection to blooper reels? Is he sekritly a robot? The hell?
And speaking of the hell? - the episode summary printed on the DVD case for episode 2x01, "Judgment Call," refers to Megan Reeves as a "recent graduate from the FBI Academy."
Was I so busy not liking Megan for the first half of the season that I just missed where it was ever established that she's a rookie? I mean, it might explain some things about her character that I and others have objected to--her inability to project a tenth of Terry Lake's badassery, for one--but. The hell? Now I am tempted to watch the first five episodes of S2 over again, searching for clues. DON'T MAKE ME DO THAT, GUYS. PLEASE.
Also also, oh JOY, two commentaries that include Rob Morrow, neither of which also features Cheryl, or Nick, or David. Has anybody watched/listened to these? How are they? Is Rob's quarter of the commentary worth watching that damn stalking episode again? Inquiring minds want to know.
After I got home, and after I'd watched Bones (oh, Stephen Fry, please stop making me want to slash you with whatever guy you share screentime with, it's kind of a distressing superpower in this particular instance; also, oh, Seeley Booth, I LOVE YOU) I popped in the first disc, because there was exactly one reason I even wanted the damn DVD set.
The blooper reel.
And let me just say: ♥ ♥ ♥
I have an ungodly love for blooper reels in general; I downloaded and watched the S1 Supernatural blooper reel without having seen the show. Likewise the fifteen-minute Battlestar Galactica blooper reel extravaganza on youtube. The first thing I ever bought over the internet was a blooper reel from the X-Files' first two seasons, and I still have it. On VHS, baby. Ohyeah.
Anyway, even so, this was a lovely one: I think my favorite part was Diane Farr and Dylan Bruno having the giggles together, in some shot where the camera has him in range behind her shoulder. The best part was that he kept cracking up first, silently, and turning away behind her, and then she would start laughing too. Eventually the camera pans down to Dylan, crouching on the floor, trying to stop laughing. It is maybe just the best thing ever.
A funny thing about Numb3rs bloopers, though: the conspicuous absence of Peter MacNicol, two seasons running. Does he have some kind of philosophical objection to blooper reels? Is he sekritly a robot? The hell?
And speaking of the hell? - the episode summary printed on the DVD case for episode 2x01, "Judgment Call," refers to Megan Reeves as a "recent graduate from the FBI Academy."
Was I so busy not liking Megan for the first half of the season that I just missed where it was ever established that she's a rookie? I mean, it might explain some things about her character that I and others have objected to--her inability to project a tenth of Terry Lake's badassery, for one--but. The hell? Now I am tempted to watch the first five episodes of S2 over again, searching for clues. DON'T MAKE ME DO THAT, GUYS. PLEASE.
Also also, oh JOY, two commentaries that include Rob Morrow, neither of which also features Cheryl, or Nick, or David. Has anybody watched/listened to these? How are they? Is Rob's quarter of the commentary worth watching that damn stalking episode again? Inquiring minds want to know.