Monday, February 22, 2010

Hail Buymoria!


I have been spending my time watching my new set of Chuck – Season 2 and replays of Season 3.  On top of all that Chuck viewing, I have been watching the Chuck blogs, especially Strahotski.com.  I added some comments, too. 

The last episode has been upsetting to many.  I must include myself in that group after my first viewing. But after watching the episode several more times, I think that it was a good episode and leads to many interesting paths.  I am not going to make too many guesses on where the story will lead but here are three I think will happen:

  1. Shaw and Hannah are connected some how.  They are to test Sarah and Chuck. 
  2. Shaw is using Team Bartowski to get revenge on the Ring.
  3. Chuck and Sarah will really be together by the end of the season.

Over the next few episodes I am going to try not to let the “romantic quadrangle” to upset me too much.  The over arching theme in my mind is a major Charah (Chuck/Sarah) time.  I am still very suspicious of Shaw and know his demise will occur by the thirteenth episode.  (And I hope he really gets his.)  Hannah is just some eye candy and a spoon to stir many pots - Chuck & Sarah, Chuck & Morgan, Morgan & Ellie.

I have almost finished watching my Chuck Season 2 DVD and hope to finish before the Olympics are over.  I must admit I have become addicted to Curling.  It is as slow as watching grass grow but it has really grown on me.  I wish I knew why.

Until next time, I remain a faithful Chuck viewer and believe Sarah and Chuck will get together by the end of the season.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Chuck vs The Warner Brothers Studio

Susan and I took a vacation to the West Coast. We were able to go on the Warner Brother Studios tour. It was a unique experience even though we didn’t see any stars. I was hoping to see someone from Chuck but we did see two Chuck related sites.

First was an outdoors set they were preparing for filming a Chuck scene in the afternoon. It was for the episode Chuck versus the Honeymoon. It was a street scene in Europe with several stores and it appeared to be a hotel. There were a few cars and some extras sitting around. They said the call went out for “European looking men and women to serve as extras”. Nobody could put a finger on what you had to be to look “European”. :0)

Susan asked how one could become an extra. The tour guide said you just put in an "application" and wait. You need to have a lot of free time - be a waiter or retired. You can also register your car to be used in shows. They like white, silver, and black. They don't like bright colored cars.

The other set was Chuck’s apartment. JACKPOT! When we walked into the courtyard, it was exactly like on TV. Each of the apartments was there, the fountain, and all the greenery. It wouldn’t have surprised me of Chuck and Sarah to walk in to the courtyard for one of their ‘talks’ at the fountain. I tried to go into Chuck’s apartment but was stopped before I got too far into it. I did see the TV room, kitchen, and the hallway to the bedrooms.

The only bad thing was they locked up our cameras when we went to any of the sets. I did get some pictures of Zach’s real car and some of their dressing rooms (trailers). Maybe if we went on a later tour (we went on the 8:45 tour) we would have seen more, but the group would have been larger than ours (6). I think we got to go to more places because of the group’s small size.

Next time I’m going on the VIP tour. It’s a four-hour tour. You get to eat lunch in the commissary and get closer to the action. It would be worth the larger cost.