Man from UNCLE reviews part dos

drworm and I have mostly been hanging out watching stuff. While he's playing Pokemans and I'm working on homework, here are some Man from UNCLE episode reviews.

"The Dove Affair": Did not feel like a MUNCLE episode at all. Very noir, very suspenseful. Felt long enough to be an entire movie. Ricardo Montalban was awesome and more than made up for there not being any Illya--partner and villain at the same time. Totally classy.

"The Never Never Affair": This was so cute, OMG. Loved the translator girl getting all excited about playing spy. Also, is there anything more entertaining than watching Napoleon Solo fuck up and have to explain things? I don't think so.

"The Gazebo in the Maze Affair:" I seriously, honestly expected there to be werewolves. There were no werewolves. I feel cheated.

"The Girls of Nazarone Affair": Napoleon and Illya are such jerks in this one. All, "'sup, we're gonna come into your room and snoop around right in front of you and let you think we're going to rape you or something instead of explaining ourselves."

"The Alexander the Greater Affair": Rip Torn used to be hot. :O The girl in this one was plucky as hell and clearly used to running around the world getting into trouble. Theology/history in this maybe a little sketchy and skipped over the historical gay, but whatever, it was worth it for the roasting-marshmallows-on-the-false-idol gag.

"The Ultimate Computer Affair": Illya does bar mitzvahs? ...enjoyable, although I don't have much to say about it. Salty was cute. The "computers will replace man's creative mind, oh noes" thing seems laughable nowadays. I can't even get my laptop to produce a decent plan to take over the apartment complex, let alone the world.

"The Tigers are Coming Affair": I really don't remember much about this one because drworm was torturing me by trying to pop the zits on my back during most of it, and it was unusually painful. Involved Illya in a very wet shirt, Napoleon wearing a woman's scarf in a misguided attempt to pretend to be a photographer, and tigers.

"The Children's Day Affair": Hit so many of my kinks it's not even funny. The evil bondage couple was fucking adorable. Also, EVIL BAKERY.
(Oh, yeah, and Napoleon's failed attempt at surprising the guard in the cell--very catlike, not just the way he climbed up onto the shelf, but he way he acted after it clearly did not work. Body language was very, "I'm still cool. I totally meant to do that." Half expected to see a tail swishing.)

"The Super-Colossal Affair": Just kept getting stupider and stupider until it finally hit some kind of wall and became funny again.

"The Pop Art Affair": LOLOL "smelling the grass." Illya and Napoleon both come out as sort of goofy and uncool--this is the problem with putting your supercool superspy characters up against a cast that's supposed to represent actual youth culture. Everybody ends up looking like idiots.

"The Hula Doll Affair": I liked how this episode set up UNCLE and THRUSH as parallel organizations instead of just being enemies, even though THRUSH obviously spends more on making their place look nice (because they have the money to do so). (Seriously, okay, UNCLE headquarters look claustrophobic and stifling and monochromatic and I would come down with Sick Building Syndrome so fast there.) Also, Napoleon is easily distracted by tiny lady dolls and you could probably catch his attention with a Polly Pocket on a string. Also, THRUSH names their operatives after spices--we ended up getting up in the middle of the night to raid Sammi's spice rack to think up more names for characters. (Cumin, Curry, Peppercorn...there's got to be a janitor or an accountant or somebody named Dillweed.) Also, fuck yeah midget.

"The Gurnius Affair": We'd both been really psyched to watch this, but it was not entirely that great. Illya as a Nazi was interesting (what the fuck is up with his hair), but the photographer was just annoying, and there wasn't that much in the way of plot.

There will be more.