Hex is just woeful. Utterly woeful.
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
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Jars - Jun 09, 2006 10:10:15 am PDT #8902 of 10001
Frankenbuddha - Jun 09, 2006 10:35:44 am PDT #8903 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hex is just woeful. Utterly woeful.
I haven't seen it, but I was skeptical because in Entertainment Weekly, the creators said something like "Unlike Buffy, we take the genre seriously." Um, yeah. Good luck with that.
beth b - Jun 09, 2006 10:45:53 am PDT #8904 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is sitting on my TIVO, I am curious
Beverly - Jun 09, 2006 11:01:05 am PDT #8905 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Watched on TiFaux. The Fairuza Balk-looking character actually turned out to be more of a Kelly Osborne type. It's mildly entertaining, if you like old Hammer films, without the vintage kitsch.
Strega - Jun 09, 2006 11:10:01 am PDT #8906 of 10001
"Unlike Buffy, we take the genre seriously." Um, yeah. Good luck with that.
If they mean horror, I find that easy to believe. Buffy used horror tropes but it wasn't really a horror show. Wasn't the genre-breaking what some people found appealing?
Kalshane - Jun 09, 2006 11:18:59 am PDT #8907 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Wasn't the genre-breaking what some people found appealling?
It certainly was for me. I can't stand regular horror, barring rare instances. Once I got over my pre-concieved notions about the show and actually watched it (the WBs "creepy announcer guy" made me think it was just normal horror.) I fell for it pretty quickly when I started catching re-runs on FX.
-t - Jun 09, 2006 11:24:22 am PDT #8908 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What the exec. producer said was "Charmed treated witchcraft like a romantic comedy. Buffy was a send-up of the genre. Hex takes itself seriously."
Frankenbuddha - Jun 09, 2006 11:30:04 am PDT #8909 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's the quote. "Send-up" sounded dismisive (and not quite the right description) to me in light of the "takes itself seriously" comment. Maybe I'm reading it wrong. I mean, yes, Buffy played with the tropes, but they could also pull out something like HUSH.
-t - Jun 09, 2006 11:34:19 am PDT #8910 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It struck me as dismissive, too, but I'm willing to believe that it's not how he meant it.
Vortex - Jun 09, 2006 11:39:53 am PDT #8911 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And he could have been basing his opinon of the series on the movie, which was not at all serious.