All the characters on 6 Feet Under made me want to smack them. A Lot. And that's why I hated it.
This. There was not a single character I cared about, even a little.
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Tom Scola - Jun 06, 2006 11:51:11 am PDT #2076 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
erikaj - Jun 06, 2006 11:54:34 am PDT #2077 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah. Kinda. Plus, it's like I got white-middle-class daddy issues right here. Who knew I'm groundbreaking? Like Lauren Ambrose. And Peter Krause. But I'm a sick fucker so I would have liked it better if the whole show was as goofy as what killed the dead folks. But I'm a...unique demographic, to put it mildly.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Jun 06, 2006 11:56:22 am PDT #2078 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
All the characters on 6 Feet Under made me want to smack them. A Lot. And that's why I hated it.
Oh, yes. But Emma Bovary would drive me to drink and, yet, I'd be a poorer person for not having met her. And more than occasionally, I find myself doing or having done something totally smack-worthy.
Microscopic examination of characters in fiction is kind of where I live.
Hayden - Jun 06, 2006 11:56:23 am PDT #2079 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My wife and I were one of those "split on 6FU" families. I hated it. She loved every minute. All I can say is NARM.
Notice how much I'm resisting my pre-formatted argument 7-a-III (the cross-influence of Ford, Kurosawa, and Peckinpah)?
DavidS - Jun 06, 2006 12:59:23 pm PDT #2080 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Notice how much I'm resisting my pre-formatted argument 7-a-III (the cross-influence of Ford, Kurosawa, and Peckinpah)?
Admirable restraint! Go off and think about Hawks and Sturges for a while and come back with some thoughts about Jarmusch and Ozu.
I really liked 6FU, but only watched the first two seasons. Rachel Griffiths was amazing. Also really liked Lauren Ambrose. Disliked Alan Ball's influence at times, but generally throught the writing was strong. I understand the Smack Factor dislike, but I felt that way about Thirtysomething but could also acknowledge that it burrowed into weird itchy dramatic places that I'd never seen before. I think I only really wanted to smack Hope.
erika, I haven't seen The Wire yet. When I spot a decent used copy at Amoeba I'll pick it up, I promise.
I really got sucked into the world of Carnivale but felt it unspooled too slowly and to too little effect. Still, it had a handful of really great moments.
P.M. Marc - Jun 06, 2006 1:01:50 pm PDT #2081 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
All the characters on 6 Feet Under made me want to smack them. A Lot. And that's why I hated it.
Lisa and Tom and I are as one.
Atropa - Jun 06, 2006 1:07:16 pm PDT #2082 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I really got sucked into the world of Carnivale but felt it unspooled too slowly and to too little effect. Still, it had a handful of really great moments.
Including two of the episodes of TV I have EVER seen. Thinking about the ending of one of the episodes still freaks me out, and I suspect it always will.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 06, 2006 1:10:20 pm PDT #2083 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I spent half the first season of 6FU hoping Claire would make good her promise to join the Army so they could teach her to kill, Kill, KILL! and then return to practice those skills on the rest of her family.
erikaj - Jun 06, 2006 1:10:54 pm PDT #2084 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Cool. Just wondered if you ever did, not hoching. Even though I can be "The Wire likes West Baltimore carrots." But it did cement my obsession. With Baltimore, you know. And you're gonna love the boys hanging on the orange couch; they talk about food as much as you! Still feel a little embarrassed about the punk-assed letters I wrote to HBO cause I think they were to the effect that "My life sucks, we lost the election, and my dog died. Please give me my show back." But maybe my pathetic worked?
DavidS - Jun 06, 2006 1:21:35 pm PDT #2085 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thinking about the ending of one of the episodes still freaks me out, and I suspect it always will.
I'm sure I know the scene, it's the one that ends with the ghost of the girl who was killed, naked and surrounded by the vengeful ghosts who claim her and pull her back into the shadows. Eeep! Makes my skin goosebump even just typing that.