Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.

Tara ,'First Date'


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erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 8:32:20 am PDT #3541 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

God, if promoting a show is prostletizing, my relations to the Simonverse must be like Dianetics. The trinity of Bubbles. The Church of Saint John The Munchkin. I never thought I'd get so jazzed about a Western in my life, though.I thought I didn't like them. No, I thought I hated them.(And there are still some that I would dislike, probably, but I would be more willing to watch some now.) So that's kind of exciting. In this current season: For the most part, the idea of the theater troupe has been more exciting than anything they've done, except Amateur Night, which I thought was cool. Al's a tough bird; I believed he could make that jump besides if he gets a twinge, it'll be something to tell that chubby whore he confides in. In conclusion, by getting the disks from Netflix for the first two seasons, you are only benefitting HBO's coffers indirectly...wow, I seem to have fallen back to my pimping ways...some of y'all Deadwood people that don't, now, stick around for The Wire. I find it to be life-changing TV. Seriously. The use of language is almost as good, in more laconic way.


Hayden - Aug 15, 2006 8:50:30 am PDT #3542 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

It's recruiting that makes me mulish.

It always seems like recruiting is the difference between life and death for lots of tv shows. I guess it probably doesn't matter in the long run, but life is good when you can talk about your favorite entertainments with other people, especially smart, perceptive people, who understand why you take them seriously.


erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 9:01:56 am PDT #3543 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Yes. This. And if it separates you from the hooples...so much the better. Because when I saw the trailer for the Wire, I thought "Ew. Drugs. Downer."(And it is, and it's not. It also cracks me up hard. What it's not is endless news footage of twenty-something black "shitbirds" being slammed against walls and stuff. You get to love things about those guys too.) When I saw the trailer for Deadwood, I thought "Westerns. Ew. Aren't we over the Duke thing yet?"(And it is way different than I expected. Funnier, too.) So i'm grateful to people I respect for setting me straight on those things.


Gris - Aug 15, 2006 9:05:52 am PDT #3544 of 10001
Hey. New board.

Strega: I, personally, want you, personally, to watch Veronica Mars because I've always found your way of looking at things to be interesting and funny. You'd add something to discussions that I'd hopefully get to read.

I don't generally proselytize, I don't think. I talk about how I like shows, and if that convinces people to check out shows, then I'm happy if they like it too.


erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 9:08:20 am PDT #3545 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I do have missionary genes, you know. I just grew up heathen so it came out as thrall to The Daves of HBO.


Jessica - Aug 15, 2006 9:08:58 am PDT #3546 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm against prostelyzing on principle, even if I've been guilty of it regarding film/tv in the past (ps, everyone go rent The Apple). The Deadwood talk in here doesn't ping me that way because there is actual discussion surrounding the pleas to watch.


erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 9:13:39 am PDT #3547 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I hope I've never offended anyone doing that, even if every "But I don't *like* cop shows." is like taking one to the gut for me. To get kind of back on topic: Corwood, bunk, what Western films should I investigate with the new interest from Deadwood?


Nutty - Aug 15, 2006 9:16:14 am PDT #3548 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

...but even though Deadwood talk is in here (for now), we're not going to start talking about Veronica Mars or other TV shows in here.

t /self-appointed thread police

In movie news, I saw a description of "upcoming" movies for summer 2007 the other day. Now, I know that, a year out, the predictive criteria for any given blockbuster are poor, so sequels are necessarily going to show up heavily in such a list. But the list? Was only sequels: Ocean's 13, Pirates 3, The Bourne [Adjective], a second Fantastic Four movie -- ? and that last, did the first one actually do that well, or are they always planning for a trilogy when they start teh first one, now?


Hayden - Aug 15, 2006 9:17:27 am PDT #3549 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

what Western films should I investigate with the new interest from Deadwood?

McCabe and Mrs. Miller.


erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 9:29:28 am PDT #3550 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

(Earnestly pretending to have grokked all that stuff.) I'll rent it anyway.