I'm watching Jericho. Was this supposed to be good?
I watched about 20 minutes of it. That has to be the most depressing TV series ever.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Sep 23, 2006 5:04:30 pm PDT #9920 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
sarameg - Sep 23, 2006 5:13:36 pm PDT #9921 of 10001
If you can't find her, try sarameg.
HEY. I am the world's most awkward hugger. Never feel like I'm getting it right. Big bubble and all that.
I briefly turned on the tv and tried to watch Jericho. I don't think I can. It immediately brought back all these memories of nuclear annihilation shows on tv (one of the most horrifying being an Amazing Stories or Twilight Zone with a watch that could stop time) and with that, a visceral cringe. For whatever the reason, be it my location or my very politically aware/activist upbringing, I really honestly half expected to be nuked in the eighties. I could quote Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. I had nightmares about it. I had plans in case it happened. When, in my late teens, after a lot of that had faded from the front of my mind, my parents looked at a house with an honest to goodness bomb shelter, it actually made me feel safe, though I hadn't felt unsafe in that was in a while.
It's strange, because I don't think everyone my age will have the same reaction. And strange because it is a period in time that, well like every era does to people, sets me apart. Hell, I've been to the USSR. My younger cousins all find that a strange moment in history. It was real to me. MAD was real.
In any case, I'm probably not Jericho's demographic. If I manage to watch, it'll be in the spirit of horrifying myself.
Sean K - Sep 23, 2006 5:13:41 pm PDT #9922 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I was meh on Jericho. Liked Smith, though.
beth b - Sep 23, 2006 5:15:30 pm PDT #9923 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
peace Mikey
Sean K - Sep 23, 2006 5:17:08 pm PDT #9924 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Peace to Mikey and his people. Transplant ~ma to Suzi's mom.`
msbelle - Sep 23, 2006 5:17:43 pm PDT #9925 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
GA may have underwhelmed folks, but I just started watching and I am pretty sure this show has the power to break more than any other.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2006 5:26:07 pm PDT #9926 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, it's way too blah to horrify, sarameg.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2006 5:33:55 pm PDT #9927 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
OMG, how did I not watch Supernatural before? Smith wasn't doing it for me so I flipped on the eps I recorded yonks ago. Damn.
And having just watched the pilot, Jericho is coming off worse and worse. Not plot comparison yet, but just what a pilot should do.
On to second ep. Amy Acker? Kim Manners directing? And god damn, Dean (can't remember which actor is which) didn't grab me in the pics I've seen, but moving and talking and all? Yowza.
msbelle - Sep 23, 2006 5:42:17 pm PDT #9928 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Bailey KILLS me. damn.
sarameg - Sep 23, 2006 5:48:54 pm PDT #9929 of 10001
Oh, it's way too blah to horrify, sarameg.
Nah, it's the concept and occasional mushroom cloud visual that do me in. Plotlines and poor acting are irrelevent beyond that.