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Glamcookie - Jun 11, 2009 3:04:56 pm PDT #2282 of 7329
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Thanks for your input. We may try it again as there is something going on in S2 that we are interested in...


erikaj - Jun 11, 2009 4:51:19 pm PDT #2283 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Oh, and Ms. Fay gets another toaster. Cause Mom went from actively repulsed and disgusted by Entourage to toleration to Sharing Her Daughter's Freaky New Interest to seeing Piven on tape talking about acting and turning to me saying "Wow, he's *really* smart...that's the agent, right?" So, now though I'm uncomfortably aware that my Brainy Jewish Guy button and my Competence is Hot button were factory installs, I thought it was too cool not to share. And at least I know a bit more about theater than I do about Olbermann's baseball thing. But he's so into it, it's sexy even though it still sort of sounds like "blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah, blah," Boom! Second-gen conversion toaster.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 11, 2009 6:49:55 pm PDT #2284 of 7329
"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

...and Jason, well, once he stopped being nekkid practically every minute of every scene he was in, he got a little bit more tolerable.

My mileage definitely varies on that one. But I do agree that Tara improved considerably, particularly once her mother's exorcism subplot developed.


erikaj - Jun 11, 2009 7:09:13 pm PDT #2285 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah so far that's killer. And, yeah, Jason's got a great bod. But it just proves that almost anything can get, well, I hesitate to say boring because he is quite well-defined and all, but I really don't need to see him re-enacting the whole Joy of Sex to get that he's a highly sexed person who thinks with his dick. But then, he's not really my type, either. But he ought to send his trainer a nice gift(I almost said "basket", which I'd live to regret,) for the next occasion.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2009 4:48:13 am PDT #2286 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

So "Jason has sex" = "Lana's parents are still dead"?

Gotcha.


sumi - Jun 12, 2009 4:52:31 am PDT #2287 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

Bwah!

I'm thinking that this season it's going to be Jason's got religion with the freaky anti-vampire church.


Fay - Jun 12, 2009 5:17:27 am PDT #2288 of 7329
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

You know, initially I was very "...whatever" about Jason, but I grew to love the hell out of him. He's pathetic, poor bastard, but I found myself feeling really sad for him. I wasn't expecting to give a damn about the mess he got himself into, but - I kind of did. I thought it was a really good performance - all his vanity and gullibility and thoughtlessness and just plain dumbness - it wasn't without its pathos. And I loved the hell out of Tara, I really did, total mess that she was. Her momma made me cry - I thought that was a hell of a performance too, I really did. And Hoyt Fortenberry is adorability on a stick, and I loved the Sheriff too, with his fabulous hangdog expressions. Basically, I really liked the ensemble, I liked the cinematography and the music a lot too, and the changes they made from the books were definitely all to the good.

I didn't give much of a stuff about Sookie and Bill and their romance, but I didn't want to punch either of them in the face, so that was a big improvement over the books. Gran was adorable. Pam & Erik & co were great - Pam in particular wins at being a vampire.

Oh, and Ms. Fay gets another toaster.

Yay! Go me! And, yeah...Piven does push a whole bunch of my buttons. Same buttons, in fact.


Vortex - Jun 12, 2009 7:10:29 am PDT #2289 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Fay, how could you forget Lafayette? His character didn't get much love in the books (seeing as how he died fairly quickly), but I really like him in the series. That scene where he takes off his earrings to beat the crap out of the rednecks is priceless.


le nubian - Jun 12, 2009 7:14:49 am PDT #2290 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I agree. And he gets better and better as the season proceeds.


Vortex - Jun 12, 2009 7:19:32 am PDT #2291 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I had actually started to hope that they weren't going to kill him, or delay his murder for a few seasons. they had taken several other liberties with the series, why not that?

Maybe he'll come back as a spirit guide for Tara :)