When you look back at this, in the three seconds it'll take you to turn to dust, I think you'll find the mistake was touching my stuff.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Premium Cable: The Cursing Costs Extra

[NAFDA] A thread for the discussion of all original programming on HBO, Showtime, Starz and other premium channels.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


tiggy - Jun 15, 2010 5:40:50 am PDT #2788 of 7329
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

if you don't like TB's pilot, you probably won't like the show

eh...this is true and not. i wasn't overly impressed with the first season as a whole. it wasn't until season two that i started to feel the love and felt like they hit their stride. i definitely think you have to start with the pilot though. of course, i'm also a purist and have to watch shows from the beginning.


le nubian - Jun 15, 2010 5:47:00 am PDT #2789 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

On the whole, I liked the first season better than the second - I think it was because I didn't care for the 2nd season's main plot. The side plots were decent, but the main plot was not.


§ ita § - Jun 15, 2010 6:04:52 am PDT #2790 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Interesting. Thanks for the recs. I may have to check it out.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 15, 2010 7:05:36 am PDT #2791 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

I've only seen Season 1 so far, but I found myself lukewarm about the pilot (except for the Tara and Gran characters) and growing to enjoy it more as the series progressed.


erikaj - Jun 15, 2010 7:17:14 am PDT #2792 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

wrod. It's a lot of fun, but not deep like what the Daves write.


Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2010 7:53:14 am PDT #2793 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I enjoyed Season 1, despite wanting to smack Sookie most of the time. The developing MaryAnne plotline was enough to entirely lose my interest in continuing with Season 2. Though this right here may be enough to convince me to catch up:

Sam's erotic Bill dreams

wait, the what now?


sumi - Jun 15, 2010 7:56:56 am PDT #2794 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

So, you didn't see the season premiere?


le nubian - Jun 15, 2010 8:07:54 am PDT #2795 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Zenkitty,

and there promises to be more of the SAME! It is no joke.


kat perez - Jun 15, 2010 8:19:44 am PDT #2796 of 7329
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I wasn't sold on the pilot mainly because Sookie annoyed me, and she continues to do so. But there was enough there to keep me wanting to watch. I liked the main arc of S1 better than the main arc of S2, but I enjoyed the secondary storylines of S2 much better than the secondary plots during S1. So I guess what I'm saying is that if you take the S1 main plot and combine it with the S2 secondary plots, you'd have a great season.


Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2010 8:30:09 am PDT #2797 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

So, you didn't see the season premiere?

Nope, I've only seen Season 1.

le n, was there supposed to be spoiler font there?