Premium Cable: The Cursing Costs Extra
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That cracked me right up, too.
I really, really dislike Theresa D'Agostino or whatever her name is. Both the character and the actress bug the crap out of me.
YES YES YES! That's the only casting choice that bugs the shit out of me, because the actress is dumber than her character is supposed to be. I never doubt any of the other characters, but she sounds like she sounding every single word out, including "a," "and," and "the."
I love that Bodie said "insight" yesterday. Given that most dealers in most shows and movies are presented as know-nothing perps and skels.
GF and I watched the first ep of
Big Love
on DVD last night. She is uninterested, but I want to keep watching. Any BL lovers? Haters? My main reason for wanting to watch is bizarre experiences that I had when visiting our Utah offices (shiver). I read
Under the Banner of Heaven
(a book about fundamentalist Mormons) for the same reason and found it disturbing and fascinating.
Any BL lovers? Haters?
I have friends (who I generally share the same taste in tv with) who are super into it. I couldn't get past the premise when it originally aired but, if I ever have any free time again, I think I'll give it a shot.
It's on our Netflix queue, but I have no opinion at this time.*
- my posts: now with 78.43% more bureaucratese!
I'm gonna keep going with it, so I'll let you guys know how it progresses. I already think I'm going to love to hate Chloe Sevigny's character.
In that last two days, S and I have watched Deadwood S1 Eps 10&11 -- Mr. Wu, and Jewel's Boots Were Made for Walking. Both of which were very good. Ricky Jay wrote Jewel's Boots, which pleased me to no end.
Deadwood continues to have to most bizarre, amusing and uncomfortable conversations. The one between Al and the magistrate's bagman, about which dope head he should give to Mr. Wu to feed the pigs, and the broader situation in the camp, is a perfect example.
Also, the more I watch this show, the more I enjoy Ian McShane's performances.
wrod, Sean.
Corwood, stop talking like Carcetti.
Big Love: If the acting wasn't so good, I think I'd give it a total pass, because the writing is better than network, but not as good as The Daves and the subject matter often gives me a squick.
But CS, JT, and, well, really the whole cast, just act their butts off. I'd give it three out of five, personally.
I'm liking Dexter a lot. I'm plenty weirded out by Michael C. Hall's talk about how liberating it is to play Dexter compared to the repressed David on 6FU, but that's just part of the fun, I guess.
The latest show I'm watching is Brotherhood. It seems a bit derivative in structure (hello, we get that politics and organized crime aren't that different), but what they are doing with it is very interesting so far, and hey, like I needed more Annabeth Gish issues, but oh yeah.
I'm plenty weirded out by Michael C. Hall's talk about how liberating it is to play Dexter compared to the repressed David on 6FU, but that's just part of the fun, I guess.
I kind of get it! I mean, look at all that emotional restraint in david, compared with no emotions and no restraint in dexter! I think it's kind of intriguingly, disturbingly liberating just watching.