This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.

Niska ,'War Stories'


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.


Glamcookie - Oct 18, 2006 9:30:06 am PDT #338 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

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.


Sean K - Oct 18, 2006 9:43:21 am PDT #339 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

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.


erikaj - Oct 18, 2006 12:18:07 pm PDT #340 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

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.


JohnSweden - Oct 18, 2006 12:26:01 pm PDT #341 of 7329
I can't even.

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.


esse - Oct 18, 2006 1:44:52 pm PDT #342 of 7329
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

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.


IAmNotReallyASpring - Oct 19, 2006 5:45:56 am PDT #343 of 7329
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel

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.

Huh. I watched Jewel's Boots Are Made for Walking last night. I think the most moving moment of the first season is the wide shot of Jewel picking herself up after falling and checking her hair to see if it's mussed.


Sean K - Oct 19, 2006 6:27:44 am PDT #344 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I think the most moving moment of the first season is the wide shot of Jewel picking herself up after falling and checking her hair to see if it's mussed.

Oh yeah. I really liked that ep because it gave us a little more about Jewel. It's amazing that she puts up with so much crap from everyone, but of course back then, she had little choice. It seems somehow appropriate that Ricky Jay, something of an outsider-by-choice himself, wrote the episode that brings a little more depth and humanity to Jewel.

One of my favorite moments of the ep (aside from Jewel's aforementioned picking herself up out of the mud, as no one else would do it for her) was Doc telling Al that he generated his moods himself and then found excuses to have them.


Glamcookie - Oct 19, 2006 7:21:07 am PDT #345 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

Has it already been discussed that the actor who plays Jewel was Blair's cousin on The Facts of Life ? Hee!


erikaj - Oct 19, 2006 7:49:06 am PDT #346 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Apparently she and Milch went to the pharmacist on the same day.Literally...that's not a drug metaphor or anything.


tiggy - Oct 19, 2006 8:11:49 am PDT #347 of 7329
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Any BL lovers? Haters?

not a lover, but i like it enough to *ahem* it(since i don't get HBO). i'm kind of hoping they'll spend a little bit more time on the teenagers storylines next season.

my favorite wife is margene.