I saw the pilot and was kind of turned off. I'm waiting to hear what people's reactions are to the 2nd ep.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
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le nubian - Jan 30, 2012 8:04:27 am PST #4181 of 7447
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t - Jan 30, 2012 8:23:00 am PST #4182 of 7447
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I watched the first episode and got really sucked in but it kind of hurts to watch. It's got a lot going on, I'm not sure I can keep up with all the threads.
sj - Jan 30, 2012 8:23:14 am PST #4183 of 7447
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I saw the pilot, which did not grab me at all, but I'll probably watch the second episode out of curiosity.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2012 9:12:54 am PST #4184 of 7447
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It looked really well done, and the cast is impeccable, but only a couple of the myriad storylines got me interested enough to think about checking out the next episode for anything other than completist reasons.
sumi - Jan 30, 2012 9:29:09 am PST #4185 of 7447
Art Crawl!!!
Of course I saw it!
Horsies!
Tragedy!
Stories of people and horsies done wrong!
Redemption through a good 3-year-old.
erikaj - Jan 30, 2012 9:29:43 am PST #4186 of 7447
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I tried to watch some On Demand just now, but I'm having one of those days where nothing holds my attention. I think I will either love it(like Justified) or hate it(like Boardwalk Empire)
sumi - Jan 30, 2012 9:37:49 am PST #4187 of 7447
Art Crawl!!!
I did read that the press packet came with a five page dictionary of racing terms.
-t - Jan 30, 2012 9:47:12 am PST #4188 of 7447
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really like the training and racing scenes (although that broken leg was horrifying. Did they rally need to go there in the very first episode? That this is a show that puts down a horse on screen so soon is giving me pause about whether it's something I really want to watch). The gambling bits are okay but not an inherently interesting subject for me.So, I don't know, but the DVR has instructions to record the series.
Java cat - Feb 02, 2012 9:03:26 am PST #4189 of 7447
Not javachik
But nobody thinks Brian is real, though, right?
Correct.
I'm "reading" Jeff Lindsay's "Dexter is Delicious" on books on CD; he narrates, and wow is he terrific - one of the best author-reads ever. I've read the others in print. He's droll, his voice is very well modulated, and the writing has always been very good. I think maybe he used to act, might have read that back-when. Anyway, listening to Lindsay makes me give M.C. Hall less credit for Dex's character in voice-over than I used to.
The plot in the tv show diverged from the books a long time ago. Things look dismal for the show right now; this last season was pretty bad.
le nubian - Feb 06, 2012 11:41:07 am PST #4190 of 7447
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."