All the negative reviews I've heard and read about Low Winter Sun point out that it's brought to us from someone responsible for Cold Case and Criminal Minds, but I like those! So maybe it's more about expectations than the actual product? (I still don't plan to watch it...)
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jesse - Aug 13, 2013 4:24:40 am PDT #11003 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Aug 13, 2013 9:37:35 am PDT #11004 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
IMO, the show is fucking boring. The show IMO, is trying to be like "The Shield" set in Detroit, but they made a bit of an error where a significant event in "The Shield" happened at the end of the pilot episode, this event happened in the first 5 minutes of the episode.
It is difficult to find your bearings when the protagonist does something really terrible early on and the viewer has no context for why this had to be done. What was the motivation that such a drastic step needed to be taken?
The acting is pretty good, but the pacing is atrocious.
Scrappy - Aug 13, 2013 9:57:44 am PDT #11005 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I can't stop thinking about how amazing Dean Norris was in that last Breaking Bad scene.
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2013 10:42:45 am PDT #11006 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was pretty incredible the whole episode. It's interesting to think about the fact that in the first season, I thought Hank was just a racist jerk I didn't like very much, and now he's one of my favorite characters. His character arc is often overlooked in the shadow of Walt's and Jesse's. Now that I think about it, he kind of reminds me of Carver from The Wire in that sense.
Dean Norris actually had a pretty good scene in Under the Dome, too (which, amusingly enough, had a similar ending, though not nearly as powerful). Good week for him!
Theodosia - Aug 15, 2013 3:39:02 pm PDT #11007 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
No matter what happens for the rest of the season, Hank killing Walter in the garage right then would probably work out happier for everyone else than what Gilligan has planned.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2013 8:57:36 am PDT #11008 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's not that I was ever taking Burn Notice particularly seriously, but...
You killed Balthazar, you bastard! But, seriously. Why are we in it with him again?
le nubian - Aug 16, 2013 2:29:59 pm PDT #11009 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Theo is not wrong.
-t - Aug 17, 2013 7:29:29 am PDT #11010 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You killed Balthazar, you bastard! But, seriously. Why are we in it with him again?
Are we supposed to be on his side at this point?
§ ita § - Aug 17, 2013 5:53:39 pm PDT #11011 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't need to be on his side--I'm looking for reasons to give a fuck about his continuing story.
I wonder how long time big time fans are feeling now--coasting on previous seasons can help you see things like this as a blip, whereas I'm going "Ha! Told you he was a shithead or something!" They're rooting for him to get back on the right side of vigilante justice, and I'm thinking--"You're no Castiel, good luck getting me back after offing Seb Roche".
-t - Aug 17, 2013 6:14:52 pm PDT #11012 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know, it seems like a big deal for a character that they just reminded us last week (or maybe the week before, this season, anyway) was Mr. Minimize Collateral Damage to assassinate someone he referred to several times as a friend, whoever plays said character. I'm not super invested and am sticking around mainly because the story is ending soon and I might as well finish it, but that seems like more than a blip.