ADA's "that name doesn't mean anything to you?" to Raylan and them was nice, also.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
-t - Mar 26, 2014 7:38:22 am PDT #11320 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Typo Boy - Mar 26, 2014 9:51:01 pm PDT #11321 of 11998
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So it turns out that ALL of Judith's girls hated Judith? Also it really looks like Boyd let rapey-framey guard go with no reason except that he could not bring himself to hurt him. I really hope he turns out to have a plan.
Jesse - Mar 27, 2014 4:50:04 pm PDT #11322 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I wonder if Mary Steenburgen is being set up for a bigger role next season? Because that would be great.
Ooh, that would be great.
So it turns out that ALL of Judith's girls hated Judith?
Or just the person who takes out the boss is the new boss?
Consuela - Mar 28, 2014 8:27:37 pm PDT #11323 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So this is where we'd talk about Vikings, yes? Is anyone else watching it?
Rayne - Mar 29, 2014 1:18:46 am PDT #11324 of 11998
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I am! So good! Travis Fimmel is so compelling to watch!
And Lagertha. She's amazing! I want to be a Shield Maiden when I grow up!
Strix - Mar 29, 2014 3:31:31 am PDT #11325 of 11998
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am intrigued by it, but I would have to backtrack. Is it good?
Strix - Mar 29, 2014 3:33:03 am PDT #11326 of 11998
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am intrigued by it, but I would have to backtrack. Is it good?
Consuela - Mar 29, 2014 8:55:03 am PDT #11327 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's not brilliant, but if you like moderate levels of gritty (not as gruesome as Walking Dead or Game of Thrones), some well-drawn characters, and history mined for the most dramatic moments (irrespective of chronological believability), it's pretty fun. I started listening to a podcast by a medieval historian, and from what he says, the show is not nearly as ahistoric as, say, Reign.
It's based mostly on legend, since there's no contemporaneous documentation of the Viking lifestyle from the Viking perspective, and little enough from the English side of things.
Basically, it has two spectacularly charismatic leads, and a host of interesting characters, and some great small battles, and it's just kind of fun. It also overlaps nicely with Hild, which I just finished; looks like it's set about 50 years later than the book.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2014 10:57:41 am PDT #11328 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I tried to get into it, but found the show literally hard to watch - everything is done up in this muted dark brown/blue/gray palate and I found that I was spending more time trying to pick the characters out of the background than following the actual plot.
Consuela - Mar 29, 2014 11:12:06 am PDT #11329 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, the palette is pretty sepia-toned.
I found the easiest way to distinguish the characters was by hairstyle. Anyone with generic shoulder-length hair & heavy beard is unimportant, except for the guy played by Clive Standen, who is bigger than nearly everyone else. All the other interesting characters have clearly-distinguishable hairstyles.