I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.

Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


Java cat - Jun 03, 2014 9:21:28 am PDT #11445 of 11998
Not javachik

Hlt was pretty cliched but I'm hoping it'll improve. I mean Lee Pace right? I've been seeking out interviews with the showrunner just trying to get a sense of what they're trying to do and the biggest WTF I found so far is a long paragraph where he's talking about how he and all the writers are excited about the idea that the psychopathology of the people working in computers is put into the machine that they're working on? WTF WTF. his hand wavy other example is the Zuckerberg creating Facebook because he couldn't get a date. I should just give up right now. Except Lee Pace! and Scoot what's his face has a good resume, and two female computer professionals out of four primary characters. Mary Stuart Masterson hair!


Frankenbuddha - Jun 05, 2014 7:37:12 pm PDT #11446 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I'm finally getting caught up on Fargo (an episode behind at this point), but OMG this is so much fun. Tense as hell at times (that stalk and shoot in the white out was superb), but also hilarious in a very Coen Brothers way (the Key and Peel Feds leading into the whole massacre in Fargo shot from the outside of building - brilliant AND cost effective). I was finally glad to see Billy Bob's character lose his composure a little in the whiteout scene and hope to see more of that in the future, hopefully with Molly and Gus as the source of his discomfort.

Side note: I can't believe how much Colin Hanks is starting to look like his dad. Also, I love the character of and actress playing his daughter.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 06, 2014 7:24:02 pm PDT #11447 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

ARE YOU KIDDING ME, FARGO?!?

Was that to the "One Year Later"? Because lord knows that was my reaction to that particular revelation. OMG this show is so much fun in a nasty, nasty way.


-t - Jun 06, 2014 7:40:38 pm PDT #11448 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No, that was actually a previous episode. I was on board with the One Year Later.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 06, 2014 8:50:48 pm PDT #11449 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

So what was that in reaction too, -t? Molly getting shot?


-t - Jun 06, 2014 8:57:04 pm PDT #11450 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yup. They did a nice job of taking away the certainty I would normally have that the main POV character would survive. Pulled the rug out from under me, that did.


§ ita § - Jun 08, 2014 11:37:52 am PDT #11451 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

El Rey is an interesting network. I've been watching it to get my fix of S2 Dark Angel, but bumped into Mariachis and kung fu movies. Robert Rodriguez seems to be at least partially responsible for it, and racial diversity seems to be part of the point.

Not that there are any more black people than normal, but I guess we have BET?

Oh, and Grindhouse. He's big on that too. And Chucky. It's either random or complicated.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 08, 2014 12:45:12 pm PDT #11452 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It's either random or complicated.

Can't it be both? Although I don't think I get El Ray so I can't judge.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2014 3:18:41 pm PDT #11453 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Robert Rodriguez seems to be at least partially responsible for it, and racial diversity seems to be part of the point.

That's basically what he said on Colbert recently.


§ ita § - Jun 08, 2014 5:47:07 pm PDT #11454 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Black people don't need no representation? Asian people represented in old school kung fu classics?

Haven't seen any Indian people yet--but by calling it El Rey, I guess you're clearly leading with Hispanics. It's just the claim for larger general representation...dodgy.