"Reina Del Sur" I suppose. Heh, I thought it was a show about beauty pageants.
You turned evil a lot faster than I thought you would.
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
erikaj - Jul 17, 2016 5:07:13 pm PDT #11876 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Typo Boy - Jul 17, 2016 11:57:40 pm PDT #11877 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.
Fundamentally Soap Operish plot (well Telnovella, not a big surprise) but aiming for a grittier more realistic feel. Think of "Breaking Bad" levels of implausibility with a presentation style reminiscent of "The Wire".
Only the (not yet) Queenpin has so far been an extremely sympathetic character. Stuck in a desperate situation, she is smart, brave, caring - using violence only in self-defense, and even then using it as minimally as possible. Becoming a drug mule is shown as her only real chance for survival. It soon becomes obvious that staying a low level drug mule is only delaying her death -so taking risks and working her way up the drug trade is something she has to do if she does not want to die of a punctured heroin or cocaine filled balloon bursting in her stomach.
Calli - Jul 18, 2016 3:50:01 pm PDT #11878 of 11998
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, TB. I think I get that.
Dana - Aug 02, 2016 3:45:57 pm PDT #11879 of 11998
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Did anyone else watch Preacher?
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2016 6:06:33 pm PDT #11880 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I did, Dana. I really liked it--the visual style was incredibly appealing to me and the three leads were all great, I thought.
Some movies/shows have created a vital world that, for some reason, just makes me want to live in the screen--not necessarily in the STORY, but in the mood and the image. Desperately Seeking Susan did that to me when it came out. The French film Diva. Mad Men sometimes did it. It's entirely beyond analysis--I just want to consume the feel of the onscreen world. Preacher does that to me as well. Does this happen for anyone else?
DavidS - Aug 02, 2016 9:12:28 pm PDT #11881 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does this happen for anyone else?
Absolutely. I never understood why people called Blade Runner a dystopia - I totally wanted to live there.
Also wanted to live in the worlds of Northern Exposure, Pushing Daisies, Mad Men...
Calli - Aug 04, 2016 1:58:41 am PDT #11882 of 11998
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, me, too. This happens with books even more often. When I was a teenager I wanted to live in Charles de Lint's worlds.
Dana - Aug 04, 2016 5:44:32 am PDT #11883 of 11998
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I did, Dana. I really liked it--the visual style was incredibly appealing to me and the three leads were all great, I thought.
It was bugfuck crazy, usually in a very entertaining way. Not having read the comics, the finale episode was a huge Holy Shit.
msbelle - Sep 19, 2016 4:24:51 pm PDT #11884 of 11998
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just started Mr. Robot today. I have not read anything, just heard so many people say how good it is and I could not resist Rami anymore.
I am 2 eps in and I feel like I am being Fight Clubbed. I hope not though.
DavidS - Sep 19, 2016 6:34:43 pm PDT #11885 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's funny, I also started Mr. Robot recently and am about two episodes in.
(Also just started Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.)