OOOH, YAY
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Lee - Oct 12, 2011 5:43:38 pm PDT #8646 of 11998
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Theodosia - Oct 12, 2011 6:40:12 pm PDT #8647 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"
I've gotten up to episode 9 of Justified S1, and suddenly I'm realizing that in a strange way, this show is the mirror twin of Breaking Bad, with the brother-in-law (ok, ex's husband) involved in shady drug dealings that he's keeping hidden.
It also took a remarkable leap upward of quality somewhere around the sixth episode.
Vortex - Oct 12, 2011 10:28:19 pm PDT #8648 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Was that before or after the scene with shirtless Raylan on the porch in front of his motel room?
Theodosia - Oct 13, 2011 2:27:41 am PDT #8649 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"
Where his boss starts staring at his nipples?
I think it was the one with his step-mom showing up -- who was an older woman, thank goodness, at last one of those got a speaking role.
I really liked the ep with the barricaded prisoner.
Morgana - Oct 13, 2011 12:43:20 pm PDT #8650 of 11998
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I watched every episode of season 1 of Justified, and I liked it enough that it kept me coming back for more, but it was really season 2 that sank its' claws into me. I thought the season-long story arcs really held well, and the characters, all of them, were awesomely portrayed.
erikaj - Oct 13, 2011 2:21:09 pm PDT #8651 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Justified had me at jump...as Elmore Leonard goes so goes my nation. Also, Timothy Olyphant's cute.
Dana - Oct 13, 2011 2:31:53 pm PDT #8652 of 11998
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I was always a fan of Justified, but I do agree that the second half of season 1 really kicks into gear.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2011 6:39:35 pm PDT #8653 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Justified had me at jump...as Elmore Leonard goes so goes my nation.
Out of Sight was the closest to getting Leonard's sensibility, apart from Justified. Karen Sisco and Jackie Brown are next (Sisco had too many network restrictions and Jackie Brown was Tarantino's version of Leonard - great, but altered in sensibility). Get Shorty and Maximum Bob place but they were too Barry Sonnenfeld slapsticky. Everything else is a miss that I've seen, though I'm curious what Abel Ferrara would have done with Cat Chaser without studio interference.
ETA oh - I do like the movie Touch, but it's not your usual Leonard storyline, apart from the grifters of various sorts involved.
le nubian - Oct 13, 2011 7:22:21 pm PDT #8654 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love OoS. Just love it. I try to watch that movie about every year. And of course Soderbergh is a fucking genius for getting such great acting work from Clooney and Lopez. I think Soderbergh is credited for finally ridding Clooney of that awful head shake.
Theodosia - Oct 14, 2011 2:24:37 am PDT #8655 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"
I had pleasant Maximum Bob flashbacks with Stephen Root as the judge that Givens has to protect.
I have one episode to go, and then the DVD set has to go back to the library, where it's already overdue. :-)
I have to say, it's amazingly easy to marathon these episodes, they're so well-structured and paced, and dense enough that the story just flies by until you're at the ending credits.