Jane the Virgin! t flails
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Consuela - Feb 04, 2015 5:12:19 pm PST #7280 of 8624
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
beekaytee - Feb 04, 2015 5:35:20 pm PST #7281 of 8624
Compassionately intolerant
I'm loving Jane the Virgin MUCH more than I expected to.
HI-larious.
Rayne - Feb 05, 2015 12:13:57 am PST #7282 of 8624
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I just started watching Jane the Virgin recently and it is so much fun!! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on all the episodes I missed.
Consuela - Feb 05, 2015 4:59:35 am PST #7283 of 8624
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Rogelio is MY FAVORITE. It's amazing how they can walk the line between adorable and insufferable so well.
Vonnie K - Feb 05, 2015 6:15:42 am PST #7284 of 8624
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The Rogelio actor is marvellous, isn't he? Both the writing and the acting are so perfectly on point for the character. That final scene between him and Jane in the latest ep! My heart grew three sizes bigger.
They've aired 12 episodes so far and I don't think there has been a single bad episode. There were eps where more exciting/aww-inducing things happened, sure, but the quality and tone of the show have been remarkably consistent. And that cast! Not just Rogelio and the Villaneuva women, but all the major and minor supporting characters have been terrific -- not a weak link among them.
-t - Feb 05, 2015 6:18:24 am PST #7285 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have not been watching it because I am put off by the premise. Is it easy to get past, would you say?
Vonnie K - Feb 05, 2015 6:39:24 am PST #7286 of 8624
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's a cracky premise, but they deal with it in a thoughtful fashion. Jane and her family, who are devout Catholics, actually discuss abortion as a valid choice she could make, which surprised and pleased me. The show is a great mix of super fast-moving cracktastic plot train + very grounded emotional character work. On a stylistic front, I find it just delightful -- it's got quite a bit of fairy-tale/magic realism touch, and is often hilariously meta.
If you watch the first couple of episodes (I believe they're available online), you'll know immediately whether it's for you or not. It's got a very distinctive voice right off the gate.
-t - Feb 05, 2015 6:55:32 am PST #7287 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cool, thanks.
shrift - Feb 05, 2015 9:58:41 am PST #7288 of 8624
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have not been watching it because I am put off by the premise.
I also was put off by the premise and didn't start watching until people were raving about it. Now I am in love with it. I can't decide if the Narrator is my favorite or if Rogelio is.
erikaj - Feb 05, 2015 10:47:44 am PST #7289 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
I like the Narrator, but it wouldn't work if Jane were boring.