Stranger Things: I'm enjoying Winona's performance, it's well-made, but it's not something that I've never seen before. Smart of Netflix to schedule it in the middle of the summer.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2016 1:02:46 pm PDT #188 of 2199
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
lisah - Jul 16, 2016 7:19:16 pm PDT #189 of 2199
Punishingly Intricate
Stranger Things is homage-y as hell. Only saw first ep but loved it.
quester - Jul 18, 2016 6:30:58 pm PDT #190 of 2199
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I've made it to Episode 5 of Stranger Things and it's derivative/homagey and the theme is way to reminiscent of Daredevil, but I'm still enjoying it. Even though I'm getting major deja-vu from every plot twist.
lisah - Jul 18, 2016 6:55:21 pm PDT #191 of 2199
Punishingly Intricate
theme is way to reminiscent of Daredevil
huh. We're only through the 4th episode but I don't get that at all.
quester - Jul 18, 2016 6:59:53 pm PDT #192 of 2199
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
It sounds like it to me. the minimalism and even the same notes. I could be wrong, the Daredevil theme gets more complex as it goes along and this shows theme is very short compared to it, but I keep thinking it's very similar to my ear.
lisah - Jul 19, 2016 4:45:24 am PDT #193 of 2199
Punishingly Intricate
Oh!,the theme as in the theme song!! I'll have to listen for that.
quester - Jul 19, 2016 1:28:40 pm PDT #194 of 2199
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, duh, I should have said theme music/credits music. that might have helped.
Trudy Booth - Jul 19, 2016 2:15:20 pm PDT #195 of 2199
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I've been caught up on OitNB for about an hour now and I think I've stopped weeping, but the allergies aren't fully under control. Damn. That show is so much more than it was in the first season. It certainly is not a show for escapism.
We were talking about that on set in the final days of filming. Even for the living furniture they were technically and emotionally grueling shoots and we knew we wouldn't be able to talk about them to anyone but each other for the next six months. We're saying something horrible now. We're part of a story that needs telling and is going to hurt. We wondered if this is what it felt like to make M*A*S*H when the joking stopped.
Shooting a riot is upsetting. It's also potentially dangerous what with weapons and crowds and running and cameras and crew and equipment and fire. It was also bitterly cold and the crew and wardrobe were extrordinarily careful with 100+ people who could only (visibly) wear prison scrubs. It was all very serious. And then we'd do it again. And again. And again. I feel privileged to have done it.
quester - Jul 19, 2016 6:39:11 pm PDT #196 of 2199
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Finished Stranger Things. I think it was worth the watch. It was very Stephen King-y and I laughed when he got name checked.
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2016 7:37:57 pm PDT #197 of 2199
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Trudy, that's intense. I don't know if I can handle OitNB!