On 2010-11-29, at 7:19 AM, richardsan wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Michael Luscombe <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 2010-11-28, at 6:15 PM, Francis Drouillard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm fairly immune to television advertising, too. That's one advantage of > > recording late-airing showing and watching them the following evening. > -- > > Yeah, I was just thinking that the other day. I'm watching Boardwalk Empire, > The Walking Dead and Stargate Universe. Honestly, I don't think I've seen > half of one adult commercial this year. > > i've only watched one episode each of the first two have them record just > wasn't into them, we don't watch sci fi channel anymore...it got boring[post > BSG soap]. i've already lamented, about wrestling on it.... --
Boardwalk Empire: all of the characters feel extremely "real", with the exception of the FBI agent, and he may be a psychopath, so... actually, now that I think about it, most of the characters may be psychopaths in the strictest sense. I really like the "feel" of the show, and the art direction and acting has been top-notch, but... the show has been mind-numbingly slow. The pacing feels like it was meant for a previous generation. There were 2 really good episodes in Chicago with Jimmy and Capone, but in general, each episode could use 200% more plot and 60% less "standing around and looking wistfully". (so, uh, did Jimmy's mom sleep with Lucky to keep tabs on him, or did she just fold on him quickly when it was clear Jimmy was interested in him? I was waiting for some explanation there, and they just pretended it didn't happen this week.) The Walking Dead: slow, slow, slow. If you've been following the comic, they really messed up casting. Rick, especially, Shane too. I was curious how they were going to pace the print material, with only six episodes in this first season. They are doling out the plot in drips and drabs. I know what happens, and watching them all stand around and do nothing for episodes at a time is boring the snot out of me. I want it to be good, but I have to force myself to sit though them. Maybe next season. SGU isn't quite up to the level of acting and immersion that BSG was (and also not in HD for me, which stinks) but aside from a few slow episodes with the comm stones dealing with depression and cancer, things actually happen in this show! What an idea. Sitting down once a week to watch a show where something happens. Nice. Aliens, spacewalks, visions, murder, more aliens, flying through a star! It feels a little B-list compared to the other shows, but I don't care, it's fun. > dexter, the big c and weeds and movies...we watched Amelie recently and > elfgurl refuses to let me delete the recording. Nugget was fun and Rabbit > Proof Fence made us angry...; ^) > yea sundance and ifc.... -- =) I really liked "How to train your Dragon" and Scott Pilgrim. That's about all I've seen in the last few months =/ > On the other hand, Disney Playhouse is on all the time, so I have most of the > kids commercials memorized =) > > so glad to be away from that mind noise... -- Oh wow, you mean you missed the episode of Special Agent OSO where he helped Jane figure out how to make pancake batter? You really missed out =) -- Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
