You just never think they are going to find a dead body by your office building...
But they did! OK, technically, it was on the next block over, but we could see the police tape and the cops out the window so, hey, close enough. The body was discovered in the trunk of a car that was parked on the wrong side of the road for two days. The car had been ticketed for said illegal parking at least twice. But guess who ends up contacting the police about the suspicious vehicle forcing them to do something about it? A family member looking for the car and the missing owner of the car. Missing owner is apparently the guy in the trunk. It's not like there aren't body dumps around here, but it's usually in the woods, not on a busy street across from the courthouse.
In less gruesome, but also disturbing news, I fear I'm becoming one of those people who thinks all TV is crap. Or at least not worth my time. The only two shows I'm truly enjoying watching right now (putting aside DVD box sets) are Burn Notice and repeats of Carnivale on HBO. I gave Saving Grace another shot last night and I just don't see the point of the show. Grace is a mess and God wants to give her a chance to save herself, but all we get is a lame ass case that I figured out almost immediately, Grace boozing and slutting around, and a bunch of silliness involving Earl the angel. And who thought showing a guy spit chewing tobacco into a bottle was a good idea? As much as I like Holly Hunter, I just can't be bothered with this directionless mess.
I had meant to mention Mad Men after last week's episode, but forgot. I'm thinking that may be a sign. The series is well written, well acted, and it seems to be a critical darling. It also has an easy on the eyes lead. Yet, it leaves me cold. I find it hard to care about any of the characters and I have to care about the characters to care about the show. Plus, there is the misogyny issue. The way women were treated during that era is captured well here, too well, because it pisses me off to see women treated as some inferior thing instead of a person. Yes, I am aware this still happens today, but, thankfully, it's not something I have ever encountered and it's certainly not entertaining to watch.
Oh, there will be one more thing for me to watch this week, The Nine returns tomorrow night at 10:00pm est. Woo!
In even better news,
the_royal_anna is now officially a Battlestar Galactica fan. :) And has succumbed to The Bamber. This makes me so happy I can overlook her interest in Lee/Kara. Nobody's perfect. ;)
In less gruesome, but also disturbing news, I fear I'm becoming one of those people who thinks all TV is crap. Or at least not worth my time. The only two shows I'm truly enjoying watching right now (putting aside DVD box sets) are Burn Notice and repeats of Carnivale on HBO. I gave Saving Grace another shot last night and I just don't see the point of the show. Grace is a mess and God wants to give her a chance to save herself, but all we get is a lame ass case that I figured out almost immediately, Grace boozing and slutting around, and a bunch of silliness involving Earl the angel. And who thought showing a guy spit chewing tobacco into a bottle was a good idea? As much as I like Holly Hunter, I just can't be bothered with this directionless mess.
I had meant to mention Mad Men after last week's episode, but forgot. I'm thinking that may be a sign. The series is well written, well acted, and it seems to be a critical darling. It also has an easy on the eyes lead. Yet, it leaves me cold. I find it hard to care about any of the characters and I have to care about the characters to care about the show. Plus, there is the misogyny issue. The way women were treated during that era is captured well here, too well, because it pisses me off to see women treated as some inferior thing instead of a person. Yes, I am aware this still happens today, but, thankfully, it's not something I have ever encountered and it's certainly not entertaining to watch.
Oh, there will be one more thing for me to watch this week, The Nine returns tomorrow night at 10:00pm est. Woo!
In even better news,
the_royal_anna is now officially a Battlestar Galactica fan. :) And has succumbed to The Bamber. This makes me so happy I can overlook her interest in Lee/Kara. Nobody's perfect. ;)-
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And re: TV being crap: it is hiatus for most shows. Remember when you didn't have time to keep up with fandom? This is your vacation! :) (I watched part of the first episode of Burn Notice, sort of accidentally, and thought it was pretty cool, but I haven't had the chance to seek it out since.) Plus, hiatus gives you time to catch up on box sets. And I don't know about you, but I have a loooooong, looooooong list of those. :)
Oh, you have no idea. My plan back in the spring was too plow through them all this summer, but, as usual, I get distracted by other things. Though, considering how 'meh' I am on these new shows, maybe I'll make more of an effort to start watching those DVDs.
My TV life in one sentence bursts I guess. Oh, I'm still finishing Carnivale for the first time. 3 eps to go. The BSG connections are kind of interesting. Also just started The 4400, which seems potentially interesting.
I complained last week about Rescue Me. Not only does it seem to lack focus this season, some of the plot points are strange even by the show's standards. The STILL unnamed baby who is probably already emotionally scarred being the most glaring.
This is my second run through with Carnivale. I watched when it originally aired. The cool thing this time though is, like you, I am seeing many similarities with BSG. I actually hope to write up a few thoughts, but I need to see a few more eps first. There is a certain plot point I want to make reference too and my recollection of it is a bit murky.
I saw the Saving Grace sneak peak too, but given it was a promo edited by advertising monkeys who probably didn't even watch the show I didn't give it much thought. It's a shame that the show doesn't make, well, I almost said more sense, but just plain sense would suffice. I usually enjoy Holly's work and I looked forward to her doing a weekly series.
I'm sort of ambivalent about Carnivale as it skirts a bit too much towards horror at moments and I get skeeved out (meeting Ben's family springs to mind). So we've been taking a break for a few weeks. I sort of just want to finish it up and see how I feel about it in retrospect.
You watch DS9? See the latest BSG casting spoiler?
I do worry for the baby, I think Tommy is trying to be a good, if not spectacular, caregiver, but he's so wrapped up in his own problems he's not succeeding. But I don't see Sheila as a particularly good alternative to he and Janet. Though, he isn't privy to some of the crap we know about her. And give the kid a name!
I seem to recall liking S1 of Carnivale better than S2 which could have something to do with Ron's lack of input in the second season. (Eep! I'm paying him a compliment! ;) But I may feel differently now that I'm watching S1 and S2 back to back. I'm already picking up on things I missed the first time around.
I did watch DS9 periodically, know of the spoiler, and have too say I'm pleased.
Not sure what makes me go @@ more, the dead body in the trunk across the road or that line...
Well, anyway, I hope you're all right.
I know what you mean about TV (albeit in the UK). I watch, like, nothing these days. I don't even keep up properly with Doctor Who. Also, for a moment I got excited and thought by Saving Grace you meant you'd watched the awesome movie where Brenda Blethyn grows Cannabis in the backyard of her manor house and there are hilarious scenes of her - all dressed up like Hyacinth Bucket (houseproud older middle class woman) to meet with London drug dealers. It's awesome! And sounds far better than that TV show.
*pines for BSG*
*and Laura*
*and Lee*
All we could see from the window was the car and some police. And my main curiosity in checking out what was going on was to see how it was going to effect traffic with quitting time being only a few hours away. Two co-workers do go outside and walk down the street to see if they could see more. Weirdos!
And, yes, I'm fine. I don't traumatize easily. As being a BSG viewer proves. ;)
I've seen Saving Grace, the movie, and I very much agree that it's better than the TV show that shares it's name.
:: pines with you ::
I dunno, I don't feel particularly macho re: trauma! :p But seriously, good to know you're doing okay.
I've seen Saving Grace, the movie, and I very much agree that it's better than the TV show that shares it's name.
Yay! Everyone should see that movie. It is teh awesome. :)
Plus the angel wings looked ridiculous and the whole grand canyon thing was torn from a country music video.
If they want to call the show gutsy or whatever, they should say that the angel helped Timothy McVeigh get into heaven. See how forgiving those Jesus' folk really are.
It didn't help that they used that Dixie Chicks song in the promo. Oh, and this week Earl transported them to what he claimed was some ancient amphitheater in Greece for a fight, but looked like the set from the Philadelphia Cream Cheese commercials.
With your use of the term "gutsy" it suddenly strikes me that that is the problem here. The show thinks it's being cutting edge, but it's treating good/bad in simplistic and antiquated terms. Grace drinks too much, smokes too much, can be prone to violence, and sleeps around and for all that she's bound for hell? Really? Sure, she's not someone I'd want to hang out with in my spare time, but I'd hardly put her and Timothy McVeigh in the same category.
On a more frivolous front, it occurs to me that "succumbed" may be the best word ever. Or at least my favourite thing to do. At least, where Jamie Bamber is concerned. :) I did dismiss him early on as "posh and ginger", but there was only so long that defence could last. ;) I think I was undone at the point of "articulate".
And hee, I'm glad you can forgive me the Kara/Lee. I did adore your Lee/Laura, so I hope that helps. :)
I have to forgive a lot of my friends the Lee/Kara. ;) And I know you are not part of the Lee/Laura Ewwwwww!!! club and that is much appreciated. :)
Did you know that I had watched two Hornblower films years ago and totally overlooked Jamie? I am deeply shamed. But then BSG came along and I found him interesting as Lee and when 'Bastille Day' (Episode 3) aired, well, the rest is history. ;-)
As for hiatus tv, I am carefully not watching anything except Eureka, and plowing through Brothers and Sisters which came on UK tv, then I missed parts of, so now am downloading the lot.
And anyway as far as I can tell, I'm not missing much over your way.
Nope, you're not missing much from my way.
Aieeee. How dramatic, and not in a good way. (In SF, the car would have been towed in hours; whether the body would have been discovered before it started stinking up the impound lot is another story...)
The only three shows airing now that I'm currently watching are Eureka, Burn Notice, and Jericho; I've got Farscape re-watching and Due South stacked up on the DVD player. This seems to be as much as I can possibly handle. And, of course, this week is shark week.
I need to get back to DS. I seem to watch 6 or 8 eps at a time then put it aside for weeks,
Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Miami Ink (ok,a slight stretch), What not to wear (UK and US), Anycountry's Top Model, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Restaurant Makeover, Relocation Relocation etc.
I'm in TV heaven.
It used to be that summer was the season of mid-season variety shows (Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, and Bobby Darin). Those were much more entertaining that most reality shows. I have succumbed to the lure of baseball this summer, after telling myself I would not let the Cubs lure me in again. Hah! They had to go an play good baseball and be within a game of first place. I just know there may be heartbreak at the end of this - again. But I can't help it.
Speaking of baseball, I have found one show that is interesting, and not just for the baseball content. It's on ESPN, and it's an 8-part series called The Bronx is Burning. It's about the tumultuous 1977 New York Yankees baseball season, told within the backdrop of the Son of Sam killings. You wouldn't think at first that they would mesh, but they do. They use actual news footage insterpersed with the show very skillfully. And the cast is very good - John Tuturro is Billy Martin, Oliver Platt is George Steinbrenner, Daniel Sunjata is Reggie Jackson. Daniel is surprising me with his performance, it's really good. The cops are led by Stephen Lang, who is also excellent.
that is crazy talk!