Downton
I don't know if it's because Downton Abbey is such a prim and nice costume drama and I feel the need to be the complete opposite in response, or because I'm so excited about the return of the Thick of It that I'm channelling that show a bit, but I felt possessed to do a review post on the lastest episode of Downton Abbey in entirely capslock, and with more than the usual amount of swearing. Don't say I didn't warn you.
SYBIL! YAY SYBIL! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH WHEN YOU WEREN'T IN THE XMAS SPECIAL.
BRANSON, YOU ARE STILL IN THE DOG BOX FOR BEING KIND OF A PUSHY INSECURE ARSE LAST SEASON, SO PLEASE STOP BEING SO HOT SO I CAN PROPERLY DISLIKE YOU.
FIRST YOU CHEAT ON YOUR WIFE, THEN YOU LOSE HER MONEY. YOU ARE A COMPLETE DICK, LORD GRANTHAM. CORA, GO RUN OFF WITH O'BRIEN. SHE'D BE BETTER FOR YOU.
OH SO NOW MATTHEW'S MAGICALLY A GAZILLIONAIRE. HOW FUCKING CONVEINENT IS THAT?
THIS IS DOWNSTAIRS GUY MOVES UPSTAIRS AND GETS SNUBBED IS TOTALLY LIKE GOSFORD PARK. FUNNY THAT.
I AM SOOOOO BORED OF BATES AND ANNA.
I APPROVE OF THIS BRANSON/MATTHEW BROMANCE. BUT SERIOUSLY HAVE THEY EVER TALKED BEFORE THIS MOMENT?
EDITH, YOU ARE THE BEST, DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE TELL YOU OTHERWISE. ALSO, YOU AND BRITTA PERRY SHOULD FORM A CLUB/SUPPORT GROUP.
OH, FOR FUCKS SAKE! IF YOU TWO DON'T GET MARRIED I AM DONE WITH THIS SHOW! REALLY. I DID NOT WATCH TWO SEASONS OF WILL THEY WONT THEY FOR THIS FUCKERY.
FUCK, I FORGOT I'M PISSED AT BRANSON. OKAY, BRANSON, ALL IS FORGIVEN. STAY HOT.
FINALLY!
On a more serious note, I have no clue why Downton Abbey got nominated for so many Emmys. I mean, sure the first season was really quite amazing, but the second was full of really random plot twists and melodrama and completely squandered World War One. Really, just because it's got pretty costumes and it's period and everyone's British, does not make it Shakespeare. And while it's addictive and I like it, when I think about Downton's massive amount of awards nomination and then compare it to The Wire which was legitimately brilliant and got completely snubbed (and amusingly filled with just as many British actors, just doing Baltimore accents), it makes me cry a bit inside.
SYBIL! YAY SYBIL! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH WHEN YOU WEREN'T IN THE XMAS SPECIAL.
BRANSON, YOU ARE STILL IN THE DOG BOX FOR BEING KIND OF A PUSHY INSECURE ARSE LAST SEASON, SO PLEASE STOP BEING SO HOT SO I CAN PROPERLY DISLIKE YOU.
FIRST YOU CHEAT ON YOUR WIFE, THEN YOU LOSE HER MONEY. YOU ARE A COMPLETE DICK, LORD GRANTHAM. CORA, GO RUN OFF WITH O'BRIEN. SHE'D BE BETTER FOR YOU.
OH SO NOW MATTHEW'S MAGICALLY A GAZILLIONAIRE. HOW FUCKING CONVEINENT IS THAT?
THIS IS DOWNSTAIRS GUY MOVES UPSTAIRS AND GETS SNUBBED IS TOTALLY LIKE GOSFORD PARK. FUNNY THAT.
I AM SOOOOO BORED OF BATES AND ANNA.
I APPROVE OF THIS BRANSON/MATTHEW BROMANCE. BUT SERIOUSLY HAVE THEY EVER TALKED BEFORE THIS MOMENT?
EDITH, YOU ARE THE BEST, DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE TELL YOU OTHERWISE. ALSO, YOU AND BRITTA PERRY SHOULD FORM A CLUB/SUPPORT GROUP.
OH, FOR FUCKS SAKE! IF YOU TWO DON'T GET MARRIED I AM DONE WITH THIS SHOW! REALLY. I DID NOT WATCH TWO SEASONS OF WILL THEY WONT THEY FOR THIS FUCKERY.
FUCK, I FORGOT I'M PISSED AT BRANSON. OKAY, BRANSON, ALL IS FORGIVEN. STAY HOT.
FINALLY!
On a more serious note, I have no clue why Downton Abbey got nominated for so many Emmys. I mean, sure the first season was really quite amazing, but the second was full of really random plot twists and melodrama and completely squandered World War One. Really, just because it's got pretty costumes and it's period and everyone's British, does not make it Shakespeare. And while it's addictive and I like it, when I think about Downton's massive amount of awards nomination and then compare it to The Wire which was legitimately brilliant and got completely snubbed (and amusingly filled with just as many British actors, just doing Baltimore accents), it makes me cry a bit inside.