All hail Labor Day
Last week I had a hell week, since my boss went away on vacation when important things were going on, again. I should just expect it at this point. To make it even better, we were having a sale, and I busted my ass all last week to get everything correct. Then when I get in this morning, I discover that NONE OF THE STUFF WAS ACTUALLY DISCOUNTED YET, even though the sale went live 3 a.m. this morning. That's not something I had a hand in. But still, GAH. And also, WTF? And also also, LOLOLOLOL because I give up.
In other news, I've been fannishly bored, and thus haven't posted here in, like, a month or something (but I have been keeping track of mk_drabbles, and the fact that Ellen Burstyn is playing Stabler's mother). I did watch that Stargate: Atlantis episode everyone was so excited about -- just to see why everyone was excited -- the one where Geeky Doctor loses his memory and goes running to Fuzzy Haired Soldier Guy for comfort. I'm sure all of you were squeeing. For some reason.
And now in TV-related news, since it ended last night, I thought I'd do a drive-by post this morning to sum up my reaction to David Simon's Generation Kill, an HBO miniseries adapted from Evan Wright's book that had him on the ground with a Marine recon battalion during the early days of the Iraq War. Here's some sample dialogue from the series:
Marine 1 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Homophobia, racism, misogyny, sexism, homophobia...military jargon."
Marine 2 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Racism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, military acronym, homophobia, military acronym?"
Evan Wright (as played by Lee Tergesen): [open-mouthed stare; starts to look like he's going to talk, but doesn't]
Marine 1 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Misogyny, sexism, military jargon, military acronym, homophobia!"
All: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!"
Yeah, that about sums it up. I think the only part that interested me was Part 5, and that was only because there was the firefight on the bridge. Otherwise, I felt it to be plodding and slow in many ways. It also makes me really, really depressed knowing that this series is based on actual events, because I'm sure it's not only the Marines joking about being "Burger Kings" -- aka "baby killers."
And the dialogue I "paraphrased" above? All seven episodes are like that. David Simon's The Wire threw you into events as this miniseries does, but unlike Generation Kill, The Wire gave you a whole season to get to know the characters and the slang they used. Eventually you were able to pick it up. Here you don't really get a chance to understand all the lingo.
If this had been a series, then maybe it would have been better. Then again, I don't think I'd be able to put up with all the pure shit that came out of these guys' mouths. There was a voiceover at the end of Part 6 that explained it, sort of, but "brotherhood" doesn't excuse it.
In other news, I've been fannishly bored, and thus haven't posted here in, like, a month or something (but I have been keeping track of mk_drabbles, and the fact that Ellen Burstyn is playing Stabler's mother). I did watch that Stargate: Atlantis episode everyone was so excited about -- just to see why everyone was excited -- the one where Geeky Doctor loses his memory and goes running to Fuzzy Haired Soldier Guy for comfort. I'm sure all of you were squeeing. For some reason.
And now in TV-related news, since it ended last night, I thought I'd do a drive-by post this morning to sum up my reaction to David Simon's Generation Kill, an HBO miniseries adapted from Evan Wright's book that had him on the ground with a Marine recon battalion during the early days of the Iraq War. Here's some sample dialogue from the series:
Marine 1 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Homophobia, racism, misogyny, sexism, homophobia...military jargon."
Marine 2 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Racism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, military acronym, homophobia, military acronym?"
Evan Wright (as played by Lee Tergesen): [open-mouthed stare; starts to look like he's going to talk, but doesn't]
Marine 1 (whose name I still don't know after 7 episodes): "Misogyny, sexism, military jargon, military acronym, homophobia!"
All: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!"
Yeah, that about sums it up. I think the only part that interested me was Part 5, and that was only because there was the firefight on the bridge. Otherwise, I felt it to be plodding and slow in many ways. It also makes me really, really depressed knowing that this series is based on actual events, because I'm sure it's not only the Marines joking about being "Burger Kings" -- aka "baby killers."
And the dialogue I "paraphrased" above? All seven episodes are like that. David Simon's The Wire threw you into events as this miniseries does, but unlike Generation Kill, The Wire gave you a whole season to get to know the characters and the slang they used. Eventually you were able to pick it up. Here you don't really get a chance to understand all the lingo.
If this had been a series, then maybe it would have been better. Then again, I don't think I'd be able to put up with all the pure shit that came out of these guys' mouths. There was a voiceover at the end of Part 6 that explained it, sort of, but "brotherhood" doesn't excuse it.