This show, that show...
Another hotel, another expensive internet connection. (Ah, Los Angeles, where they gave me one for free...) Today I'm in Osnabrück, which is always somewhat odd to me. It's my father's and paternal grandfather's hometown, and yet I hardly know it. My grandfather who moved to Bamberg after the war because he couldn't bear the sight of bombed cities anymore and Bamberg hadn't been bombed as opposed to Osnabrück always planned to come back after his retirement, because he did love his old hometown. But in the end, he didn't; he had grown too much rooted in his new hometown. When I was a child, we used to visit since we still had family there then, but today everyone has either moved elsewhere or died. Still, when I listen to the local accents I remember my grandfather and his transplanted northerness in the south, his stories and passions for long walks during which he told those stories, and I miss him.
Considering my online time is limited, some thoughts on shows I watch but don't review nor do intend to.
Mad Men: has the rare distinction of being watchable to me despite my disliking every single male character in the cast, especially the leading man. (The women, by contrast, grew on me, and I do like them all in varying degrees.) The thing is, my appreciation for it is almost purely intellectual, and I don't connect with it on an emotional basis. You'd think with my penchant for screwed up characters (which every single one, male or female, on this show is), I would, but no. I also can't shake off my suspicion that while with the rest of the guys we're meant to see them as flawed as they are, we're not in the case of the lead, or rather regard his flaws as completely understandable and endearing. Mind you, he has one advantage over that other leading man I loathe do not much like, Jack Shephard on Lost: he's not boring. (Jack only became interesting in the last two episodes of s3 to me, though now I actually want to know how his storyline continues, very much so.) Still. I loathe Don Draper the way everyone else loathes the show's closest thing to his antagonist. Which might be why I have such trouble connecting with Mad Men on an emotional level, considering Don really is the central lead, much more than Jack Shephard is on Lost.
Pushing Daisies: is very cute. rozk recommended the pilot ages ago, and honorh reminded me the show now started, so I watched the second episode. However, it's like candy - I get the sense that one can easily overdose on the sweetness and quirkyness. In a way, it and Mad Men balance each other. All acid versus all adorability. But Mad Men ends soon and then I shall see whether I can keep up with the twee-ness without feeling the overdose.
Lastly, a link:
Heroes:
Via katemonkey, some incredibly cute icons.
Considering my online time is limited, some thoughts on shows I watch but don't review nor do intend to.
Mad Men: has the rare distinction of being watchable to me despite my disliking every single male character in the cast, especially the leading man. (The women, by contrast, grew on me, and I do like them all in varying degrees.) The thing is, my appreciation for it is almost purely intellectual, and I don't connect with it on an emotional basis. You'd think with my penchant for screwed up characters (which every single one, male or female, on this show is), I would, but no. I also can't shake off my suspicion that while with the rest of the guys we're meant to see them as flawed as they are, we're not in the case of the lead, or rather regard his flaws as completely understandable and endearing. Mind you, he has one advantage over that other leading man I loathe do not much like, Jack Shephard on Lost: he's not boring. (Jack only became interesting in the last two episodes of s3 to me, though now I actually want to know how his storyline continues, very much so.) Still. I loathe Don Draper the way everyone else loathes the show's closest thing to his antagonist. Which might be why I have such trouble connecting with Mad Men on an emotional level, considering Don really is the central lead, much more than Jack Shephard is on Lost.
Pushing Daisies: is very cute. rozk recommended the pilot ages ago, and honorh reminded me the show now started, so I watched the second episode. However, it's like candy - I get the sense that one can easily overdose on the sweetness and quirkyness. In a way, it and Mad Men balance each other. All acid versus all adorability. But Mad Men ends soon and then I shall see whether I can keep up with the twee-ness without feeling the overdose.
Lastly, a link:
Heroes:
Via katemonkey, some incredibly cute icons.