1. I am reading Game of Thrones, but very very slowly. It's not that interesting to me and often I will read one chapter and be like 'that was great' and then the very next chapter will have me saying 'and that was complete shit'. I think this may be one of those books where if I was LESS well-read in the genre I would be more impressed, because ( Read more... )

1. So you all heard the news that Aaron Sorkin's new pundit show is going to HBO, right?I deleted a long post about how I wanted Richard Schiff to be in it (he's the perfect temperament to be Keith Olbermann. Sorry Bradley, you know I love you.) And if he's in it, I want Janel Moloney to be in it because, though they don't have many scenes together ( Read more... )

Hollywood Reporter says that the inevitable Sandman TV show is going to be written by Eric Kripke of Supernatural.I swear to God, I read this on Twitter in class and I actually did vomit in my mouth a little. Iced mocha latte, not so good on the second time, but not as vile as some other things it could have been ( Read more... )

Did I not post about Mad Men 4.3 last week? That one was really amazing and had me on the edge of my seat. By contrast, this week's had a bunch of important plot stuff that I couldn't really get worked up about...

( More specifics. )

I bah-leeted a long thing about Inception that basically summed up some stuff. Non-spoilery: it's still a great film, but I probably won't see it a third time and I won't recommend anyone go who has suicide 'issues' as it's really quite triggery. I thought I was good, but both times I saw it I spent the next day feeling rather awful, so yeah.

( I'm convinced... )

First, Mad Men 4.1: ( Some thoughts. )

Finally found time to watch this. I wasn't going to cut it, but it turned out longish...

( There's no spoilers: Hamlet dies at the end. )

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TERRIBLY AWESOME, YOU MEAN. No. Actually it looks bad, but fun bad. (grabs popcorn)

I finally watched the last two episodes of this last night, out of duty. Eh. I sort of resent the decision to make this a serious drama rather than wacky hijinx with your monster flatmates. Making it a drama brings up the inevitable comparisons to Buffy, and Being Human looks particularly poor in comparison because the big threat is on BBC budget ( Read more... )

Guys. If this isn't the best new TV show of 2009, then there is no justice and mercy in the world. That's how much I liked "Kings". Please, please, o' merciful lady of the airwaves, let this be a big hit so that I can watch it forever. Please let the follow-up episodes be just as good as this.

( The Minor Fall and the Major Lift )