TV: being bored is dangerous
Why? Because I'm watching TV. What now, you ask? Well, I already got my hercules fix in for the day. I've got another 40 episodes to go before I run out of Michael Hurst eppies and I've only got about half those episodes lined up ready to go. So. Instead. I grabbed our set of "Brisco County Jr." DVDs. I got this for mom *Years* ago because she likes westerns, and I remember watching it with her when I was a kid. And now I watch for the joy of John Astin, and of course the wonderful Bruce Campbell being Bruce Campbell... in less colorful clothes than he wore in Hercules. Also, the dog I'm babysitting, loves to watch horses on TV and bark at them for the offense of trespassing in her living room.
So yes, instead of getting a bad tv show that I'm only watching for one actor, I've traded to watching a tv show that has one of the actor/directors from the bad tv show that I'm too underfunded to watch at the moment. The logic totally works.
I'm watching the pilot now and am surprised that it's not as bad as I thought it was. It should be noted that I'm also a western fan; as I mentioned before, I'm pretty sure it's genetic. Maybe it's because I was expecting to compare it to Hercules, but the writing here is pretty dang smooth. The acting is smart, even from Bruce. And the music is Randy Edelman! I so totally approve. And I feel like a really bad fan for admitting this, but I like this script (so far - a half hour in.) better than any of the scripts for Mag7. They must go down pretty bad, pretty fast since we only got one season, ever. After a bit of research, I can't imagine that, though, because at least a third of them were written by Carlton Cuse, who is awesome. (Go fig, I'm so observant. Yea liner notes written by Bruce Campbell!)
Favorite characters: Comet. Close second, Socrates Poole. Then Brisco. (Sorry, Bruce.) Then Lord Bowler. Also, John Bly is awesomely creepy.
And damn you, chi1013 , I think I have a couple of ships going.
Ya know, Steampunk keeps showing up everywhere lately like it's all trendy and special... why hasn't this show caught on in that crowd? There's a freakin' chandelier hanging from the ceiling of a *cave* that also has a buncha modified Victorianesque gadgets all over.
And I am totally stalling on real work. I wish I could get past the damn writer's block.
The dog who I turned the TV on for is currently ignoring the horses on TV in preference for whining and licking the carpet. ::shaking head:: Not enough horseplay for her to take offense to, apparently.
So yes, instead of getting a bad tv show that I'm only watching for one actor, I've traded to watching a tv show that has one of the actor/directors from the bad tv show that I'm too underfunded to watch at the moment. The logic totally works.
I'm watching the pilot now and am surprised that it's not as bad as I thought it was. It should be noted that I'm also a western fan; as I mentioned before, I'm pretty sure it's genetic. Maybe it's because I was expecting to compare it to Hercules, but the writing here is pretty dang smooth. The acting is smart, even from Bruce. And the music is Randy Edelman! I so totally approve. And I feel like a really bad fan for admitting this, but I like this script (so far - a half hour in.) better than any of the scripts for Mag7. They must go down pretty bad, pretty fast since we only got one season, ever. After a bit of research, I can't imagine that, though, because at least a third of them were written by Carlton Cuse, who is awesome. (Go fig, I'm so observant. Yea liner notes written by Bruce Campbell!)
Favorite characters: Comet. Close second, Socrates Poole. Then Brisco. (Sorry, Bruce.) Then Lord Bowler. Also, John Bly is awesomely creepy.
And damn you, chi1013 , I think I have a couple of ships going.
Ya know, Steampunk keeps showing up everywhere lately like it's all trendy and special... why hasn't this show caught on in that crowd? There's a freakin' chandelier hanging from the ceiling of a *cave* that also has a buncha modified Victorianesque gadgets all over.
And I am totally stalling on real work. I wish I could get past the damn writer's block.
The dog who I turned the TV on for is currently ignoring the horses on TV in preference for whining and licking the carpet. ::shaking head:: Not enough horseplay for her to take offense to, apparently.