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[kattahj]

Got to see axa yesterday, that happens too rarely these days. We communicated in our usual ways, i.e. by trying to convert each other to each other's fandoms. She started by the Star Wars bit on Robot Chicken, which had me laughing like crazy (it took me about five or ten minutes to warm up, but after that - hee!) and then continued to Chuck, which

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[wee_warrior]

Maybe it isn't a good show if you don't find Pasdar handsome (though he's not really my psysical type either - a lot of the people that make me melt aren't my physical type) and you don't have a thing for manipulative intelligence. I don't know.

I'm pretty sure it usually gets good reviews even from more "official" resources, but it's hardly something I'd recommend to everyone.
(I myself like it because it's noir; Pasdar looks a little too corporate bot to be hot to me in this one.)

[kattahj]

It has good reviews, but OTOH nobody watched it when it was on, so there has to be something wrong with it. I wish I knew what. ;-)

[wee_warrior]

there has to be something wrong with it. I wish I knew what. ;-)

It's a show about a sociopathic corporate man who grew up in a box, tends to murder people, uses everyone around him to achieve his own goals, has a semi-consenting relationship with his stepmother which arguably started as sexual abuse, and is generally completely amoral - I think that may have been problematic to a lot of people. In addition, it was on Fox, which is notorious for janking edgy shows.

The nicer version is saying that it was ahead of its time, and that it would thrive on cable today, but still, I know very few shows even currently running that have such an unambiguously scary protagonist, and I'm including Dexter here.

(Although that's really the way the show makes you relate to the characters, because I think relatively speaking, Dexter is a lot more dangerous than Profit.)

[kattahj]

It's a show about a sociopathic corporate man who grew up in a box, tends to murder people, uses everyone around him to achieve his own goals, has a semi-consenting relationship with his stepmother which arguably started as sexual abuse, and is generally completely amoral - I think that may have been problematic to a lot of people.

Well, if you want to put it that way...

I guess I just fail to see anything wrong with that. *grin*

(Although that's really the way the show makes you relate to the characters, because I think relatively speaking, Dexter is a lot more dangerous than Profit.)

Yeah - I haven't seen Dexter, but as villains go, Profit has the benefit of only being homicidal if and when he really needs to. He's perfectly capable of being beneficial to you if that suits his needs.

Then again, any cookie points he gets for that are taken away by sheer creepiness.

[cadesama]

Chuck is... I don't know how much of it you've watched, but it does get better and it continues to be both better and worse than Reaper. The spy stuff is neither realistic enough, nor cracky enough to truly be fun the way it's supposed to be, but I really love Chuck and his sister. They somehow manage to hit just the right note with them, not being sappy or distant or exploiting them for drama. Reaper is way funnier, but nearly all the characters are starting to tick me off by being idiots. Of course, I still love Sock and Satan and want to see some kind of crazy buddy movie with them.

She'd talked to a friend during the scene in Bobbi's penthouse, and taken a phone call during the lodge showdown and the following bit on Jimmy Stakowski's childhood, so for me it became quite painful to keep watching, because if you're not interested in those bits the whole thing is quite obviously a waste of time.

D: But why would you do that? Your friend is clearly insane, sorry to say. Profit is a great show! I recruited people not the

[kattahj]

Chuck is... I don't know how much of it you've watched, but it does get better and it continues to be both better and worse than Reaper.

I'll probably dl another ep and watch on some "slow" weekday (i.e. not Tuesdays or Fridays, and see how it turns out).

But why would you do that?

Such key moments, too. *sigh* That implied threat to Bobbi thrills me and chills me something huge.

Your friend is clearly insane, sorry to say.

She's usually a sane, intelligent person. Anyway, I shouldn't throw stones, because she claims she dislikes it because everyone's a backstabber, which is very close to what I said to nfalkestav when I declared myself unwilling to watch more Oz. Manipulative intelligence is a dealbreaker to me when it comes to wanting to watch evil people - I can't expect the same to go for everyone.

I recruited people not the slightest bit sexually attracted to Pasdar to it!

That's good to know. :-)