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pocochina

posts I meant to make before everything started coming back

Sep 29, 2014 22:17

As interminable as this summer hiatus has been, I am really enjoying watching my various reading lists get sucked into my favorite shows. Friends, Romans, new fans of BSG/Dollhouse/The Sopranos/the Buffyverse/The Originals, know that your impending emotional torment and general doom gives me such joy.

I did finish Six Feet Under and the finale was ( Read more... )

the 100, six feet under, sons of anarchy

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daybreak777 September 30 2014, 03:05:09 UTC

Ooh, Dollhouse! Not a bad show to get sucked into. I've watched season one so many times on DVD.

Impending doom. LOL. But how sweet it is in the beginning, no? How sweet it is.

The 100 reminds me of the 4400 which is more like the Returned and now I'm not sure I want titles with "The". "These" people going through some wild shit.

You like shows with The in them! The Sopranos! Hee. They went through some wild times too. Gosh, TV used to be so excellent. (The X-Files, The West Wing.) I hope there is at least one new excellent show this season.

pocochina September 30 2014, 06:47:58 UTC

You like shows with The in them!

LOVE THOSE DEFINITE ARTICLES.

Impending doom. LOL. But how sweet it is in the beginning, no? How sweet it is.

A moment of joy!

ceciliaj September 30 2014, 09:49:48 UTC

You finished Six Feet Under? I'm so happy to hear it! What were your final thoughts on Brendaaaaa!

pocochina September 30 2014, 18:44:37 UTC

BRENDAAAA. It was a couple of weeks ago so I'm working on memory a bit, but yes! I loved her mostly-upward trajectory. As much as I usually love pain and misery for characters, it was really nice to watch her rise to that set of challenges. It's really sticking with me, the way she realized an episode or two after Nate's death that she wasn't in any shape to take care of Maya and she went with that instinct. I thought that was a really admirable contrast to Nate and the way he kept clutching tighter and tighter to that bond with Maya as he was spiraling.

ooooh, and her ghost-Nate was chilling. <3

sunclouds33 September 30 2014, 11:17:08 UTC

Ooh, I'd love to read your thoughts on the True Blood finale!

Netflix Streaming took down BSG starting October 1st. I'm super-cranky and considering switching to Amazon Prime to get the rest of BSG.

pocochina September 30 2014, 18:46:47 UTC

True Blood was so great. I'm glad I caught up with it in time to watch that last season.

Netflix Streaming took down BSG starting October 1st. I'm super-cranky and considering switching to Amazon Prime to get the rest of BSG.

I KNOOOOOWWWW. Though, I have had Netflix for a few years and I've noticed it's not uncommon for them to be taking something down and put it up a couple of days later after renewing or updating that contract.

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pocochina September 30 2014, 18:53:05 UTC

I think you might like it! I mean, it definitely does belong in the "pretty teenager" category, but it has several more interesting dimensions to it. It's definitely by BSG fans - a lot of familiar faces show up, and the themes of totalitarianism in survival situations and order vs chaos are huge. YA BSG, I guess.

eilowyn October 1 2014, 03:23:16 UTC

We had to disagree someday. I found the True Blood finale to be HIMYM terrible and pushing the heteronormative agenda like whoa. I've fern wasting spending most of my time snarking over a green-clad superhero and the IT girl who keeps him from devolving into a manpain spiral. It's good fun, but I worry that I'm going to get my heart broken because comic book canon says the really poorly written and unlikable character will the endgame love interest because fanboys are nothing if not sticklers for canonicity, no matter how many times you quote Barthes at them.

pocochina October 1 2014, 06:42:42 UTC

IDK, I'm kind of loath to ascribe a heteronormative agenda to a series with so many (possibly a majority?) LGBQ creators? Like, I don't think the end to Sookie's story was [Spoiler (click to open)]"she's married and normal," I think it was, "she can retain what makes her special and still have the life she wants," which is...actually pretty radical, in its implications for the themes the show engaged with for so long.

I do like Arrow! I don't have any attachment to the comics (though that might help rather than hurt, lol) but I do like it.

eilowyn October 2 2014, 16:27:53 UTC

I can see how you could read True Blood like that - deciding to keep the fairy light instead of killing Bill with it (what a douchebag, btw) was a big step for her - I just was disappointed because a lot of the plot threads and characters I liked were dropped or killed off or whatever. And you know I have a weakness for Eric/Sookie, even if I came to hate Sookie, so there's also that holding me back from liking it ( ... )