I'm pretty addicted to Grimm and I must admit that for whatever shortcomings it
may have, I have also gotten quite fond of Dr. Who through my daughter's
insistence that I watch some of the episodes.
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On Mon, 2/3/14, TurquoiseB <turquoi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] TV Musings
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 3, 2014, 2:33 PM
Just for the heck of
it, because I've got the day off today and I'm
sitting in a cafe right now taking advantage of the
relatively clement weather and the sun, but I've gotta
write about *something* for it to qualify as a "cafe
writing" break, so I guess TV is it.
I don't know about anyone else, but TABB (Time After
Breaking Bad) has been a real bitch. That series was so
consistently excellent that it really gave you something to
look forward to every week. About the only mainstream shows
that have managed to fill that "I'll watch them
every week no matter what" void are
"Justified," "True Detective,"
"Person Of Interest," and "Lost Girl." I
still give "Agents Of Shield" a try from time to
time, hoping it will get better, but so far it hasn't.
Sigh.
Among new shows that I've stumbled upon, I'm giving
a UK series called "The Musketeers" a shot, but I
doubt I'll continue. I'm also watching a series
about pirates called "Black Sails." This one I may
continue watching. It's a prequel to Robert Louis
Stevenson's "Treasure Island," showing the
origins of Captain Flint and John Silver. Think the period
authenticity, violence, sex, nudity, good actors, and
production values that "Spartacus" brought to
gladiators, only done with pirates. Sexy, fun, and so far
replete with good performances from the actors. Go figure.
What I'll be delving into soon, however, is a new set of
great TV from Scandinavia and other places around the world
uploaded by a guy who has become one of my "trusted
resources" in the pirate 'verse. I'll download
anything he puts up, because so far *everything* he's
ever posted has been great. He turned me on to the original
"The Killing" and "Borgen" and
"Bron-Broen." So when he uploads a batch of new
stuff, at this point I just download it and look forward to
watching it.
The first of these new potential gems I'll watch later
today is from Wales, and all dialog was actually filmed
twice, because they had to do it first in Welsh, then in
English. It's called "Hinterlands" and
I've only seen the first few minutes of it, but so far
it'll be watchable just for the cinematography alone.
There's the full set of "Bron-Broen 2" with
BBC subtitles, of course, which I'll watch again to
compare it with the fan-subbed version I had earlier.
There's a well-reviewed series from Israel called
"Prisoners Of War (Hatufim)" that I look forward
to, and a series of mini-series specials called "Arne
Dahl." Not to mention a few movies I'd never heard
of, but will watch simply because he uploaded them. When you
find someone with excellent taste, you've really gotta
appreciate that.
Anyone out there watching anything interesting?
