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10/05/2010
17:02
by: Cristi

Dailies #53

– New colors!

– More books! Fixed a pc and cancelled a book so I had enough for: Confluence and The Science Fiction Century. Almost 2000 pages of hardcover sci-fi gold for just 55ron!

– 30 Rock (S1-4) – it’s that time of the year so I’m watching everything that i can, including crap like this which only makes me miss Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip like mad. Should be avoided at all costs, Alec Baldwin isn’t big enough to save all this stupidity.

– Stargate Universe (S1) – I talked about the first part of the season a while back, it was dark and gritty, a twist from the usual SG, but since it came back from winter break it’s been a nightmare – horrible stories, lousy flashbacks, awful dialogue, serialized soap opera. Ew. I quit.

– Happy Town (series premiere) – this year’s Harper’s Island. Same concept, similar characters, better, dare I say outstanding, casting. Unfortunately, the series premiere, the first of the series’ eight episodes, overflows with plots in a way that would scare Aaron Sorkin. Too many characters, too many backstories, too many issues, too many red herrings. It tries too much too soon, wanting to assume the role of this decades Twin Peaks, and it doesn’t just irritate, it alienates. You can’t fit that much mythology into an episode, it’s unbecoming. Better luck next time, writers, I’m leaving this sinking ship.

– Supernatural (S3-5) – for all the crap I thew at it a while back, it has since recovered and repented for all its mistakes. While I hated the first two seasons for its stupid monster-of-the-week run and its boring mommy-killer arc, it did exactly what i asked for – new found humor, better casting, a fantastically complex and entertaining mythology plus – awesome MOTW episodes – Mystery Spot, anyone?. While still constantly maudlin, and often emo, it has since grown into a show I love, maybe not by Aaron Sorkin or Joss Whedon standards, but still pretty damn much. Recommended, just jump in into its third season.

Postscript: on behalf of my obsessive compulsive disorder for buying books – I have no important other, no friends, I don’t go out, I’m on a diet from hell, I’ve got an empy hard drive and everything i need – besides books, i don’t have anything else to spend money on. Rather then keep it in wait for the next Bernie Madoff, every cent I have I spend on the only thing that keeps me entertained. I’m not rich, just alone – in the good way, just like Greta Garbo.

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06/05/2008
14:50
by: Cristi

Dailies #8

– New Amsterdam (S1) – A New York homicide detective is cursed with immortality. O combinatie intre Quantum Leap si Highlander, dar notabil mai bine scris, mai cinic, mai amuzant, personaje care nu sunt caricaturizate, povesti interesante, o distributie grozava (the new guy; Zuleikha Robinson aka Yves Adele Harlow aka Gaia; Alexie Gilmore aka Sara Tancredi light; Susan Misner aka Alison Humphrey, versiunea hardcore). Nu e procedural, e doar o combinatie reusita de drama, mister si ceva umor.

– Burn Notice (S1) – A spy recently disavowed by the US Government uses his Special Ops training to help others in trouble. Absolut delicios – inteligent scris, povesti proaspete ce abunda cu umor negru, twisturi grozave, o distributie mirobolanta (Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell). Actiune, drama si revigorarea unui genre suprasaturat cu clisee. Si cireasa din varful tortului de minunatie ce este acest serial? Tricia Helfer aka #6 aka heaven-on-earth va face parte din distributia sezonului doi in rolul intermediarului ce-l joaca pe Michael.

– Ashes to Ashes (S1) - succesorul lui Life on Mars, acum o tipa in rolul principal, trimisa in 1981 in perioada in care parintii sai au fost ucisi. Am vorbit in randuri repetate despre cat de buna a fost seria originala. Ei bine, asta a fost o dezamagire completa. Povestile au fost foarte slabe, ireal de plictisitoare si seci, lipsite de umorul negru pe care l-am iubit la original, lipsite de contrastul dintre generatii ce ma fascina, lipsite de temele morale si de atasarea personala, lipsite pana si de muzica superba pe care am avut-o prima oara. Nesperat de departe de calitatea seriei originale, AtA dezamageste si deprima.

– The Shield (S1, 2) – The story of in inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren’t above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact. Na, nu suna promitator, dar in distributie erau trecuti CCH Pounder si Michael Chiklis asa ca am sarit la ocazie. Mare, mare greseala. O serie politista absolut ridicola – povesti stupide ce alterneaza intre tampit si absurd, personaje unidimensionale ce alterneaza doar intre starea de imbecil si imbecil v2.0, pseudo-drama stupida, mister si umor ce lipsesc cu desavarsire. Si totusi acum se filmeaza sezonul 6, in timp ce My So-Called Life a fost oprit dupa un sezon, Dead Like Me si Rome dupa doua, Deadwood si Veronica Mars dupa trei. Voi, aia naivi ce credeti in concepte fictive precum dragoste sau justitie, acum ar trebui sa va lasati capul de rusine.

– Supernatural (S1, 2, 3) - After the mysterious disappearance of their father, two brothers seek out and combat paranormal and supernatural events to figure the meaning linking their mother’s death whom was killed years earlier by a malevolent poltergeist. O combinatie intre Buffy si Blade, dar fara (more…)

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