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Best damn TV show the airwaves have ever hosted, however. The first season, anyway. I'm so psyched that Bravo has decided to run episodes again. Episode #5 is on tonight. Everyone must watch (if they can) episode #14. That will be showing on May 19. I will remind you. |
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And there's no painting the town lite pink tonight cuz I'm sick. Again. Or maybe with some other new virus or bacteria. Whatever. All I know is that my throat feels like sandpaper and my head feels like a bowling ball. And to make matters worse, my neuralgia is acting up and I have cramps. Life sucks right now. Hence, I spent my day lying in bed, reading "Ordinary People" for the third time and "The Man Who Was Thursday" for the second time, sipping apple juice, checking my email (why won't my professor answer, dammit?!), and waiting for my mother to return from the store with the non-drowsy Contact I asked her to get. |
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All of the mystical stuff really kicks in during episode #8 -- Cooper sees the Giant for the first time, Ronette wakes up and has a flashback of the murder, Leland's hair turns white. I rented the VHS tapes of episodes 6-9 and 10-14 last night, and I watched #s 8 and 9 last night. Can I stress just how brilliantly visionary this show was? It could never be aired on TV these days. I love how there will be scene that's quirky and amusing, and then suddenly something sobering and sad will catch you off-guard. Like Leland singing a show tune at an odd moment and then collapsing into tears. Charming AND menacing. Episode #14 has the most frightening (fictional) images I have ever seen. And not a BOO! jumpy fright, but a slow wide-eyed incredulous horror. I had lent my DVD to my brother, who enjoyed it so much that he bought the pilot episode off of ebay on his own. I can't wait for him to see the rest of the series. |
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ive never seen a single god damn episode of the Sopranos, Sex in the City or anything else available for rental in a series. its too much of a committment and i hardly have time to watch two movies rented over a weekend, muchless a series of tapes. I wanted to rent Band of Brothers this weekend. Since it was raining i was ready to commit to the entire god damn series. But i didnt....you know why? SOME MOTHERFUCKER TOOK TAPE 2!!!! AND ONLY TAPE 2!!!! You believe that? maybe if i come over for milk and cookies sometime spider. |
only what 100 buck a season? that would only be 900 dollars. wait did I say want? i meant need! |
It's worth following this one, though. And actually, you don't even need to watch the whole series -- it peters out after episode 16 or so. If you ever get pneumonia and are bed-ridden, watch this. |
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Or let me put it this way: The sherriff's name is Harry S. Truman. If your reaction to that is a sneered "What?!", maybe this is not the show for you. |
No commercials, no waiting a week in between shows, instant gratification. Fuck watching tv, i'd rather just rent tv from now on in 4 hour shots. And now i'll have to wait a year or so to see the rest ;( Maybe Twin Peaks will be next, since i never watched it, and the packaging in the video store was so beautifull and impressive and creepy, it calls to me. |
Now season one, on the other hand, was golden. |
What happened in episode 14?? I thought the creepiest part of the first season was when Laura's mom had the flashback of Bob being in the room when she went to check on Laura. Six Feet Under is another good series to rent. |
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