Hola, amigas. I think it's time for me to ramble about TV for a while, which is something I haven't done in far too long. (I was going to include movies in this as well, but I'm going to put that off until next time.)
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( Bones )
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( Southland )
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( Psych )
-Parks & Rec: I don't have anything spoilery to say about this season, just that it's been fantastic.
-Community: I think this season has been okay -- some of it I really liked & some of it was just meh. But not bad. I am a little sad that next week is the finale, since I'm pretty sure it'll be the series finale, but it's also totally the right time for it, story-wise. I can't complain about having gotten four seasons out of this show -- it's more than generous, considering how it's struggled with ratings, and it's long enough for everyone to graduate. Kinda perfect.
-Grimm: I think this show has been reaching its stride. It's not something I flail over, but it's good times. I appreciate how the female characters have become more central, too. It sort of fills the hole that X-Files & Buffy left behind for me, though it's not exactly in their league. But, again, it's certainly entertaining & getting better. My one wish now would be that Sergeant Wu could be let in on the secret so he could play a larger role with the team. He's kind of a scene stealer for me.
-Shameless: I made it through one season of this show before I had to give it up. I felt like stopping it long before then, actually, but I kept going because I liked & cared about most of the characters, and because I related to certain elements of the story. But there were too many triggering things for me, and too many things I found extremely offensive, particularly when it comes to rape, both statutory & not.
-Breaking Bad: It took me until the end of season 2 to really get invested in this show (though I thought it was decently interesting before that. The plotline with Jane is what made it all click, emotionally), and from there it just kept getting better. I was really impressed how they handled all the character arcs, especially with Jesse & Walter. I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle Walter's storyline, because it's hard for me to enjoy a show where the lead is an irredeemable villain, but with the way they manage it, it's not a problem for me at all. It becomes this really interesting look at the moral decay of a human being, how his own choices change who he becomes, how his arrogance & pride & impending death influence those choices, and how that decay affects all the people around him. And Jesse balances that by making bad choices as well, but, unlike Walter, he DOESN'T compartmentalize & rationalize them away, and you can see how that affects him. Meanwhile, you have Skyler & Hank & all these other well-written & well-acted characters, and…yeah, it's just really something. I'm psyched to see how they wrap it up this summer. As if I didn't already love Vince Gilligan enough back in his XF days!
For my Vid of the Day, here's one that showcases some of Breaking Bad's aforementioned fabness.
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-Parks & Rec: I don't have anything spoilery to say about this season, just that it's been fantastic.
-Community: I think this season has been okay -- some of it I really liked & some of it was just meh. But not bad. I am a little sad that next week is the finale, since I'm pretty sure it'll be the series finale, but it's also totally the right time for it, story-wise. I can't complain about having gotten four seasons out of this show -- it's more than generous, considering how it's struggled with ratings, and it's long enough for everyone to graduate. Kinda perfect.
-Grimm: I think this show has been reaching its stride. It's not something I flail over, but it's good times. I appreciate how the female characters have become more central, too. It sort of fills the hole that X-Files & Buffy left behind for me, though it's not exactly in their league. But, again, it's certainly entertaining & getting better. My one wish now would be that Sergeant Wu could be let in on the secret so he could play a larger role with the team. He's kind of a scene stealer for me.
-Shameless: I made it through one season of this show before I had to give it up. I felt like stopping it long before then, actually, but I kept going because I liked & cared about most of the characters, and because I related to certain elements of the story. But there were too many triggering things for me, and too many things I found extremely offensive, particularly when it comes to rape, both statutory & not.
-Breaking Bad: It took me until the end of season 2 to really get invested in this show (though I thought it was decently interesting before that. The plotline with Jane is what made it all click, emotionally), and from there it just kept getting better. I was really impressed how they handled all the character arcs, especially with Jesse & Walter. I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle Walter's storyline, because it's hard for me to enjoy a show where the lead is an irredeemable villain, but with the way they manage it, it's not a problem for me at all. It becomes this really interesting look at the moral decay of a human being, how his own choices change who he becomes, how his arrogance & pride & impending death influence those choices, and how that decay affects all the people around him. And Jesse balances that by making bad choices as well, but, unlike Walter, he DOESN'T compartmentalize & rationalize them away, and you can see how that affects him. Meanwhile, you have Skyler & Hank & all these other well-written & well-acted characters, and…yeah, it's just really something. I'm psyched to see how they wrap it up this summer. As if I didn't already love Vince Gilligan enough back in his XF days!
For my Vid of the Day, here's one that showcases some of Breaking Bad's aforementioned fabness.