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[shadowkat]

Somewhat bored with the current book that I'm reading, need to find a new one. Although feel oddly compelled to finish. Oh well, may put me to sleep tonight. Am tired.

Forget GRRM's Game of Thrones series of books, I want to go to his movie theater, the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico - that features cocktails, and has visiting screen-writers such as Denis Lehane, and recently the writer of LadyHawk - along with a showing of the film. Martin has managed to put new life into going to the cinema.

Odd, for the first time in years none of the new tv series are sparking an interest.
Is this possible? Is the tv slut losing interest in television? Say it's not so?
Apparently it is. Even the returning series...have me sort of shrugging with little enthusiasm. MASTERS OF SEX - S1 Discs, courtesy of netflix, has sat on my tv stand for a month.

Any new tv shows that you recommend or are looking forward to? Note - "new" - not currently on or well into their third season.

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[liliaeth]

Well the Flash pilot was fun

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

The critics are touting it as the best new drama of the season - which is interesting.

[kathyh]

I get the feeling GRRM loves his cinema more than his books. I'd love to go there too :)

I'm not too interested in current TV either. I'm two episodes behind on Doctor Who and the only returning series I'm looking forward to is Arrow. I've been watching that in completely the wrong order, which has made for a certain amount of extra interest in wondering when some things happened.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

get the feeling GRRM loves his cinema more than his books. I'd love to go there too :)

Hee. Can't say I blame him - it's less pressure, and more fun. The cinema is a hobby, while the books are his day job and a heck of a lot of work. Plus, he must be getting tired of the story by now. He's only been writing it for two decades.

I stopped watching Arrow this year - got busy and too many tv shows saved on DVR. But I may go back to it. This season wasn't as good as the first season, which I enjoyed more for some reason. It's possible I've gotten burnt out on the superhero genre...finally.

[enisy.livejournal.com]

Can recommend "You're the Worst." The New Yorker did a decent write-up on it: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/new-show-makes-romantic-comedy-funny

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Somewhat bored with the current book that I'm reading, need to find a new one.


The first of the Four Soldiers one? I admit I never read it. Nothing in its premise caught my attention. I wasn't entirely sure what was the hook. Plus, the fact that it's basically MIA throughout the rest of the series didn't make me feel compelled to go back to it. I liked the middle 2 books, though (Similarly, I found myself bored by The Serpant Prince in another of Hoyt's series, ...though I enjoyed the other two in that one).


I don't find the Masters of Sex all that compelling. It's very prettily done, but honestly, it's kind of a Mad Men retread (only with a sex study). Same era and while the subject matter seems as though it might have gone a different direction than Mad Men, in execusion it just seems... somewhat similar. Basically it's about a screwed up privileged white guy in the late 50s/early 60s who is a douche to everyone. Actually, I'm not sure that Don Draper doesn't come off better by comparison. At least Don genuinely cares about his kids and doesn't sleep with Peggy.

Outlander has been relatively fun (though not deep). Very pretty scenery...and then there's Scotland. (Iow, oh my the male lead is pretty. I...er... don't watch it any more profoundly than that.)

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

The first of the Four Soliders one?

Yep that's the one. The characters are a bit on the weak side - it's an American Tracker who runs to deal with pain (which could be interesting but he's not developed that well somehow) and an British aristocratic. There's a reason they are MIA in the next few books...

I may just be tired of the genre. Although Hoyt is hit or miss. The only one of her's that I liked so far is "To Seduce a Sinner". Couldn't get through Scandalous Desires or was it Notorious Desires (the second book in the Maiden Lane series). I've read the one's you wisely skipped. LOL!

I'm going to try "Masters of Sex" tonight - will let you know. But from what I've read of it to date - it doesn't sound all that interesting. Which may explain why I've put off watching it. Took me a long time to get into Mad Men. And Breaking Bad. And the Sopranos.[For more or less the same reasons - yeah, yeah, they are brilliantly written - but they are stories about sociopaths, narcissists, and overall nasty self-absorbed people.]

Curious about Outlander. I did not like the book. But the tv show may be an improvement? Don't have Starz though and seems rather silly to subscribe to it just for Outlander. I finally let go of HBO, because it felt rather silly to subscribe just for Game of Thrones. (I can rent both on Netflix.)

May eventually go streaming...although I'm told you can't get those shows until they are out on DVD if you stream.