Stuck..tv and a little whinging
Apr. 3rd, 2005 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatWell I'm stuck, probably due to work anxiety. Don't want to go to work tomorrow. Work was really nasty last week. Not the work itself - actually busy for a change. But the environment - it's getting chaotic. To the extent that I've become terribly afraid that maybe I've fallen into yet another bad situation. God. Are all companies like this? Or do I just have the bad luck of falling into them? Okay stiff upper lip, and all that. No signs that I'm in danger of losing my job. Besides if I do? In better condition than I was a few months ago. Hence the Sunday night writer's blocks. Anxiety will do that to a person. Although, have written quite a bit this weekend. Wrote at least ten pages of drabble. (Have no clue, since haven't printed it off). Also wrote at least four pages of story. Story is actually better than drabble - the characters are more complex and interesting, more action, and its edgier. Weirder. Snarkier. Harder to write than drabble - since let's face it I sort of know the BTVS/ATS characters backwards and forewards. Analyzed the bleeding crap out of them. Read everyone else's takes. Got the thing down. My own...we're just beginning to find one another. Much more interesting.
Dang, I hate daylight savings time - makes the weekend that much shorter.
Well, I enjoyed Veronica Mars - quite a nice layered episode. Finding Veronica quite interesting. Also enjoyed Lost - which is always interesting when it focuses on Locke, Hurley, Sawyer, Sahid. Not so much everyone else. Although I like the bonding between the Jinn and Michael nice contrast to the bonding between Kate and Sawyer and Kate and Kim (I think that's her name.) Lost in some respects does the whole anthology tv thing much better than the procedurals do - because it's less interested in how and more in why. My problem with the procedurals is well they are interested in the "procedure" - that's first, then comes plot, then character - so as a result we often end up with poorly developed supporting characters or stock. In Lost - the anthology aspect focuses on why the people on the island are a) on the island, b) behave the way they do, and c) who they are. It gives us their back story in nice little slivers. Never seen anyone try something like that before. Usually anthology is Twilight Zone - an announcer as the only constant, CSI/Law & Order - a new crime each week with the same characters solving it, but very little evolution of the characters - focus on the people involved in the crime, the whole traveling soul searching for redemption, meaning, a cure, etc and helping folks along the way (ie. The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk,
Quantum Leap, Highway to Heaven), the murder mystery similar to the procedural but has a central character - Monk, Diagnosis Murder...etc. Gotta give Lost credit - it breaks the mold and does something entirely different. Rare for TV.
BattleStar Galatica. Okay seen the whole series or first season rather. Only flaw is they didn't build the relationship between Starbuck and Baltar up enough, and that's pretty minor - also arguable. Outside of that - flawless. Rare. Not a bad episode in the bunch. Not a weak one. Not a boring one. Never seen a tv series yet that was that solid. Characters? Perfectly drawn and complex as all get out. Unpredictable. Twisty. Plot? Drawn perfectly from characters and situation, also is not, unlike most sci-fi dramas and action series action for action sake. The fight sequences and action sequences actually move the characters and plot arc forward, they aren't just there to look cool (which is my main problem with the Star-gate series, JAG, and most action shows including Angel and Buffy). These sequences actually have a point and comment on something. Nail-biting to the end. If you haven't seen this series? Check it out when it comes out on DVD. Amazing.
Other shows I watch? Not worth mentioning really. Liked Grey's Anatomy. Will watch again, sort of a female version of Carter's journey in ER. Has some good sections and good performances. Could do without the Patrick Dempsey character, but then I'm not a huge fan of Dempsey. Too pretty. Tru Calling - sigh. Tried to watch it. Got bored. Flipped to Sondheim's Passion on PBS, only to realize, a) seen it before, and b) it didn't do much for me. The songs and rhythm sound too similar, not enough variance in key. I think Sondheim's earlier works are better. So flipped back. Gave up.
Called my mother to chat. Talked for a while. Tried Tru again. Saw the end, realized didn't miss much. That said? Still more watchable than Point Pleasant which grated on my nerves every time I tried to watch it, only to flip it off in either boredom or just disgust. Not surprised it was cancelled. Just wish we'd gotten to see Marti's first effort, Still Life - which had better actors and a more interesting/creative premise. Oh well.
Dang, I hate daylight savings time - makes the weekend that much shorter.
Well, I enjoyed Veronica Mars - quite a nice layered episode. Finding Veronica quite interesting. Also enjoyed Lost - which is always interesting when it focuses on Locke, Hurley, Sawyer, Sahid. Not so much everyone else. Although I like the bonding between the Jinn and Michael nice contrast to the bonding between Kate and Sawyer and Kate and Kim (I think that's her name.) Lost in some respects does the whole anthology tv thing much better than the procedurals do - because it's less interested in how and more in why. My problem with the procedurals is well they are interested in the "procedure" - that's first, then comes plot, then character - so as a result we often end up with poorly developed supporting characters or stock. In Lost - the anthology aspect focuses on why the people on the island are a) on the island, b) behave the way they do, and c) who they are. It gives us their back story in nice little slivers. Never seen anyone try something like that before. Usually anthology is Twilight Zone - an announcer as the only constant, CSI/Law & Order - a new crime each week with the same characters solving it, but very little evolution of the characters - focus on the people involved in the crime, the whole traveling soul searching for redemption, meaning, a cure, etc and helping folks along the way (ie. The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk,
Quantum Leap, Highway to Heaven), the murder mystery similar to the procedural but has a central character - Monk, Diagnosis Murder...etc. Gotta give Lost credit - it breaks the mold and does something entirely different. Rare for TV.
BattleStar Galatica. Okay seen the whole series or first season rather. Only flaw is they didn't build the relationship between Starbuck and Baltar up enough, and that's pretty minor - also arguable. Outside of that - flawless. Rare. Not a bad episode in the bunch. Not a weak one. Not a boring one. Never seen a tv series yet that was that solid. Characters? Perfectly drawn and complex as all get out. Unpredictable. Twisty. Plot? Drawn perfectly from characters and situation, also is not, unlike most sci-fi dramas and action series action for action sake. The fight sequences and action sequences actually move the characters and plot arc forward, they aren't just there to look cool (which is my main problem with the Star-gate series, JAG, and most action shows including Angel and Buffy). These sequences actually have a point and comment on something. Nail-biting to the end. If you haven't seen this series? Check it out when it comes out on DVD. Amazing.
Other shows I watch? Not worth mentioning really. Liked Grey's Anatomy. Will watch again, sort of a female version of Carter's journey in ER. Has some good sections and good performances. Could do without the Patrick Dempsey character, but then I'm not a huge fan of Dempsey. Too pretty. Tru Calling - sigh. Tried to watch it. Got bored. Flipped to Sondheim's Passion on PBS, only to realize, a) seen it before, and b) it didn't do much for me. The songs and rhythm sound too similar, not enough variance in key. I think Sondheim's earlier works are better. So flipped back. Gave up.
Called my mother to chat. Talked for a while. Tried Tru again. Saw the end, realized didn't miss much. That said? Still more watchable than Point Pleasant which grated on my nerves every time I tried to watch it, only to flip it off in either boredom or just disgust. Not surprised it was cancelled. Just wish we'd gotten to see Marti's first effort, Still Life - which had better actors and a more interesting/creative premise. Oh well.