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Dear crazy network marketing folks, please stop it already with the hyperbole ads for "How to Get Away With Murder". I'm sorry but there' s nothing about the series How to Get Away with Murder that is the least bit jaw dropping, shocking, or surprising. Well, not unless you've never seen a trashy soap opera or watched a Sydney Sheldon or Judith Krantz mini-series. It's rather disappointing to tune in and discover - well, nothing shocking happened. If I hadn't been told in a million commercials - I might actually have been surprised or shocked. But telling me ahead of time - sort of results in disappointment.
I've just binge watched the 6-7 episodes of "Murder" and...while compelling here and there, it's sort of predictable. With one exception, I've seen the plot twists coming a mile away. ( Read more... )
On a brighter note? Saw Once Upon a Time tonight which continues to surprise me. I really didn't see the latest plot twist coming and it works. They built up to it rather well.
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Oh as an aside, a friend related a story about a six year child that she is teaching, who is watching The Walking Dead - most likely with his 14 year old sister.
People? There are parental blocks on your cable boxes for a reason - utilize them. This is not rocket science. The Walking Dead is not a television series that anyone under the age of 18 should be watching - hence the 10 pm time slot, and "this program is for Mature Audiences Only, Parental Supervision is Strongly Advised, not intended for young audiences". The fact that people need to be told this...is mind-boggling, the fact that they ignore it...
Although it is possible he was watching it at a friend's house. My mother told me that she'd found it impossible to monitor half the things we saw - often at friend's houses, on the sly (true - I snuck in to see a PG-13 movie with a friend when I was 8 years old - it was "Fun with Dick and Jane" (the first version - hello, 1970s, Jim Carry and Tea Lonie were 8 years old back then). Ironically? 10 years later, I could probably have watched it on tv at 3pm. But hey, at the time, it was risque, and I got grounded. My brother meanwhile snuck in to see Porky's - at the age of 14. Of course this was after our parents accidentally took us to see Excalibar. So never mind.
I've just binge watched the 6-7 episodes of "Murder" and...while compelling here and there, it's sort of predictable. With one exception, I've seen the plot twists coming a mile away. ( Read more... )
On a brighter note? Saw Once Upon a Time tonight which continues to surprise me. I really didn't see the latest plot twist coming and it works. They built up to it rather well.
( spoilers )
Oh as an aside, a friend related a story about a six year child that she is teaching, who is watching The Walking Dead - most likely with his 14 year old sister.
People? There are parental blocks on your cable boxes for a reason - utilize them. This is not rocket science. The Walking Dead is not a television series that anyone under the age of 18 should be watching - hence the 10 pm time slot, and "this program is for Mature Audiences Only, Parental Supervision is Strongly Advised, not intended for young audiences". The fact that people need to be told this...is mind-boggling, the fact that they ignore it...
Although it is possible he was watching it at a friend's house. My mother told me that she'd found it impossible to monitor half the things we saw - often at friend's houses, on the sly (true - I snuck in to see a PG-13 movie with a friend when I was 8 years old - it was "Fun with Dick and Jane" (the first version - hello, 1970s, Jim Carry and Tea Lonie were 8 years old back then). Ironically? 10 years later, I could probably have watched it on tv at 3pm. But hey, at the time, it was risque, and I got grounded. My brother meanwhile snuck in to see Porky's - at the age of 14. Of course this was after our parents accidentally took us to see Excalibar. So never mind.