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Apr. 17th, 2011 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatWatching the new version of Upstairs, Downstairs on PBS, not so bad. I find the old lady sort of intriguing. Reminds me a bit of Godsford Park. But not nearly as good as Downton Abbey. And yes, I apparently have a weakness for parlour dramas or costume dramas, not to be confused with historical dramas...historicals have famous people in them and seem to have little to do with actual history so much as what we sort of wish it was. Not a fan of historicals. Prefer actual history. Possibly a side-effect of having a father who was a historian, albeit a frustrated one.
After checking out the cost of subscribing to HBO and HBO on Demand, they don't have an HBO on Demand or HBO only option, damn them, I chose to pass and wait for all of this to come out on DVD.
Difficult day. Did not enjoy church, felt oddly disconnected. The attempt to connect to other people often feels thwart with the obstacles of my own and their baggage. If we could just dispense with the baggage or throw it to a valet or bellboy to carry somewhere else...life would be so much simpler, I think.
Otherwise, lovely outside - if a bit windy.
Yesterday - watched both The Good Wife and Justified . Enjoyed both, but The Good Wife was more fun and had better details. Justified felt a bit off in places...not quite sure it hangs together as well. That said, there is a rather brilliant scene in Justified between the two old women, Mags Bennet and Helen Gibbons, about how they've kept the peace in Harlan between their families all these years and must continue to do so. And I continue to adore Olyphant's Raylins and Walter Goggin's Boyde. Although will state Boyd's Ava is more appealing than Winona, who grates on my nerves. She's so jittery.
The Good Wife had a rather clever political joke inside it - that I realized, after reading my livejournal correspondence list (flist), really did not translate across the pond. The actor, lobbyist, former Senator, and Republican Presidential Candidate - Fred Thompson (who played the District Attorney in Law & Order for about 15 years), basically played himself on The Good Wife.
I howled with laughter when I figured it out.
This is one of the few shows that having a legal background and a knowledge of local midwestern politics makes the show actually more interesting and not cringe-worthy. I can't watch 85% of the criminal procedurals and legal procedurals on tv because I know too much about the process not to roll my eyes heavenward at the idiocy. Here, I grin at the accuracy. And the critique. This show is so detailed. You have to rewind to catch certain bits.
Also it's detailed analysis of how power works in the US, and how women struggle for it - is dead on. The acting is pitch-perfect. America Ferrara demonstrates her versatility - she's unrecognizable from Ugly Betty. And Julianne Marguiles' understated performance continues to resonate long after she's left the screen. So, she didn't get an Emmy, she got a Peabody.
And I hate the fact that I have to wait three weeks before the next episode.
After checking out the cost of subscribing to HBO and HBO on Demand, they don't have an HBO on Demand or HBO only option, damn them, I chose to pass and wait for all of this to come out on DVD.
Difficult day. Did not enjoy church, felt oddly disconnected. The attempt to connect to other people often feels thwart with the obstacles of my own and their baggage. If we could just dispense with the baggage or throw it to a valet or bellboy to carry somewhere else...life would be so much simpler, I think.
Otherwise, lovely outside - if a bit windy.
Yesterday - watched both The Good Wife and Justified . Enjoyed both, but The Good Wife was more fun and had better details. Justified felt a bit off in places...not quite sure it hangs together as well. That said, there is a rather brilliant scene in Justified between the two old women, Mags Bennet and Helen Gibbons, about how they've kept the peace in Harlan between their families all these years and must continue to do so. And I continue to adore Olyphant's Raylins and Walter Goggin's Boyde. Although will state Boyd's Ava is more appealing than Winona, who grates on my nerves. She's so jittery.
The Good Wife had a rather clever political joke inside it - that I realized, after reading my livejournal correspondence list (flist), really did not translate across the pond. The actor, lobbyist, former Senator, and Republican Presidential Candidate - Fred Thompson (who played the District Attorney in Law & Order for about 15 years), basically played himself on The Good Wife.
I howled with laughter when I figured it out.
This is one of the few shows that having a legal background and a knowledge of local midwestern politics makes the show actually more interesting and not cringe-worthy. I can't watch 85% of the criminal procedurals and legal procedurals on tv because I know too much about the process not to roll my eyes heavenward at the idiocy. Here, I grin at the accuracy. And the critique. This show is so detailed. You have to rewind to catch certain bits.
Also it's detailed analysis of how power works in the US, and how women struggle for it - is dead on. The acting is pitch-perfect. America Ferrara demonstrates her versatility - she's unrecognizable from Ugly Betty. And Julianne Marguiles' understated performance continues to resonate long after she's left the screen. So, she didn't get an Emmy, she got a Peabody.
And I hate the fact that I have to wait three weeks before the next episode.