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Jul. 28th, 2010 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatFinally gotten around to watching Season 2, True Blood on DVD. Have come to the conclusion that watching two actors get naked and have sex on-screen does little for me. I'm not voyeuristic in the least. Or rather, watching Anna Pacquin and Stephen Moyer have sex doesn't do much for me. Just watched their sex scene and found my attention drifting to editing my church newsletter instead. Porn, meh. Granted, the characters of Sookie and Bill in the books didn't turn me on either. I found him annoyingly paternalistic, and her simpering to the degree in which I wanted to kick her. Eric and Sookie were more entertaining, partly because Sookie wasn't simpering with Eric. She actually told him off, and took control. But, Eric's a bit of asshole, a controlling one at that, she'd have to be a complete idiot to be simpering with Eric. This is in the books. I have no idea at this point what they'll be like in the tv series. Bill's more entertaining and less stiff in the tv series, will say that much. Eric? A bit more sociopathic, if that's possible. No, what saves the tv series - at least in the first season, were the characters Tara, Lafayette, and Sam. The vampires weren't all that interesting. Rumor has it - that Eric and Pam start to make their presence known in Seasons 2 and 3, and the series truly takes off, so we shall see.
It's not holding my interest in the same way Farscape did, the characters are sort of grating and, a bit stupid - most seem to be driven by their libidios and little else. Plus the dialogue is less than stellar - feels like an overwrought campy soap opera. It's campy fun, but oddly?
I enjoyed the less pornographic and far more subtle Vampire Diaries more. That could change of course.
Reviewing and Rec'ing things for other people is dicey. First off - people don't have the same tastes. So you have to think about their interests, what do they tend to like. For example - if your best bud watches shows like CSI, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and to your knowledge has never watched or voiced an interest in anything remotely of the gothic variety. In fact they make fun of vampire literature, and
Trekkers. I'd say you probably shouldn't share your Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD collection with them. However - they might enjoy Battle Star Galatica Version 2. But unlikely. If your best bud hates sitcoms, specifically physical/slapstick humor and sexual comedies, and has stated as much? Don't recommend Cougar Town and Two and a Half Men - they will look at you as if you are deranged. If they are burned out on the mystery genre, think government conspiracy stories or stories about aliens are silly, and weren't fans of The X-Files, it's probably a safe bet that they will not like Warehouse 13 - no matter how much you adore it. The trick is to figure out what the other person likes, and how their interests differ from yours. Most people just give other people stuff they love, forgetting that the other person may hate it.
This is why gift-giving can be hard, people often give other people things that they themselves want, not what the other person actually wants. The result? The person who received the gift, often feels as if the other person doesn't know you at all. What do you say? Thanks.
But...uh, could you have just given me a funny card instead? Of course not. You say thanks.
Then either re-gift it, or donate to the nearest thrift store.
It's not holding my interest in the same way Farscape did, the characters are sort of grating and, a bit stupid - most seem to be driven by their libidios and little else. Plus the dialogue is less than stellar - feels like an overwrought campy soap opera. It's campy fun, but oddly?
I enjoyed the less pornographic and far more subtle Vampire Diaries more. That could change of course.
Reviewing and Rec'ing things for other people is dicey. First off - people don't have the same tastes. So you have to think about their interests, what do they tend to like. For example - if your best bud watches shows like CSI, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and to your knowledge has never watched or voiced an interest in anything remotely of the gothic variety. In fact they make fun of vampire literature, and
Trekkers. I'd say you probably shouldn't share your Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD collection with them. However - they might enjoy Battle Star Galatica Version 2. But unlikely. If your best bud hates sitcoms, specifically physical/slapstick humor and sexual comedies, and has stated as much? Don't recommend Cougar Town and Two and a Half Men - they will look at you as if you are deranged. If they are burned out on the mystery genre, think government conspiracy stories or stories about aliens are silly, and weren't fans of The X-Files, it's probably a safe bet that they will not like Warehouse 13 - no matter how much you adore it. The trick is to figure out what the other person likes, and how their interests differ from yours. Most people just give other people stuff they love, forgetting that the other person may hate it.
This is why gift-giving can be hard, people often give other people things that they themselves want, not what the other person actually wants. The result? The person who received the gift, often feels as if the other person doesn't know you at all. What do you say? Thanks.
But...uh, could you have just given me a funny card instead? Of course not. You say thanks.
Then either re-gift it, or donate to the nearest thrift store.