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[shadowkat]

1. I'm enjoying True Blood more than the critics and everyone else is apparently. I actually liked last year better than the previous years, and this episode better. In part because I'm really NOT a Bill fan, so the direction they've taken with the character works for me - it is more or less how I saw him. And, well, I adore the introduction of Rutger Hauer - he's in some respects playing a much much older version of the character he portrayed in the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or at least as far as I can tell.
I'm admittedly a Rutger Hauer fan - yes, I've watched all of his B movies including The Osterman Weekend and Flesh and Blood, I think it was called Flesh and Blood, it's been a while. And my favorite Hauer films are: 1) Ladyhawk, 2) Blade Runner, 3) Nighthawks, and 4) The Hitcher. He plays the villain in the last three films.

The other reason I love True Blood in the later seasons is what they've done in regards to Tara and Pam, who have become wickedly cool.

2. Mad Men is good, but can Don Draper be any more of a misogynistic ass? He's a nasty piece of work this season. I feel sorry for his wife. Morale? Don't marry pretty men or women for that matter. Everyone else, on the other hand, is rather interesting.



I'm still way behind. Currently on the episode where Joan is taken to the hospital and Peggy has moved back to Draper, Sterling, Campbell, Price - because they merged with the firm she was head copy editor at.

In this episode Don asks the woman he's sleeping with (the actress who was on Freaks & Geeks and ER) to basically be his sex slave. I'm wondering if Matt Weiner read 50 Shades of Grey during the summer? He tells her to stay in bed all day naked and wait for him. He buys her a beautiful red dress to wear but just for him. And tells her that she should live only to please him and only to need him. While he's doing all this, it's hard not to remember that he slut-shammed Megan two episodes back - when he watched her do a fake sex scene for a soap opera. Telling Megan that kissing guys for a tv show was similar to prostitution. Then he turns around and has sex with her next door neighbor.

I so want him to get caught. And have Megan take him for all he's worth.

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[lizziebuffy2008.livejournal.com]

I liked last season of True Blood as well. The first episode this season has me somewhat confused, but I enjoyed it. I think Steven Moyer makes a much better director than a character (as Bill.)

I think the reason most people did not like last season is because it veered so far from the books, but since from what I hear, most people are really pissed about the last book, let's hope it keeps veering...

To change the subject - Not to freak you out, but has the doctor said anything about immobility and blood clots? I just recently heard about a couple of athletes, both with a broken foot that developed blood clots due to the immobility. I am not sure if their's was long term or if it effected them because they were elite athletes, but it made we think I should mention it. I know that people break things all of the time and cannot get around, but maybe it is worth asking about?

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Not to freak you out, but has the doctor said anything about immobility and blood clots? I just recently heard about a couple of athletes, both with a broken foot that developed blood clots due to the immobility. I am not sure if their's was long term or if it effected them because they were elite athletes, but it made we think I should mention it. I know that people break things all of the time and cannot get around, but maybe it is worth asking about?

No worries. We already went down that road on Monday, when my left foot swelled up for apparently no reason. (too much naproxen sodium - limiting to once not twice a day now). I went and saw a vascular surgeon (who specializes in this sort of thing) and had a sonogram check for blood clots in both legs. Nothing. Fine.

Also it should be noted that I'm not completely immobile. I can't be. I have to get up and fix food for myself, hobble down and up two flights of steps in my apart to open the door for people - for Fresh Direct (groceries), laundry pick-up, and to get out to see doctors.
It's not like I'm in the hospital or living in a house with people waiting on me. I live by myself. So I hop about a lot. LOL!

I think the reason most people did not like last season is because it veered so far from the books, but since from what I hear, most people are really pissed about the last book, let's hope it keeps veering...

Agreed. Seriously, considering how bad the books are..I read five of them, and if it is possible to get worse as you go, Harris found a way. Lazy writing and bad plotting. The fifth one was unreadable. I gave up. Harris reminds me a little of LK Hamilton...she decided the story should be about how many gothic creatures the heroine can shag, and just threw a convoluted plot into the mix for kicks.

I also agree that Stephen Moyer is a better director than actor. Skarsgaard is the actor (Eric), and he's been getting a lot of films lately as a result. He's actually the only one who is.

[lizziebuffy2008.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I am glad that was one of the things they checked. It is scary how you reacted to the Naproxen; is that a problem that a lot of people have with it. I have high blood pressure (controlled with meds,) so I imagine it is something I should never take.

Also it should be noted that I'm not completely immobile. I can't be.
I figured that you were not, but I was not sure how often that you got deliveries, etc.

Agreed. Seriously, considering how bad the books are..I read five of them, and if it is possible to get worse as you go, Harris found a way. Lazy writing and bad plotting. The fifth one was unreadable. I gave up. Harris reminds me a little of LK Hamilton...she decided the story should be about how many gothic creatures the heroine can shag, and just threw a convoluted plot into the mix for kicks.

I have not read any of them. I started to, but then I heard so many people say they were badly written that I thought better of it. She got a huge amount of backlash from the last book, both from shippers and just regular fans. Most people said the plots made no sense, Sookie acted completely out of character, and the last 30 pages or so felt rushed and like she was sick of the characters...

As an aside; hubby asked me last night if I would stop watching it if they killed Eric off. I honestly could not tell him yes or no. I would rather they kill him than do what she did to him in the last book, but he is a big reason I kept watching, although I like the Pam/Tara dynamic. The werewolf thing leaves me bored and I though the were-panther thing was ridiculous. I don't mind the faeries and I like some of the comic relief, so I guess we will see what this season brings.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Naproxen Sodium 550 mg has a certain level of sodium in it. And it only happens when you have too much of it. It was proscribed for twice a day.
When I only took it once a day it was fine. Also I was eating too much salt - chips, salt on eggs, etc. When I limited the salt intake and reduced naproxen to once a day, at night, with food and plenty of water (which is what the pharmacy suggested strongly) - I'm fine.

You just have to be careful - but that's true of all meds. ;-)

Regarding deliveries? More often than you'd think - two today, will deal with two tomorrow most likely. Since have to do laundry.

Also, I have to get up to fix meals, go to the bathroom, go to bed, ...it's not like I'm confined to bed. ;-)

I honestly could not tell him yes or no. I would rather they kill him than do what she did to him in the last book, but he is a big reason I kept watching,

What did Harris do to Eric in the books? I stopped before that point.

The books have horrifically bad dialogue. It's beyond stupid. I honestly don't know how people stuck with them past the fifth. The second book - Club Dead, and Dead in Dallas are good, all the others...not worth the effort.

I read somewhere that in the last two books - Harris decided to break up Eric and Sookie and put her with Sam.

The werewolf thing leaves me bored and I though the were-panther thing was ridiculous. I don't mind the faeries and I like some of the comic relief, so I guess we will see what this season brings.

Agreed. I'm admittedly not a fan of werewolves. Prefer zombies and considering I'm not a fan of zombies that is saying something. I found Sam who shifts into all sorts of creatures sort of interesting, but he has the worst arcs. Werewolves bore me, I find them silly and sort of limiting. The only tv series that did them half well was Being Human.

[lizziebuffy2008.livejournal.com]

I don't know exactly what happened with Eric; but the gist I have gotten is that he marries (or becomes the sex slave of; depending on who is commenting) the vampire queen of Oklahoma and offers Sookie position as his mistress.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

2. Mad Men is good, but can Don Draper be any more of a misogynistic ass?

I would say no, but he's repeatedly proven otherwise.

Don is a narcissistic dick who destroys other people because he externalizes his own self-loathing. Oh and he has aboslutely zero respect for women as an entire gender.

And you may want to check out Tom and Lorenzo's Mad Men Style columns. They're really interesting.

http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/tag/mad-style

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I agree with your analysis of Don Draper. In the episode I just watched, the writer attempts to provide insight to Don's character - with a series of flashbacks to the whorehouse in which he was raised, and an abusive mother - who ran the whorehouse, who looks quite a bit like the woman he was having the affair with. To such a degree, that his treatment of that woman during and after the affair is unsettling.

I used to find the character somewhat attractive, now, I find him repulsive.

Adored Joan's statement to him - and how she rips him apart at one point.
Along with Peggy's.

It's weird but I actually think Pete Campbell is more likable than Don Draper.

Thanks for the link, will check it out.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I looked at the link and now I find myself hyper-aware of the blue and yellow color schemes throughout. They are right there is a discernible pattern. Not sure what it means but it is there.

LOL!

The misogyny and chauvinism of the men in this series is horrific, albeit realistic. The entertainment, publishing and advertising (aka creative industries are notorious for it.) Weirdly, I've seen less of it at the Railroad, you'd think it would be the opposite? May be the fact that we are a state agency.

[shapinglight]

I loved season 5 of True Blood. I thought it was the best since season 2. In fact, I preferred it to season 2. I can't understand what all the carping is about.

And yes, Pam/Tara was one of the reasons why I loved it so much. Tara as a character had really hit a brick wall until she got made a vampire. Best thing they've ever done with her.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

So agree. My favorite season was 5 as well. I wonder if this may because neither of us care one way or the other about Sookie?

S5 had Bill/Eric and Pam/Tara.

And yep, the best thing they ever did was make Tara a vampire - now she's completely kick-ass.