| Written by Diana, on 25-09-2007 00:45 |
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Like I've said before, I'm not a fan of ... television. I don't like to be tied down and frankly, I don't like my emotions being controlled by corporate big shots and then shot down when they decide not to aire the show for some lame ass reason (Farscape, Profiler, Higher Ground). I was intrigued when I found out Mary-Kate Olson would be starting Weeds mid-season so I decided to see what it was all about. I'm a huge fan of David Duchovney so Californication just fit nicely into my schedule; however, I started watching Weeds with my father oddly enough and stopped because running in the room for weeds and out of the room thirty minutes later became a bit of a hassle, not to mention having to lug my laptop and wires all over the place.
Fittingly, Dexter has worked it's way into my weekly schedule due to it's humor and of course the adorable Michael C. Hall. I never watched him in Six Feet Under. That show just never caught on for me, very boring and a waste of time I could spend doing a million other things. I have to admit, when I stumbled across this site: "Smart Kitty" I was shocked. Not about the other characters, yes they're all very annoying, but about the voiceover. Big words and strong opinions does not a smart person make. You should really pick your site name carefully, I was actually expecting comments from a Smart kitty and instead I got winey the weener dog.
Dexter doesn't "share" anything. Being a serial killer does that to people, makes them paranoid they'll get caught. The voiceover gives the viewer detail about the character you couldn't otherwise get by even the greatest actor. I missed a good part of season one so there are some holes in the story but in an episode they replayed today there's a line when he's watching a sappy movie with his girlfriend and the voiceover says something like "if I don't blink maybe my eyes will start to water" where she's a crying mess and he thinks he should be feeling something. Little things like that require voiceover and frankly made me laugh, that "I feel your pain" sorta laugh. Little one-liners throw in a bit of humor as well as a bit more understanding of a character who doesn't talk much. Acting only goes so far. One-liners like "This box is empty, just like me" have to be taking in context, with the proper tone, and with the episode as a whole. You can't take that line and deam the series a failure without analysing it as a while. There's obviouly more to it than "Smart Kitty" can understand. Maybe I would have been impressed by the big words if I hadn't been let down by the not so smart monologue shoved in my face.
Televsion is obviously an individual experience. I loved West Wing, found it smart and funny, until about the fourth year, but most people I know got lost in the conversations. Apparently the characters talked too fast and used words with too many syllables. On the other hand, some people are die-hard Friends fans and were devistated when it went off the air, but I couldn't stand the constant same-ness. The story has been done a million times over with a different group of actors. Conversations you'd never have with people you'd never date in a coffee shop that wouldn't last ten years. The old sappy music when the "moral of the story" comes up. Life isn't quite so ridiculous.
If I have to watch something I'll turn on a documentary, reality such as Intervention or Code Blue, Keith Olbermann for some uncensored political opinion, or something I can tune out. If there's a story I have to follow, a contest, filtered news, etc., odds are I don't watch it. I don't need to know about the high/low speed chase, what celebrity was thrown in jail, or what stupid thing Bush said today, it's a waste of time and energy. There are too many important things that I could be doing to waste a second watching bad or useless television.
"...the complete nutter cliche` of driving west on Mulholland"
Last update: 25-09-2007 00:45
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