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Bates Motel.
Getting weirder.
Weirder is good.
Getting weirder.
Weirder is good.
I'm beginning to think Shikpa is lesser of a young actor than I realized. She's been the blessed benefactor of great to good writing, and it has created an illusion. I often feel she's acting to a mark, rather than creating the feel she's in a conversation or situation with another actor. The episode of Mad Men where she and her father were in a diner, having an argument (she doesn't want anything to eat and then takes a bite of his burger?). The way they filmed that scene was him, then her, then him, then her. I don't think they showed them together in a single shot until panning out. She was acting to a mark, short phrase after short phrase. That scene reminded me of this bite at Serandon. She's not making me believe she's reacting with the other actor. She's not making me wonder if she's talking at the camera. Maybe it's her phrasing, because it never feels natural or fluid. It's robotic and strange.
It's one of my very few complaints about Mad Men. I'm a fanatical, forgiving fanboy. It didn't happen often, but it was an approach, or technique, they used more than once. I really did not care for it, and at its worst, it was that diner scene. You've got THOSE words, that research, that talent, and all the highest echelon makings, and we're going through entire scenes of rather intense dialog with the two actors almost never, if ever, in the same shot. To me, it's a recipe for error. The editing has to be too perfect. The acting has to be too perfect. The cameras and continuity have to be too perfect. It's a conversation. Keep it simple.As far as that scene between Don and Sally in the diner, likely they shot it all the way through first a couple of times for a master shot as a two-shot of both of them, then redid it some more times for the closeups on each. Probably they cut it several ways using the best takes on each line, until they came up with what played the best. I doubt that there was a secret technique of mostly shooting Sally by herself... though I guess now it's something I'll watch for in future viewings of Mad Men.
...the acting on Feud in general is often broad and stilted. It's verging on a World of Ham!...
Was 71 today, suppose to hit 75 tomorrow! I'll think of you tomorrow Worf, while wearing my short sleeve shirt. If it makes you feel any better, I will be shoveling out tomorrow, need to get some more dirt out of the basement.The Weather Channel... 2 Feet of snow outside and counting. Rassah frassah... rassah...
Worf
I will probably give it a shot again at some point. It was weak in so many ways so it will be some time before it gets that chance.
Was 71 today, suppose to hit 75 tomorrow! I'll think of you tomorrow Worf, while wearing my short sleeve shirt. If it makes you feel any better, I will be shoveling out tomorrow, need to get some more dirt out of the basement.
Thank you for the recommendations. We are always looking for more good tv.Given what you've said so far, don't bother.
As a make up, may I suggest either (or both) Line of Duty or The Fall. Both are on Canadian Netflix, perhaps you've got them available too.
Thank you for the recommendations. We are always looking for more good tv.
Regular broadcast truly has become your Dad's Oldsmobile. Once in awhile, a show like "The Black List" pops up, but it's not worth dredging through the swamp for the one or two good one: you just wait until they come to Netflix or Amazon or somewhere where you can stream it without commercials and enjoy it then. The old model's breaking and networks are going to shattered sooner or later.
Mercy Street canceled. No season 3. In great part due to funding. season 2 didn't have stellar numbers, but it had the highest numbers since Downton Abbey and good enough numbers to warrant another season. Funding. PBS is clearly hurting. If you notice, they're using every opportunity to fund raise. During the Patsy Cline American Masters, it was broken up to fund raise and offer the DVD sets as enticement. After the final episode of Victoria, they ran a 30-minute program that was basically an opportunity to fund raise and sell DVD sets. It's sad to see PBS in this position. Some say it is a good and right thing that it has to compete in a more normal way, but I don't agree. Quality programming. Substantive programming. Where children, young people, and adults can learn and enjoy without the constant barrage of advertising. It's a good example. It's a necessary example in a world where everything is made to be about commerce and consumerism. It's one of the last examples of programming that demands an attention span. You don't get the opportunity to tune out every 3.5 minutes for another 3.5 minutes of commercials. That alone should be valued on some level, correct? Apologies for the rant, but screw politics.
Sun Records. Any way you look at it, Colonel Parker was a first class con man! I always wounder what if Elvis had cut off Parker, and later, The Memphis Mafia?
Humans. anyone else still watching this? There's some really smart conflicts and compounded conflicts explored under the synth gaining consciousness and self-awareness premise. I'm impressed with the story and the synth characters they're developing. A lot of shows wouldn't bother with such a keen sense of the minutiae. Another quality British show.
Line of Duty is an internal affairs based series. The first season has Lennie "Walking Dead" and "Snatch" James as the subject officer.
The Fall is set in Belfast, with two very good reasons to watch - Gillian and Anderson.
It centres on a typical sado-sexual killer, loosely based on a Canadian murderer, form RCAF officer Russell Williams. Here, he is played by Jamie Dornan in a creepy fashion.
He is known now for those horrid Fifty Shades of Crap films.
Here in the UK, if you own a TV you must pay the TV license (about GBP9.00 a month)
The Fall has been on our "To Watch" list for a while. It will be moved up the list. Once again, thank you and much appreciated.Line of Duty is an internal affairs based series. The first season has Lennie "Walking Dead" and "Snatch" James as the subject officer.
The Fall is set in Belfast, with two very good reasons to watch - Gillian and Anderson.
It centres on a typical sado-sexual killer, loosely based on a Canadian murderer, form RCAF officer Russell Williams. Here, he is played by Jamie Dornan in a creepy fashion.
He is known now for those horrid Fifty Shades of Crap films.