What Ellie's watching now...
Mar. 21st, 2011 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockI haven't done an update in a bit about tv shows, mostly because so little has caught my attention lately. Right now I'm really only watching a few shows religiously, RuPaul's Drag Race being at the top of the list. The season's almost over (down to the last 6 contestants) and I'm still rooting hard for my girl Raja. But honestly I'll be ok so long as it's not Shangela :(
What else? My other must watch show is the animated 60's/modern day spy series Archer. I got hooked season one but this season I'm mega-super-hooked. Seriously I try not to plan things on Thursday nights so I can catch the latest ep when it airs. But if you combine a 60's aesthetic with an inept super spy organization (all the passwords on their computers remains "Guest"), a self absorbed mama's boy lead spy, his ex-girlfriend, the super hot number two, a mad scientist, and the drones including a Hobbit-obsessed IT guy, dairy-obsessed HR person and a seriously ditzy, fetish-obsessed personal assistant, you've pretty much got my attention. Yeah, it's got me bad, but honestly the dialogue...
Lana: You want to see crazy?!
Archer: No! I've seen that movie and, spoiler alert, it ends with a closet full of my suits on fire!
Lana: I wish you'd been wearing one!
Archer: Who would want to wear an on-fire suit!
Lana: Cosplay enthusiasts!
Archer: What?
Lana: Wait! No! Shit!
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[Lana slaps Archer]
Lana: I want you to listen to me.
Archer: Then unperforate my eardrum.
Lana: Un... head up your ass.
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Malory: But they were blanks! Weren't they?
Archer: Only if the back of his skull picked that exact moment to explode outwards.
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Woodhouse: Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face and she says she can't go to hospital because she's quote, 'tripping balls'.
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Pam: And that's the reason I never have sex with my coworkers. That ... and no one ever lets me.
Krieger: I've had good results with ether.
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Lana: We'll never catch him in this thing!
Archer: Maybe you should've thought about that before you blew the damn drop!
Lana: I blew jack shit!
Archer: Name dropper.
Seriously, if I don't end up doubled over howling at something that gets said or done on every single episode I'm stunned. The phrase, "Holy shit snacks!" and "You're not my supervisor!" have also become a regular part of my vocabulary for better or worse. Watch this show. I mean it, watch this show. If you're local and want to give it a go I've got season one on DVD and am happy to share.
I'm also tuning in to "Breakout Kings" which is apparently from the nice folks that brought us "Prison Break", a show I never watched. So why am I watching "Breakout Kings"? Two words, Jimmi Simpson. Seriously I saw him on the ads for the show and I said, "Oooh, your character is already my favorite one." Sure enough I enjoy his character, a squirrely little child prodigy gone to seed and serving time for something related to a rather serious gambling problem. He starts out the show in a rather ambiguous scene where, if you read between the lines, he's a larger inmate's "bitch". He assists his "daddy" in a poker game by reading one of the other players a little too accurately. It's a nice scene, allowing us to see a) why the character would be keen to get out of prison early by helping out the cops catching escaped criminals, b) what he's good at, particularly his psychological background and c) what undoubtedly led to his downfall in the first place. The occasional calls from his mother add in a bit of extra spice.
While I adore him and think he's elegantly crafted and created by both the writers and the actor playing him, I can't say much for the rest of the show. It's rather poorly scripted usually, the action is kind of pathetic more often than not. It doesn't make much sense that the police would go in this direction to catch criminals with criminals, but I can let that go. The other characters are kind of one-dimensional and I tend to spend their scenes rather impatiently waiting for Jimmi to come back onscreen. Indeed often the criminals being pursued are way more interesting than the main characters, which is kind of sad. Can't give it a thumb's up, but I'd happily watch an entire series based on just the one character any day.
What else? My other must watch show is the animated 60's/modern day spy series Archer. I got hooked season one but this season I'm mega-super-hooked. Seriously I try not to plan things on Thursday nights so I can catch the latest ep when it airs. But if you combine a 60's aesthetic with an inept super spy organization (all the passwords on their computers remains "Guest"), a self absorbed mama's boy lead spy, his ex-girlfriend, the super hot number two, a mad scientist, and the drones including a Hobbit-obsessed IT guy, dairy-obsessed HR person and a seriously ditzy, fetish-obsessed personal assistant, you've pretty much got my attention. Yeah, it's got me bad, but honestly the dialogue...
Lana: You want to see crazy?!
Archer: No! I've seen that movie and, spoiler alert, it ends with a closet full of my suits on fire!
Lana: I wish you'd been wearing one!
Archer: Who would want to wear an on-fire suit!
Lana: Cosplay enthusiasts!
Archer: What?
Lana: Wait! No! Shit!
-------
[Lana slaps Archer]
Lana: I want you to listen to me.
Archer: Then unperforate my eardrum.
Lana: Un... head up your ass.
-------
Malory: But they were blanks! Weren't they?
Archer: Only if the back of his skull picked that exact moment to explode outwards.
------
Woodhouse: Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face and she says she can't go to hospital because she's quote, 'tripping balls'.
------
Pam: And that's the reason I never have sex with my coworkers. That ... and no one ever lets me.
Krieger: I've had good results with ether.
------
Lana: We'll never catch him in this thing!
Archer: Maybe you should've thought about that before you blew the damn drop!
Lana: I blew jack shit!
Archer: Name dropper.
Seriously, if I don't end up doubled over howling at something that gets said or done on every single episode I'm stunned. The phrase, "Holy shit snacks!" and "You're not my supervisor!" have also become a regular part of my vocabulary for better or worse. Watch this show. I mean it, watch this show. If you're local and want to give it a go I've got season one on DVD and am happy to share.
I'm also tuning in to "Breakout Kings" which is apparently from the nice folks that brought us "Prison Break", a show I never watched. So why am I watching "Breakout Kings"? Two words, Jimmi Simpson. Seriously I saw him on the ads for the show and I said, "Oooh, your character is already my favorite one." Sure enough I enjoy his character, a squirrely little child prodigy gone to seed and serving time for something related to a rather serious gambling problem. He starts out the show in a rather ambiguous scene where, if you read between the lines, he's a larger inmate's "bitch". He assists his "daddy" in a poker game by reading one of the other players a little too accurately. It's a nice scene, allowing us to see a) why the character would be keen to get out of prison early by helping out the cops catching escaped criminals, b) what he's good at, particularly his psychological background and c) what undoubtedly led to his downfall in the first place. The occasional calls from his mother add in a bit of extra spice.
While I adore him and think he's elegantly crafted and created by both the writers and the actor playing him, I can't say much for the rest of the show. It's rather poorly scripted usually, the action is kind of pathetic more often than not. It doesn't make much sense that the police would go in this direction to catch criminals with criminals, but I can let that go. The other characters are kind of one-dimensional and I tend to spend their scenes rather impatiently waiting for Jimmi to come back onscreen. Indeed often the criminals being pursued are way more interesting than the main characters, which is kind of sad. Can't give it a thumb's up, but I'd happily watch an entire series based on just the one character any day.
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Date: 2011-03-22 06:17 am (UTC)