tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post5392209386840569295..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: The End of 'The Affair' (a review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53207693966339573142016-10-18T12:44:02.719-07:002016-10-18T12:44:02.719-07:00Briane: I was specifically thinking of the charact...Briane: I was specifically thinking of the character of Renfield with the eating of the spiders. So, yes, characters acting within ways they might really act... unless they have a reason to act in some bizarre way.<br /><br />I don't remember much about Cloverfield other than how much I didn't like it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-4648158146711794192016-10-18T12:38:06.508-07:002016-10-18T12:38:06.508-07:00parsnip: Exactly.parsnip: Exactly.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-5016634919269361792016-10-18T12:37:19.180-07:002016-10-18T12:37:19.180-07:00ABftS: Well, not me. I was just pointing out that ...ABftS: Well, not me. I was just pointing out that other people think we're creepy.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-63864087323451658262016-10-18T12:36:48.894-07:002016-10-18T12:36:48.894-07:00Lee: Justified neither jumped the shark nor failed...Lee: Justified neither jumped the shark nor failed to have a resolution. Watch that one.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49169782957117137742016-10-18T07:21:08.082-07:002016-10-18T07:21:08.082-07:00Never saw it, and won't now.
The horror thing...Never saw it, and won't now.<br /><br />The horror thing is an interesting idea; I think it might be easier to explain, a bit? But I find the best horror is when people act in ways that are consistent with how they might really act if confronted by such a situation. That's one of the things I actually watch for in horror movies, now: Do the people behave in realistic ways, or if they do not, does the plot explain it?<br /><br />For example: Paranormal Activity was groundbreaking in ways people don't realize. It was, to my recollection, the first (or maybe the second, more in a moment) horror movie to explain (in a believable way) why the characters don't just leave: The demon follows Katie, rather than being located in a specific place. That's been the trope since then as horror movies adopted that.<br /><br />The first one I can think of that did that was "Poltergeist," where after things got REALLY bad, the family had to stay because Carol Ann had been sucked into the tv, and it was rational to think "well we'd better stay by the TV in the house where this happened," as scary as that was.<br /><br />It detracts from a movie or book in the same way if things don't make sense. In a similar vein, when I saw "Cloverfield," which was supposedly found footage, using a camera a guy had used to record a date with his girlfriend on the day a monster attacked or whatever, I was annoyed because there would be monster footage, and then date footage, which means the video-taker had to literally film the monster, then stop filming the monster, then advance the film so as not to tape over the date part, and then start taping the monster again. Lame. "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity" did found footage much better.<br /><br />The horrible people comment I'll save for another day. I've got to go get some work done.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-85098909049056840832016-10-17T16:12:02.415-07:002016-10-17T16:12:02.415-07:00Another blog I read sorta liked the first season b...Another blog I read sorta liked the first season but could not understand the second season and dropped it.<br />I haven't watched it.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-7358557728426277642016-10-17T13:13:19.625-07:002016-10-17T13:13:19.625-07:00Ugh, I'm really tired of shows revolving aroun...Ugh, I'm really tired of shows revolving around horrible people. I might be able to stomach it if it's interesting, and you do make the first season sound intriguing since I like character driven stories. But I think I'll avoid this one.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-61656862584958067422016-10-17T09:44:27.060-07:002016-10-17T09:44:27.060-07:00I do have Showtime, but I'm more of a Shameles...I do have Showtime, but I'm more of a Shameless/Penny Dreadful (minus the ending, UGH) kind of guy. This never grabbed me as something I wanted to see. Glad to hear my intuitions were right. Now then, did you just call us both creepy?A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-15635797593091003552016-10-17T07:11:33.943-07:002016-10-17T07:11:33.943-07:00Never heard of this and I'll be unlikely to se...Never heard of this and I'll be unlikely to see this. Just doesn't sound like my cup of tea. I've been watching more TV programs of late, but I haven't been particularly knocked over by any of them. Nearly all television shows eventually jump the shark as they start running out of steam. If they make it that far. Most of the shows I've really gotten into usually get taken off the air before they have any real resolution. That's what pisses me off most about episodic TV shows.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-10349678649204729012016-10-17T06:44:00.136-07:002016-10-17T06:44:00.136-07:00We don't have Showtime, so I won't be watc...We don't have Showtime, so I won't be watching it anyway.<br />Trying to bend the characters to fit the plot never works.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com