Okay, so this blog post actually has very little to do with porn, but I thought it would be a catchy title. What this post is about is the fact that Brian and I have someone got sucked into a bunch of new TV shows, despite the fact that every year we promise not to. But this year, there are some really good shows on!
One show we've been watching is on Tuesdays on Fox and it's called "Fringe." It's about a female FBI agent who's called upon to investigate strange phenomena. (Sounds familiar right?) Well, her partners in crime are this old scientist guy who's own work from the 70's and 80's might be the cause of all this. He's been in a mental institution for 17 years, and she needs his help. The only way to get him out of the loony bin is for his estranged genius son to check him out and be his guardian. And the estranged genius son is played by none other than Pacey, Joshua Jackson! It's been on twice so far, and it's pretty good. It's produced by JJ Abrahms, who does "LOST" (which comes back in early 2009, BTW). So, it should be good. Everything he does generally is good and successful. (Hopefully, including the new Star Trek movie coming out in May 2009!) I hope it lasts, as I feel like it can fill my sci-fi void.
Okay, so the other new show we've been watching is where the porno comes in. It's called "True Blood" and it's on HBO on Sunday nights. It's the story of a telepathic waitress in Louisiana who meets and gets involved with a vampire named Bill. Yes, I said vampire. The premise behind this show is that the Japanese have perfected synthetic blood, so vampires have "come out of the coffin" (haha) and are now living among us out in the open. Because they can buy this synthetic blood right from the store in six packs like beer (even flavored by blood type), they no longer need to feed on humans for survival (although it appears that some still like to, i.e., the bad ones). The porn comes in because, thus far, it has been pretty sexually explicit, way more than I expected. I mean, tying people up, videotaping, etc. I guess I should have realized, it is on HBO. Most of that so far has centered around the main female character's brother, who is a real horndog and kind of gross, but in a comic way in that he means no harm. I'm sure as the show progresses, the two main characters will go in that direction, as it's clear they're developing a romance. But I hope the show isn't as explicit with them as it's been with other characters. I think I'd get grossed out. As the show progresses, I'm not sure if I'm going to like it long term. I've never really been into vampire lore, and I don't like violence very much, and I also think that the show will get more violent as it progresses. There is already a murder mystery in progress. So we'll see if this show is long term viewing.
That's what been going on with us! Just watching too much TV. And my work has gone from 0 to 60, so all of a sudden, I'm very busy! It's a little overwhelming. Right now I'm just chilling, watching the always fun "13 Going on 30" on FX, and I should get up and go exercise. Blah!
One show we've been watching is on Tuesdays on Fox and it's called "Fringe." It's about a female FBI agent who's called upon to investigate strange phenomena. (Sounds familiar right?) Well, her partners in crime are this old scientist guy who's own work from the 70's and 80's might be the cause of all this. He's been in a mental institution for 17 years, and she needs his help. The only way to get him out of the loony bin is for his estranged genius son to check him out and be his guardian. And the estranged genius son is played by none other than Pacey, Joshua Jackson! It's been on twice so far, and it's pretty good. It's produced by JJ Abrahms, who does "LOST" (which comes back in early 2009, BTW). So, it should be good. Everything he does generally is good and successful. (Hopefully, including the new Star Trek movie coming out in May 2009!) I hope it lasts, as I feel like it can fill my sci-fi void.
Okay, so the other new show we've been watching is where the porno comes in. It's called "True Blood" and it's on HBO on Sunday nights. It's the story of a telepathic waitress in Louisiana who meets and gets involved with a vampire named Bill. Yes, I said vampire. The premise behind this show is that the Japanese have perfected synthetic blood, so vampires have "come out of the coffin" (haha) and are now living among us out in the open. Because they can buy this synthetic blood right from the store in six packs like beer (even flavored by blood type), they no longer need to feed on humans for survival (although it appears that some still like to, i.e., the bad ones). The porn comes in because, thus far, it has been pretty sexually explicit, way more than I expected. I mean, tying people up, videotaping, etc. I guess I should have realized, it is on HBO. Most of that so far has centered around the main female character's brother, who is a real horndog and kind of gross, but in a comic way in that he means no harm. I'm sure as the show progresses, the two main characters will go in that direction, as it's clear they're developing a romance. But I hope the show isn't as explicit with them as it's been with other characters. I think I'd get grossed out. As the show progresses, I'm not sure if I'm going to like it long term. I've never really been into vampire lore, and I don't like violence very much, and I also think that the show will get more violent as it progresses. There is already a murder mystery in progress. So we'll see if this show is long term viewing.
That's what been going on with us! Just watching too much TV. And my work has gone from 0 to 60, so all of a sudden, I'm very busy! It's a little overwhelming. Right now I'm just chilling, watching the always fun "13 Going on 30" on FX, and I should get up and go exercise. Blah!
2 comments:
HBO shows do tend to show gratuitous amount of nudity/genitalia. It really shocking at first, and then you remember that it's HBO - it's what they do. April and I watched all of Six Feet Under and I watched the first seasons of both Deadwood and Rome. Each series sucked me in, but I had to push through the "porn".
btw. Six Feet Under was a REALLY enjoyable watch. It was written/created by Alan Ball, the same guy who is creating True Blood. It follows a funeral director's family dealing with the loss of it's patriarch. The whole series deals with life and death. The series finale was, imo, the best series ender I've ever seen.
JB:
First, I'd like to thank you for the comment posting! Second, yeah I've also watched HBO shows in the past, and they do show alot of unnecessary stuff. Brian loved Rome, we watched it all, but there was an awful lot of full frontal nudity. I just didn't even think about it with this show, and it caught me off guard. We watched True Blood again on Sunday, and it was better with the nudity, but it had some other stuff that just had me rolling my eyes. We'll see how it goes. It's just HBO shows tend to be of such high quality otherwise, you deal with the yucky stuff.
PS--You and my friend Kate from South Bend ought to talk. She's also a HUGE Six Feet Under fan.
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