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[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Concur.

I wanted it to be smart and witty. It wasn't. It was just ponderous.

Phoenix, J., concurring in part, and dissenting in part. I thought that it generally was smart and witty, but they needed new subject matter. There were bright spots in the later episodes, but it gave off a vibe that the show was being written as it was tanking, and the writers gave up overall, other than an occasional flash in the pan.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by John Phoenix
Phoenix, J., concurring in part, and dissenting in part. I thought that it generally was smart and witty, but they needed new subject matter. There were bright spots in the later episodes, but it gave off a vibe that the show was being written as it was tanking, and the writers gave up overall, other than an occasional flash in the pan.

I thought it was pretentious and I don't like my television shows to treat me like I'm an idiot who needs to be taught important life lessons on the boob tube. Entertain me, bitches, or I will switch the channel to something that can.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by barely_legal
Unfortunately Studio 60 was one of the only new shows last year that I decided to watch from the beginning. I gave up about 5 shows in. What a disappointment.

I didn't start watching Grey's Anatomy at the beginning bc it was a mid-season replacement show, but I caught up on the reruns that first summer and have been watching since. It's very watchable, but the characters are idiots. And the characters who aren't idiots (George's wife; Bailey) the writers are doing their best to turn into idiots this season.

Is Madmen something that can be watched and understood without watchiing previous episodes? I don't have Showtime but I caught the first season of Dexter on DVD a few weeks ago. Very very very different from the books. I'm on the wait list at the library for the most recent book, I hope it doesn't pale in comparison to the series now. I think the series is actually better than the books, but maybe that's bc there were only 2 books published before the series started.

Mad Men you could enjoy episode by episode. Tonight is the season finale. Of course there are story lines you may not catch, but the period aspects I think would be fun on their own.

speaking of 60s period things, I did something Saturday I have never done before. I have always wanted a barber shave, I just have never found a barber that still gives shaves. Once in Chicago I found old Italian guys, and thought I had found it, but they told me they had stopped a year before.

My mother in law hears this and tells me there is a barber in her senior apartment that gives shaves, so she books me.

The guy is 80, but his hand doesn't shake. He put on three layers of different cream. As he starts he says my beard is very rough. The underside of my jaw feels like it's being scraped, but I thought that was just the straight razor maybe.

At the end, he starts working on a cut on my chin. He tells me my beard made the cut unavoidable, and he couldn't even shave me too close because of it. then where the cut was, he claims there is an in-grown hair and he then messes with tweezers for a few seconds, claiming he removed the hair. By now I'm thinking he faked it as a cover up for the cut.

When he takes the towel off, I see I actually have a half dozen cuts, with several small ones under the jaw.

Is that typical? do barber shaves end up with cuts as frequently as self-shaving?

the main references I have to barber shaves are like in Godfather, and I can't imagine cutting Cheech. My 80 year old guy was booked solid all Saturday morning so he has repeat business, and he was Rizzo's barber, so he was good, at least in the 1980s.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Huh? this is setting up for some nice confrontation. and the other cops are starting to get some character depth, which was your main complaint last year.

Last year's story was better.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Fugee
I don't know if it is the character or the actress but I think of her as Ally McBeal M.D.

I detest Calista Flockhart like a sickness, so I never watched that show. But based on the way the two actresses talk (and Pompeo has a horrible rhythm when she delivers her lines that she never breaks from), I'd say that's a good analogy.

TM

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Mad Men you could enjoy episode by episode. Tonight is the season finale. Of course there are story lines you may not catch, but the period aspects I think would be fun on their own.

speaking of 60s period things, I did something Saturday I have never done before. I have always wanted a barber shave, I just have never found a barber that still gives shaves. Once in Chicago I found old Italian guys, and thought I had found it, but they told me they had stopped a year before.

My mother in law hears this and tells me there is a barber in her senior apartment that gives shaves, so she books me.

The guy is 80, but his hand doesn't shake. He put on three layers of different cream. As he starts he says my beard is very rough. The underside of my jaw feels like it's being scraped, but I thought that was just the straight razor maybe.

At the end, he starts working on a cut on my chin. He tells me my beard made the cut unavoidable, and he couldn't even shave me too close because of it. then where the cut was, he claims there is an in-grown hair and he then messes with tweezers for a few seconds, claiming he removed the hair. By now I'm thinking he faked it as a cover up for the cut.

When he takes the towel off, I see I actually have a half dozen cuts, with several small ones under the jaw.

Is that typical? do barber shaves end up with cuts as frequently as self-shaving?

the main references I have to barber shaves are like in Godfather, and I can't imagine cutting Cheech. My 80 year old guy was booked solid all Saturday morning so he has repeat business, and he was Rizzo's barber, so he was good, at least in the 1980s.

My husband received a straight razor as a gift a few years ago and has been trying to find a place that uses them so he can get a shave and see how the razor should be used. We haven't been able to find a single barbor or men's salon in D.C./NoVa that still peforms shavers with a straight razor. After reading your post, maybe that's a good thing.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
speaking of 60s period things, I did something Saturday I have never done before. I have always wanted a barber shave, I just have never found a barber that still gives shaves. Once in Chicago I found old Italian guys, and thought I had found it, but they told me they had stopped a year before.

Next time you're here, go to the 15th floor of the Civic Opera building. 3 older Italian guys, off the boat. $20 for a haircut. $5 for a shave.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Is it the 31st yet?

Butts > Boobs. Every day of the week.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I detest Calista Flockhart like a sickness, so I never watched that show. But based on the way the two actresses talk (and Pompeo has a horrible rhythm when she delivers her lines that she never breaks from), I'd say that's a good analogy.

TM

I will reluctantly admit that I liked Calista in Ally McBeal, but I like many of David Kelley's characters. Grey's Anatomy is unwatchable. The characters are ridiculous. The men are cheap caricatures of men, and the women are annoying.

[The Tiny, Tiny Ex]

Originally posted by barely_legal
My husband received . . .

My chest, it feels so tight . . . . and what's this tingling in my left arm?

[Cough] Barely, let me ask one small favor from you before Less and I get together to drown our sorr. . . Oh, look at that beautiful light!

Wow, I've never seen anything so bright! And there's Pop-Pop! And Scruff -- hey, boy, I haven't seen you since Mom gave you to that nice farm family when I was 7!

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by barely_legal
I didn't start watching Grey's Anatomy at the beginning bc it was a mid-season replacement show, but I caught up on the reruns that first summer and have been watching since. It's very watchable, but the characters are idiots. And the characters who aren't idiots (George's wife; Bailey) the writers are doing their best to turn into idiots this season.

Although I really don't like George's wife, I have to agree with what's happening this season. Bailey is a great character and it makes no sense that she wouldn't be in a position of authority on the show. I blame it on Shonda Rhymes being spread too thin.

Originally posted by barely_legal I don't have Showtime but I caught the first season of Dexter on DVD a few weeks ago. Very very very different from the books. I'm on the wait list at the library for the most recent book, I hope it doesn't pale in comparison to the series now. I think the series is actually better than the books, but maybe that's bc there were only 2 books published before the series started.

Kinda-Spoiler

I don't think Season 1 was all that different from the first book. There was more depth to the show, but the storyline was basically the same. Season 2 has departed significantly from the second book and I'm interested to see where they go with it. But so far, I think they should have stuck to the same formula, since it's more fun when he's hunting another serial killer. Who gives a shit about his relationship with Rita? She's an accessory (like a purse or earrings) to Dexter's personality. A way to show that he can't feel. Why jump so deep into that relationship?

I also don't like the twelve step program. In the book, you get a lot more of Dokes' background. Hell, the story actually kind of revolves around him. And stuff they put in the first season (remember when he shot that guy under the bridge?) actually gets some context.

Whatever. It's still a great show. I'm surprised he wasn't put on the task force and asked to investigate himself.

TM

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by The Tiny, Tiny Ex
My chest, it feels so tight . . . . and what's this tingling in my left arm?

[Cough] Barely, let me ask one small favor from you before Less and I get together to drown our sorr. . . Oh, look at that beautiful light!

Wow, I've never seen anything so bright! And there's Pop-Pop! And Scruff -- hey, boy, I haven't seen you since Mom gave you to that nice farm family when I was 7!

Just like the Sopranos.....The Finnerty Family Reunion and Tony Blundetto. Come to the light, Tony.....dad! dad!

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Although I really don't like George's wife, I have to agree with what's happening this season. Bailey is a great character and it makes no sense that she wouldn't be in a position of authority on the show. I blame it on Shonda Rhymes being spread too thin.

Kinda-Spoiler

I don't think Season 1 was all that different from the first book. There was more depth to the show, but the storyline was basically the same. Season 2 has departed significantly from the second book and I'm interested to see where they go with it. But so far, I think they should have stuck to the same formula, since it's more fun when he's hunting another serial killer. Who gives a shit about his relationship with Rita? She's an accessory (like a purse or earrings) to Dexter's personality. A way to show that he can't feel. Why jump so deep into that relationship?

I also don't like the twelve step program. In the book, you get a lot more of Dokes' background. Hell, the story actually kind of revolves around him. And stuff they put in the first season (remember when he shot that guy under the bridge?) actually gets some context.

Whatever. It's still a great show. I'm surprised he wasn't put on the task force and asked to investigate himself.

TM

I think the main difference between Season One and books is that the television show is trying to make it seem like he is more "normal" and has more normal feelings (or is developing them, at least) whereas it's clear in the books that although he's an unusual sociopath, he's still a sociopath and that's not changing. In the books, his relationship with Rita isn't nearly as close as in the series and he never develops the "feelings" for her that he appeared to develop throughout the first season of the show.

My biggest problem with Rita is that I can't get over thinking of her as Darla. Interesting that I don't have the same problem with the actor who plays Dexter, even though I watched Six Feet Under more than I watched Angel

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Mad Men you could enjoy episode by episode. Tonight is the season finale. Of course there are story lines you may not catch, but the period aspects I think would be fun on their own.

speaking of 60s period things, I did something Saturday I have never done before. I have always wanted a barber shave, I just have never found a barber that still gives shaves. Once in Chicago I found old Italian guys, and thought I had found it, but they told me they had stopped a year before.

My mother in law hears this and tells me there is a barber in her senior apartment that gives shaves, so she books me.

The guy is 80, but his hand doesn't shake. He put on three layers of different cream. As he starts he says my beard is very rough. The underside of my jaw feels like it's being scraped, but I thought that was just the straight razor maybe.

At the end, he starts working on a cut on my chin. He tells me my beard made the cut unavoidable, and he couldn't even shave me too close because of it. then where the cut was, he claims there is an in-grown hair and he then messes with tweezers for a few seconds, claiming he removed the hair. By now I'm thinking he faked it as a cover up for the cut.

When he takes the towel off, I see I actually have a half dozen cuts, with several small ones under the jaw.

Is that typical? do barber shaves end up with cuts as frequently as self-shaving?

the main references I have to barber shaves are like in Godfather, and I can't imagine cutting Cheech. My 80 year old guy was booked solid all Saturday morning so he has repeat business, and he was Rizzo's barber, so he was good, at least in the 1980s.

I got a barber shave as a gift. Face and head. I thought it would be the best shave of my life. Turns out, no one can shave your face better than you. And although I didn't have a problem with cuts, the shave was nowhere near as close as one done with a Mach 3 or Gillette whatever. Very disappointing, although the warm shaving cream and hot towels were nice.

TM

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by The Tiny, Tiny Ex
My chest, it feels so tight . . . . and what's this tingling in my left arm?

[Cough] Barely, let me ask one small favor from you before Less and I get together to drown our sorr. . . Oh, look at that beautiful light!

Wow, I've never seen anything so bright! And there's Pop-Pop! And Scruff -- hey, boy, I haven't seen you since Mom gave you to that nice farm family when I was 7!

Few things are as satisfyng as the long overdue death of a never-once-funny sock.