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Couldn't get through more than a couple of episodes.
I did, and I quite loved it to be honest.
Then again, Timmy D, Eva Green and classic monsters in foggy London. A combination that just could not go wrong for me.
Being a creative person myself, I usually find myself working on some project of my own instead of spending time watching movies or shows, as much as I'd like to do those things. Every moment is very precious these days, and I'd rather be making my own things than watching what others made at this point, because if I don't prioritize my own pursuits they'll never be completed and I am trying to build up my portfolio of work to get out of the rut I'm currently in work wise. There's days where I envy the average Joe or Jesse who aren't creatively minded and don't have a thousand ideas barking in their head at once that they're trying to give time and attention to, because without that nagging I'd probably just relax all day off work and enjoy films or shows I have never been able to catch up on. But most days I'm glad I am the way I am, as I am finally at a point where I give myself credit for the things I make, which wasn't always the case. Wish I could shut my brain off once in a while, though.
That said, after Columbo, I would definitely consider watching Penny Dreadful, more than many other recent shows.
A man after my own heart when it comes to Columbo. My favourite TV series of all time and one of my biggest passions outside of James Bond. I've loved them both since childhood.
I still need to do a list for this thread actually although I might struggle to come up with ten favourite TV shows.
Been going through all the old episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive recently, as a matter of fact, and having a helluva time with it. You learn a lot as a viewer and as a writer about how to produce economical and effective storytelling when you're only given about 20 to 30 minutes per episode to do it. I am continually impressed by just how much these old shows managed to accomplish despite their technical disadvantages and censors. Been on quite the western kick recently and WDoA is my go to for old westerns. Like The Rifleman and Gunsmoke as well, but this one just does it for me. I like that so many of the stories have stark endings with loose ends left untied, which feels very true to the period and is surprisingly experimental given so much of the other TV that was on at the time that strove to be comfort food programming. Easy to see why Steve McQueen got propelled to stardom as a result, as you can see all his potential on full display.
I too tend to watch older films. My endless source of fascination are the US films of the nineties; they're my bread-and-butter, though certainly not my whole diet. Despite my preference for older films, I recently decided to make a point of watching a minimum of new films released each year.
Westerns are an underexplored genre for me, but I can think of several I want to watch. Nothing like the strong traditions and conventions of a genre to emphasize, by contrast, the multiple ways in which one can play with them.
Yes I have seen 'Penny Dreadful' loved it
Thank you.
I also find those kinds of Westerns interesting. I watched a German "neo-Western" named Deadlock some time ago, in which Anthony Dawson appears. My review is somewhere in that Last Movie You Watched thread.
I get what you mean by learning from where shows fail. I have a pretty good detector for a show that won't last at this point. I think a lot of us that are creatively minded or that watch a lot of TV can spot the red flags that make for a dead fish program. At this point there are common pitfalls that you can get a keen sense of that spell death for the show.
Westerns seem to be something that older generations/watchers prominently get into, as I don't see a lot of young people that get into them. I've always felt like an old man, so it makes sense why I enjoy them as much as I do. I think the genre has produced a lot of great things in the last ten to fifteen years, so it's come as close to having a comeback as it's had since Clint Eastwood made Unforgiven. 3:10 To Yuma and True Grit were both remakes that trumped their originals and showed how far the genre can be pushed in conveying powerful narratives with complicated characters, and other movies like The Proposition, Hell or High Water, Hostiles and Bone Tomahawk are now amongst my favorite westerns ever made, and are just great films in their own right. Other films in the genre like There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Django Unchained, The Revenant and Power of the Dog also lit a fire and got a lot of audience and awards attention over the years, as did shows like Deadwood, Westworld, Godless, Hell on Wheels, Justified, and especially my personal favorites, Longmire and Yellowstone. Games like the Red Dead Redemption series have also exploded and gotten people even more familiar with westerns and their tropes. It's a great time to be a western fan, as there's not been such a high concentration of high quality entertainment in the genre since the 50s and 60s. Makes me proud.
That's the best way to do it. I'm tired of sticking with shows from day one just to have them canceled years down the road. It's a waste of my time.
Exactly, so you either cut out while you can or stick out the worst of it just to say you saw it through to the end. It's a lose/lose.
Very well put. I have always been impressed by young actresses playing subversive characters in a comically dark way. Christina Ricci's Wednesday, Grace-Moretz's Hit-Girl, now Ortega's Wednesday... And Jenna's already had a brilliant couple of years. I hope she'll build an even stronger career from here.
God ….. I’m old.
:))
I also think she's incredibly beautiful. That helps. ;-)
Yes, they all have that in common. ;-)