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Elementary 1.17
Feb. 24th, 2013 07:10 pmWith some delay due to a Berlin & Bamberg trip, I'm back to catching up on current tv.
( Best Bribe Ever )
( Best Bribe Ever )
Feb. 24th, 2013
Thirty Days of TV: Day Sixteen
Feb. 24th, 2013 07:43 pmDay 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Right now, it's Spartacus. The violence is off the charts, the Zack Snyder style aesthetics for fight scenes are completely over the top, and there's just a vague nod to history now and then... but. The characters (female and male) are really memorable. As depictions of slavery go, from the slaves' pov, it's actually better than several more artistic books and tv shows I've watched. As befits a show where the central issue is a slave rebellion. And when I say "better", I mean both more honest about what it's like to not own your own body and how, once you're free, this has long term after effects instead of leaving you just fine and dandy. Even the odd nomen using English Steven DeKnight and friends came up with for dialogue has grown on me. ( "Gratitude" for "Thank you", or sentences like "Words were spoken in haste to trusted friend".) There is complete male nudity to go with the female nudity (unlike, say, Game of Thrones), and same sex relationships to go with the het ones. And they're unafraid to change their format with every season instead of, as I expected them to at first, dragging out the gladiator plot endlessly in order to have an excuse for arena scenes.
All this being said, it's still the type of show that makes you, or rather, me, feel a bit guilty for liking it. And thus: a guilty pleasure. :)
( The rest of the days )
Right now, it's Spartacus. The violence is off the charts, the Zack Snyder style aesthetics for fight scenes are completely over the top, and there's just a vague nod to history now and then... but. The characters (female and male) are really memorable. As depictions of slavery go, from the slaves' pov, it's actually better than several more artistic books and tv shows I've watched. As befits a show where the central issue is a slave rebellion. And when I say "better", I mean both more honest about what it's like to not own your own body and how, once you're free, this has long term after effects instead of leaving you just fine and dandy. Even the odd nomen using English Steven DeKnight and friends came up with for dialogue has grown on me. ( "Gratitude" for "Thank you", or sentences like "Words were spoken in haste to trusted friend".) There is complete male nudity to go with the female nudity (unlike, say, Game of Thrones), and same sex relationships to go with the het ones. And they're unafraid to change their format with every season instead of, as I expected them to at first, dragging out the gladiator plot endlessly in order to have an excuse for arena scenes.
All this being said, it's still the type of show that makes you, or rather, me, feel a bit guilty for liking it. And thus: a guilty pleasure. :)
( The rest of the days )
