Saturday Social

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Whoops we're a bit late today, but its still Saturday somewhere :D

STUFF HAPPENING ABOUT THE PLACE
- FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON with lots of tv talk there. :D Its on LJ though.

<B>Name</b> <B>Do you write meta, if so what sort of topics do you love?</b> <B>What have you been watching this week?</b> <B>What movies have you been/are you excited for?</b> <B>What reality tv shows do you enjoy?</b> <B>What sort of posts would you like to see here in the future?</b>

copy/paste the questions, feel free to remove ones you don't want to answer!

Feel free to posts gifs or whatever. seriously do what you want :D

Comments

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I liked them!

In the Flesh isn't at all what I was expecting. (Really, I only started watching because it came on right after Orphan Black and we were too lazy to change the channel.) It's about zombies being reintegrated into society after a "cure" is found that restores brain function, leaving them basically who they were before, although a whole lot paler. Only people who died during 2008 became zombies--their victims did not--so the number of zombies is manageable. But of course, people did die, and a lot of people aren't happy at the thought of having a zombie living next door.

A lot of the show is a metaphor for mistreatment of minorities as represented by zombies, etc., but the family dynamic and some other things I don't really want to talk about because they're spoilers add some extra layers. I thought it was quite well done.

The Fall is kind of a standard cop show? I liked it, though. The big distinguishing features--apart from Gillian Anderson (who's excellent)--are that all five episodes focus on one serial killer, and half of the show is actually about the killer and his family and home. I like that they manage to do that without ever leaving us rooting for him or sympathetic toward him. It still manages to be about how horrible it is for his victims. Although my heart is going to break for his wife when she finally finds out.

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hmm.....
((since I'm soooooo good at keeping up with shows - haha!))

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LOL!

If it helps, In the Flesh is only three episodes long and The Fall is only five (and available on Netflix). Admittedly, I believe they're both coming back for second seasons, but you can cross that bridge when you come to it. :D