I admit I never read any of Flemings books; I think my brothers may have but they were huge bond fans (mostly the movies) which may have of itself turned me off *lol* The last Bond movie I attempted to watch was with Timothy Dalton; it starts with one of bond's old friends on his honeymoon and he and his bride are attacked, he's thrown off the boat and attacked by sharks and his bride is raped and killed. That's the opening of the movie. *urgh*
I really liked Brennan as a character, but I can't watch Bones anymore because of the Brennan/Booth romance. I just hate that kind of Meant to Be het romances, where all the characters are rooting for the two to get together. I also don't like how the show treats Brennan's atheism.
SO much so. I liked Brennan and Booth as friends, with almost a brother-sister vibe; they spend years on will-they-won't-they then OVERNIGHT, literally two episodes she's pregnant by him and they're living together? HUH? And the writing just went to hell literally overnight mid S3.
I also hate the way her atheism is treated as a joke, as something oddball, limiting or "fringe" when there are a lot of atheists in the world (myself included), and I hate how the show has been working to "humiliate" her since S3, make her the butt of the joke. UGH
I do hope you get to check out Parks & Rec. I haven't watched the first season but picked it up in the second when people began raving about it. I think you'll enjoy it.
You're reminding me that there's a character in Crossing Jordan, Nigel and they've made his sexual orientation an open question - in the first season another character was freaked out by the idea of going on a trip to a ski lodge with him and asked what he was outright and NIgel answered "It doesn't matter". Well they've hinted at it ever since then but they've remained coy and I think that's a cop-out. it DOES matter when people are discriminated against based on gender orientation, and when we know the sexual orientation (straight) of every other character on the show. It's just stupid.
Most of the shows I watch have either female protagonists (United States of Tara, Nurse Jackie, Medium, Buffy, Miranda, Cougar Town, No1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Fringe...), or ensembles with multiple women (Eureka, Babylon 5, ER, The Misfits...). I don't usually complain about too many men on TV because I'm too busy watching my shows about women :D
Yes, this. I've seen Tara, the first two seasons of nurse jackie (they stopped carrying it on instantview in netflix, damn it) Buffy and I don't think I've seen the others. I've heard Babylon 5 is good, do you recommend it? Sci-fi isn't normally my thing, but...
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Date: 2013-07-05 01:02 am (UTC)I really liked Brennan as a character, but I can't watch Bones anymore because of the Brennan/Booth romance. I just hate that kind of Meant to Be het romances, where all the characters are rooting for the two to get together. I also don't like how the show treats Brennan's atheism.
SO much so. I liked Brennan and Booth as friends, with almost a brother-sister vibe; they spend years on will-they-won't-they then OVERNIGHT, literally two episodes she's pregnant by him and they're living together? HUH? And the writing just went to hell literally overnight mid S3.
I also hate the way her atheism is treated as a joke, as something oddball, limiting or "fringe" when there are a lot of atheists in the world (myself included), and I hate how the show has been working to "humiliate" her since S3, make her the butt of the joke. UGH
I do hope you get to check out Parks & Rec. I haven't watched the first season but picked it up in the second when people began raving about it. I think you'll enjoy it.
You're reminding me that there's a character in Crossing Jordan, Nigel and they've made his sexual orientation an open question - in the first season another character was freaked out by the idea of going on a trip to a ski lodge with him and asked what he was outright and NIgel answered "It doesn't matter". Well they've hinted at it ever since then but they've remained coy and I think that's a cop-out. it DOES matter when people are discriminated against based on gender orientation, and when we know the sexual orientation (straight) of every other character on the show. It's just stupid.
Most of the shows I watch have either female protagonists (United States of Tara, Nurse Jackie, Medium, Buffy, Miranda, Cougar Town, No1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Fringe...), or ensembles with multiple women (Eureka, Babylon 5, ER, The Misfits...). I don't usually complain about too many men on TV because I'm too busy watching my shows about women :D
Yes, this. I've seen Tara, the first two seasons of nurse jackie (they stopped carrying it on instantview in netflix, damn it) Buffy and I don't think I've seen the others. I've heard Babylon 5 is good, do you recommend it? Sci-fi isn't normally my thing, but...