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I KNEW IT. ( Vampire Diaries spoilers )
Nikita was pretty good, but again, no deep thoughts. Nice to see you, Parker!
( previous days )
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
This is hard! I of course love Pride and Prejudice, which I first saw sophomore year in AP European History after we took the exam, and then I borrowed the tapes from my teacher and watched it many, many more times. And I love North and South, hot damn Mr Thornton, look back at meeeee! And I love Middlemarch, with the oh so passionate Will Ladislaw, "as if I were not in danger of forgetting everything else." And I love the Buccaneers, with an oh so beautiful Greg Wise.
We'll call this exhibit A.
But while those are all totally awesome miniseries, they are all based on classic books (at least 3 out of 4 whose awesomeness I can vouch for; I've never read The Buccaneers), and thus some of their awesomeness is due to the source material. So I think I have to say State of Play. It is taut and suspenseful and so well made and well acted, that it had its hooks in me from beginning to end. I first saw it in German, randomly I caught part of part 2 and was thrilled to see John Simm and it looked really good so I found out what I had glimpsed and I scoured the tv guide and saw that parts 1 and 2 (of 6) were going to be aired at 1am or something the night/morning before parts 3 and 4 in primetime. So I stayed up to watch so I could watch all of it, in order from the beginning, as these things should be. And then parts 5 and 6 the weekend after that, and I changed plans so I'd be home to see it. (No DVRs in Austria!) Soooooo good.
( rest of the days )
Nikita was pretty good, but again, no deep thoughts. Nice to see you, Parker!
( previous days )
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
This is hard! I of course love Pride and Prejudice, which I first saw sophomore year in AP European History after we took the exam, and then I borrowed the tapes from my teacher and watched it many, many more times. And I love North and South, hot damn Mr Thornton, look back at meeeee! And I love Middlemarch, with the oh so passionate Will Ladislaw, "as if I were not in danger of forgetting everything else." And I love the Buccaneers, with an oh so beautiful Greg Wise.
We'll call this exhibit A.
But while those are all totally awesome miniseries, they are all based on classic books (at least 3 out of 4 whose awesomeness I can vouch for; I've never read The Buccaneers), and thus some of their awesomeness is due to the source material. So I think I have to say State of Play. It is taut and suspenseful and so well made and well acted, that it had its hooks in me from beginning to end. I first saw it in German, randomly I caught part of part 2 and was thrilled to see John Simm and it looked really good so I found out what I had glimpsed and I scoured the tv guide and saw that parts 1 and 2 (of 6) were going to be aired at 1am or something the night/morning before parts 3 and 4 in primetime. So I stayed up to watch so I could watch all of it, in order from the beginning, as these things should be. And then parts 5 and 6 the weekend after that, and I changed plans so I'd be home to see it. (No DVRs in Austria!) Soooooo good.
( rest of the days )
