Brandon will presumably not be terribly excited about this, but he has no soul. Me, I'm frantically shopping around for digital cable channels that might be dealing with HBO, and upgrading my internet connection for the entire days' downloading that will have to ensue in their absence.
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Admitedly, my employer destroyed what little was left of my soul a few years ago. Even if I did still have one lying around, I don't know if I could muster up much enthusiasm for the next season of Deadwood, especially in light of how frickin' great The Sopranos has been this season.
Nevertheless, I will someday watch season 2, if only to see if that chick ever made it out of her hotel room/drug-induced haze.
Posted by: Brandon | May 4, 2006 6:16 AM
Dude, I wish season 2 would be out on DVD already. Damn.
Posted by: vague | May 4, 2006 6:27 AM
Hey, B, The Sopranos is a good show (albeit in its death throes) but it needn't actually eclipse all other TV.
In all seriousness, though, if you persist in this ridiculous charade of not liking Deadwood S1, you'll find S2 to be more of the same. For instance: Bullock still owns a hardware store, at no point does he express a desire to "clean up this town", and there are no High Noon-style showdowns in the thoroughfare. It's just a bunch of talking and whatnot.
Posted by: zerlesen | May 4, 2006 11:30 AM
My god is actually ready for toast.
Posted by: Danimal | May 4, 2006 1:01 PM
Oh:
I am knurd!
Posted by: Danimal | May 4, 2006 1:01 PM
I added the first disc of season two to my Netflix queue. I'll give it another shot, right after I try watching a few episode of Lost. If everyone else in the world loves that show, that means I'll love it too, I guess.
Danimal, don't offer my god a peanut. Knurdness is no excuse.
Posted by: Brandon | May 9, 2006 6:26 AM
Like I say, you won't find it different in tone from the first season. (Don't get me started on Lost, by the way.) And I should say that I've had a change of heart, as well: HBO isn't going to get a penny out of me.
Oh well. Three seasons is better than two, and it's kind of a miracle a show that densely written found any kind of audience at all. And The Wire is still clinging to life. It's not all bad news...
...God, though, right now I'm just so glad they sank $120M into fucking Rome. Cheers, HBO!
Posted by: zerlesen | May 15, 2006 10:45 PM
You know, it's like with Arrested Development: it's not a shock Fox cut it, it's a shock it lasted as long as it did.
(I am repeating soothing maxims like that over and over to myself, and drinking whiskey from the bottle. Grrr.)
Posted by: zerlesen | May 15, 2006 10:49 PM
Yeah, I saw the news. HBO isn't likely to renew Deadwood but there's always an outside chance it could come back. You know, if a miracle happened or something like that.
I've seen the first three episodes of Lost and it's a con. The premise allows the writers to make up an endless stream of ridiculous hokum to keep the show going until it's no longer profitable (I guess this complaint could be lodge at all tv shows though). Once the bottom falls out, all they need to do is have a rescue team fly in and save everyone left on the island. Until then, I'm sure its audience is in for years of mysterious polar bears, monsters in the jungle and absolutely no answers ala the X Files.
Posted by: Brandon | May 16, 2006 8:38 AM
Where are you, Echopraxia?! Come back, Echopraxia, come back!
Also: I am not knurd, but I'm working on it.
Posted by: WWB | June 11, 2006 12:02 PM
Maybe he's gone into hibernation. I think it's winter down there.
I am stone cold sboer.
Posted by: Brandon | June 14, 2006 6:06 AM
C'mon, Echo-man, I'll update if you'll update.
Posted by: Danimal | June 15, 2006 11:38 AM