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Originally Posted by DBlain  Jeanne, Kazzy lives here in the US now, not far from me in MI. She does however have access to UK programing so she gets a peak of things early.
I however have wondered about Breaking Bad, my husband said he watched a few shows and found it depressing and disturbing about a methadone dealer that was quite cruel so I too wonder why it is so popular |
Donna, I missed this post somehow earlier! I use just small windows so I guess I scrolled down past it. So Kazzy is here now but has access - ohhhhhh, I want that access. How in the world does she do it? That would be so wonderful to just get right into UK TV!
I agree that I was disturbed, too, in the Breaking Bad episodes I watched. I even watched the last one and I guess when hype is built up so high, you just expect too much. It never hooked me at all. I thought it was nicely written as to the characters staying true to form and well shot with some artsy, metaphorical touches and all that but couldn't escape the fact that I just don't like shows like that with frequent foul language, showing gross physical things thugs do to people and leading characters usually at their evil worst ruining lives right and left and a trail of despair after them. But I don't like Mad Men, either. It just bores me silly. I don't think MM is brilliant at all - just portrays a lot of mostly unhappy, aimless people on a treadmill living lives that pretty much have little meaning to them and undermining one another given half a chance, sending such a hopeless message to viewers. Same with BB - just sent such a hopeless message to its audience. Not that DA sends out some hugely noble message either but at least it's pretty to watch, gorgeously photographed, the period and history interwoven in the story are fascinating and the characters wind up trying mostly to do the right thing, fight for what they think is right and support each other in good times and bad. Some of the interaction of the characters on DA, especially downstairs, is quite touching and uplifting in the way they pull for one another to make it through the bad times in life and seem like a family of sorts there in the servants' quarters even though quite poor and with little time off their jobs to spend time with their real family or live their own lives.