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cjmarloweI've been meaning to make a post about television for so long, and every time I think about it I have more and more to add until I'm at the point where it would probably be thousands of words if I tried. Which a) means I need to update with non-fic things more often and b) I'm going to limit this to two points.
Ever since watching the first episode of Parenthood I've been wanting to say something about it, because I am forever and always a fan of the original movie (seriously, I made HMV special order me a copy of the DVD because they didn't have it in stock). I really think this is one of those rare adaptations that they get right, with just enough of the original movie to make it recognisable, and just enough changes to both make it contemporary and, more importantly, make it sustainable as a television series without just retelling the same story over a longer period of time. And that's really interesting to me, because even as I was watching it I was thinking "wow, these are the right changes" at the same time as I was connecting to this whole new extended family. My one concern (and this is just for me, personally) is that I'm just not interested in watching this show be about teenagers and high school, but thus far that doesn't seem to be overwhelming everything else.
As I've mentioned before, I started a rewatch of The X-Files back in January, and as I'm writing this I'm watching the final episode of Season 7. It's been at times fun, at times riveting, and at times emotionally overwhelming. X-Files premiered right after I graduated from high school and in so many ways this rewatch has been revisiting my university years, this show is so inextricably entwined with my memories of that time. It practically defines that era of my life, what I was doing, what I was interested in, and what my hopes were for the future. I definitely have not realised all of those.
It's gotten easier now that I'm into the later seasons, and I've just reached that interesting point where I don't remember all of these episodes anymore. I stopped watching religiously--though I never stopped watching--somewhere around the middle of season 7, and so there are actually at least a few new episodes in my future. I have new episodes of X-Files to look forward to. Yeah, yeah, I know, there's a reason I didn't watch regularly after that point, but still. I'm in a place in my life right now where I'm sort of in transition, looking forward and wondering what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. Kind of like university. And in some way watching this, now, is bringing a lot of things full circle for me.
Maybe I have a lot of things to look forward to yet. :)
Ever since watching the first episode of Parenthood I've been wanting to say something about it, because I am forever and always a fan of the original movie (seriously, I made HMV special order me a copy of the DVD because they didn't have it in stock). I really think this is one of those rare adaptations that they get right, with just enough of the original movie to make it recognisable, and just enough changes to both make it contemporary and, more importantly, make it sustainable as a television series without just retelling the same story over a longer period of time. And that's really interesting to me, because even as I was watching it I was thinking "wow, these are the right changes" at the same time as I was connecting to this whole new extended family. My one concern (and this is just for me, personally) is that I'm just not interested in watching this show be about teenagers and high school, but thus far that doesn't seem to be overwhelming everything else.
As I've mentioned before, I started a rewatch of The X-Files back in January, and as I'm writing this I'm watching the final episode of Season 7. It's been at times fun, at times riveting, and at times emotionally overwhelming. X-Files premiered right after I graduated from high school and in so many ways this rewatch has been revisiting my university years, this show is so inextricably entwined with my memories of that time. It practically defines that era of my life, what I was doing, what I was interested in, and what my hopes were for the future. I definitely have not realised all of those.
It's gotten easier now that I'm into the later seasons, and I've just reached that interesting point where I don't remember all of these episodes anymore. I stopped watching religiously--though I never stopped watching--somewhere around the middle of season 7, and so there are actually at least a few new episodes in my future. I have new episodes of X-Files to look forward to. Yeah, yeah, I know, there's a reason I didn't watch regularly after that point, but still. I'm in a place in my life right now where I'm sort of in transition, looking forward and wondering what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. Kind of like university. And in some way watching this, now, is bringing a lot of things full circle for me.
Maybe I have a lot of things to look forward to yet. :)
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Date: 2010-03-19 09:20 pm (UTC)I WATCHED EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.
CHRIS CARTER COULD YOU FAIL MORE WITH A SERIES FINALE???
*sighs*
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Date: 2010-03-19 10:31 pm (UTC)