Deadwood & Fireworks

[ellen_datlow]

I watched the first four episodes of the third season and am starting to get worried about the coming withdrawal with only three discs to go (presumably 6 episodes). I'm delighted to see the wonderful Brian Cox enter the series for the most recent two episodes.

And I watched the Japanese crime movie Fireworks Directed by and starring Takeshi "Beat" Kitano. It's good, although it took me about halfway through the movie to figure out what was going on with some of the characters. Apparently it won a lot of international awards when it came out in 1998 and damned if I can figure out why. It just isn't that good, and in fact one major plot point really bugged me. It's not much of a spoiler to say that one of the main cops in the movie lost his young child (cancer I think) and that his wife is currently dying --what of? I haven't a clue. Physically she seems fine but throughout the movie she seems feeble minded--I'm not at all convinced it's intentional. So...cops are killed, gangsters are killed, more cops are killed or wounded, and more gangsters are killed. It's ok but I really don't feel it's anything special.

Comments

[myaineko.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Yeah, I know what you mean about the bonus material "breaking the spell." There was another HBO series where I absolutely made myself watch the bonus material, just so that I would be less impacted by what I'd seen, precisely because of the dissecting quality (no pun intended) -- Six Feet Under (which imho is one of the best TV shows ever made).

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I checked up on some of the Buffy cast after watching the whole series and it's just way too ...strange to see how they're getting on, particularly those who aren't doing as well.

[myaineko.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

You mean, those people continued to exist once the series ended? :-) (Btw, I've never seen Buffy). When any news comes out about Peter Krause, I'm kinda relieved he's still ticking. And then of course there's Dexter (which I also have yet to watch).

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

THat's the problem. I don't WANT them to ;-)

I've got the second season in my queue.