Television: September 2007 Archives

i am afraid that i am one of those "addicted" to visual stimuli.  i like tv.  i like movies.  i like music videos.  i like photos.  i like art.  and thomas will tell you that i have a high tolerance for all things on the screen (big or little).

now, even though i will watch anything, that does not mean that i do not know what is good, quality or worth watching.  i am quite capable of discerning the crap from the quality and if i get to know you, i can even make suggestions based upon your taste.  think of me as the personal tv guide. 

one of the shows that i have recently fallen in love with is californication starring david dachovny of x-files fame.  i can explain very easily what it is about this show that i love.  dialogue.  the script of every episode is so very clever, so very witty, so very literate, and so very well done that i eat it up every time it is on.  this is the stuff that shows should be made of.  it is so clever it puts me to mind of frasier or gilmore girls.

the show is essentially character driven and the only action you are going to get from it is going to be sexual (so if you are offended easily, i don't know that this is for you) and fights (so if you are offended easily, i don't know that this is for you) and then there are the sex scenes (did i mention this and did i mention that if you offend easily...???).  but the show totally develops character, motivation and psychology oh so brilliantly.

i wish all shows were this well written.