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Whoa, I had no idea that was out on DVD. I used to love that show! I'm a bit surprised there were only nineteen episodes, I always thought there were a lot more.littlefuzzy wrote:so we switched to the complete Eerie Indiana, which we finished yesterday.
Okay, I've just read up on the show, and I'm buying. Ah, reliving the good old days...
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Good news, I am always glad to see someone else who appreciates the show!Nandor wrote:Whoa, I had no idea that was out on DVD. I used to love that show! I'm a bit surprised there were only nineteen episodes, I always thought there were a lot more.littlefuzzy wrote:so we switched to the complete Eerie Indiana, which we finished yesterday.
Okay, I've just read up on the show, and I'm buying. Ah, reliving the good old days...
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Joan of Arcadia S2
Actually, I finished this on Tuesday, but I was hoping to listen to the commentary on the final episode before reporting back here. Sadly, given the current work situation (and other circumstances) I'm unlikely to be able to do this for a while.
Regular readers may remember that I absolutely adored Season 1, and was desperate for Season 2 to be released, even though internet 'reports' were that Season 2 wasn't as good as Season 1.
Well, I think those reports were wrong. Season 2 was immeasurably better than the 1st season. I think this for two related reasons – Firstly there was no need to introduce the main characters, as the viewer was already familiar with them (which in turn allows for the introduction or of new supporting characters or expansion of existing supporting characters) and – secondly – there was a much more ensemble feeling to the second year. All of the characters got, if not a story centred upon them, they at least got a number of substantial "B" plots based around them.
Now, I'm not a religious person, and I don't think I ever will be. But as with the first season, the show constantly asked the questions most of us would do if we could talk to God. And we got answers too – answers that, to me, are more convincing than most of the answers I've ever seen given by the church, even though all we got were, in effect more questions and short parables.
Yes, the answers are nothing more than more questions, metaphors or parables. But this explains why I love the show so much. It assumes the viewer has intelligence. Not just in the key conversations with God, but everywhere. The scripts are amazingly literate and emotional. Watching Joan of Arcadia you'll both laugh and cry, sometimes within minutes of each other. But unlike other "religious" shows, it never resorts to long lecturing monologues or blatant emotional manipulation of the audience.
When you have a show in which God, in various guises, has a speaking role, and yet the show itself never preaches, and everyone's dialogue seems natural and unscripted, you know you are experiencing something extra special.
Finally, I feel I must address that ending. Much as I hate to admit it (because I was enjoying the show so much) it's probably for the better that the series ended when it did. The presence of an "anti-Joan" is interesting, without a doubt, but it strikes me as being a little too "comic book", and the final episode seemed to be nothing more than the series building up a "mythology" of its own. Such devices are common in other genre shows, and on the whole, although they are basically clichés, I generally enjoy them (clichés after all are only clichés because they are commonly used, and they're only commonly used because they work), I don't think it’s the path Joan of Arcadia should have been taking. Joan of Arcadia wasn't a "big" show, even though it tackled the "big" questions. (Plus, it was so character driven, I never ever considered it a genre show)
I'd give Joan of Arcadia S2 a rating of 10/10. I think both seasons are quite simply the best show ever shown on television, without exception or qualifiers.
Actually, I finished this on Tuesday, but I was hoping to listen to the commentary on the final episode before reporting back here. Sadly, given the current work situation (and other circumstances) I'm unlikely to be able to do this for a while.
Regular readers may remember that I absolutely adored Season 1, and was desperate for Season 2 to be released, even though internet 'reports' were that Season 2 wasn't as good as Season 1.
Well, I think those reports were wrong. Season 2 was immeasurably better than the 1st season. I think this for two related reasons – Firstly there was no need to introduce the main characters, as the viewer was already familiar with them (which in turn allows for the introduction or of new supporting characters or expansion of existing supporting characters) and – secondly – there was a much more ensemble feeling to the second year. All of the characters got, if not a story centred upon them, they at least got a number of substantial "B" plots based around them.
Now, I'm not a religious person, and I don't think I ever will be. But as with the first season, the show constantly asked the questions most of us would do if we could talk to God. And we got answers too – answers that, to me, are more convincing than most of the answers I've ever seen given by the church, even though all we got were, in effect more questions and short parables.
Yes, the answers are nothing more than more questions, metaphors or parables. But this explains why I love the show so much. It assumes the viewer has intelligence. Not just in the key conversations with God, but everywhere. The scripts are amazingly literate and emotional. Watching Joan of Arcadia you'll both laugh and cry, sometimes within minutes of each other. But unlike other "religious" shows, it never resorts to long lecturing monologues or blatant emotional manipulation of the audience.
When you have a show in which God, in various guises, has a speaking role, and yet the show itself never preaches, and everyone's dialogue seems natural and unscripted, you know you are experiencing something extra special.
Finally, I feel I must address that ending. Much as I hate to admit it (because I was enjoying the show so much) it's probably for the better that the series ended when it did. The presence of an "anti-Joan" is interesting, without a doubt, but it strikes me as being a little too "comic book", and the final episode seemed to be nothing more than the series building up a "mythology" of its own. Such devices are common in other genre shows, and on the whole, although they are basically clichés, I generally enjoy them (clichés after all are only clichés because they are commonly used, and they're only commonly used because they work), I don't think it’s the path Joan of Arcadia should have been taking. Joan of Arcadia wasn't a "big" show, even though it tackled the "big" questions. (Plus, it was so character driven, I never ever considered it a genre show)
I'd give Joan of Arcadia S2 a rating of 10/10. I think both seasons are quite simply the best show ever shown on television, without exception or qualifiers.
Most of my Blu-ray collection some of my UK discs aren't on their database
I told some of my friends it's available on DVD, and they ordered it as well. I never knew they watched it when they were younger ^^littlefuzzy wrote:Good news, I am always glad to see someone else who appreciates the show!
It took me two days, but I've finished watching Eerie, Indiana. It amazes me how much of it I remembered. I took some very fun trips down memory lane ^^
I've also finisher GG season three, so now I'm just working through the rest of Bottom. I expect to find The Simpsons season nine in the mail tomorrow. AbFab season two has finally been shipped, so that'll be in later this week ^^
Asante sana, squash banana, wewe nugu, mimi hapana.
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I've got one disc left before I'm finished with I Love Lucy: The Complete Fourth Season!
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