After the annual Deadwood marathon, I decided to get my 15 minutes of bliss each night watching CARNIVALE. This was my 3rd time watching the series and like Deadwood, I discover something different each time I watch it. The first time I watched it, the freaks and interesting characters of the carnival caught my attention. Same thing with the second time watching it but I got a greater understanding of the characters and a few of the holes in the plot were filled in. This last time I focused on the religious aspect.
The religion caught my attention because when the evil priest, Brother Justin was speaking, I was lucky enough to have the sub woofer dialed in perfectly. A very subtle rumbling wafted across the room that was incredibly spooky and spooky is good. My only criticism of Carnivale is that Brother Justin becomes too overtly evil.
For evil to really resonate, there should be a few things left to the imagination. Nothing wreaks more havoc with us humans than our imaginations. If we're not imagining ourselves to be incredibly smart and important, we're imagining ourselves to be persecuted and under appreciated. And we have the ability to make mountains out of mole hills when it comes to our problems. All this is acceptable for young people but jesus fucking christ, us old geezers should know better. You wouldn't believe how depressed I get when my bicycle has a flat tire. It's like the world is coming to an end.
After Carnivale, I watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and it was very therapeutic. Not as good as the Big Lebowksi for lifting my spirits, but everything pales in comparison to the Big Lebowski. Now it's time to find a new series for the 15 minutes of nightly bliss before hitting the sack. I'm beginning to panic because I only have about 10 hours to come up with something good or I'm facing the prospect of an evening without bliss.
A man needs his bliss.
Billy says he loves you sons of bitches.
How about 6 feet under?
ReplyDeleteIt's crossed my mind but 5 seasons is a pretty big commitment. I watched it a few times and the last 10 minutes of the finale has to be the best ending to a series that I've ever seen.
DeleteI believe I would enjoy the show...Coffee is on
ReplyDeletei'm pretty sure that you'd love the show. lots of great depression era scenery and the classic HBO gritty imagery.
DeleteI have never heard of or watched Carnivale, send me a copy.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get a flat it is just something to do and I carry tire plugs and a little 12 volt air compressor so it doesn't fucking matter where I get a flat, I'm soon back on the road.
jesus christ king! leslie would kill me if i made copies.
Deletedoesn't your rig have a spare tire?
Sure it has a spare, but it is stored under the bed of the truck, it is just easier to put a plug in the tire if I can.
DeleteColumbo? Gunsmoke maybe?
ReplyDeleteand the winner was..................
ReplyDelete2001, a space odyssey.
probably followed by 2010, the year we make contact.
then lonesome dove is a strong contender.
Ive watched Sense8 from netflix 4 times and will watch it a 5th time soon.
ReplyDeleteit sounds interesting but i don't have netflix.
DeleteI have a saying: "When you've got nothing to worry about, you worry about nothing". Although getting a flat tyre is pretty deflating, so you shouldn't be ashamed of that. The Big Lebowski is the oracle of dudism.
ReplyDeleteand like cool hand luke said, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Delete“i don't have netflix.”
ReplyDeleteWe don’t either. We just have a little antenna so we can get PBS and an oldies channel, but what we do have is twelve feet (end-to-end) of DVDs. I just bought the first eleven of years of Gunsmoke, it being my favorite Western.
11 seasons of gunsmoke and zero seasons of deadwood?
Deletei just picked up season 2 of true detective from the library.
free dvds, if that isn't nice, what is?
Have you watched "Breaking Bad"? Both it and "deadwood are on my eventual must see lists. I have seen one or two episodes of both shows and both are captivating. I am most enored with seeing Deadwood, but you already know how good that is. Oddly enough, I ended up getting as a gift the first two seasons of the old show, "The Mod Squad". And saw a couple of episodes. Some day when I have a long free spell, I'd like to watch all the episodes
ReplyDeletei've watched breaking bad and found it to be pretty good but nothing like all the accolades it received.
Deletedeadwood is not only a great show but the music and production are also excellent. make sure you have your 5.1 surround sound cranked up.
i remember the mod squad but like they say, you can't dance with all the girls so it's not on my list.
Actually, another show I would like to watch through all the episodes is Hill Street Blues, which I used to watch sporadically when it was a new show back in the 80s.
ReplyDeletehill street blues is excellent. i watched first 2 seasons about a year ago and one of these days i'm going to pick up where i left off.
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