I’ve been busy and tired, but I don’t want to neglect this page, so I’ll just put up some pointless dribble.
1. I caught a few bits of the the first two episodes of Keen Eddie, a so-so dramady on Fox. I describe it as Snatch for the small screen. The music for yesterday’s episode was done by Orbital, so that stopped me in the tracks. Orbital has a facination with old British TV themes, and they’ve redone the Saint (that was bad) and Dr. Who (that was good themes).
2. Cin-ders is home for the week, and is doing clinical work with the brother of my pediatrician (the brother and sister share a office in Chinatown). She’s getting lots of interesting bits about their family history –they were already 4th generation when they born in the 1930s. She’s living and breathing Chinatown.
I saw maybe 10 minutes’ worth of Keen Eddie, and I wasn’t too impressed with the directing. In particular, I saw an episode of Fast Lane the other day.. and while it’s a pretty stupid show, the jump-cutting and gratuitous slomo and such in that were better done. In Keen Eddie, a lot of the fancy editing just seemed out of place.
I guess when you get down to it, it’s just that Fast Lane’s editing succeeded in brainwashing me into continuing to stare at the TV, and Keen Eddie’s didn’t; I changed the channel to some sitcom on ABC. 😛
Hm. Come to think of it, it also had a lot to do with the cinematography. Fastlane had brighter colors and more cinematic framing, I think. Mmmm… purty colors…..
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