Well....darn
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sinanjuI've used up my Dead Like Me second season DVD set. Watched the last two episodes today, in fact. I hate when that happens. I really enjoyed that show and I wish there were more. Damn.
On the other hand, my lovely and talented wife![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snippy watched a couple of the second season episodes when I was working my way thru them and liked them. So I went out and rented the first season (well, the first DVD of the first season set) for us to watch together, so I'll get to see them all again. We just finished watching the pilot episode.
Now that I've seen the whole series, a few things popped out at me that I didn't notice (or grok) the first time. Like Rube explaining to George that, as an undead Grim Reaper, he can interact with the living if he chooses. Key phrase there, "if he chooses." I missed that the first time around, and so I wondered sometimes how it was that people so clearly ignored them when they were standing around the scene of a murder/suicide/accident. I thought he'd meant that he had a physical presence and was there to be seen and heard all the time, as opposed to George, who was still merely dead and intangible. But apparently the Grim Reapers can remain unnoticed if they wish. That explains a lot.
Another thing I noticed was that Mason was much more together, much more competent than the Mason of later in the season (and doubly so for the Mason of season two). A much more casual attitude than the others, yes, and more interested in drugs and booze--but not the utterly clueless and incompetent bozo he becomes later in the series. I chalk that up to the usual and inevitable shakedown as the series writers and actors work out exactly who the characters are.
The constant search for a place to live, squatting in the homes of the recently departed, kinda fell by the wayside. The characters took up seemingly permanent residence in various places, and the practicalities of it (rent or property taxes and whatnot) never seemed to come up. I understand why--that's not the focus of the story--but it leads to questions. For me, at least.
Ditto with the issue of George not looking like herself. There are a number of scenes in the first season where it's established (or reestablished) that George doesn't look like herself to the world at large. But in the second season, this point is never referenced again.
(Edit: the point may have come up once, but mostly it's taken for granted.)
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the show and I'm sorry that there isn't more.
In other news, I'm typing this with a brace on my right wrist. I've been popping Ibuprofen every four hours the last couple of days. When I move that wrist just right, it hurts. I fear that it might be due to an excess of mousing. So I'm trying to use as many keyboard shortcuts as possible now. We'll see how it goes.
On the other hand, my lovely and talented wife
snippy watched a couple of the second season episodes when I was working my way thru them and liked them. So I went out and rented the first season (well, the first DVD of the first season set) for us to watch together, so I'll get to see them all again. We just finished watching the pilot episode.Now that I've seen the whole series, a few things popped out at me that I didn't notice (or grok) the first time. Like Rube explaining to George that, as an undead Grim Reaper, he can interact with the living if he chooses. Key phrase there, "if he chooses." I missed that the first time around, and so I wondered sometimes how it was that people so clearly ignored them when they were standing around the scene of a murder/suicide/accident. I thought he'd meant that he had a physical presence and was there to be seen and heard all the time, as opposed to George, who was still merely dead and intangible. But apparently the Grim Reapers can remain unnoticed if they wish. That explains a lot.
Another thing I noticed was that Mason was much more together, much more competent than the Mason of later in the season (and doubly so for the Mason of season two). A much more casual attitude than the others, yes, and more interested in drugs and booze--but not the utterly clueless and incompetent bozo he becomes later in the series. I chalk that up to the usual and inevitable shakedown as the series writers and actors work out exactly who the characters are.
The constant search for a place to live, squatting in the homes of the recently departed, kinda fell by the wayside. The characters took up seemingly permanent residence in various places, and the practicalities of it (rent or property taxes and whatnot) never seemed to come up. I understand why--that's not the focus of the story--but it leads to questions. For me, at least.
Ditto with the issue of George not looking like herself. There are a number of scenes in the first season where it's established (or reestablished) that George doesn't look like herself to the world at large. But in the second season, this point is never referenced again.
(Edit: the point may have come up once, but mostly it's taken for granted.)
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the show and I'm sorry that there isn't more.
In other news, I'm typing this with a brace on my right wrist. I've been popping Ibuprofen every four hours the last couple of days. When I move that wrist just right, it hurts. I fear that it might be due to an excess of mousing. So I'm trying to use as many keyboard shortcuts as possible now. We'll see how it goes.
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