With the exception of certain shows, I’ve been disenchanted with TV programming in general for quite some time. It’s been a long while since I’ve felt moved by a TV show. I’ve been entertained by quite a few, but that’s about it. I was very pleased to find a show a few months ago that I’ve fallen in love with and am still fangirling after burning through the eps: Life on Mars. Simple descriptions of it don’t really do it justice, since it’s a show that needs to be seen to really feel the impact of it. A description in brief is that the main character, DCI Sam Tyler, is involved in an accident in the present day and is seemingly transported back to the year 1973 where he wonders if he is in a coma, actually in the past, or losing his mind. There, he tries to deal with being out of place in a very different police station than he’s been accustomed to, and often deals with situations that seem to have a basis to certain events or feelings of his past. I really can’t say enough good about this program. From the acting to the writing, it was just wonderful.

If you haven’t seen the UK series, you really should before the US redo comes out next year. I don’t have a lot of hope that what I love about the original won’t be destroyed in the remake (seen it happen too many times), but perhaps I’m speaking a little too soon. The problem is that the makers of the US show seem to be changing the plot and characters a lot from the original series from what I’ve read. I fear that what I loved about the original, everything that made the show moving and poignant and just plain human, will be lost. I might still give the new show a watch, but I just don’t think it will be able to recapture the spirit of what the first series had. It doesn’t seem like they’re even trying to do so. I think they’re just taking the general idea of the show without understanding what it was about it that made Life on Mars great.

Clip from the first ep, because you know I’ve got to put a vid clip in a blog post somewhere. Down the rabbit hole for Sam Tyler:

I’ll be giving the follow-up series, Ashes to Ashes, a go when I get a bit of time. I’m looking forward to it since I’ve heard good things about it.

I love some of the reactions I’ve seen on the ‘net to the latest Bleach cover with Neliel. Heh. You’d think some of them just found out that they were reading a shounen manga as opposed to something else. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, don’t confuse what you masturbate to at night the yaoi fanworks/doujin you like to look at with what Kubo actually draws. Bleach is a shounen series without all that much actual yaoi subtext (people can disagree vehemently if they like, doesn’t make what I’m saying less true) and when it is there, it’s done mostly as a joke. Most of the fanservice will shockingly target straight men because of the genre. Thankfully, Kubo does throw his female readers a bone with some of the outfits he puts on the males, shirtless poses, and the not so occasional male ass shot (Chad, I’m looking mostly at you). Just don’t forget what you’re actually reading, people. According to some, people had better order this volume online sent in brown paper wrap lest someone think you’re a pervert or something when you walk out of Borders with it.

As always, ample breasts are seen as scandalous… by some people who have them. Color me surprised.

To be honest, I could always do with a few fanservice scenes featuring certain men. Like Tousen randomly taking a shower in Hueco Mundo with water shown streaming down his toned body, preferably with Aizen Gin Grimmjow Wonderweiss someone watching, I’m not that picky about who. Kubo, are you listening? XD

Current Mood: Playful

TokyoPop has released a preview of Vassalord over here. And oh my, they’ve done a great job with it and didn’t sugarcoat anything. Yum-o! The 15th needs to come really soon. ^^

Current Mood: Eager