Friday, July 6, 2007
The Shield
Well, now i finally have something i feel motivated to talk about...
Its TV related, and its not Stargate (surprise surprise)... Can you guess what it is?
If you can't you should possibly get your eyes checked, since its the title of this post...
Anyways, thanks to my brother, I just finished watching seasons 3 and 4 of the FX cop TV show The Shield. (I saw seasons 1 and 2 a long time ago, so i won't be talking about them)
Anyways, its a show about a group of cops in the fictional Los Angeles district of Farmington.
Anyways, I'm sure that you can read synopses and stuff about the show on the internet, so I won't rehash the plot or talk about any of the characters...
Anyways, what sort of intrigued me about the show is the visual style. Instead of very clean and refined camera work, such as one might see in shows as Stargate SG1 (see, I had to reference it...) The Shield is mainly filmed on handheld cameras, providing very jerky action and stuff... While that seems like it might be annoying, it actually works well for the show... actually the problems i have are when the style changes... most of the time, the film has very jerky motions as a result of the handheld style, and it seems very grainy and gritty and dark... however, at certain times, the picture becomes rather bright and clear... (look at the scene where Vic goes and visits Shane and Mara and their kid for the first time for what i'm talking about). Certain moments just sort of stand out in that respect...
another thing i like about the show is the framing... note that i have absolutely no film background, so all my terminology is either made up by me, or what i learned from listening to the directors commentaries on my SG1 DVDs (and there we go again)... What I mean by this, is most shows have the actors face perfectly framed in the field of view during close ups... however, in the shield this is not always so... for example, one scene i was watching had only half of the actors face in the frame, and that went in and out of focus during the closeup...
Generally not your standard TV show, in terms of plot and execution, but well worth a watch...
Now I just need to convince my brother to get the next season on DVD, so I can nab it and watch it...
Oh, and by the way, there is an actor named Walton Goggins... how cool is that?
Its TV related, and its not Stargate (surprise surprise)... Can you guess what it is?
If you can't you should possibly get your eyes checked, since its the title of this post...
Anyways, thanks to my brother, I just finished watching seasons 3 and 4 of the FX cop TV show The Shield. (I saw seasons 1 and 2 a long time ago, so i won't be talking about them)
Anyways, its a show about a group of cops in the fictional Los Angeles district of Farmington.
Anyways, I'm sure that you can read synopses and stuff about the show on the internet, so I won't rehash the plot or talk about any of the characters...
Anyways, what sort of intrigued me about the show is the visual style. Instead of very clean and refined camera work, such as one might see in shows as Stargate SG1 (see, I had to reference it...) The Shield is mainly filmed on handheld cameras, providing very jerky action and stuff... While that seems like it might be annoying, it actually works well for the show... actually the problems i have are when the style changes... most of the time, the film has very jerky motions as a result of the handheld style, and it seems very grainy and gritty and dark... however, at certain times, the picture becomes rather bright and clear... (look at the scene where Vic goes and visits Shane and Mara and their kid for the first time for what i'm talking about). Certain moments just sort of stand out in that respect...
another thing i like about the show is the framing... note that i have absolutely no film background, so all my terminology is either made up by me, or what i learned from listening to the directors commentaries on my SG1 DVDs (and there we go again)... What I mean by this, is most shows have the actors face perfectly framed in the field of view during close ups... however, in the shield this is not always so... for example, one scene i was watching had only half of the actors face in the frame, and that went in and out of focus during the closeup...
Generally not your standard TV show, in terms of plot and execution, but well worth a watch...
Now I just need to convince my brother to get the next season on DVD, so I can nab it and watch it...
Oh, and by the way, there is an actor named Walton Goggins... how cool is that?
Thursday, July 5, 2007
yay?
well, its thursday, which means its almost friday...
and now i wish i had something else to say....
and now i wish i had something else to say....
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy fourth of july.
And in celebration of that holiday, i'm going to go ahead and not fix the news... it was broken already... or at least chipped... all i did was nudge it a little, and here we are... i suspect you all will deal with it...
anyways, in a glorious return to form, i must now report that the carrots i had today for lunch were quite good... they seem to be the same type of carrot that i had earlier, and probably complained about then (i.e. the wet kind)... but i guess that keeps them fresh or whatever...
and seriously, the new scion is ugly... i saw when i was driving in to work yesterday, and was motivated to post that... and due to my general level of motivation, you should know that actually means something...
And in celebration of that holiday, i'm going to go ahead and not fix the news... it was broken already... or at least chipped... all i did was nudge it a little, and here we are... i suspect you all will deal with it...
anyways, in a glorious return to form, i must now report that the carrots i had today for lunch were quite good... they seem to be the same type of carrot that i had earlier, and probably complained about then (i.e. the wet kind)... but i guess that keeps them fresh or whatever...
and seriously, the new scion is ugly... i saw when i was driving in to work yesterday, and was motivated to post that... and due to my general level of motivation, you should know that actually means something...
Monday, July 2, 2007
Breaking News
Well, I have some astounding news...
Apparently they redesigned the Scion xB... you know the boxy car that almost pulled off the "so ugly its cute" look?
well, they've redesigned it, and it looks worse... that's pretty impressive...
Apparently they redesigned the Scion xB... you know the boxy car that almost pulled off the "so ugly its cute" look?
well, they've redesigned it, and it looks worse... that's pretty impressive...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
success?
Well, I have carrots again...
and they were good today...
and i have donuts again... and they're good too..
oh, and lemmy... he's frightening... just a public service announcement
and they were good today...
and i have donuts again... and they're good too..
oh, and lemmy... he's frightening... just a public service announcement
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