tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post6703395706260230809..comments2023-11-16T00:14:27.155-08:00Comments on Unwelcome Commentary: Felicity: Pilot (1.1)maxpower03http://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-47785163682266531522013-04-13T10:41:28.797-07:002013-04-13T10:41:28.797-07:00Thanks for the comment, tvfan. Missing your bloggi...Thanks for the comment, tvfan. Missing your blogging, though! Been way too long, heh. I'm taking most of these shows pretty slow from now, instead of trying to burn through stuff in order to keep a posting schedule up to date, but I'm hoping to have up a decent amount of stuff every week from now on.<br /><br />I'm finding Girls incredibly relatable right now, and likewise Felicity. Both are shows full of people who frustrate you constantly, but it's a very human type of frustration, wherein you can recognize yourself in their negative behavior. And agreed about Keri Russell. She just radiates this warmth on-screen, and has a presence very similar to a bunch of WB girls from that era, the SMG's or the Katie Holmes's. She's also brilliant in Waitress, if you haven't seen that.<br /><br />So, yeah, I'm planning on doing the first season for now, and will probably pick up the rest of the DVDs at some point down the line. I hate abandoning stuff anyway, so they'll definitely go up eventually.<br /><br />Thanks again for reading.maxpower03https://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-43742731208550300412013-04-12T10:31:58.260-07:002013-04-12T10:31:58.260-07:00Glad to see you're blogging again, especially ...Glad to see you're blogging again, especially since you're writing about shows I love. Really enjoyed your review of the Girls pilot, and even though I just finished watching season one a few days ago, I don't really have much to say about it, except that I pretty much agree with your assessment of the pilot. I find Lena Dunham strangely adorable, and I love how high her voice gets when Hannah is surprised or whatever. Just an all around great character, but anyway...<br /><br />Nice to see that you have started watching Felicity. Half of the shows on the WB were so much better than they had to be to gain an audience, even if something like Felicity is more famous for a haircut than the actual content of the show. That being said, and I hate to even go there, but Keri Russell's long curly hair was beautiful. She was distractingly pretty, particularly in that screencap.<br /><br />Even with the thin 'I'mma follow that dude that I had a full on thirty second conversation with' premise, the pilot introduces the story so well. Felicity herself is one of those earnest, intelligent tv characters that somehow does not realise when she is crossing a line that most sane people would spot immediately, but it never really matters because you can see that her heart is in the right place (as cliched as that saying is). Keri Russell herself was a great find for the WB, she's just excellent, and I'm so glad her new show has already been renewed. <br /><br />Interesting that you should note that Felicity was surrounded by people because in later episodes, run of the mill conversations will be taking place, while extras/strangers casually block the characters from view, which probably helps to recreate a busy city like New York, but it sometimes bugged the hell out of me. Episodes directed by Matt Reeves are usually very well shot, though. <br /><br />There's a bunch more I could say, but, y'know, spoilers and stuff. Not sure how much you're going to watch, but the rest of the show is worth the commitment. Season one is my favourite by far, though. <br /><br />Again, nice to see another post from you! Sorely tempted to read your Mad Men review but I'm watching so much at the minute that I haven't seen it yet. tvfan332https://www.blogger.com/profile/11257363597537666037noreply@blogger.com