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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 11, 2011 6:17:15 GMT -5
Can I interest anyone in a general hanging-out thread? Pop in and tell us how your day is going and where your head's at.  I'm at work trying to properly work, but I keep surreptitiously popping into the forum to see if we've got new members and new posts. ;D |
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Post by gnattery on Nov 11, 2011 7:03:08 GMT -5
Today I got a completely ridiculous parking fine, and instead of studying for my AI exam like I should have been, I've been watching season 4 of FNL.
How did I come to love this show so much. How.
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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 11, 2011 7:34:29 GMT -5
Boo for parking fine!  What's an AI exam? I've never found myself really invested in FNL like so many people I know seem to. We started watching s5 at one point and then just... stopped somewhere. We'll need to revisit at some point. |
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Post by gnattery on Nov 11, 2011 7:43:56 GMT -5
I think the investment in FNL is something that kind of builds up by watching it from the start. I can't really imagine starting it partway through and really caring that much. It really is just a show about football and the people who like football, but something about the overall feeling of it gets under your skin. Or my skin, anyway. It's one of those shows that feels like it's about life in general.
The exam is for a subject in my compsci course, about artificial intelligence programming. Got to do some pretty nifty stuff, and learn some older and somewhat more obscure programming languages, which was fun.
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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 11, 2011 7:53:02 GMT -5
Oh sorry, I can see how I can be misinterpreted with what I said. We did start watching from the beginning, but I still didn't really become very invested. And then we finally sort of trailed to a stop about halfway through s5. I guess it's just that it's too hyper-real in the sense that the overall premise seems to be: life really sucks, except for rare moments when it doesn't. My view is pretty much the opposite of that, so I guess it doesn't quite resonate with me. *shrug* I love coach and Tami and the rest; I guess I just prefer my drama to be hyper-dramatic and, I guess I have a fondness of archetypes over "this is a study of real people in real lives". That's all just me though.  Oooh, the course sounds awesome! I don't suppose you actually get to build robots or anything. |
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Post by gnattery on Nov 11, 2011 8:04:57 GMT -5
Normally I'm the same, I prefer the less realistic archetypes, more structured and thematic character arcs. I tend to gravitate towards sci-fi or fantasy for that reason. I guess FNL is hitting a bit close to home with the realism, since I've been feeling lately very much like life is mundane and boring and real and I just have to deal with it. Which isn't very heartening I know but it's where I'm at atm. :/
No robots, sadly. That would be more engineering. But I did write a nice little bit of software that can separate 24 ounces of liquid into thirds, using a 24, 13, 11 and 5 ounce beaker, and tell you the steps to get there. I know, I know. No need to all thank me at once.
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Post by killabeez on Nov 11, 2011 9:22:26 GMT -5
The thing about FNL that always gets me is the idea that everyone in the show has to make compromises, and deal with disappointments (some small, some huge) but the filp side of that is that there's always some kind of unexpected form of grace. I don't mean that in the religious sense, though you could certainly read it that way in this show. But something that's held true throughout the show is that no matter how many disappointments the characters face, and what kind of compromises they have to make, they find strength and joy in each other, and often in unexpected rewards for their perseverance.
It's a hard show, and it is realistic, but all the characters seem to find redemption and hope, too. So although it's a lot like life, it also seems to generally include a lot of growth and comfort and love. Also, there are consequences for everything, and the characters struggle to be better people. So, I find it very joyful, even if through tears a lot of the time.
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Post by gnattery on Nov 11, 2011 9:24:34 GMT -5
Uhh, yes, what she said. :$
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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 11, 2011 12:03:59 GMT -5
That's a lovely way to put it, Killa. I maintain that regardless of the moments of grace, generally it's still too depressing to really get me to embrace it, but that's totally just me. End of work on a Friday, hurrah! I'm off to see Robert Sheehan in a play tonight. Be jealous, bitches! |
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Post by dragonchic on Nov 11, 2011 13:34:38 GMT -5
I actually did exactly that (well, kind of). I started watching in the middle of season 5, found that I really liked it, and so watched S5 and S4 in their entirety (yes, in that order). I had watched bits and pieces of seasons 1 and 2 back when the show first started but didn't really get into it. It's only recently that I went back and properly watched the early seasons. I think the problem was that I didn't really connect with a lot of the main characters from the early seasons (like Tim, Lyla, Tyra, etc) whereas I instantly took a shine to almost the entire East Dillon crew. The discussion about realism is also interesting because I always found the football games over-dramatized and sometimes a bit silly (how many times have they come back from a giant deficit to win on a miracle last play?). But I suppose they need something to make up for the rest of the show being hyper-realistic.  |
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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 11, 2011 18:59:38 GMT -5
I actually did exactly that (well, kind of). I started watching in the middle of season 5, found that I really liked it, and so watched S5 and S4 in their entirety (yes, in that order). Haha, you rebel, you. Back from seeing the play. (The Playboy of the Western World.) Quite disappointed... thought it would be more entertaining than it was. Robert Sheehan kind of wasted his capacity for physical comedy in the role. |
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Post by amnisias on Nov 12, 2011 19:43:11 GMT -5
Spend most of the day in the kitchen baking cookies and listening to music.
FNL, one of my fave shows. It's gritty and real but also uplifting. I particularly like the portrayal of the coach and his wife, I don't think I've seen a more realistic yet positive couple on TV in like forever. They disagree, they fight, they irritate each other, but they always move on, work it out and have each others back when it counts.
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Post by obsessive24 on Nov 12, 2011 19:55:38 GMT -5
Cookies! I'm tempted to come up north and just hang in your kitchen. |
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Post by nos on Nov 12, 2011 22:37:25 GMT -5
I am not vidding at the moment cause I am recovering from breaking my right hand lol. Typing is interesting to say the least. I did it last week so hopefully soon I'll be on less vicodin. And leaving longer posts. But my day has mostly been trying to wrangle three kids with one hand, and begging the hubby to help chop veggies for dinner (which was successful, yay). Been spending most of my free time hunting up fanfic. Ohh, we should have a fanfic rec section. Or maybe that's the vicodin talking.
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Post by legoline on Nov 13, 2011 2:54:41 GMT -5
I stopped watching FNL after season 4 but I'll definitely get the season 5 DVD (I'm hoping for Black Friday) and caught up soon, I hope. I've never been an avid fan of FNL and I wasn't too impressed when I originally watched it, maybe because everyone and their cat had told me just how incredibly awesome it is and my hopes were too high, but when I was done with the first season I realised that I wanted to buy the DVD. It kind of...resonated with me on some level and I really grew to like it. I have the most PERFECT song for this show that I hope I can vid someday when have the other seasons on DVD. @ nos Ouch! Get well soon! |
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