BSG/Damages Vid Rec: loved her to ribbons
May. 5th, 2009 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccatoriaGuys, you guys, you ALL need to see this vid!
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chaila43.
Don't worry if you've never seen Damages, cus I haven't, but I still love it. All I know about that show is 1) apparently the main character, played by Glenn Close and named Patty Hewes (and I'm not even sure I spelled that right) is a badass lawyer who does all kinds of dodgy shit in the name of greater goals, and 2) IN THIS VID I AM HER.
Cus the premise? Patty is a Laura Roslin fangirl watching in increasing despair, drunkenness and violence as 4.5 destroys her beloved TV crush.
It works on three levels.
1) HILARIOUS.
2) HEARTBREAKINGLY RAGE-INDUCINGLY TRUE.
3) Actual powerful and subtle commentary, not just on the fact that the show failed but on all the ways it was the FAULT of the show that it failed. That it should have known better. For...a more eloquent summation of these things, seegrrl_unscripted's comment at the above link.
Really guys, you all need to watch this vid.
Again, it makes me feel vindicated for my belief that all the best things, serious or not, are deadly serious crack.
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chaila43. Don't worry if you've never seen Damages, cus I haven't, but I still love it. All I know about that show is 1) apparently the main character, played by Glenn Close and named Patty Hewes (and I'm not even sure I spelled that right) is a badass lawyer who does all kinds of dodgy shit in the name of greater goals, and 2) IN THIS VID I AM HER.
Cus the premise? Patty is a Laura Roslin fangirl watching in increasing despair, drunkenness and violence as 4.5 destroys her beloved TV crush.
It works on three levels.
1) HILARIOUS.
2) HEARTBREAKINGLY RAGE-INDUCINGLY TRUE.
3) Actual powerful and subtle commentary, not just on the fact that the show failed but on all the ways it was the FAULT of the show that it failed. That it should have known better. For...a more eloquent summation of these things, see
grrl_unscripted's comment at the above link. Really guys, you all need to watch this vid.
Again, it makes me feel vindicated for my belief that all the best things, serious or not, are deadly serious crack.
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Date: 2009-05-06 01:22 am (UTC)I promise this vid would be even more enjoyable if the WHOLE WORLD watched Damages, as they properly should, but I'm glad it works anyway. :)
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Date: 2009-05-06 10:09 pm (UTC)I know I should watch Damages but honestly, I'm a little scared of the show because I'm scared it'll go too far even for me plus my embarassing (and I mean that honestly) inability to find most shows set in the "real world" all that engaging.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, Patty Hewes does look...hella awesome.