Rome? Carnivale?

[mrv3000]

So thinking about my previous post and shows I've not watched, I think I'd be most inclined to check out Rome. So is it 2 seasons and that's it?

Also, did anyone ever get into Carnivale? I saw the first couple of episodes of that and really liked it. Is that show still going? Or if ended, did they complete the story? Or was it left open-ended? I wouldn't mind watching it all if a complete story has been told.

And in looking up Rome on Netflix, I was reminded of my loathing of Romeo & Juliet (as it popped up on my "Rome" search.) The play, the movies...everything. If you can't figure out if someone's dead or not, you really don't deserve to procreate. Dipshits.

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[icepixie]

I watched the first season of Carnivale when it came out on DVD. You post reminded me to check Netflix for season two, and lo and behold, it's finally out! I'll have to watch it.

I remember thinking the first season was pretty good, but very weird and creepy. But the atmosphere made it worth watching. (I love the 1930s, I love that whole traveling-around-all-dusty-Grapes of Wrath-type genre, I love small-town-California-in-the-early-twentieth-century.) Plus, Clancy Brown! Who is awesome!

Totally with you on the Romeo and Juliet hate. OMG, they were stupid. Stupid even by teenager standards. And this gets held up as the greatest love story ever told? No way.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I remember thinking the first season was pretty good, but very weird and creepy. But the atmosphere made it worth watching. (I love the 1930s, I love that whole traveling-around-all-dusty-Grapes of Wrath-type genre, I love small-town-California-in-the-early-twentieth-century.) Plus, Clancy Brown! Who is awesome!

Yes yes yes and yes!

Totally with you on the Romeo and Juliet hate. OMG, they were stupid. Stupid even by teenager standards. And this gets held up as the greatest love story ever told? No way.

I know. And what you brought up - the greatest love story ever told - that's probably why I have such a hate of it. If it wasn't consistently held up as the epitome of love, I probably would only have a mild dislike of it. They were morons.

[icepixie]

And what you brought up - the greatest love story ever told - that's probably why I have such a hate of it. If it wasn't consistently held up as the epitome of love, I probably would only have a mild dislike of it.

Quite. I can see how the balcony scene, etc., are romantic if you like flowery prose, and I like the basic story of two kids from feuding houses falling in love, but the stupid at the end just ruins it. If Juliet had had a bad reaction to the sleeping potion and actually died from it or something, I'd be much more inclined to like the damn thing.