tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post3956222569263434565..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: Dead Freight was truly horrificMichael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-45799575998328503322012-08-16T16:31:56.062-06:002012-08-16T16:31:56.062-06:00One other comment. The show has been so dark I re...One other comment. The show has been so dark I really want a light hearted episode and I was thinking that it would be great if the school begged him to substitute teach for a week. That would be gold mine to watch as smart mouthed kids talked back to the baddest drug lord in the Southwest.<br /><br />This would show how radical the transformation has been from season one and provide some levity that this show sorely needs.Kevin Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092721842140433268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-75512594700649256592012-08-16T16:26:40.983-06:002012-08-16T16:26:40.983-06:00The worst part of that scene for me wasn't the...The worst part of that scene for me wasn't the killing of the kid it's the actor who played the shooter was on Friday Night Lights and played the most straight laced nerd you've ever met. They foreshadowed that someone was going to die with the comment what the only way to keep a secret was to leave no witnesses so I figured he was a goner once the job was done. <br /><br />Once everything was finished I expected him to get hit and then that kid showed up. When he pulled out the gun and killed the kid my Friday Night Lights image of him shattered and he 'broke bad'. I know he's just an actor and this is just a show but it was totally unexpected. On the other hand it's a good way to keep from being typecast.<br /><br />I doubt I like this season as it is so dark. Jesse is the only person I still like on the show and I'm hoping that it ends with him and Hank working together to shut down the whole thing.Kevin Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092721842140433268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-71570909544660967092012-08-15T05:58:53.309-06:002012-08-15T05:58:53.309-06:00I'm afraid I know little about this. Actually,...I'm afraid I know little about this. Actually, I'd never heard of it until just now. Ciarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628488753277495111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-26348045597453351902012-08-14T22:08:24.812-06:002012-08-14T22:08:24.812-06:00I really could not have watched that scene with th...I really could not have watched that scene with the little boy. I'm about to go to bed, but if I don't forget the details of what I've just read, I won't be able to sleep.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-15182531541156932942012-08-14T18:01:30.253-06:002012-08-14T18:01:30.253-06:00I can be just as crazy parsing episodes of my favo...I can be just as crazy parsing episodes of my favorite TV shows. But paragraph 2 highlights why I don't watch this show. Too much for me.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-40047555036512564512012-08-14T16:51:29.194-06:002012-08-14T16:51:29.194-06:00And we wonder why a guy enters a movie theater to ...And we wonder why a guy enters a movie theater to murder people including kids. Shay Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381320232580591156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-25294597597339240132012-08-14T16:34:24.087-06:002012-08-14T16:34:24.087-06:00Yoooowwwww! We have about four episodes of this TI...Yoooowwwww! We have about four episodes of this TIVOed and waiting for us, but I think it might give me waking sweats....<br />I just got into Falling Skies way after the fact, and I'm looking forward to new episodes of Boardwalk Empire. So much good TV< so little time :)<br /><a href="http://catherinestine.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Catherine Stine’s Idea City</a>Catherine Stinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131569196977321229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-88143342788055164132012-08-14T15:25:38.834-06:002012-08-14T15:25:38.834-06:00I'm with Julie. Your TV and movie reviews keep...I'm with Julie. Your TV and movie reviews keep making me think I need to start watching what you watch. I haven't watched Breaking Bad, but it sounds like it's full of fascinating transformations and giant moral dilemmas.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-57487350267502954512012-08-14T13:38:42.915-06:002012-08-14T13:38:42.915-06:00I stopped watching this show after a few episodes....I stopped watching this show after a few episodes. I don't like shows where the bad guys seem to be winning even if it is realistic.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-50173878189107550582012-08-14T13:11:32.998-06:002012-08-14T13:11:32.998-06:00Mrs. C. and I are looking for a new program to wat...Mrs. C. and I are looking for a new program to watch now that we've caught up on all of the Boardwalk Empire epidods. We've been thinking about Breaking Bad because of all the hype, but you've convinced me this isn't a program for us. Thanks.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-82402245000211420762012-08-14T12:48:05.245-06:002012-08-14T12:48:05.245-06:00Curse you! Stop highlighting shows and making me i...Curse you! Stop highlighting shows and making me interested in watching them. I don't have time to add another To Be Watched show in my life. <br /><br />I love your TV reviews. They intrigue me.Julie Daineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350205936357263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-16894116512896561622012-08-14T11:42:13.105-06:002012-08-14T11:42:13.105-06:00Don't know if we get this here, but it doesn&#...Don't know if we get this here, but it doesn't sound like something I'd watch too much of. J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-8407927068952453312012-08-14T11:23:06.320-06:002012-08-14T11:23:06.320-06:00Sometimes I'm glad I don't have a tv.Sometimes I'm glad I don't have a tv. Elise Fallsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734537117333738468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-84564643535361392402012-08-14T10:28:38.127-06:002012-08-14T10:28:38.127-06:00I don't really follow the details here, as I d...I don't really follow the details here, as I don't watch the show, but your comment that someone is "just as" responsible for letting someone do all these crimes.<br /><br />I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, a rule that 'not stopping someone from doing a crime', or at least 'not reporting when you know someone did a crime' is tantamount to doing the crime yourself might be a handy tool for society -- and in Wisconsin, at least, "aiding and abetting" a crime, and "conspiring" to commit a crime, are in fact the same thing as "doing" the crime, but all require some sort of affirmative step, and while they legally are the same thing, culpability and hence sentencing are not equivalent: a court might give a lighter sentence to a person who simply drove a getaway car for a murderous bank robber, and a still lighter sentence to the conspirator who simply helped them map out a getaway route.<br /><br />I think in the end that saying she is "just as" guilty as he is has a way of diminishing the reprehensible quality of the murderer, and we should be careful about those generalizations. <br /><br />I know this is not my usual lighthearted comment, so allow me to close with a joke:<br /><br />Knock Knock!<br /><br />(Who's there?)<br /><br />Owlsay.<br /><br />(Owlsay Who?)<br /><br />Yes, that's right. Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-66042347015529296542012-08-14T08:35:51.704-06:002012-08-14T08:35:51.704-06:00I only watched season one too. It's well done...I only watched season one too. It's well done and a great concept, but a little too realistic with the violence for me.Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-57464787798039889792012-08-14T07:31:49.590-06:002012-08-14T07:31:49.590-06:00I'm another one who's never heard of this ...I'm another one who's never heard of this series, and even though, like you said, I can handle seeing decapitation, people burning, yada yada, etc etc, but seeing children get hurt? No... DRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-43182890936898634382012-08-14T06:52:04.661-06:002012-08-14T06:52:04.661-06:00I suppose it's a good thing movies like "...I suppose it's a good thing movies like "Scarface" are only 2-3 hours so we don't have to get into as many gritty details.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-76391363212242650552012-08-14T06:43:08.436-06:002012-08-14T06:43:08.436-06:00I'm glad I've never heard of that series.I'm glad I've never heard of that series.writing and living by Richard P Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814139767151989286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-85609689042995353852012-08-14T04:32:36.857-06:002012-08-14T04:32:36.857-06:00This is just a guess because I don't watch the...This is just a guess because I don't watch the show, but it sounds like this is going to be about Jesse getting away from Walt at some point breaking out of the life of crime and drugs..and it sounds exciting. I mean something has to be redeeming, right? <br /><br />It seems these days that certain shows use children for various disturbing reasons....and I wish they wouldn't. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922596724107742478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-80063078463109940422012-08-14T04:31:55.635-06:002012-08-14T04:31:55.635-06:00That scene would certainly be disturbing to me. That scene would certainly be disturbing to me. Brindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809660700359597836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-38412001588799549122012-08-14T01:39:03.706-06:002012-08-14T01:39:03.706-06:00I wouldn't like to watch scenes of the killing...I wouldn't like to watch scenes of the killing of a kid either. Would break my heart. Too disturbing.<br /><br />I understood it when Rick had to shoot the zombie child on Walking Dead, but it still chilled me to the bone. I was so shocked it made me sick. But it made sense at least.<br /><br />Not like this scene.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-61859315699724268942012-08-14T00:41:32.749-06:002012-08-14T00:41:32.749-06:00Hey, that murderer dude is from Friday Night Light...Hey, that murderer dude is from Friday Night Lights, which I loved. Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-32586373154905324512012-08-14T00:26:59.927-06:002012-08-14T00:26:59.927-06:00Just caught your post on my way to bed. This is pr...Just caught your post on my way to bed. This is probably why I don't watch this show. Season 1 was enough for me.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.com