Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Radio Drama
Radio drama was the first writing that really hooked me.
I remember listening to my folks' radio as I fell asleep.
While I'm not old enough to have heard Dimension X as I was growing up. This was the kind radio I loved.
I remember listening to my folks' radio as I fell asleep.
While I'm not old enough to have heard Dimension X as I was growing up. This was the kind radio I loved.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Daily Writing Routines
In a related article...
Some sci-fi writers' daily writing routines.
Great procrastinating material.
Some sci-fi writers' daily writing routines.
Great procrastinating material.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Dave's Yes/No Television Review: Bates Motel (Season One) A&E
Yes. (And no one is more surprised than I am).
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Lessons Learned from Season Three of Boardwalk Empire
I enjoyed Season One of Boardwalk Empire.
I liked the world, the performances (for the most part) and the writing was pretty good too.
Season Two sucked. Characters hit the same beats over and over as the stories treaded water for no reason that I could see. I was glad when it was over. I was finished with it and I didn't see how it could proceed into a third season based on the thinly spread elements at the end of a second.
Then came Season Three.
From the first scene of the first episode of the season it grabbed me and held my head under water until I surrendered.
It would be too simple to say that a single character saved a show. There was an infusion of new talent creating the stories and shooting them too. History helped out the story department too.
But I'm never going to under-estimate the power of one character to turn a world on its head the way Bobby Cannavale's Gyp Rossetti's did. Rossetti raised the stakes in every scene he was in. He forced every character he came in contact with to take a stand. He always made me wonder what was going to happen next. And he did it by making choices and following through on them.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Why Downtown Abbey Season Three Sucks.
Ken Levine makes a calm and lucid case of the rant I've been making for the past couple months.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Dave's Yes/No TV Review: Downton Abbey
No.
(Hate me now, thank me after the Season Three Christmas "special".)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Dave's Yes/No Restaurant Review: La Grotta Del Formaggio 1791 Commercial Drive
A sandwich counter more than a restaurant but...
Yes.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)