The Hour; Baccano!
Aug. 14th, 2011 02:26 amStuff I've watched recently. Finished Baccano!, watched the first episode of The Hour on on-demand BBC America. I was tempted to Tumblr Save any mention of The Hour to avoid spoilers from now on, but ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
relia rightly pointed out that I might have some problems if I literally censored the word "hour" from my dash.
The Hour: I'm doing this without spoilers so I can put Baccano! behind a spoiler cut. That being said, it's intriguing as hell and I don't know why they're marketing this like Mad Men when it looks much more like some hybrid of Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, a Hitchcock film, and a noir homage to me -- we tuned in for Romola Garai, but are staying for the creepy and suspenseful cinematography and soundtrack designed successfully to keep a viewer on their toes and some intriguing characters. I guess people like comparing anything new to anything current and successful -- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell got comparisons to practically every popular fantasy book on the market in hopes of snagging people. The Hour also sort of reminds me of Rubicon, set during the Cold War.
( Spoilers for Baccano! )
So, yeah, watch Baccano!.
relia rightly pointed out that I might have some problems if I literally censored the word "hour" from my dash.The Hour: I'm doing this without spoilers so I can put Baccano! behind a spoiler cut. That being said, it's intriguing as hell and I don't know why they're marketing this like Mad Men when it looks much more like some hybrid of Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, a Hitchcock film, and a noir homage to me -- we tuned in for Romola Garai, but are staying for the creepy and suspenseful cinematography and soundtrack designed successfully to keep a viewer on their toes and some intriguing characters. I guess people like comparing anything new to anything current and successful -- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell got comparisons to practically every popular fantasy book on the market in hopes of snagging people. The Hour also sort of reminds me of Rubicon, set during the Cold War.
( Spoilers for Baccano! )
So, yeah, watch Baccano!.
