Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
I was going to open my first post here with a rant about Tumblr (as required by regs), but since the sidebar powers that be have destroyed Web 2.0 in its nest, I can't get any uppity satisfaction out of boycotting it. Plus, one of the dudes that works there bought me a fruity tiki drink, so I guess it delivered some good into this world.
Instead, I'll just say that I've watched all six parts of "John Adams" and so far all I've learned is that of all the Founding Fathers of this great nation, the one who was least deserving of a seven-part HBO miniseries is John Adams. (Also, Ben Franklin almost certainly had syphilis.) JA apparently failed at diplomacy, governance, fatherhood, farming, and dental hygiene, while still finding it in his heart to resent all his friends for their successes. (Do I really have to make the joke that logically follows here?) Is it possible to get swift boated by your own cable biographers?
Still, the soundtrack is pretty sweet, because I'm 90% sure it was just lifted from "The Last of the Mohicans."
This is a TV blog, right? Just to be safe:
Instead, I'll just say that I've watched all six parts of "John Adams" and so far all I've learned is that of all the Founding Fathers of this great nation, the one who was least deserving of a seven-part HBO miniseries is John Adams. (Also, Ben Franklin almost certainly had syphilis.) JA apparently failed at diplomacy, governance, fatherhood, farming, and dental hygiene, while still finding it in his heart to resent all his friends for their successes. (Do I really have to make the joke that logically follows here?) Is it possible to get swift boated by your own cable biographers?
Still, the soundtrack is pretty sweet, because I'm 90% sure it was just lifted from "The Last of the Mohicans."
This is a TV blog, right? Just to be safe:
