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Offspring (2010)
10 things I hate about the show after 4 seasons
1. Nina as idiot savant-knowledgeable and calm under pressure at work & a blithering idiot in every other aspect of her life.
2. Jimmy's overnight transformation from man-child to mensch on becoming the father of a preemie.
3. Geraldine and Darcy's unapologetic self-centeredness
4. Martin Clegg's Michael Scott-like inappropriateness.
5. The annoying theme song that has me diving for the remote to hit skip intro or suffer the consequences
6. The deliveries got old fast.
7. The post-mortem conversations between Nina and Patrick (this device has been used way too often)
8. Darcy liked like he aged 10 years between seasons 1 and 2 (or 2 and 3). It's all a blur.
9. The Proudman family's "closeness," which was super creepy and way more destructive than supportive
10. The male "midwife" and the fact that a lesbian supervisor defended the continued use of this gender-specific terminology.
T-Bird Gang (1959)
Watched it twice in a row
This flick is cool, daddio. I agree with another reviewer that the Shelley Manne bebop score alone makes it worth watching, but there's a lot more. The acting ranges from fascinatingly bad to surprisingly good (well maybe good is an exaggeration; maybe "convincing"?). Good-looking cast. The screenplay isn't half bad. It moves along at a nice pace. Has a noirish quality. The moll's makeup job! The gang leader's "understated alpha male" shtick: he's a total control freak--renames one gang member "boy", god forbid you should make a peep while he's listening to classical music. Also affects a James Cagney-like style of speaking. So much more to savor.