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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2009-11-09 08:48 pm
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Stiff Acting

A group of people stranded on an island - check. Mysterious going ons - check. Dark events in the past - check. Love quadrangles and sexy meaningful looks - check. Bad dialogue - check. A goth couple - check. A cute dog - check. About a gazillion episodes ahead of you before the truth comes out - check. If the producers of Harper's Island wanted a worthy successor to Lost they could have done much worse.

Harper's Island is a cross between The Bold and the Beautiful on a high budget with Agatha Christie's bloodiest plot lines and Sweet Valley High's characters. It's 90210 if you could enjoy a character getting murdered each episode. It's Jason Voorhees visiting Dawson's Creek. It's pretty bad but oh so addictive by episode 2. Like [livejournal.com profile] naturalbornkaos, I recommend you just watch it without investigating places like IMDB, otherwise you are likely to bump into spoilers.

Nothing like some sexy young people getting their heads chopped off to get you through winter!

This weekend, Kevin and I just chilled out at home and did my favourite thing in the world: nothing! Some books were read, some NaNoWriMo was written, some coffee was drunk and some trash reality TV was watched. Yesterday, we briefly walked around Victoria Park and I recorded my first two videos EVER on my brother's ancient hand-me-down digital camera. The first video is an experimental and heartbreaking portrayal of Kevin walking as a jogger goes past; the second video is a terrifying and gut-wrenching expose of seagulls going nuts over breadcrumbs.

Now I better stop procrastinating here and go kick some NaNoWriMo butt.
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[identity profile] naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com 2009-11-09 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That's kind of how I felt about "Harper's Island" to begin with but I have to admit by about episode 10 I was utterly hooked in an entirely legit, guilt-free "OHMYGODTHISISFUCKINGAMAZING" kind of way instead.

[identity profile] moveslikegiallo.livejournal.com 2009-11-09 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It took me longer than Craig to get into it, but by the end, yeah, it was pretty awesome.

[identity profile] amberholic.livejournal.com 2009-11-09 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I missed the first few episodes but may have to rent it on DVD. Henry from Ugly Betty is in it and looking pretty hot so that's reason enough for me!

[identity profile] beeorkendurkey.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
dammit, you've hooked me with that review. tracking it down now. i'm sure to love it.

[identity profile] noondaydemon.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I was big Bold and the Beautiful fan (or "Boulders":))
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