So my job has been sucking the life out of me lately (forgive the pun, you'll see why) and I have fallen into a stupefied state of total inertia. I cannot even think about what I need to do the change my job, career, hell, my life. Instead as part of my old, "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" routine, I have started watching television again. Perfect brainless activity guaranteed to stop the pain associated with taking any meaningful action.
I really needed TV sedation by Friday when the cumulative mind-numbing effects were too much. Yes, that bad. I won't even go out on Fridays for the most part because, well, I'm just not much fun to be around. The pickings were slim but one show, "Moonlight" caught my attention. I've always been a fan of the vampire genre although the fact that it was on CBS didn't hold out much hope (couldn't be dark enough for my tastes).
To be honest, I stuck through the first few episodes due to the attractiveness of the male lead, Alex O'Loughlin. No denying that I can be shallow in that way. But as time went on, the episodes improved and there is a great film noir aspect to the production that appealed to me. Some of the episodes have included mini-homages to certain movies, like Body Heat and The Conversation. Kind of fun and clever!
Going back to the actor O'Loughlin, I am starting to think his good looks might be a problem. It could lead you to overlook that he's a pretty fine actor. As is his co-star, Sophia Myles. It might have something to do with his being an Aussie and her being a Brit (more later on my predilection for non-US actors). They have some great scenes between them but this one is one of my favorites (property of CBS).
Aren't they fantastic?? This is why I love good acting and am envious of actors who can take on imaginary characters and actually make you care about them as if they were real people. Not to mention I love all the angst about being human versus immortal, and the show and these actors can deliver on angst!! Instead of sedating me, it's reminded how much I love the creative process and that maybe I need to dust off those old short stories and half-finished novels. So go figure and all this from network TV? Hope CBS knows a good thing and keeps the show on the air.
Oh, and I heard that O'Loughlin was a contender for Bond, but lost out to Daniel Craig. In some way, I hope that doesn't become a possibility for him in the future. Not that I don't wish him well but just think that he definitely has the breadth of acting ability to be the next great character (and not caricature) actor.
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