TeeVee for Beginners, Friday Period Two

[chosehumanity]

"We are nearing the end of our time together," Mitchell started. He was seated on the back of his own couch, lounging in his own way. "So you'll all have to kiss each other off and say goodbye for good. At least 'till you run into each other on the stairs when you head back home from class."

He gestured to the TV, which was now set up in the middle of the room. "Last week, you picked a program," he said, "Today, I want to hear about it. Did you have fun, or was it boring? Was it what you expected? What did you look for in a program to begin with? Would you recommend it to anyone else? Who were your favorite characters, that sort of thing. And then I'll judge you all ruthlessly. Better start cowering behind your sofas."

He grinned. "Then as a final treat," he finished, "I've got one last thing to show you, so don't run out. I'm sure all the alcohol and teenage flirtation can hold for another twenty minutes."

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Re: Present Your Shows

[bitten_notshy]

"I watched 'Darkest Night,'" Jack volunteered, then rummaged in his brain for a bit of faint praise. "I ... the actors were well-cast."

Easy to look at, anyhow. He grinned at Tony. "And the production work was excellent given how little they had to work with."

No. It really wasn't.

Re: Present Your Shows

[chosehumanity]

"Yeah?" Mitchell asked. It was customary with these kids, by now. "So what did you really think?"

Re: Present Your Shows

[bitten_notshy]

"I think the scripts seem to have been written by a particularly silly teenage girl, and the monster costumes always look like they were made from things someone swept up from under the icebox," Jack admitted. "Though it isn't a bad way to waste time. But your movies were better."

Not sucking up! Really.

Re: Present Your Shows

[chosehumanity]

Which was a pity, because if he was trying to suck up, he was succeeding admirably.

"Those movies are classics," Mitchell said, beaming slightly to himself. And not just because he'd made an invisible background appearance in one or two, or anything. "There's really no compare. Good call on the scripts, too."

Re: Present Your Shows

[bitten_notshy]

"Well, when the vampire and his companion can't stop themselves from being injured and collapsing into each other's arms at least once every hour" -- Jack stopped himself. "I just don't think they're especially good detectives, but they aren't really meant to be, are they? Not like the Bogart fellow."

Re: Present Your Shows

[chosehumanity]

"With this kind of light trash, everything beyond the over-the-top romantic drama and the maulings is meant as a backdrop," Mitchell told him, shrugging lightly. "It's fun if you turn your mind off."

He could understand mindless entertainment. He could just not understand people who thought it was better than the classics.