Different generations, different tastes. I do find some of the cable programs like Spartacus go way too far in terms of soft porn and gore. I am almost 54 though so my tastes are more in the line of the movies I saw in the 60s, 70s, and 80s while growing up. Someone that grew up in the 90s and 00s might have quite different likes and dislikes from me.

Watched The Following and found it pretty gory for a network television show. But I really like Kevin Bacon so I will probably tune in next week. Now that Kyra Sedgwick is no longer making The Closer, someone in their house has to bring home the bacon. :)

The TV critic in today's Villages Daily Sun makes the point that the Beatles "Helter Skelter" song was Charles Manson's inspiration for his murderous actions. You really cannot figure out the mind of a serial killer and his or her motivations as they do not seem to act on logic all that much.

He was talking about the three very violent series appearing this week on TV among these is The Following.

I noticed Kyra and Kevin seem to take turns bringing home the Bacon. It's a shame because they lost of a lot of money to Bernie Madoff.

They seem to work well in balancing their private and professional lives.

Grandparents born in 1945
 

Your reply is right on target. We are 68 and almost 68 and say often that our actions would not be changed in any which way, shape or form by watching the modern diet of American t.v. Hey, we even enjoy "Dexter." We also enjoy quality shows on PBS.

Another case in point, "Breaking Bad".......( but no way we would become drug manufacturers, etc.)

But, we'd be amiss to notice and realize that these "shows" have all changed since our kids were little and watching "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie".........family type shows back in the 1970's.

I do worry about the younger generation being saturated in either inane comedies or these gory killer t.v. shows.

Parents who limit and monitor their children's t.v. watching are doing their parental duties, for sure..........but as kids get older, they do see other shows at friends' homes. All worrisome to grandparents born in 1945.

I guess we've seen it all and remember it well.........how t.v. has changed for better and for worse.

liked it and wont miss a remaining episode.

Just caught the 2nd episode. It still holds my interest.

I only got the see the last half hour of "The Following" last night and it wasn't as gory. It looks like now it might turn into a thrilling show.

I'll try to watch #3 episode in it's entirety.

It is well worth watching. I had been wondering what happened with the character played by Natalie Zea from Justified. They seem to have written her out for a while and now she is playing a new role on The Forgotten.

She is still pregnant with Raylan's child on Justified. She will show up eventually

I saw "ineverfrogetwhatsherface" from Law and Order last night's show.

She also was in "The Pacific".

whatsherface's name is Annie Parisse. :smiley:

The true masters of intrigue are gone. They could create tension anxiety fear wth just silence, and shawdows and facial reactions. Conversely they could produce love romance and sex with a look touch of the hand flouting clouds by tapping into our imaginations.
Most of this isn't missed until you happen on a movie that has a truly personal and wonderful narrative depicting the human experience. Movieas are no longer about story telling their now about the most noise, most blood, most sex scenes and most advanced graphics/technology

Scenes that scare me the most are:
1. Anthonty Perkins jumping out of nowhere onto the scene.
2. The scene from Jaws where the floating head appears suddenly.

"The Following" has scenes like this where unexpected things happen suddenly. The days are gone where black and white movies with shadows like the old Dracula and Frankenstein, etc seem to be a thing of the past. It's too bad as they were wonderfully made movies. :(

I believe last nights episode will repeat this Friday if you wanted to catch the first 1/2 hour.