Friday Night Recs
Jul. 6th, 2010 12:15 amI have fallen pretty hard for Friday Night Lights, and would definitely commend it to anyone who hasn't already found out they don't like it.
I am a huge fan of stylised, clever writing a la Joss Whedon or Aaron Sorkin, but the naturalism of dialogue in Friday Night Lights completely blew me away. I loved The Wire, and the way that it constructed a sprawling, complex, completely believable world. FNL, while being a completely different programme, has hit that same button. I've only watched one season and the show has created a dense, emotionally rich landscape with fabulous characters and heroism and amazing women.
There is a bit of a dearth of fic, but there seems to be a very high awesome:other stuff ratio. Like this:
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I am a huge fan of stylised, clever writing a la Joss Whedon or Aaron Sorkin, but the naturalism of dialogue in Friday Night Lights completely blew me away. I loved The Wire, and the way that it constructed a sprawling, complex, completely believable world. FNL, while being a completely different programme, has hit that same button. I've only watched one season and the show has created a dense, emotionally rich landscape with fabulous characters and heroism and amazing women.
There is a bit of a dearth of fic, but there seems to be a very high awesome:other stuff ratio. Like this:
( Read more... )