I was sitting out the back the other night indulging one of my passions (when I should have been in bed), which is storm watching. We had a ripper electrical storm going overhead, and courtesy of growing up in Papua New Guinea and Darwin, I have always had a love of storms. I was tweeting out a running commentary of the storm from a Bertram perspective (@real_chooka) with a few others from around Perth, one of whom has the handle of "Ocean Breeze".
That got me to thinking of one of my favourite songs, "My California", by Beth Hart ("Ocean Breeze" is a musician you see) which has the line, "I wanna feel the ocean breeze", in the lyrics. That further got me thinking that I miss Hank Moody and all of the quirky characters from that great TV series, "Californication".
Californication is one of my favourite TV shows, and I have been known to binge watch a season or two in a day. Putting the gratuitous sex and sometimes extreme language to one side, I really enjoyed the complex and flawed characters that populated the show. It was difficult to like Hank, but I found it really difficult to actively dislike him too. I guess, he is the ultimate "man child", a modern day Peter Pan - the boy who never grew up.
Karen, Hank's 'on again, off again' partner is an equally flawed character whose back story is nicely developed as the seasons go on. She is glued to Hank by Becca, their daughter.
Becca is the only adult in the series, which is really ironic because she is about 13 in Season 1. Her character is developed nicely during the series, but it was disappointing to have her effectively written out of the last season.
Now I can't comment on the accuracy of the life portrayed in the series as I have never lived in that part of America, but I really did enjoy the way the script and the cinematography drew you intimately into the personal aspects of the characters "lives".
My darling bride has bought me the successive seasons on DVD over the years, and now that there will be no more, I am certain that 'God Hates Us All' (bad Californication pun!). I resolved two things as the storm was passing: 1. to go to bed, and 2. begin Californication again from Season 1 this weekend.
I can thoroughly recommend Californication to you (provided you don't mind some extreme language and sex scenes).
The weekend is here, let Season 1 begin. Hello Hank, Karen and Becca, I missed you!
Have you watched Californication? If so, I would love to hear your views.
Until next time,
CfB
That got me to thinking of one of my favourite songs, "My California", by Beth Hart ("Ocean Breeze" is a musician you see) which has the line, "I wanna feel the ocean breeze", in the lyrics. That further got me thinking that I miss Hank Moody and all of the quirky characters from that great TV series, "Californication".
Californication is one of my favourite TV shows, and I have been known to binge watch a season or two in a day. Putting the gratuitous sex and sometimes extreme language to one side, I really enjoyed the complex and flawed characters that populated the show. It was difficult to like Hank, but I found it really difficult to actively dislike him too. I guess, he is the ultimate "man child", a modern day Peter Pan - the boy who never grew up.
Karen, Hank's 'on again, off again' partner is an equally flawed character whose back story is nicely developed as the seasons go on. She is glued to Hank by Becca, their daughter.
Becca is the only adult in the series, which is really ironic because she is about 13 in Season 1. Her character is developed nicely during the series, but it was disappointing to have her effectively written out of the last season.
Now I can't comment on the accuracy of the life portrayed in the series as I have never lived in that part of America, but I really did enjoy the way the script and the cinematography drew you intimately into the personal aspects of the characters "lives".
My darling bride has bought me the successive seasons on DVD over the years, and now that there will be no more, I am certain that 'God Hates Us All' (bad Californication pun!). I resolved two things as the storm was passing: 1. to go to bed, and 2. begin Californication again from Season 1 this weekend.
I can thoroughly recommend Californication to you (provided you don't mind some extreme language and sex scenes).
The weekend is here, let Season 1 begin. Hello Hank, Karen and Becca, I missed you!
Have you watched Californication? If so, I would love to hear your views.
Until next time,
CfB
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