TV: Sleepy Hollow

[lanalucy]

I'm liking this show.  It's fun.

I love the friendship developing between Abbie and Ichabod.

The linguist in me adored the John Doe episode - the language bits, anyway.  The languages I could hear underneath Middle English were fascinating.  Wonder how accurate the pronunciations were?

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[denyeverything1.livejournal.com]

I'm taking a poll: Sooooo how spooky is Sleepy Hollow? I gave it a pass because I do not like horror-type stuff but the relationship stuff I'm hearing about with Abbie & Ichabod (names gleaned via fannish osmosis) intrigues me, as does Abbie as a character.

Is it like, say Supernatural icky spooky or XF implied spooky?

[lanalucy]

I actually don't find it spooky at all. It's more odd, strange and bizarre.

It plays heavily on the "there's more than meets the eye here" trope, and there's a fair amount of gore, not always explicit, and not in every episode.

If I have to choose, I'm going to place it much closer to XF implied spooky than Supernatural. Without the omnipresent shirtlessness of Supernatural, to my sorrow. :'(

Mulder would probably really get a kick out of investigating Sleepy Hollow. And Scully would get a kick out of not believing a thing - on the surface.

I do really enjoy the friendship they're creating between between Ichabod and Abbie, and the tentative camaraderie growing between the sisters.

And I have to admit that Orlando Jones as a complete and utter straight man is mind-boggling. It's almost like he's someone else entirely. I forget he did those asinine 7-UP commercials. It's not always clear to me how Abbie convinces him to believe her, but....

Right now the first five eps are still on the FOX website, so you can stream them for free, unless you have a better alternative.

[denyeverything1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the info on the streaming eps -- I wasn't sure how to catch up.

This helps -- it sounds like it's much less likely to be disturbing for me than I thought. I'm only uh, 9 months behind on most shows except for the rare few I watch in real time, but I think I'll start recording this!

[lanalucy]

First episode is the goriest, by far. Flashback battle scenes to the "Yankee Rebellion" and some beheadings. After that, it's a lot more implicit than explicit.

They're not playing it campy, but I don't feel like they're taking themselves entirely seriously, either.

Lots of Biblical references.

Hope you do enjoy it.