Six Feet Under TV Show

I started watching this show, Six Feet Under because I was really sad that Dexter ended. It was a desperate attempt to hold onto the idea of Dexter and while looking up other series Michael C. Hall has acted in, I stumbled upon this wonderful drama series.
In the beginning, for me, it was all about how Michael was acting and how successfully he had pulled off being gay. I even went back to the internet to read if he was actually gay!
As you progress from the first season on, you begin to get sucked into the Fishers' lives as if it were your own. Honestly, that happens to me a lot, every time I watch a show, I end up living with the characters during and even after the show has ended. It is an alternate reality that gives me great comfort and an immense sense of belonging. It is a lovely time, with every show, and I enjoy it a lot.

The first season finale left me wondering for a while why I was watching it, not in a bad way, but just that it did not have a climax or anything which made you go "Haww" and go on to the second season. At one point, my sister even said, "You are expecting too much from the show." But somewhere deep down I knew this was all leading to something awesome. As each episode progressed and as each season ended, I could not stop myself from switching on the next episode!
The very concept of being born and growing up around death and accepting it as a part of your own life is so unique and you know it is real and not made up. It is a fact that there are undertakers and funeral directors all over the world. I can only wonder if their life is anything like this!
I used to have a friend who was in this business. His father owns a family owned funeral home in Mumbai. I remembered a conversation which I found a little weird.

Me - So are there dead bodies always in your house?
Friend - Yes. Most of the time.
Me - Don't you get scared? Like what if one starts moving or something?
Friend - Over a period of time, you get used to it. You stop thinking of it as a body. It's just there. You don't have to bother about it. They are certified dead when they come to the office.

Watching the Fishers just gave me some perspective and insights into this particular friend's life. Things I am sure I did not understand in the past.

Six Feet Under Finale -

This is coming from a person who has seen around 50 - 100 shows and is very passionate about TV shows and analyses each one in detail.

This was the BEST FINALE and end to a TV show I have ever seen. None of the series finale will ever match this. It gave meaning to the whole show and to every character and to every small little thing in the show. It makes the show whole and perfect.
The fact that they chose to show the entire ending through Claire's eyes is so correct. She would be the last Fisher to die! The end makes us realise that death is what defines us. It gives us an age. It gives us an end, without which we would all be incomplete.
The show taught me a few things.
Death is not something to be scared of or sad about. It defines and gives you the time to live. It is most likely just a stop during a long journey. I have never believed in after life, but this show seems to have made me believe that there is either a journey ahead or that there is something which is there which might not be necessarily bad.
I was very happy to see Lisa pushing around Claire's aborted child in the church. This was such a nice scene. The show was saying that no matter how small the life is, or how old, it still had death. And this death was something which gave it meaning.

After all the science and technological advancement that we as humans boast of, we are not able to understand something which is inevitable and with everyone - Death.
It remains a mystery to everyone. It does not make any sense to anyone. We do not know what happens to the life which existed in the body. How can it be that it just gets switch off like that, without any explanation. It is amazing how we all grasp this reality and still live on. I think most of choose not to confront death unless we are slapped with it. Shouldn't we know more about how this concept unravels or what exactly it is?
I will definitely be spending some more time reading and researching about this.

The famed / defamed Twilight series

After a lot of turning and twisting, I finally decided to run 3 movies of the Twilight series on the vlc player.
Honestly, I did get a head ache..but that was because I was watching it at a close proximity.

Let me tell you what I think of the Twilight series, the three movies which I saw atleast.

The movies looked good to me. Technically, it was pretty well made. It was not extra ordinary, but it was decent. It was slow in many parts where they were trying to focus on parts of the movie, but there is always Candy Crush to give you company at such times. So you do not really have to look at the screen. You know when the movie has progressed, just by listening to the dialogues.

The main character Bella and Edward seemed a little weird to me. I wonder how old Robert Pattinson is in real life, he looked really old in the movie. The girl Bella however was young and looked good throughout the movie. Some places the make up was used to make her look older and prettier than she really is. Good job Make up people!
The wolf guy, Jacob was also quite an attraction. Personally, I felt that Bella should have chosen him over the really really white and lanky guy. But well, wolves are not for everybody.
The wolf character that Jacob turned into was a very good looking wolf. It reminded me very much of my dog and hence I can confidently say that the particular werewolf was my favorite character.
Then came Dakota Fanning and her troops. All of them have done a very good job with their acting and costumes.
The graphics are also not that bad.

At one point, I felt they were really trying to copy LOTR, by seeking support from everyone and gathering an army to fight a war - All this was in the last movie.
It was pretty similar I'd say and the movie ended well with no real fight sequence, except one in the vision of Alice.

One thing I did like about the movie was the casting. The actors were chosen very well based on the characters. They fit their roles pretty well, except maybe the lead characters Bella & Edward. I guess they could have chosen better actors in their places.

Overall, the movie was just like any other Bollywood movie with a little bit of Tollywood in it (Rajnikant style).
I will say that you can watch the series, if you are bored and have nothing else to do. Helps to kill time.

Just don't expect too much from the movie. It might disappoint you then. 

A King's responsibilities

We get one call a day on an average about how people are not able to keep the animals they love so dearly in their lives due to some reason or the other. Here is what I have to say about this. Please read on.

a) Would you put your parents in an old age home while you are still alive and capable against their wishes just because it is too much work to take care of them? 

b) Would you give up your child because it is cries too much and makes too much noise?

c) Would you give up your wife / husband and children if you got a better job and had to move to a new place?

If the answer to 'Would you give up your pet for XYZ reason?' is Yes, then at some point in life, you will be able to do all of the above.
I am not saying that you will do a, b or c because you give up your pet , but that you are capable of doing a, b and c.

A choice is rarely ever made because someone holds a gun to your head. A choice is made because you prioritize something over the other.
There is nothing in this world which you and I cannot do. It is a matter of thinking, planning and execution always.
Everybody always has a choice of 'Never saying Never'. It is about our ability to exercise that choice.

Think about it.

Just because you do not have the courage to take care of your pet in a situation which most likely you created yourself, why should that poor being which trusts you with its life suffer? Why should your pet bear the brunt of the situation?

If you know yourself to be such a non committal person, then do not get pets at all.
The animal or bird does not see you as a non committal jerk, but as its parent who will love them and care for them forever.
Remember that had we lived in an ideal world, it would have probably lived with its parents and then once it came of age, would fly away or make its own clan or move away. But since we (human beings) have interfered and messed with the cycle of life, we cannot really talk about the pets we have being with their own parents.

On a parting note, what you do to your animal speaks volumes about you as a person.
How you keep them, how you treat them, the decisions you make for them shows what you could do if you were king and the world was your kingdom.
You are the king of the animal and it respects you with all its life.