Californication

"Just the fact that people seem to be getting dumber and dumber. You know, I mean we have all this amazing technology and yet computers have turned into basically four figure wank machines. The internet was supposed to set us free, democratize us, but all it’s really given us is Howard Dean’s aborted candidacy and 24 hour a day access to kiddie porn. People… they don’t write anymore, they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that. You know, it just seems to me it’s just a bunch of stupid people pseudo-communicating with a bunch of other stupid people at a proto-language that resembles more what cavemen used to speak than the King’s English."

- Hank Moody, Californication


My roommate tends to hog up the television so I have turned to Netflix to get my TV fix. I've heard a couple things about Californication so I decided to give it a try. So far, I am pretty hooked. David Duchovny does a really good job portraying a bitter and self-loathing writer who drowns his sorrows in alcohol and pussy. In the mist of his angry sex, anonymous sex, and just plain ol' raunchy sex, we see him slowly losing his long-time love and precious little 12 year old. All the sex really overshadows the heart of the show: the different layers of Hank. He is the epitome of a man whore, however, in one scene he is kind to a naked woman who asks him about her faults, but in another scene he is brutal and dismantles his blind date. There are moments where we say he is a complete jackass, but other times we sympathize with him. I really like this show in which each episodes builds upon the main character. There are no throwaway episodes. I am probably over analyzing this show because I know I'm not some Hollywood guru or an accurate movie critic, but Hank's miserable life and failing relationships really attracts me. I mean, if you aren't into dark humor, there is an abundance of nice tits.