I finished DINKY few days ago. That escalated quickly ;)
Don't say I didn't warn you ;)
I spent almost the entire weekend listening to it while colouring my colouring book... I mean, doing anti-stress excercises or whatever the cover says ;) I just couldn't stop.
Same here! I started listening when I was at home and ill. I sat on the balkony, looked into nature, enjoyed the sunshine and quiet and listened. I cooked and listened. I washed up and listened. I could not stop. Imagine, originally it was only six episodes each year for three years!
When I finished, I felt that "what am I supposed to do with my life now?" emptiness I only feel when I finish a long series and get really attached to the characters.
Exactly! They feel like real people, like family members. You want to know what happens next! Life does not just stop, it goes on and on. And my heart was full but nobody to talk to.
Please feel free to share with whomever you want to, to spread this awesome work!
I couldn't pick my favourite episode or quote.
What I love about it, that it is so real. Everyone has been in situations like that - mom calling at 8 in the morning, and the discussion that then happened. And all the other small problems. Or when they got a new kitchen and it took longer and longer. Ordinary things, but with wonderful dialogues. Whoever wrote this is a genius.
Lucy and Daniel make an excellent couple. They support each other, obviously love each other and are extremely funny from episode 1. "I'm never late for my work." "You work at home!" ;)
I remember the line when it was Daniel's birthday, about middle-aged men and that they are always 5 years older than Daniel is ;) Loved it. Actually I loved it from the first second when that woman told their kids that uncle Daniel would now play with them and he hadn't known about this yet. "I do?" LOOOOOOOL Before that, David only does a grunt and it already went through my whole body. Such a nice voice!
One thing is concerning me. What happened in the last two episodes? The mood has changed completely, it became very serious and dark, I felt strange because such things don't happen in sitcoms.
That was odd, wasn't it? Totally unexpected. And a friend of mine was VERY angry with it. Since they did such a turnaround and now suddenly wanted a kid as well, and she claims that is not possible to change your mind like that. But I think it is. Why not? When you get older and the clock is ticking, maybe you see things differently.
Obviously, I don't have kids and I never wanted any and I also think I would not make a good mom, but I can see it happening.
It was like life suddenly became real. Well, maybe that was exactly the point: to get out of the sitcom world. But it was quite shocking.
And this is why you can't just stop thinking about it, you want to know what happens next. I think it is a brillant twist. Now that they want a child, they get it denied. I sure hope they tried again and became wonderful parents in the end - and then all their friends told them: Told you so! ;)
Edit: Sorry, forgot about the community. Yeah, sadly it already was dead when I joined. I just kept the link to be able to read old posts, what others had to say. It's not much though.
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Date: 2015-10-10 07:52 pm (UTC)Don't say I didn't warn you ;)
I spent almost the entire weekend listening to it while colouring my colouring book... I mean, doing anti-stress excercises or whatever the cover says ;) I just couldn't stop.
Same here! I started listening when I was at home and ill. I sat on the balkony, looked into nature, enjoyed the sunshine and quiet and listened. I cooked and listened. I washed up and listened. I could not stop. Imagine, originally it was only six episodes each year for three years!
When I finished, I felt that "what am I supposed to do with my life now?" emptiness I only feel when I finish a long series and get really attached to the characters.
Exactly! They feel like real people, like family members. You want to know what happens next! Life does not just stop, it goes on and on. And my heart was full but nobody to talk to.
Please feel free to share with whomever you want to, to spread this awesome work!
I couldn't pick my favourite episode or quote.
What I love about it, that it is so real. Everyone has been in situations like that - mom calling at 8 in the morning, and the discussion that then happened. And all the other small problems. Or when they got a new kitchen and it took longer and longer. Ordinary things, but with wonderful dialogues. Whoever wrote this is a genius.
Lucy and Daniel make an excellent couple. They support each other, obviously love each other and are extremely funny from episode 1. "I'm never late for my work." "You work at home!" ;)
I remember the line when it was Daniel's birthday, about middle-aged men and that they are always 5 years older than Daniel is ;) Loved it. Actually I loved it from the first second when that woman told their kids that uncle Daniel would now play with them and he hadn't known about this yet. "I do?" LOOOOOOOL Before that, David only does a grunt and it already went through my whole body. Such a nice voice!
One thing is concerning me. What happened in the last two episodes? The mood has changed completely, it became very serious and dark, I felt strange because such things don't happen in sitcoms.
That was odd, wasn't it? Totally unexpected. And a friend of mine was VERY angry with it. Since they did such a turnaround and now suddenly wanted a kid as well, and she claims that is not possible to change your mind like that. But I think it is. Why not? When you get older and the clock is ticking, maybe you see things differently.
Obviously, I don't have kids and I never wanted any and I also think I would not make a good mom, but I can see it happening.
It was like life suddenly became real. Well, maybe that was exactly the point: to get out of the sitcom world. But it was quite shocking.
And this is why you can't just stop thinking about it, you want to know what happens next. I think it is a brillant twist. Now that they want a child, they get it denied. I sure hope they tried again and became wonderful parents in the end - and then all their friends told them: Told you so! ;)
Edit: Sorry, forgot about the community. Yeah, sadly it already was dead when I joined. I just kept the link to be able to read old posts, what others had to say. It's not much though.