Intensity

When looking at especially my movie collection one finds a – some might call it a bit excessive – fair amount of intense ones: The Chronicles of Riddick, the Resident Evil series, Kill Bill… Some of my favorite episodes of my favorite TV series are the intense ones.

Some may chalk it up to my being a Scorpio. Some may say it's just my personality, chalked up with some death themes.

I just like them, though I do have some light-hearted movies in there too (albeit they might be off-beat: Bedazzled, The Stepford Wives, The Incredibles, to name some).

I think it would take a Pandora-like analysis of my movie and show choices to give me an idea of why I like the ones I do.

The Handmaid's Tale

I'd just got done watching the first episode... and wow.

I don't remember the book at all, and Mrs. Betty Bills would frown at that, but I'm glad they have this adaptation available on a platform I've come to love dearly, Hulu.

It's incredibly intense. I love intense shows, and the majority of what I watch is pretty serious, but generally even the serious shows lighten up a little bit. So far with this episode I'd only had really one light-hearted moment that had me smile, or at least chuckle.

I think I'm in store for more of those, but I don't expect too many of them. That's fine.

I'd expected intensity, though not to this level, but it's enraptured me.

I take in episode 2 tomorrow, along with another of my intense shows, The 100.