Reading this user review on TV.com of the HBO show Deadwood just makes me want to go back and watch all three seasons.
That show stuck in my head in the same way as the Lord of the Rings novels did. I found that I would word things differently, perhaps a little more poetically, when I was involved with them. No the cussing, mind (of which there is plenty to go around in Deadwood).
I used to love writing short stories in my high school days, just for my own entertainment. There was always some fantastical tale I wanted to tell (the bulk of each usually plagiarised from whatever popular movies or TV shows where showing at the time). Unfortunately I'm very bad at finishing my own projects (stories, programs, web sites... conversations!), so I'd never think to take it up again; but I love the idea or writing in verse or other interesting ways.
I learned a new noun today: iambic pentameter. It's the poetic style that Deadwood has been written in. It is (by some definitions) poetry, literally. For me, it triggers those brain centres that just capture my attention and inspire me - like something as simple as the rhythm of a beat or clever song lyrics. It just sticks with me - and I used to find myself trying emulate the pattern of speech (again, minus the cussing!).
...Even if I didn't understand half of the meaning of what is being spoke. Then again, the same could be said of most people's understanding Shakespeare.
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