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[quote=Anonymous]I've only seen the first two episodes and really liked them. I like how creepy and weird it is. I've never watched True Detective before, but I think we'll watch Season 1 after we're done with this one.

But I wanted to respond to the conversation about the sex scenes from early in the thread because my DH and I were just talking about this tonight after watching the second episode. We were talking about how it's kind of a bummer what sex is like in TV and movies these days. There's a lot of emphasis on making it "realistic" which means that a lot of times the sex scenes are awkward, uncomfortable, or unappealing. I get sex is a part of life but as a PP said, so is pooping and no one wants to watch a bunch of realistic pooping scenes when they are watching TV.

Anyway, DH and I were talking about how sex isn TV/movies these days is an active turn off. Like it's not that it's not all soft focus and intentionally titillating. It's that it's often specifically unpleasant in a way that makes me think "ugh, I forgot how gross sex is when you think about it." And as a middle aged couple who still has a strong marriage but doesn't get it on as much as we used to, this is a bummer because the last thing we need is a turn OFF. I don't need my TV/movie to put me in the mood or whatever, but I wish it wouldn't so often put me OUT of the mood by showing sex is this kind of unpleasant experience. Like when's the last time you saw a sex scene in a contemporary show where it actually seemed enjoyable. Sex is supposed to be enjoyable. People just have these perfunctory orgasms and work out their psychological issues. I am sure sex is like that sometimes, but why is sex on TV and in movies *always* like that now.

Society has enough problems, I just don't think we need our art and culture to be making sex seem so unappealing all the time. Once in a while, fine. But not in every single thing I watch.

/rant[/quote]

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