Watched Love by Design for the third time two nights ago, and then Lethal Seduction last night, both on DIVA. The first is a typical DIVA romance, the kind that is pleasurable to watch (in this case because of the fashion interiors and the rustic, Romanian scenes), the kind you can leave to make a phone call or take a little snack and then go back to without really missing anything.

The second was a strange concoction. It seems to have been written for Brian Gosling 15 years too late, and the female villain comes across as auditioning for the role of Queen Pasiphae in a future remake of the Atlantis series. I was disturbed that its creators didn't quite realize that ALL of the characters were basically unpleasant, and so, it was most difficult to sympathize with any one of them. Is this a spoof on community dysfunction?

Like Love by Design, this seems to have been shot for decorative viewing, which is fine especially if one turns on the TV one last time before drifting off to sleep. The time-lapse cityscapes were nice the first three times, and then superfluous and boring. But what I really couldn't take were those Finding Nemo transition shots!

I will re-view Love by Design at any time.