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Oct. 20th, 2019 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat1. Somewhat stressed out this weekend -- worrying over missing credit card, visiting brother, travel anxiety, gas being out in apartment, work, etc. So am staying away from information that will add to it.
It's raining here. Cold and rainy. I watched lots of television shows, and the robot vacuum wander about my small apartment.
2. Television shows..
Emergence - oh dear lord, it takes place on Long Island, and it expects me to believe that there's a private complex and airstrip that no one knows about in the middle of Suffolk County. (I work on Long Island. I've wandered around it. It's rather populated, and airlines cover it daily, along with helicopters not to mention commuter trains, buses and cars. If you wanted to keep something top-secret? I wouldn't do it on Long Island or NYC for that matter.
It's better for me when these series do not take place where I live or near me, because my suspension of disbelief lasts longer. Such as say, Chicago or Seattle or Portland?
I'm also having issues with the evil tech company and the weaponized girl robot story, but that's just me. Granted it's fairly new in some respects.
We'll see how long I stick with this one.
New Amsterdam -- it also stretched my suspension of disbelief. Apparently the city polluted an entire neighborhood with lead poisoning by not covering up the blasting of the lead paint from a bridge. Uhm. No. That can't happen. The NYCDEP would be all over their ass. (New York City Department of Environmental Protection) not to mention OSHA. There's regulations. You can't paint a bridge or remove paint from one without testing for lead paint. Then hiring a licensed abatement contractor to remove it -- paying them to mobilze the area, put up the protective covering. Warn the people nearby, and make the public aware -- just to get the permits. The DOT requires a clearance. Also the writers of this show don't seem to realize it's not the Buildings Commission or the Bridge Commission but the NYCDEP, the DOT (Department of Transportation), and OSHA that would be alerted. I've procured abatement services for a public transportation company for over eight years, I know what is involved. Not only that I know how they handle it.
It took me out of the story. As did the whole bit about Barbers handling rudimentary health services and proscribing blood pressure pills. Uhm no. That has to be monitored by a doctor with a background in it, preferably a primary. My gastrotestinologist refused to proscribe blood pressure meds. If you proscribe the wrong dosage -- you could get sued. Also only a doctor has that ability.
Honestly, it's hard to have much respect for writers.
Stumptown -- this was more enjoyable. I don't know how realistic it was. But definitely more enjoyable. It's pure noir at the moment. Did fall into cliche here and there -- I felt I'd seen it before. But definitely different.
Also Cobie Smulders is selling it. Fun show.
Legacies -- they did a nice job of switching things up this season. I'm actually enjoying it more than last season. Alexis Denisof is a nice addition to the cast (although he looks the same age Giles was when he ended Buffy -- which makes me feel old. Denisof is about the same age or around the same age that I am). He plays the new headmaster -- and he's a Warlock, and an experienced one. Ah Dorian, methinks you may begin to miss Alaric, who had no real supernatural abilities.
Also...it appears that I was right, Josie is the new bad girl, and has been from the beginning. Lizzie was a mislead. We're not supposed to like Josie. Who has made a bee-line for Hope's significant other Landon. The actor playing Landon is VERY good.
Alaric is a Principal of Mystic Falls High, and Hope has met up with him. They are hunting monsters together. Rafe is stuck as a werewolf and avoiding Landon.
Landon and Josie are awkardly together -- Josie is more into Landon, Landon is haunted by Hope. (I wonder how Josie is going to handle Hope -- who's abilities could blow Josie into the afterlife.) Lizzie is nicely interested in other things.
I like Lizzie. And the new guy, Sebastian, I've definitely seen that actor before. (I don't think it's Clark -- he's better looking than Clark.)
Milton and Lizzie have no chemistry. Milton does have chemistry with other characters, however.
Placing Alaric and Hope at the town high school, and everyone else at the Salavator School is a great idea -- it opens things up a bit more, and makes it a bit more interesting, while still keeping the Buffy vibe.
Nancy Drew -- I like the lead a great deal. So am sticking with it for now.
It's doing a good job of juggling supernatural elements with real mystery elements, without too much emphasis on the supernatural. The supernatural is eerily suggested and not full in the face at the moment.
It also acts as a good suggestion that something horrible happened in this small town.
So far the mood is nicely eerie, and the characters for the most part likeable or compelling. I'm wondering if Bess is going to be bi-sexual or lesbian? That would be nice angle.
In this day and age, if you do not have diversity of race, gender, and sexual orientation in teen or twenty-something shows, you won't survive. The millenials won't watch it. They won't.
It's a huge change from the 1990s, where they were told not to do those stories and people like Joss Whedon snuck them in anyhow.
So, in a way, we've won the culture wars -- at least on television.
The Good Place
Well, while there were admittedly surprises, I'd been waiting for this storyline for a bit. Also it will nicely shake things up. I can see why this is the last season, the writers are obviously running out of ideas. Some of this schitk has been done on prior series by the same writers.
And sigh, no philosophy. Chidi was underused. And Jason overused. I was ...unamused for the most part.
It turned out to be Janet who got switched out, not Michael as we thought. Nice twist that. That surprised me. And explained a few things. Also, I can see why they didn't catch on -- Janet's been a grumpy pill for a while now. Jason got it via a very simple thing, which was clever.
But the Michael/Eleanor back and forth is getting old. Yes they have great chemistry. But. And it was bit cheesy in places.
If you are watching for Michael/Eleanor -- great episode, if you are like me and watching for the whimisical philosophy and Chidi...hoo hum.
Sigh, and would you believe it? I still have television series on my DVR.
It's raining here. Cold and rainy. I watched lots of television shows, and the robot vacuum wander about my small apartment.
2. Television shows..
Emergence - oh dear lord, it takes place on Long Island, and it expects me to believe that there's a private complex and airstrip that no one knows about in the middle of Suffolk County. (I work on Long Island. I've wandered around it. It's rather populated, and airlines cover it daily, along with helicopters not to mention commuter trains, buses and cars. If you wanted to keep something top-secret? I wouldn't do it on Long Island or NYC for that matter.
It's better for me when these series do not take place where I live or near me, because my suspension of disbelief lasts longer. Such as say, Chicago or Seattle or Portland?
I'm also having issues with the evil tech company and the weaponized girl robot story, but that's just me. Granted it's fairly new in some respects.
We'll see how long I stick with this one.
New Amsterdam -- it also stretched my suspension of disbelief. Apparently the city polluted an entire neighborhood with lead poisoning by not covering up the blasting of the lead paint from a bridge. Uhm. No. That can't happen. The NYCDEP would be all over their ass. (New York City Department of Environmental Protection) not to mention OSHA. There's regulations. You can't paint a bridge or remove paint from one without testing for lead paint. Then hiring a licensed abatement contractor to remove it -- paying them to mobilze the area, put up the protective covering. Warn the people nearby, and make the public aware -- just to get the permits. The DOT requires a clearance. Also the writers of this show don't seem to realize it's not the Buildings Commission or the Bridge Commission but the NYCDEP, the DOT (Department of Transportation), and OSHA that would be alerted. I've procured abatement services for a public transportation company for over eight years, I know what is involved. Not only that I know how they handle it.
It took me out of the story. As did the whole bit about Barbers handling rudimentary health services and proscribing blood pressure pills. Uhm no. That has to be monitored by a doctor with a background in it, preferably a primary. My gastrotestinologist refused to proscribe blood pressure meds. If you proscribe the wrong dosage -- you could get sued. Also only a doctor has that ability.
Honestly, it's hard to have much respect for writers.
Stumptown -- this was more enjoyable. I don't know how realistic it was. But definitely more enjoyable. It's pure noir at the moment. Did fall into cliche here and there -- I felt I'd seen it before. But definitely different.
Also Cobie Smulders is selling it. Fun show.
Legacies -- they did a nice job of switching things up this season. I'm actually enjoying it more than last season. Alexis Denisof is a nice addition to the cast (although he looks the same age Giles was when he ended Buffy -- which makes me feel old. Denisof is about the same age or around the same age that I am). He plays the new headmaster -- and he's a Warlock, and an experienced one. Ah Dorian, methinks you may begin to miss Alaric, who had no real supernatural abilities.
Also...it appears that I was right, Josie is the new bad girl, and has been from the beginning. Lizzie was a mislead. We're not supposed to like Josie. Who has made a bee-line for Hope's significant other Landon. The actor playing Landon is VERY good.
Alaric is a Principal of Mystic Falls High, and Hope has met up with him. They are hunting monsters together. Rafe is stuck as a werewolf and avoiding Landon.
Landon and Josie are awkardly together -- Josie is more into Landon, Landon is haunted by Hope. (I wonder how Josie is going to handle Hope -- who's abilities could blow Josie into the afterlife.) Lizzie is nicely interested in other things.
I like Lizzie. And the new guy, Sebastian, I've definitely seen that actor before. (I don't think it's Clark -- he's better looking than Clark.)
Milton and Lizzie have no chemistry. Milton does have chemistry with other characters, however.
Placing Alaric and Hope at the town high school, and everyone else at the Salavator School is a great idea -- it opens things up a bit more, and makes it a bit more interesting, while still keeping the Buffy vibe.
Nancy Drew -- I like the lead a great deal. So am sticking with it for now.
It's doing a good job of juggling supernatural elements with real mystery elements, without too much emphasis on the supernatural. The supernatural is eerily suggested and not full in the face at the moment.
It also acts as a good suggestion that something horrible happened in this small town.
So far the mood is nicely eerie, and the characters for the most part likeable or compelling. I'm wondering if Bess is going to be bi-sexual or lesbian? That would be nice angle.
In this day and age, if you do not have diversity of race, gender, and sexual orientation in teen or twenty-something shows, you won't survive. The millenials won't watch it. They won't.
It's a huge change from the 1990s, where they were told not to do those stories and people like Joss Whedon snuck them in anyhow.
So, in a way, we've won the culture wars -- at least on television.
The Good Place
Well, while there were admittedly surprises, I'd been waiting for this storyline for a bit. Also it will nicely shake things up. I can see why this is the last season, the writers are obviously running out of ideas. Some of this schitk has been done on prior series by the same writers.
And sigh, no philosophy. Chidi was underused. And Jason overused. I was ...unamused for the most part.
It turned out to be Janet who got switched out, not Michael as we thought. Nice twist that. That surprised me. And explained a few things. Also, I can see why they didn't catch on -- Janet's been a grumpy pill for a while now. Jason got it via a very simple thing, which was clever.
But the Michael/Eleanor back and forth is getting old. Yes they have great chemistry. But. And it was bit cheesy in places.
If you are watching for Michael/Eleanor -- great episode, if you are like me and watching for the whimisical philosophy and Chidi...hoo hum.
Sigh, and would you believe it? I still have television series on my DVR.
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Date: 2019-10-22 01:18 am (UTC)But I really do think they're building up to something that will be worth the wait.
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Date: 2019-10-22 12:58 pm (UTC)This is my hope as well. It's the pattern with the series to date. Although the Second Season (my favorite to date) focused on the philosophy pretty much throughout with Chidi more of a central character. But Seasons 3 and 1 did get off to a slow start and both did take a while to address the philosophy.