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Tv slut report
Apr. 26th, 2008 08:01 pmSo how was your tv week?
Mine, okay. I guess it is saying something when the only show I really enjoyed this week was Smallville and possibly Doctor Who. Might be a mood thing. Oh Lost was okay, just a bit derivative in places (I've seen one too many time-space/hole in the fabric of reality tv shows in my life time). It feels at times like Fantasy Island meets Mysertious Island meets the Twilight Zone. ( Doctor Who, SPN and Ugly Betty...cut for potential spoilers... )
Also Lost had it's moments. That show certainly likes anti-heroes - I'll give it that. It may have more anti-heroes than any other tv show, with the possible exception of General Hospital. Makes me giggle when I think about it, because I used to have long debates with cjlasky about this very thing. He kept insisting that a tv series that focused on an anti-hero, such as Spike or even someone like House, would never survive. People couldn't handle watching nasty people each week. I tried to point out to him that the reality shows pretty much killed that thesis. If people are willing to watch real people without scripts or acting experience snarl at each other on screen and act nasty each week - I don't think they are going to have any problems whatsoever with fictional characters doing it. Heck, look at how sucessful Rescue Me, the Shield and The Sopranos were. Those guys make Spike look like a pussycat in comparison.
Lost, in case you haven't been watching it, is basically a show about a bunch of relatively attractive losers stuck on a mysterious island that has, well, issues. Yes, the island is a character not just the setting. They used to do flashbacks, but right now they are doing flash-forwards, and no, as I explained to a friend this evening, there is no way I can explain the show to someone who doesn't watch it. The writers gave up on the whole lets attract new viewers bit a long time ago. For those who do watch - ( cut for potential spoilers for Lost )
I'd say something more about Smallville, but I'm not sure anyone else is watching Smallville.
I think everyone gave up on it two years ago, can see why - it did have a bit of a slump - I skipped at least three seasons of it -( probably not necessary but cut for potential spoilers for smallville )
Mine, okay. I guess it is saying something when the only show I really enjoyed this week was Smallville and possibly Doctor Who. Might be a mood thing. Oh Lost was okay, just a bit derivative in places (I've seen one too many time-space/hole in the fabric of reality tv shows in my life time). It feels at times like Fantasy Island meets Mysertious Island meets the Twilight Zone. ( Doctor Who, SPN and Ugly Betty...cut for potential spoilers... )
Also Lost had it's moments. That show certainly likes anti-heroes - I'll give it that. It may have more anti-heroes than any other tv show, with the possible exception of General Hospital. Makes me giggle when I think about it, because I used to have long debates with cjlasky about this very thing. He kept insisting that a tv series that focused on an anti-hero, such as Spike or even someone like House, would never survive. People couldn't handle watching nasty people each week. I tried to point out to him that the reality shows pretty much killed that thesis. If people are willing to watch real people without scripts or acting experience snarl at each other on screen and act nasty each week - I don't think they are going to have any problems whatsoever with fictional characters doing it. Heck, look at how sucessful Rescue Me, the Shield and The Sopranos were. Those guys make Spike look like a pussycat in comparison.
Lost, in case you haven't been watching it, is basically a show about a bunch of relatively attractive losers stuck on a mysterious island that has, well, issues. Yes, the island is a character not just the setting. They used to do flashbacks, but right now they are doing flash-forwards, and no, as I explained to a friend this evening, there is no way I can explain the show to someone who doesn't watch it. The writers gave up on the whole lets attract new viewers bit a long time ago. For those who do watch - ( cut for potential spoilers for Lost )
I'd say something more about Smallville, but I'm not sure anyone else is watching Smallville.
I think everyone gave up on it two years ago, can see why - it did have a bit of a slump - I skipped at least three seasons of it -( probably not necessary but cut for potential spoilers for smallville )
