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Walking dead, Arrow, Nashville...
Nov. 18th, 2012 09:07 pm1. Somewhat bored at the moment and a tad chilly, although not cold and I can breath...so all is well for the time being. Finished watching this week's Arrow - a lackluster episode, that felt more like filler - and my mind kept wandering during. I keep watching Arrow because I do like the characters - more or less. And I find Queen's back story on the island fascinating - it hits my kinks. But episodes that lack Paul Blackthorn's rapid-fire smart and somewhat laconic Detective Lance...are dull. More Detective Lance, less whiny Speedy.
2. Also finally watched the last three episodes of The Walking Dead - this season is actually much better than the prior one, although the first season continues to be the best of the bunch. And yes, it reminds me a great deal of a Stephen King novel with similar formulaic tropes. I like King well enough, obviously or I wouldn't have bothered reading and/or watching as many of his works as I have. But he does have a few redundant patterns that get wearisome after a bit.
Of the episodes...the most shocking is the second to last episode, or the episode two weeks ago entitled The Killer Within - where several key characters appear to bite the bullet so to speak. All because they didn't kill all the prisoners at the prison, when they had the chance.
In The Walking Dead - it's the living that pose the greatest and most horrifying threat.
As Andrea, who is bit slow on the uptake, discovered in last week's episode - Michonne was miles ahead of her. The problem I've had with Rick's crew from the get-go is they aren't exactly the brightest bulbs on the planet. They continue to do dumb things that people in horror movies always do. Although this season they are a little less stupid than in the prior two.
( spoilers )
Not at all surprised that both 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort got the ax from ABC.
I'd watched both and found them to be either dull or silly - attention just was not held. Apparently I wasn't alone.
Curious to see if CBS follows suit with Vegas and Mob Doctor, maybe not. Depends on what CBS has waiting in the wings. ABC has quite a few shows waiting in the wings...including a show that I think is from Joss Whedon? OR is that NBC? I can't remember which one opted for the Whedon series about Nick Fury's Shield. There's also Zero Hour - which sounds like it might be based on the works of William Gibson that was filming in my neighborhood this fall - and stars Anthony Edwards - that's how I know about it, it was filming in my neighborhood.
So far the winners of this lackluster premiere fall season are Nashville, Arrow, Revolution, Go On,
and Elementary. With Beauty and the Beast hanging in there.
The only one's I've been watching with any regularity are Nashville and Arrow - I do watch Revolution and Elementary is saved on my DVR, and people on my flist seem to love one or the other, but personally? I find both rather ...lackluster. I am ambivalently entertained, but can't quite get enraptured or enthused. I don't know why exactly. The characters just don't hit my buttons for some reason, nor does the writing or plot. I keep watching because I'm mildly curious.
But that may end soon. Not sure I'll continue with either in 2013.
Nashville - continues to impress on some levels. I don't love it. My attention does wander during it. But...it is realistic in regards to the music business and entertainment world. Depicting the deal-making, and how it truly is the "network" that gets you ahead and a lot of dumb luck. Avery - the character played by Jonathan Jackson - clearly has more talent than the guy performing with his girlfriend, Scarlett, actually he has more than Scarlett...and he's been working harder at it - concentrating solely on it. But can't get a break. The character could be written as a cliche villain but he's not. He's actually complex and quite interesting, more interesting than Scarlett's other beau, who I find deathly dull. The writers seem to have caught on since they are focusing on Avery a bit more.
( spoilers )
2. Also finally watched the last three episodes of The Walking Dead - this season is actually much better than the prior one, although the first season continues to be the best of the bunch. And yes, it reminds me a great deal of a Stephen King novel with similar formulaic tropes. I like King well enough, obviously or I wouldn't have bothered reading and/or watching as many of his works as I have. But he does have a few redundant patterns that get wearisome after a bit.
Of the episodes...the most shocking is the second to last episode, or the episode two weeks ago entitled The Killer Within - where several key characters appear to bite the bullet so to speak. All because they didn't kill all the prisoners at the prison, when they had the chance.
In The Walking Dead - it's the living that pose the greatest and most horrifying threat.
As Andrea, who is bit slow on the uptake, discovered in last week's episode - Michonne was miles ahead of her. The problem I've had with Rick's crew from the get-go is they aren't exactly the brightest bulbs on the planet. They continue to do dumb things that people in horror movies always do. Although this season they are a little less stupid than in the prior two.
( spoilers )
Not at all surprised that both 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort got the ax from ABC.
I'd watched both and found them to be either dull or silly - attention just was not held. Apparently I wasn't alone.
Curious to see if CBS follows suit with Vegas and Mob Doctor, maybe not. Depends on what CBS has waiting in the wings. ABC has quite a few shows waiting in the wings...including a show that I think is from Joss Whedon? OR is that NBC? I can't remember which one opted for the Whedon series about Nick Fury's Shield. There's also Zero Hour - which sounds like it might be based on the works of William Gibson that was filming in my neighborhood this fall - and stars Anthony Edwards - that's how I know about it, it was filming in my neighborhood.
So far the winners of this lackluster premiere fall season are Nashville, Arrow, Revolution, Go On,
and Elementary. With Beauty and the Beast hanging in there.
The only one's I've been watching with any regularity are Nashville and Arrow - I do watch Revolution and Elementary is saved on my DVR, and people on my flist seem to love one or the other, but personally? I find both rather ...lackluster. I am ambivalently entertained, but can't quite get enraptured or enthused. I don't know why exactly. The characters just don't hit my buttons for some reason, nor does the writing or plot. I keep watching because I'm mildly curious.
But that may end soon. Not sure I'll continue with either in 2013.
Nashville - continues to impress on some levels. I don't love it. My attention does wander during it. But...it is realistic in regards to the music business and entertainment world. Depicting the deal-making, and how it truly is the "network" that gets you ahead and a lot of dumb luck. Avery - the character played by Jonathan Jackson - clearly has more talent than the guy performing with his girlfriend, Scarlett, actually he has more than Scarlett...and he's been working harder at it - concentrating solely on it. But can't get a break. The character could be written as a cliche villain but he's not. He's actually complex and quite interesting, more interesting than Scarlett's other beau, who I find deathly dull. The writers seem to have caught on since they are focusing on Avery a bit more.
( spoilers )