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1. Just finished watching The Sleepy Hollow season premiere. As an aside, is it just me or are there a heck of a lot of commercials? It took me forever to watch it, I kept trying to fast-forward through the commercials and fast-forwarded through the show instead - which resulted in rewinding and seeing the damn commercials twice.
Anyhow, the episode was surprisingly good. Neat twisty mislead at the beginning, and
rather decent job of the characters banding together. I rather enjoy the framework - Lt. Abby, her badass sister, Jenny, and Icabod. Katrina still does little for me. But the actor playing Headless has a great chest. Also, Timothy Busfield who plays Benjamin Franklin has not aged well, just saying - then again he was playing Franklin. Rather liked that twist as well. The writers are having a heck of a lot of fun revising or re-invisioning American History from a supernatural perspective.
2. The Good Wife - also had a plot twist at the beginning, which I did not see coming and should have. It was built rather well over the course of four seasons. Suffice it to say - Carey, Alicia, and Diane's relationship with Lemond Bishop has come back to bite them in the ass. Courtesy of Will Gardner - who got them involved with the illustrous Bishop to begin with. ( major plot spoilers )
3. Doctor Who
Interesting episode. The series is continuing the thread of the Doctor being insecure and hating himself. Despising himself actually. The things he's done...are consuming him with guilt. In many ways this is a throw-back to the Ninth Doctor.
I am confused though. ( spoilers )
4. Madame Secretary - this disappointed me. And I found the set-up difficult to buy, possibly because I'd seen the first three episodes of S1 of House of Cards the night before. Which also deals with Washington, DC and Federal Government but is far more realistic about it - if a tad more pessimistic.
Basically the President, an Ex Chief of the CIA, appoints his former CIA analyst, now a Professor as Secretary of State. We neatly skip over the Senate Hearings and right to her first week as Madam Secretary. As a result her character isn't built well - and it's hard to root for her. I agree with the critics - I wish the show borrowed more from House of Cards and the Good Wife, and less from Homeland and Covert Affairs.
It falls into a lot of cliches and I found my attention wandering during most of it.
Don't know if I'll stick with it or not. Unless it improves dramatically - I don't see it lasting more than one season if that.
5. House of Cards - possibly amongst the best written and directed of the series that I've seen to date. Small wonder considering it was directed by David Fincher (The Social Network, Seven, etc...). Not to mention acted. But no one is likable, compelling yes, likable - no. By the end of first three episodes - I wanted to throttle Robin Wright's character. Kevin Spacey is just fun to watch no matter what he does.
It's one of those series, much like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranoes, etc...that you watch knowing full well that no one in the show is redeemable. The character are intriguing just not people you want to spend a lot of time with.
Anyhow, the episode was surprisingly good. Neat twisty mislead at the beginning, and
rather decent job of the characters banding together. I rather enjoy the framework - Lt. Abby, her badass sister, Jenny, and Icabod. Katrina still does little for me. But the actor playing Headless has a great chest. Also, Timothy Busfield who plays Benjamin Franklin has not aged well, just saying - then again he was playing Franklin. Rather liked that twist as well. The writers are having a heck of a lot of fun revising or re-invisioning American History from a supernatural perspective.
2. The Good Wife - also had a plot twist at the beginning, which I did not see coming and should have. It was built rather well over the course of four seasons. Suffice it to say - Carey, Alicia, and Diane's relationship with Lemond Bishop has come back to bite them in the ass. Courtesy of Will Gardner - who got them involved with the illustrous Bishop to begin with. ( major plot spoilers )
3. Doctor Who
Interesting episode. The series is continuing the thread of the Doctor being insecure and hating himself. Despising himself actually. The things he's done...are consuming him with guilt. In many ways this is a throw-back to the Ninth Doctor.
I am confused though. ( spoilers )
4. Madame Secretary - this disappointed me. And I found the set-up difficult to buy, possibly because I'd seen the first three episodes of S1 of House of Cards the night before. Which also deals with Washington, DC and Federal Government but is far more realistic about it - if a tad more pessimistic.
Basically the President, an Ex Chief of the CIA, appoints his former CIA analyst, now a Professor as Secretary of State. We neatly skip over the Senate Hearings and right to her first week as Madam Secretary. As a result her character isn't built well - and it's hard to root for her. I agree with the critics - I wish the show borrowed more from House of Cards and the Good Wife, and less from Homeland and Covert Affairs.
It falls into a lot of cliches and I found my attention wandering during most of it.
Don't know if I'll stick with it or not. Unless it improves dramatically - I don't see it lasting more than one season if that.
5. House of Cards - possibly amongst the best written and directed of the series that I've seen to date. Small wonder considering it was directed by David Fincher (The Social Network, Seven, etc...). Not to mention acted. But no one is likable, compelling yes, likable - no. By the end of first three episodes - I wanted to throttle Robin Wright's character. Kevin Spacey is just fun to watch no matter what he does.
It's one of those series, much like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranoes, etc...that you watch knowing full well that no one in the show is redeemable. The character are intriguing just not people you want to spend a lot of time with.