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The emmy's were announced today. The only bit I found interesting was that the lead of Orphan Black, Tatiana something or other, I can't spell it, not going to try, got nominated for best actress in a drama. Oh, and Game of Thrones got the most nominations, with 24. Which is interesting in that it is a fantasy series, in fact both are genre series. Rare for genre series to get recognized.
People are shocked and dismayed that Outlander was overlooked. Someone opined..."what does it take?" I resisted stating, "Not being on Starz would probably help. Well that and not being a time-traveling romance with lots of rape, but lets not be picky." I tried watching it, it was a)better last season, and b) unwatchable in places this season and drug a bit. Although to be fair, GOT had a lot of rape too.
Other than that - most of the tv shows nominated I've either never seen or attempted, and lost interest quickly. Most are on premium channels and streaming -- so unless you watch tv via streaming you didn't see them either.
As time wears on, awards shows become less and less relevant to me. The seem sort of silly. Pitting diverse works of art against each other like in a horse race -- the only difference is the winner of a horse race is objective, while the emmy's are highly subjective. Plus the decision is based on a handful of hours watched, because lets face it you can't watch every tv show and every episode. It's not possible. Even if all you did for an entire year was do nothing but watch television. And the medium being what it is - you can have brilliance and tedium pretty much within the same season - particularly if you 22 episodes.
That said, I'm not surprised The Good Wife was overlooked, it sort of jumped the shark this season...I'm on the fence as to whether it jumped back. Or if I should continue with it. Am surprised that Justified was overlooked - it was a lot better than Dowton Abbey, which bored me and I can't remember, and Better Caul Saul - which I couldn't get past the first fifteen minutes of the first episode (probably not helped by the fact that it featured a character that I was ambivalent about in the previous series), or Mad Men, which was uneven and dull in places (Don Draper's unending travels across the US, I could have lived without).
Haven't seen Wolf Hall yet. Tried American Crime -- couldn't get through the first episode. GOT wasn't as good this year as last year, and also uneven in places. Haven't seen Orphan Black yet. Halt and Catch Fire - couldn't get past the first episode, bored me. VEEP - not my style of humor. Silicon Valley? Ditto. I don't watch reality television series - I can't stand the obviously coached and manipulated interviews. It's like watching nothing but commercials, with just five minutes of dance or song intertwined. How people watch those things bewilders me. Homeland -- just doesn't appeal to me.
Television from my perspective has been rather lackluster the last two years. Same old, same old. I'm watching less and less of it. My DVR is crowded, but I don't watch most of the shows. Nothing new or surprising. And it's all incredibly violent. So, I'm finding myself hunting non-violent shows more and more, that aren't a)sitcoms, or b) reality shows - easier said than done. I might need to plug in my Amazon Fire Stick and start streaming.
I tried Empire but instead of being about the music industry, it was about a guy who was a big time drug dealer who funded his musical empire with drugs and violence. He kills his friend in the first episode. (Count me out. I lost interest in the second episode. But the actress who played Cookie deserved a nod, as did Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder - she was the best thing in that show.) Scandal like the Good Wife was uneven and not that good this year.
Most of the shows I enjoy and look forward to - I'd never nominate. OUAT, Vamp Diaries, Nashville,
Elementary, Doctor Who...are fun romps with fun characters. But not Emmy worthy. Gotham...was uneven and too much style over substance, also far too dark. I was somewhat disappointed in it.
No, the only one -- that I watch, which I'd have nominated -- is probably Justified. I think the last episode deserved a nomination, as did Walter Goggins and Tim Olyphant. But that's just me.
People are shocked and dismayed that Outlander was overlooked. Someone opined..."what does it take?" I resisted stating, "Not being on Starz would probably help. Well that and not being a time-traveling romance with lots of rape, but lets not be picky." I tried watching it, it was a)better last season, and b) unwatchable in places this season and drug a bit. Although to be fair, GOT had a lot of rape too.
Other than that - most of the tv shows nominated I've either never seen or attempted, and lost interest quickly. Most are on premium channels and streaming -- so unless you watch tv via streaming you didn't see them either.
As time wears on, awards shows become less and less relevant to me. The seem sort of silly. Pitting diverse works of art against each other like in a horse race -- the only difference is the winner of a horse race is objective, while the emmy's are highly subjective. Plus the decision is based on a handful of hours watched, because lets face it you can't watch every tv show and every episode. It's not possible. Even if all you did for an entire year was do nothing but watch television. And the medium being what it is - you can have brilliance and tedium pretty much within the same season - particularly if you 22 episodes.
That said, I'm not surprised The Good Wife was overlooked, it sort of jumped the shark this season...I'm on the fence as to whether it jumped back. Or if I should continue with it. Am surprised that Justified was overlooked - it was a lot better than Dowton Abbey, which bored me and I can't remember, and Better Caul Saul - which I couldn't get past the first fifteen minutes of the first episode (probably not helped by the fact that it featured a character that I was ambivalent about in the previous series), or Mad Men, which was uneven and dull in places (Don Draper's unending travels across the US, I could have lived without).
Haven't seen Wolf Hall yet. Tried American Crime -- couldn't get through the first episode. GOT wasn't as good this year as last year, and also uneven in places. Haven't seen Orphan Black yet. Halt and Catch Fire - couldn't get past the first episode, bored me. VEEP - not my style of humor. Silicon Valley? Ditto. I don't watch reality television series - I can't stand the obviously coached and manipulated interviews. It's like watching nothing but commercials, with just five minutes of dance or song intertwined. How people watch those things bewilders me. Homeland -- just doesn't appeal to me.
Television from my perspective has been rather lackluster the last two years. Same old, same old. I'm watching less and less of it. My DVR is crowded, but I don't watch most of the shows. Nothing new or surprising. And it's all incredibly violent. So, I'm finding myself hunting non-violent shows more and more, that aren't a)sitcoms, or b) reality shows - easier said than done. I might need to plug in my Amazon Fire Stick and start streaming.
I tried Empire but instead of being about the music industry, it was about a guy who was a big time drug dealer who funded his musical empire with drugs and violence. He kills his friend in the first episode. (Count me out. I lost interest in the second episode. But the actress who played Cookie deserved a nod, as did Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder - she was the best thing in that show.) Scandal like the Good Wife was uneven and not that good this year.
Most of the shows I enjoy and look forward to - I'd never nominate. OUAT, Vamp Diaries, Nashville,
Elementary, Doctor Who...are fun romps with fun characters. But not Emmy worthy. Gotham...was uneven and too much style over substance, also far too dark. I was somewhat disappointed in it.
No, the only one -- that I watch, which I'd have nominated -- is probably Justified. I think the last episode deserved a nomination, as did Walter Goggins and Tim Olyphant. But that's just me.