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donutsweeper) wrote2013-10-17 02:14 pm
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Random tv thoughts
Yeah, okay I suck at reaction posts. Here's some general vague and not spoilery and intentionally vague reviews/thoughts on what's airing these days.
Haven- Okay, so I'll admit I was nervous with how S4 was going and that nervousness turned into disappointment at the end of "Lost and Found" (two weeks ago's episode) mostly because it the show seemed to be taking a much more obvious route than usual. But then came the end of "The New Girl" and I was proven wrong. Good work show. I could do without the Guard and Jordan's one note 'Grrr, KILL HIM' storyline, it's gotten well overdone, but even so, this show rocks. Awesome show is awesome and if anyone wants to check it out all the episodes are available for streaming here.
Sleepy Hollow- I love this show, I haven't fallen so hard for a show like this in AGES. It's clever, the acting is amazing, the cast outstanding and SO DIVERSE. Yes, there are historical inaccuracies, but it's never relied on plot holes or the baddies reading the script ahead of time or people just doing head scratching things to get the story to move along and it is SO refreshing. I'm really enjoying it. Sadly it's going on sabbatical until after baseball is over, but that'll give people a chance to watch its five episodes and be caught up for when it comes back in November.
Agents of SHIELD- This article pretty much encompasses my feelings for the show. I wanted to like it, but I don't, it's a cookie cutter team-fighting-the-unknown show I've seen numerous times before but peopled with the blandest, cardboard cutout types I've seen in ages. I tried, but... I give up.
Supernatural- There's potential here and it's certainly better than the robo-Sam or leviathan days, but it's just kind of there. I'll probably continue to watch, but there's no passion behind my interest anymore.
Person of Interest- I want to like this show more than I do. The characters are great, especially how wonderfully the women are written, but it's relied on some poor plot twists of late. Last week's episode had two (or two major and one minor, depending how you count them) and the big ones left me scratching my head- was I supposed to be surprised by them? They were so obvious I had assumed we were supposed to have known the plot was heading that way... which is not a good thing when it turns out we weren't. Oh well, I'll keep watching but if I miss an episode I'm not going to go out of my way to track it down.
Arrow- First, I love Felicity, Diggle and Oliver and their interactions and storylines and everything about those three when they get together. The rest of the show though? UGH. Now Laurel is the "GRR, VIGILANTE BAD! MUST SMASH!" character now? Do we really have to have that plot going on, show? Do we seriously NEED to have a character like that on the canvas? (hint, the answer is NO) and the addition of the new superhero onto the canvas and the story behind her... just no. *sigh* Come on show, don't make it so hard for me to be fannish about you.
The Tomorrow People Typical CW crap, unfortunately. Freakishly pretty people muddling their way through mediocre scripts with outright ridiculous plots. I tried for two weeks to give a damn, I just can't watch anymore. I am done.
Elementary I am not a fan of the 'ripped from the headlines' kind of plotting and that's what this season has felt like to me. I still love Joan and Sherlock and their interactions and Bell and Gregson are great, along with Clyde, but overall the episodes are just 'meh'. Oh well, maybe they'll pick up and hopefully Mrs Hudson will appear again.
Upcoming shows
White Collar starts tonight... I am apathetic at best regarding it's return. The show took a massive nose dive with the Nazi loot storyline and had vaguely started to pull itself out of the mire when it divebombed back in with the MESS of a season finale last year. I'm planning on watching it but... the shine of the show is off.
Covert Affairs returns tonight as well and it's up against Elementary, not sure what I'll do there. At one point I loved this show, but the last season and a half have been TERRIBLE. There were serious plot holes and dropped story arcs and just logical missteps that make no sense. It makes me sad.
Grimm starts in a few weeks, I'll be watching it whenever it returns.
Haven- Okay, so I'll admit I was nervous with how S4 was going and that nervousness turned into disappointment at the end of "Lost and Found" (two weeks ago's episode) mostly because it the show seemed to be taking a much more obvious route than usual. But then came the end of "The New Girl" and I was proven wrong. Good work show. I could do without the Guard and Jordan's one note 'Grrr, KILL HIM' storyline, it's gotten well overdone, but even so, this show rocks. Awesome show is awesome and if anyone wants to check it out all the episodes are available for streaming here.
Sleepy Hollow- I love this show, I haven't fallen so hard for a show like this in AGES. It's clever, the acting is amazing, the cast outstanding and SO DIVERSE. Yes, there are historical inaccuracies, but it's never relied on plot holes or the baddies reading the script ahead of time or people just doing head scratching things to get the story to move along and it is SO refreshing. I'm really enjoying it. Sadly it's going on sabbatical until after baseball is over, but that'll give people a chance to watch its five episodes and be caught up for when it comes back in November.
Agents of SHIELD- This article pretty much encompasses my feelings for the show. I wanted to like it, but I don't, it's a cookie cutter team-fighting-the-unknown show I've seen numerous times before but peopled with the blandest, cardboard cutout types I've seen in ages. I tried, but... I give up.
Supernatural- There's potential here and it's certainly better than the robo-Sam or leviathan days, but it's just kind of there. I'll probably continue to watch, but there's no passion behind my interest anymore.
Person of Interest- I want to like this show more than I do. The characters are great, especially how wonderfully the women are written, but it's relied on some poor plot twists of late. Last week's episode had two (or two major and one minor, depending how you count them) and the big ones left me scratching my head- was I supposed to be surprised by them? They were so obvious I had assumed we were supposed to have known the plot was heading that way... which is not a good thing when it turns out we weren't. Oh well, I'll keep watching but if I miss an episode I'm not going to go out of my way to track it down.
Arrow- First, I love Felicity, Diggle and Oliver and their interactions and storylines and everything about those three when they get together. The rest of the show though? UGH. Now Laurel is the "GRR, VIGILANTE BAD! MUST SMASH!" character now? Do we really have to have that plot going on, show? Do we seriously NEED to have a character like that on the canvas? (hint, the answer is NO) and the addition of the new superhero onto the canvas and the story behind her... just no. *sigh* Come on show, don't make it so hard for me to be fannish about you.
The Tomorrow People Typical CW crap, unfortunately. Freakishly pretty people muddling their way through mediocre scripts with outright ridiculous plots. I tried for two weeks to give a damn, I just can't watch anymore. I am done.
Elementary I am not a fan of the 'ripped from the headlines' kind of plotting and that's what this season has felt like to me. I still love Joan and Sherlock and their interactions and Bell and Gregson are great, along with Clyde, but overall the episodes are just 'meh'. Oh well, maybe they'll pick up and hopefully Mrs Hudson will appear again.
Upcoming shows
White Collar starts tonight... I am apathetic at best regarding it's return. The show took a massive nose dive with the Nazi loot storyline and had vaguely started to pull itself out of the mire when it divebombed back in with the MESS of a season finale last year. I'm planning on watching it but... the shine of the show is off.
Covert Affairs returns tonight as well and it's up against Elementary, not sure what I'll do there. At one point I loved this show, but the last season and a half have been TERRIBLE. There were serious plot holes and dropped story arcs and just logical missteps that make no sense. It makes me sad.
Grimm starts in a few weeks, I'll be watching it whenever it returns.