Episode Reviews

[donutsweeper]

Wow, I suck at getting these out.

Almost Human and Teen Wolf have ended. Almost Human never morphed into the show it could be and I don't know if it'll be renewed, I find that I don't care. Teen Wolf was great up until the last five second random event/cliffhanger which is something I dread, but oh well. I find myself at odds with the Teen Wolf fandom though because I just can't whip myself into a frothing rage over the main character death like everyone else is. Every time someone dies, it is just not a misogynistic horrible fridging event in my opinion.

Intelligence ends next week, technically the season finale, but I doubt it'll be renewed, so yet another show that could have/should have been more than it was. Still, strong heroic female characters in charge and bechdel test passing show was nice while it lasted.

The Blacklist needs help with how it writes its main female character. We're supposed to be engaged by her and care and whatnot but I do not in the slightest. Whoever is doing the lighting and makeup though deserves awards; the framing on Ressler combined with Diego Klattenhoff's acting has been amazing.

TPTB behind SHIELD are really pissing me off because they claim that this coming week's ep leads into Captain America 2 and then the week after's will have spoilers for the movie which... really? I don't see movies opening weekend, I don't like feeling manipulated into doing it either. I just feel that they have no idea what it takes to make a good show or why their show is failing to be a hit in the ratings (I assume it has something to do with the unengaging characters, pathetic plots, sloppy writing and mediocre acting but that's just me.) Their supposed Thor:TDW tie in episode didn't really tie in at all and I watched it and the Sif one without having seen the movie, but I didn't care about Thor as much as I do about Cap2 so mostly I'm just left annoyed by this recent announcement and it's encouraging me to quit watching the show.

There are other shows I watch and would be happy to blither about with people, but they're all kind of just... there and I can't come up with much to comment about them.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I tend to shy away from movies in theaters for similar reasons- too loud, too overwhelming and too much *TOO* But if I really, really want to see the movie I'll try to find an off-hour time to go when it'll be less crowded and cheaper and try to manage. It's rare I am that interested in a movie, but Cap2 is one of the few I'd like to try to see in theaters. Still though, being told I HAVE to see it within the first four days of it being release? No. No way.

It just seems like there should be some way around it, especially since you'd assume the plan is to sell the show around to other markets and it's not like the movie will match up with the show airing in the UK (or where ever) in another year.

I'd been trying to give Agents of SHIELD the benefit of the doubt and to keep watching, but not if it's going to outright spoil me for a movie I'm really looking forward to. Yes, I'm sure the internet will spoil me somewhat, it's pretty impossible to have an online presence at all and stay unspoiled, but I'm going to at least try.

I actually watch a lot of TV, I'm just not fannish about most of it, unfortunately.

Oh, and we just saw Thor 2 a few days ago here, we really liked it.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I used to go to the movies all the time, but the past few years I've been dealing with headaches that make me very dizzy, so I don't like to spend all that money on something I might not make it to the end of.

And even getting in to a movie like Cap2 on the first few days of release is hard. I remember trying to get into Mamma Mia! a few weeks after release and it took me three goes to find a showing that wasn't sold out.

I watch a lot of British telly, but American telly isn't doing it for me these days. A bit too grim for my tastes. I like lighter, happier fare.

I'm planning on watching Thor 2 soon, I just need to find a nice chunk of time. Superhero movies are getting long these days.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even thought about the whole sold out aspect of the movies. Wow, that makes them showing a spoilery episode so soon after that much more inconsiderate.