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Apr. 28th, 2014 10:30 pm1. Once Upon a Time - this is a show that I admittedly watch more with my heart than my head.
( spoilers )
2. Been watching The 100 - two episodes in, it's definitely compelling. Sort of Dangerous Island or Earth 2 meets Battle Star Galatica by way of Lord of the Flies. Yes, it's cheesy in places, academics (and/or intellectuals) need not apply. There's the typical sci-survival tropes. And I've spent the last two episodes telling the characters on the tv set to shoot Bellamy and Kane, and some mean kid who is Bellamy's second, and whose name I forget. They are too annoying to live, but I think I'm supposed to hate them at the moment. With any luck the writers will develop them a bit and flush them out - so I'll stop rooting for someone to shoot them. Wells saves Bellamy's life in the second episode, no clue why, I'd have shot him in the head. But that's just me.
That said it has potential and is compelling. Rather love the mechanic character, they better not kill her off. Also love Dr. Abby Griffin (Clark's Mother), played by Paige Turco. (You know you are old when the parents are your age, and the kids look like 20 year olds.) I was warned that they killed someone off after three episodes, a popular character, so I'm currently laying bets on who it is and trying not to get too attached to anyone. Right now, my money is on Finn. That would hurt Clark and free her up for Wells and Bellamy to fight over, because you just know that's the direction we're headed. Hoping it's not any of the adults - we don't have that many to begin with - and I love the adult characters.
The teen story right now seems to be more romance based than action based, but that may change. Oh there's action - but there's an undue amount of emphasis on romance, which is hard to buy at this point in the game. Of course once you get past the premise that the leaders of a dying space station sent 100 juvenile delinquents to test out the planet to see if it is currently habitable after 97 years orbiting it in a space station, as opposed to a team of scientists with direct communication...
What's the first thing the juvenile delinquents do upon reaching the surface? Remove the wrist-bands that the adults told them to keep on at all costs. The wrist bands that are monitoring their vital organs and letting the adults know if they can survive on the surface. And it takes the adults an insanely long amount of time to figure out that no, they didn't die, they just removed their wrist bands. LOL! I mean seriously the kids were in prison, why would they want the adults to know how well they are doing?
That's the cheesy bit. This is one of those stories that it is best to watch with your heart not your brain. Or let your brain make snarky comments at.
I'm enjoying it actually. It's fun, suspenseful, and I care about the characters. Which is more than I could say for Resurrection or Turn.
3. The Good Wife was hilarious. Particularly the bits concerning ADA Finn, who I felt sorry for. That poor guy...he just can't catch a break.
( spoilers )
2. Been watching The 100 - two episodes in, it's definitely compelling. Sort of Dangerous Island or Earth 2 meets Battle Star Galatica by way of Lord of the Flies. Yes, it's cheesy in places, academics (and/or intellectuals) need not apply. There's the typical sci-survival tropes. And I've spent the last two episodes telling the characters on the tv set to shoot Bellamy and Kane, and some mean kid who is Bellamy's second, and whose name I forget. They are too annoying to live, but I think I'm supposed to hate them at the moment. With any luck the writers will develop them a bit and flush them out - so I'll stop rooting for someone to shoot them. Wells saves Bellamy's life in the second episode, no clue why, I'd have shot him in the head. But that's just me.
That said it has potential and is compelling. Rather love the mechanic character, they better not kill her off. Also love Dr. Abby Griffin (Clark's Mother), played by Paige Turco. (You know you are old when the parents are your age, and the kids look like 20 year olds.) I was warned that they killed someone off after three episodes, a popular character, so I'm currently laying bets on who it is and trying not to get too attached to anyone. Right now, my money is on Finn. That would hurt Clark and free her up for Wells and Bellamy to fight over, because you just know that's the direction we're headed. Hoping it's not any of the adults - we don't have that many to begin with - and I love the adult characters.
The teen story right now seems to be more romance based than action based, but that may change. Oh there's action - but there's an undue amount of emphasis on romance, which is hard to buy at this point in the game. Of course once you get past the premise that the leaders of a dying space station sent 100 juvenile delinquents to test out the planet to see if it is currently habitable after 97 years orbiting it in a space station, as opposed to a team of scientists with direct communication...
What's the first thing the juvenile delinquents do upon reaching the surface? Remove the wrist-bands that the adults told them to keep on at all costs. The wrist bands that are monitoring their vital organs and letting the adults know if they can survive on the surface. And it takes the adults an insanely long amount of time to figure out that no, they didn't die, they just removed their wrist bands. LOL! I mean seriously the kids were in prison, why would they want the adults to know how well they are doing?
That's the cheesy bit. This is one of those stories that it is best to watch with your heart not your brain. Or let your brain make snarky comments at.
I'm enjoying it actually. It's fun, suspenseful, and I care about the characters. Which is more than I could say for Resurrection or Turn.
3. The Good Wife was hilarious. Particularly the bits concerning ADA Finn, who I felt sorry for. That poor guy...he just can't catch a break.