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raincitygirl) wrote2012-11-10 11:27 am
raincitygirl) wrote2012-11-10 11:27 am
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It's beautiful outside. Cold as hell (by Vancouver standards), but sunny. Also, it's a long weekend.
New TV what I'm watching:
Elementary: I like it. I don't love it, but I like it. And Lucy Liu as Joan Watson proves all the naysayers wrong. It's interesting, because they're taking the characters in a dramatically different direction than BBC's Sherlock did, but I think there's support in ACD's canon for their interpretation.
Arrow: Having seen 2 episodes, I can safely say that this is lousy television, by objective standards. But Colin Salmon! As a BAMF in charge, no less. But Susanna Thompson from Kings (essentially playing the exact same role she did in Kings)! The middle-aged love story between Salmon and Thompson's characters being treated with some dignity. Great chemistry between Oliver and Digg. Horribly inappropriate chemistry between Oliver and his baby sister Thea. Two black men in the main cast who both have substantive roles and whose characters are not related to each other.
And yet, Oliver is so...generic. And has absolutely no chemistry whatsoever with his designated love interest. Speaking of whom, Katie Cassidy is just phoning in her performance. And the dialogue, dear God, the dialogue is terribly written. I will probably continue to watch, at least for a while, as popcorn entertainment.
New TV what I'm not watching (yet):
I have heard good things about Hunted from my brother. If you're watching it, is he right? He and I don't always have the same taste in TV and movies.
New TV what I'm watching:
Elementary: I like it. I don't love it, but I like it. And Lucy Liu as Joan Watson proves all the naysayers wrong. It's interesting, because they're taking the characters in a dramatically different direction than BBC's Sherlock did, but I think there's support in ACD's canon for their interpretation.
Arrow: Having seen 2 episodes, I can safely say that this is lousy television, by objective standards. But Colin Salmon! As a BAMF in charge, no less. But Susanna Thompson from Kings (essentially playing the exact same role she did in Kings)! The middle-aged love story between Salmon and Thompson's characters being treated with some dignity. Great chemistry between Oliver and Digg. Horribly inappropriate chemistry between Oliver and his baby sister Thea. Two black men in the main cast who both have substantive roles and whose characters are not related to each other.
And yet, Oliver is so...generic. And has absolutely no chemistry whatsoever with his designated love interest. Speaking of whom, Katie Cassidy is just phoning in her performance. And the dialogue, dear God, the dialogue is terribly written. I will probably continue to watch, at least for a while, as popcorn entertainment.
New TV what I'm not watching (yet):
I have heard good things about Hunted from my brother. If you're watching it, is he right? He and I don't always have the same taste in TV and movies.
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Also, as you say, Colin Salmon!
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Basically, if Alias had been a big kid's spy show, it would be Hunted, only Sam could take Sydney in a fight with one hand tied behind her back, blindfolded.
I love the cast. They're handling the storylines in really amazing ways and, well, they commit to how it would be to be a spy. Like, yes, sometimes you ARE going to have to have sex with someone and other people are going to get murdered right in front of you, some of them because you actively pulled the trigger, or sometimes you just arranged for them to be the one in front of the bullet.
I'm really, really enjoying it.
And, gah, I need an icon for that show.
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