The new television season...
Sep. 23rd, 2014 11:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI don't watch much television, but some of the ads seen in passing over the past few weeks have piqued my curiosity. Between last night and this evening, I watched five shows, which must be some kind of record for me.
(a) Forever. I found the show to have a somewhat confusing premise involving repeated resurrection of the main character. After an attention-grabbing opening sequence, the story line seemed to slow down significantly and furthermore, threatened to immediately become one of those shows where the Evil Mastermind™ just keeps taunting the hero, no matter what progress the latter might make. That said, my initial evaluation of Elementary was that it, too, was a little slow at the start, but that show developed into an eminently watchable program. A second half was broadcast tonight; I will wait until tomorrow to watch it. Hopefully, the Evil Mastermind™ will have been "taken out" by the time the end credits roll.
(b) </scorpion>. I thought this show has a very interesting premise (geniuses who fix bad situations, albeit under government supervision), but in my opinion, the kick-off episode asked viewers to go the extra mile way too many times when it came to suspending disbelief. I appreciated the fact that the story involved no gunplay (which, by the way, was one of the most believable aspects of the story) and that solutions were arrived at by thinking "out of the box," and while the chemistry contributed by the waitress and her son and the show's general potential to "explain" geniuses to the audience appear promising, it'd be nice if, in upcoming episodes, the writers had a little more respect for the intelligence of their audience. I plan to watch the next episode to see if anything changes.
(c) The Blacklist. More of the same stuff as the first season, except now it seems an Evil Mastermind™ is going to be a permanent part of the mix. I thought the story was sort of a yawn, frankly, and I was not impressed with the music-triggered personality change that was key to the entire plot. When I watched this show on Aereo last season, I often let episodes "pile up" and would watch them when opportunities and the proper mood presented themselves. I shall continue, using the DVR.
(d) NCIS. I think I had serious suspension-of-disbelief problems with this evening's season premiere, and I'm hoping that the newly arisen Evil Mastermind™ has a short lifetime.
(e) NCIS: New Orleans. Finally!, A nice, tight story with logical progression and revelation. The threat of there being an ongoing Evil Mastermind™ is there, but Agent Pride already seems to have a handle on who this might be. The chemistry within the group appears to be okay, and if my reaction is any indication, the show will win new fans for the city of New Orleans.
Cheers...
(a) Forever. I found the show to have a somewhat confusing premise involving repeated resurrection of the main character. After an attention-grabbing opening sequence, the story line seemed to slow down significantly and furthermore, threatened to immediately become one of those shows where the Evil Mastermind™ just keeps taunting the hero, no matter what progress the latter might make. That said, my initial evaluation of Elementary was that it, too, was a little slow at the start, but that show developed into an eminently watchable program. A second half was broadcast tonight; I will wait until tomorrow to watch it. Hopefully, the Evil Mastermind™ will have been "taken out" by the time the end credits roll.
(b) </scorpion>. I thought this show has a very interesting premise (geniuses who fix bad situations, albeit under government supervision), but in my opinion, the kick-off episode asked viewers to go the extra mile way too many times when it came to suspending disbelief. I appreciated the fact that the story involved no gunplay (which, by the way, was one of the most believable aspects of the story) and that solutions were arrived at by thinking "out of the box," and while the chemistry contributed by the waitress and her son and the show's general potential to "explain" geniuses to the audience appear promising, it'd be nice if, in upcoming episodes, the writers had a little more respect for the intelligence of their audience. I plan to watch the next episode to see if anything changes.
(c) The Blacklist. More of the same stuff as the first season, except now it seems an Evil Mastermind™ is going to be a permanent part of the mix. I thought the story was sort of a yawn, frankly, and I was not impressed with the music-triggered personality change that was key to the entire plot. When I watched this show on Aereo last season, I often let episodes "pile up" and would watch them when opportunities and the proper mood presented themselves. I shall continue, using the DVR.
(d) NCIS. I think I had serious suspension-of-disbelief problems with this evening's season premiere, and I'm hoping that the newly arisen Evil Mastermind™ has a short lifetime.
(e) NCIS: New Orleans. Finally!, A nice, tight story with logical progression and revelation. The threat of there being an ongoing Evil Mastermind™ is there, but Agent Pride already seems to have a handle on who this might be. The chemistry within the group appears to be okay, and if my reaction is any indication, the show will win new fans for the city of New Orleans.
Cheers...
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Date: 2014-09-24 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-24 02:13 pm (UTC)It sort of reminds me of the 1960s, when "mainstream" entertainment came up with fictional apolitical bad guys (THRUSH in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and SPECTRE in the Bond films) at a time when there were plenty of real nogoodniks to choose from.
Cheers...
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Date: 2014-09-24 03:51 pm (UTC)AW
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Date: 2014-09-24 04:40 pm (UTC)I would expect, however, that you should be able to view the episode from the network web site.
Cheers...