So, in a post about new midseason shows, I covered a few. Here's what I've been watching that I haven't been relentlessly blogging:
Arrow: (CW, Wednesdays 8 PM) Yes I'm blogging it but just need to say I love this show I love this show I FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW. And the producers are self-admitted Whovians, which they say is why they got John Barrowman and Alex Kingston in the same episode!
Body of Proof: (ABC, Tuesdays 9 PM) Still an enjoyable forensics show.
Bones: (Fox, Mondays 8 PM) Meh. Nothing particularly interesting lately, and it's been getting a bit like CSI: After-School Specials, it feels.
Continuum: (Syfy, return TBA) I'm actually really, really liking this series. Things get very interesting in the last few episodes of the first season!
Criminal Minds: (CBS, Wednesdays 9 PM) This is alternating between being like almost-softcore-torture-porn, and having some really, really interesting episodes with unexpected endings.
Cult: (CW, um... when?) I think the only positive point of this show is just how genre-savvy it is - it mercilessly makes fun of the industry. But that's enough to keep me watching. It's been shuffled around time slots, because it used to be Thursday, but then a week and a half ago I found it in the Friday Night Death Slot, so I'm guessing it's doomed. Unless the fact that a lot of it is filmed using the WB lot as "on location" happens to make it worth the few viewers it brings in.
Elementary: (CBS, Thursdays 10 PM) So much love for this show, and it just keeps getting better. If you don't already, watch it. 'Nuff said.
Glee: (Fox, Thursdays 9 PM) Somehow, this show went from over-the-top satire, to confusion, and now it's surprisingly good and has a more diverse cast than ever. Plus, they have been doing some truly amazing songs - including a rendition of "In Your Eyes" complete with a boombox, and a wonderful mashup of "Bye Bye Bye" and "I Want It That Way."
Grimm: (NBC, Fridays 9 PM) The plot is really, really picking up and I'm really liking it. Also, this show is doing a good job of surviving the Friday Night Death Slot, as some SF shows do - and probably with an increased audience now that Fringe (RIP) is off the air.
Haven: (Syfy, returns fall 2013) I love this show. I started it after one of my friends who watched Fringe liked it. The first season was very, very reminiscent of old-school X-Files. (There was a guy whose shadow killed people in one episode, I know for sure. But they solved it by surrounding him with ambient light)
Law & Order: SVU: (NBC, Wednesdays 9 PM) Still full of ripped-from-the-headlines cases, as usual. I'm liking the two new detectives, though.
Project Runway: (Lifetime, Thursdays 9 PM) There's not anyone I love this year, but there was an episode with male stripper. And the team dynamic is really interesting.
The Following: (Fox, Mondays 9 PM) This is a lot better than I expected. Granted, Kevin Bacon's character likes to go alone into places where he knows that there are serial killers, a lot. The story is moving, and it's actually not going down the apparently obvious plot lines.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Zero Hour: 1 x 03 "Pendulum"
What's our cheesy intro going to be now?
"Two is the number of love, lives ever lost in breath. Sometimes its life(?) pursuit leads not to life, but death."
Spoilers lie beyond!
"Two is the number of love, lives ever lost in breath. Sometimes its life(?) pursuit leads not to life, but death."
Spoilers lie beyond!
Monday, March 4, 2013
My DVR: Not Deleted Yet
These are shows that were cancelled or ended. Sometimes, I was too sentimental to delete it from my DVR; in other cases, I had given up, or had finished watching, and simply ended up deleting any remaining episodes when I needed the space but not deleted the "series recording" thing on my DVR itself. Note the preponderance of sci-fi series that were either on Fox or BBC America here.
Torchwood (BBC America)
Oh, the Doctor Who spin-off that went from "dark, funny, and sexy" to "darker, sexy, and kind of tragic" to "really dark, kind of twisted, and tragic" to "really, really, dark and super f*cking messed up." Despite all of this, I'm still kind of attached.
Fringe (Fox)
Let's just refer to this post, and I don't want to admit that it's over by deleting the series recording. Because it's IMO one of the best sci-fi TV shows ever, and certainly my absolute favorite. Plus, put "Fringe" into Google images and you'll see an endless stream of gorgeous photos.
Primeval (BBC America)
Gorgeous British people chase around dinosaurs and futuristic monsters, and sometimes getting killed, but only to be replaced by even more gorgeous British people chasing around dinosaurs. This show is pure eye candy, no matter which gender(s) you prefer. And, it's an ITV series, not BBC, for those of you who care.
Alcatraz (Fox)
So very promising! And yet, Fox wasn't about to give us a second season of Alcatraz and a fifth season of Fringe... so the sharply dropping ratings of this one meant it got axed less ceremoniously. And this was one of those shows that left the main character(s) in the limbo of a cliffhanger ending. This is where the line between "sentimental" and "too lazy to delete this" lies.
The River (ABC)
Oh, god, what a mess. This would've been the perfect show to be fodder for this blog. The synopsis of this was something like "A missing scientist's family looks for him in an obscure branch of the Amazon and strange things happen" but it could be better described as "A white guy tries to mess with magic on an obscure branch of the Amazon and then his family and a camera crew goes looking for him and doing the most stupid-white-people things that they could think of when confronted by probably magical things." It was an absolute train wreck of mediocre production, unremarkable acting, cultural appropriation, and the characters making the absolute worst decisions possible in order to provide plots for the episode... but like a train wreck, you just can't stop watching! Also, much like Alcatraz, it has a finale leaving the character(s) in limbo.
Terra Nova (Fox)
In which the transportation of mid-22nd century people into a prehistoric, dinosaur-filled era is not as notable as the transportation of mid-20th century "family values" into the mid-22nd century. Also, all of the black or dark-skinned non-white people are bad guys. I didn't even finish this one.
Prime Suspect (CBS?)
I loved this show, even though they were constantly filming outside my apartment, or setting up base camp in the nearby parking lot, either of which made it hard to get to my car. Jane Timmoney was just awesome!
Outcasts (BBC America)
A one-season BBC series featuring Jamie Bamber and some other people. A bit slow at first, but things get exciting near the season one finale. Which also turns out to be the series finale. And sort of is in a little bit of limbo, but not as bad as it could've been. Sensing a trend here?
Sanctuary (Syfy)
It could be bad, bordering on awful, sometimes even "you kind of hope the characters all die in a hole because it'll be more interesting than this" awful on occasions. But, it was a lot of fun, so I still watched it from time to time.
The Finder (Fox)
So I never really did understand the premise of the show, but it was a lot of fun to watch. This is the one series I'm actually OK with having been cancelled so early, because I don't think they could've replaced Micheal Clarke Duncan.
Last Resort (ABC)
Gave up on this after I discovered it wasn't very much like Lost.
Unforgettable (CBS)
Tried watching it when it said the detective was from Syracuse. I gave up quickly, and sometime after that it got cancelled. And, apparently, it's been un-cancelled for some reason.
Torchwood (BBC America)
Oh, the Doctor Who spin-off that went from "dark, funny, and sexy" to "darker, sexy, and kind of tragic" to "really dark, kind of twisted, and tragic" to "really, really, dark and super f*cking messed up." Despite all of this, I'm still kind of attached.
Fringe (Fox)
Let's just refer to this post, and I don't want to admit that it's over by deleting the series recording. Because it's IMO one of the best sci-fi TV shows ever, and certainly my absolute favorite. Plus, put "Fringe" into Google images and you'll see an endless stream of gorgeous photos.
Primeval (BBC America)
Gorgeous British people chase around dinosaurs and futuristic monsters, and sometimes getting killed, but only to be replaced by even more gorgeous British people chasing around dinosaurs. This show is pure eye candy, no matter which gender(s) you prefer. And, it's an ITV series, not BBC, for those of you who care.
Alcatraz (Fox)
So very promising! And yet, Fox wasn't about to give us a second season of Alcatraz and a fifth season of Fringe... so the sharply dropping ratings of this one meant it got axed less ceremoniously. And this was one of those shows that left the main character(s) in the limbo of a cliffhanger ending. This is where the line between "sentimental" and "too lazy to delete this" lies.
The River (ABC)
Oh, god, what a mess. This would've been the perfect show to be fodder for this blog. The synopsis of this was something like "A missing scientist's family looks for him in an obscure branch of the Amazon and strange things happen" but it could be better described as "A white guy tries to mess with magic on an obscure branch of the Amazon and then his family and a camera crew goes looking for him and doing the most stupid-white-people things that they could think of when confronted by probably magical things." It was an absolute train wreck of mediocre production, unremarkable acting, cultural appropriation, and the characters making the absolute worst decisions possible in order to provide plots for the episode... but like a train wreck, you just can't stop watching! Also, much like Alcatraz, it has a finale leaving the character(s) in limbo.
Terra Nova (Fox)
In which the transportation of mid-22nd century people into a prehistoric, dinosaur-filled era is not as notable as the transportation of mid-20th century "family values" into the mid-22nd century. Also, all of the black or dark-skinned non-white people are bad guys. I didn't even finish this one.
Prime Suspect (CBS?)
I loved this show, even though they were constantly filming outside my apartment, or setting up base camp in the nearby parking lot, either of which made it hard to get to my car. Jane Timmoney was just awesome!
Outcasts (BBC America)
A one-season BBC series featuring Jamie Bamber and some other people. A bit slow at first, but things get exciting near the season one finale. Which also turns out to be the series finale. And sort of is in a little bit of limbo, but not as bad as it could've been. Sensing a trend here?
Sanctuary (Syfy)
It could be bad, bordering on awful, sometimes even "you kind of hope the characters all die in a hole because it'll be more interesting than this" awful on occasions. But, it was a lot of fun, so I still watched it from time to time.
The Finder (Fox)
So I never really did understand the premise of the show, but it was a lot of fun to watch. This is the one series I'm actually OK with having been cancelled so early, because I don't think they could've replaced Micheal Clarke Duncan.
Last Resort (ABC)
Gave up on this after I discovered it wasn't very much like Lost.
Unforgettable (CBS)
Tried watching it when it said the detective was from Syracuse. I gave up quickly, and sometime after that it got cancelled. And, apparently, it's been un-cancelled for some reason.
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