TV. Too Much TV.
I saw the premiere for The Eleventh Hour last night. I didn't even intend to watch this show, man. I scoffed at all the promos and bet on its swift demise, but I like having the TV on for noise, and it happened to come on. Suddenly, there was SURPRISE MARC BLUCAS and I had to keep watching. I was like OMG DON'T TELL ME I HAVE TO WATCH YET ANOTHER SHOW.
But no, thank god, Marc Blucas is just a guest star. Anyway though, omg, NOT ANOTHER MAVERICK GENIUS COP SCIENTIST AND HIS EYE-ROLLING TOUGH COP FBI CHICK PARTNER
MAKE IT STOP ALREADY JEEZ
And no, this show is bad. I grade pilots on a curve, and even with that consideration, it's clunky and uninteresting. Marley Shelton apparently forgot how to act, but of course, it doesn't help that the writing is crap. The amount of exposition was incredibly annoying, even for a pilot. Seriously, in this day and age, you need to explain DNA and cloning? Really? When you come right on after CSI of all things? And the introduction to Jacob Hood. Omg. That was one of the worst piece of character info dump ever.
Also, The Mentalist can get away with the very annoying Maverick Cop Guy deal because Simon Baker is made entirely of charm, but Rufus Sewell? Not so much. And I like Rufus Sewell. Except he's far better suited to antagonist or brooding hero in a movie. It's too much for a TV show.
ENOUGH EMO MANPAIN ALREADY
God, how much do I love Dani Reese going FUCK YOU to emo manpain. There ought to be more of that on television instead of mopey male leads who mope.
In other news, I'm totally overwhelmed by TV.
Monday - Heroes
Tuesday - The Mentalist
Wednesday - Pushing Daisies, Criminal Minds
Thursday - Supernatural
Friday - Life
I've still got Burn Notice to catch up on, Dexter just started rolling, there's Mad Men I've got to see, my random desire to start watching Prison Break (why did my Bill Fichtner love have to flare up right this moment, man, wtf), plus there's Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, and The Tudors. There's probably more I'm forgetting.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE. I was planning to queue a bunch of the first-run shows, but I can't! I yak about Heroes with yesdrizella. I need my weekly dose of Simon Baker. There's PD, with yesdrizella again. I watch CM with my sister. Life is totally not on stand-by. I was gonna queue SPN for sure, but I love the fandom asshattery too much. I need to be up to date on the episodes so I can see people cry moar about it, which I realize is totally the wrong reason to be watching, but the power of LULZ compels me. Which isn't to say I'm not enjoying the show itself, because I really am. This season is already so much better than the last one.
So yeah. Too. Much. TV.
I'm gonna go REALLY nuts by the time January rolls around and 24 and Medium start up.
Oh, yeah, omg, CM was amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. I was flipping my shit. seventybyheart!!! OMG OMG OMG!!! And Connor Trinneer! God I've missed him on my TV. And Hotch! Omg Hotch Hotch Hotch. That's manpain done RIGHT. And Emily! OMG. FLAIL. AND REID. AND EMILY. Wow, I never thought I'd love Prentiss as much as I do now, but omg I love her.
But no, thank god, Marc Blucas is just a guest star. Anyway though, omg, NOT ANOTHER MAVERICK GENIUS COP SCIENTIST AND HIS EYE-ROLLING TOUGH COP FBI CHICK PARTNER
MAKE IT STOP ALREADY JEEZ
And no, this show is bad. I grade pilots on a curve, and even with that consideration, it's clunky and uninteresting. Marley Shelton apparently forgot how to act, but of course, it doesn't help that the writing is crap. The amount of exposition was incredibly annoying, even for a pilot. Seriously, in this day and age, you need to explain DNA and cloning? Really? When you come right on after CSI of all things? And the introduction to Jacob Hood. Omg. That was one of the worst piece of character info dump ever.
Also, The Mentalist can get away with the very annoying Maverick Cop Guy deal because Simon Baker is made entirely of charm, but Rufus Sewell? Not so much. And I like Rufus Sewell. Except he's far better suited to antagonist or brooding hero in a movie. It's too much for a TV show.
ENOUGH EMO MANPAIN ALREADY
God, how much do I love Dani Reese going FUCK YOU to emo manpain. There ought to be more of that on television instead of mopey male leads who mope.
In other news, I'm totally overwhelmed by TV.
Monday - Heroes
Tuesday - The Mentalist
Wednesday - Pushing Daisies, Criminal Minds
Thursday - Supernatural
Friday - Life
I've still got Burn Notice to catch up on, Dexter just started rolling, there's Mad Men I've got to see, my random desire to start watching Prison Break (why did my Bill Fichtner love have to flare up right this moment, man, wtf), plus there's Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, and The Tudors. There's probably more I'm forgetting.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE. I was planning to queue a bunch of the first-run shows, but I can't! I yak about Heroes with yesdrizella. I need my weekly dose of Simon Baker. There's PD, with yesdrizella again. I watch CM with my sister. Life is totally not on stand-by. I was gonna queue SPN for sure, but I love the fandom asshattery too much. I need to be up to date on the episodes so I can see people cry moar about it, which I realize is totally the wrong reason to be watching, but the power of LULZ compels me. Which isn't to say I'm not enjoying the show itself, because I really am. This season is already so much better than the last one.
So yeah. Too. Much. TV.
I'm gonna go REALLY nuts by the time January rolls around and 24 and Medium start up.
Oh, yeah, omg, CM was amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. I was flipping my shit. seventybyheart!!! OMG OMG OMG!!! And Connor Trinneer! God I've missed him on my TV. And Hotch! Omg Hotch Hotch Hotch. That's manpain done RIGHT. And Emily! OMG. FLAIL. AND REID. AND EMILY. Wow, I never thought I'd love Prentiss as much as I do now, but omg I love her.