Boring RL update
Does too much TV rot your brain? I've been watching a lot of different TV series, mostly because I am spending Nano-month working on the sequel to my kid's book. Progress is agonizingly slow because I am procrastinating - which makes me depressed, which blocks up my creativity, which leads to late-night TV watching. It's that pesky left side of the brain again: logical, critical, rule-abiding... Not sure why, but it has grown more and more dominant over the past few years. :( Small wonder I sometimes feel like I am not really myself.
So.
What am I watching? When I am not writing. *bangs head on desk*
I am still enjoying Person of Interest and S.H.I.E.L.D - but I am also enjoying Forever a lot. That is the big pleasant surprise of the TV season: a show that blatantly steals the Highlander storyline minus the decapitations but with the sepia toned flashbacks, marries it to a Quincey-like procedural, and casts an actor I don't even like, and still manages to make me smile on a regular basis. It's definitely the father-son chemistry. So, if you haven't watched it yet, maybe you should give it a try.
I am also enjoying Stalker. How can I not, when the main characters have enough emotional baggage to slow down a freight train. Constantine - not as good as I'd hoped, but also not as bad as I'd feared. Loved the movie, so I'll stick around. Scorpion - another pleasant surprise. Am I the only one who thinks it's a nice, warm-hearted show? It makes me smile. Smiling is good. So there. The one show that is not making me smile is Doctor Who. I watch it, but I probably shouldn't because it mostly annoys me. There were a few good episodes, but something is missing, and I can't put my finger on what it is.
Oh, and I am watching Arrow. Which is utter crack. I mean, seriously, it's not a good show, it's so soapy, I feel I have soap bubbles coming out of my ears. Plus the gratuitous torture, and semi-nakedness and training montages. Still, I can't stay away. I blame it on Felicity. Oh, and funny how no one ever stays dead...
So.
What am I watching? When I am not writing. *bangs head on desk*
I am still enjoying Person of Interest and S.H.I.E.L.D - but I am also enjoying Forever a lot. That is the big pleasant surprise of the TV season: a show that blatantly steals the Highlander storyline minus the decapitations but with the sepia toned flashbacks, marries it to a Quincey-like procedural, and casts an actor I don't even like, and still manages to make me smile on a regular basis. It's definitely the father-son chemistry. So, if you haven't watched it yet, maybe you should give it a try.
I am also enjoying Stalker. How can I not, when the main characters have enough emotional baggage to slow down a freight train. Constantine - not as good as I'd hoped, but also not as bad as I'd feared. Loved the movie, so I'll stick around. Scorpion - another pleasant surprise. Am I the only one who thinks it's a nice, warm-hearted show? It makes me smile. Smiling is good. So there. The one show that is not making me smile is Doctor Who. I watch it, but I probably shouldn't because it mostly annoys me. There were a few good episodes, but something is missing, and I can't put my finger on what it is.
Oh, and I am watching Arrow. Which is utter crack. I mean, seriously, it's not a good show, it's so soapy, I feel I have soap bubbles coming out of my ears. Plus the gratuitous torture, and semi-nakedness and training montages. Still, I can't stay away. I blame it on Felicity. Oh, and funny how no one ever stays dead...