TV catch-up
I'm finding that the characterisation on From Dusk Till Dawn isn't really the same for me in season 2 :( Tbh I was most into the show in the first half of season 1 when Richie came across as a little bit sociopathic/there was just something off about him, and Seth was constantly having to keep him in check and worry about him. I read quite a bit of fan fic based on that early characterisation, but it feels like that's been all but dismissed as only being down to the visions since Richie became a vampire? I really enjoyed those early episodes, but it's started to feel a bit B-movie to me at times since it's become more vampire-focused, and I'm just not enjoying the Seth and Richie scenes as much as I was, I miss human Richie... Although after saying that about the vampire focus, I am finding that Carlos and Santanico have become the most interesting characters to me this season. I guess I'm still enjoying the show enough to keep watching, but the brother moments are not pulling me in emotionally as much as they were in season 1, and the storylines all feel a bit too scattered at the moment
I am however loving iZombie this season! As well as a fun main plot with Liv as a ~bro~, their main arcs were also well-done this week with some revealing background on Blaine that was long overdue, as well as the general hilarity of Ravi and Major getting high at the club together, I particularly enjoyed shirtless Ravi XD That whole bromance is so adorable, hee at Ravi getting annoyed at why couldn't he be an undercover cop as well. And for the first time I could see myself maybe shipping Major with Liv, that ship hasn't made a lot of impact on me so far, but it was very sweet when high Major asked Liv to stay with him. And I'm someone who admittedly loves angsty storylines, so I was very intrigued by the ending reveal of Major getting hooked on Utopian and where they might be going with that
The main plot had a pretty effective twist at the end I thought where, if the killer had tracked down the actual drunk-driver then there would have been no tragedy, because he would have seen how he had turned his life around and regretted what he did, instead he came across a drunken and uncaring fratboy and made that split-second decision to kill him. The whole dog fight scene was sad too when the girl broke down crying in front of an awkward Clive. And I'm going to need Clive to find out what is going on with Liv soon! I get the feeling that they will probably leave him in the dark for the rest of the season though, that way they have at least one cast member to play baffled responses to Liv's behaviour
I also enjoyed this weeks episode of Doctor Who, it felt very Docterish of him to first need to come up with a plan of defending themselves against invaders and learning to fight, only to instead end up being all about tricking the enemy into making a fool of themselves *g* I'm very surprised about the Doctor's decision with Ashildr though, it seems like such an obvious "what could go wrong" thing to do, in the past we've even seen the Tardis and the Doctor deliberately avoid Jack and emphasis how no one should ever be immortal and it feels so wrong, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to why the Doctor would ever think that it would be a good idea to do this time, even going so far as to leave Ashildr the option of making another immortal! The final image of the episode was nicely-done though, and next week's episode looks like it should be a very good continuation.
Weird that there was some talk of episodes 5 and 6 not strictly speaking being a two-parter though, they might be two separate stories technically speaking, but the episodes pretty clearly are going to be closely tied together, this one even ends on "to be continued"... It's looking like episodes 9 and 10 are going to be the only non two-parters this year?
I am however loving iZombie this season! As well as a fun main plot with Liv as a ~bro~, their main arcs were also well-done this week with some revealing background on Blaine that was long overdue, as well as the general hilarity of Ravi and Major getting high at the club together, I particularly enjoyed shirtless Ravi XD That whole bromance is so adorable, hee at Ravi getting annoyed at why couldn't he be an undercover cop as well. And for the first time I could see myself maybe shipping Major with Liv, that ship hasn't made a lot of impact on me so far, but it was very sweet when high Major asked Liv to stay with him. And I'm someone who admittedly loves angsty storylines, so I was very intrigued by the ending reveal of Major getting hooked on Utopian and where they might be going with that
The main plot had a pretty effective twist at the end I thought where, if the killer had tracked down the actual drunk-driver then there would have been no tragedy, because he would have seen how he had turned his life around and regretted what he did, instead he came across a drunken and uncaring fratboy and made that split-second decision to kill him. The whole dog fight scene was sad too when the girl broke down crying in front of an awkward Clive. And I'm going to need Clive to find out what is going on with Liv soon! I get the feeling that they will probably leave him in the dark for the rest of the season though, that way they have at least one cast member to play baffled responses to Liv's behaviour
I also enjoyed this weeks episode of Doctor Who, it felt very Docterish of him to first need to come up with a plan of defending themselves against invaders and learning to fight, only to instead end up being all about tricking the enemy into making a fool of themselves *g* I'm very surprised about the Doctor's decision with Ashildr though, it seems like such an obvious "what could go wrong" thing to do, in the past we've even seen the Tardis and the Doctor deliberately avoid Jack and emphasis how no one should ever be immortal and it feels so wrong, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to why the Doctor would ever think that it would be a good idea to do this time, even going so far as to leave Ashildr the option of making another immortal! The final image of the episode was nicely-done though, and next week's episode looks like it should be a very good continuation.
Weird that there was some talk of episodes 5 and 6 not strictly speaking being a two-parter though, they might be two separate stories technically speaking, but the episodes pretty clearly are going to be closely tied together, this one even ends on "to be continued"... It's looking like episodes 9 and 10 are going to be the only non two-parters this year?