I watched the pilot of the new US Sherlock Holmes show, Elementary, with very low expectations and was not disappointed. That is, I was very disappointed but not surprised by how weak it is. Like the RDJ movies, the makers prove once again that you can't just slap the names Holmes and Watson on a couple of actors and make a good Sherlock Holmes ( Read more... )

I missed the first few seconds, so I'm not sure where this one is set. The team's bullpen looks like they're set up in a middle school. And why can't they afford decent overhead lighting, like the CM.1 team has? Government cutbacks?

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(New icon found online. I think it's one made by Elizabeth Bear. Too funny!)

So, a Leonard Cohen soundtrack, a quote from the Buddha (a favorite quote at that), and Tim Curry. What's not to like? Well, there wasn't enough Reid, not nearly enough, but otherwise, excellent start.

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Recorded the first episode and just watched it tonight. Love that they kept the same opening sequence of images and music. Great casting and an interesting, if far fetched and highly cliched start, but can we say "slash bait"? Just checked. The feeding frenzy had already started. *g*

Finally caught up on True Blood. I can't say I'm enjoying some of the developments. Sookie/Bill are falling into the tired old "Get 'em together, break 'em apart" angst loop. But I find them pretty dull anyway and Bill is very unevenly written, or his mainstream veneer is very, very thin. His backstory is a little too Louis/Lestat ( Read more... )

Watching season one of True Blood. Not bad!

If these weren't so obscenely expensive, my husband would be getting Joan in his Xmas stocking. It's the only show I have ever seen this man fanboy.

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Matthew Gray Gubler did a bang up job directing the Mosley Lane episode this week. Stupid DVR didn't record last night and we had to buy it on iTunes, but well worth it. I missed who the writer was, but very well done, and the child actors were terrific. The evil kidnapper mother was taken almost directly from the evil witch and her oven in "Hansel ( Read more... )

I'm fascinated with reincarnation and have had some interesting regression experiences, so I was primed for this show, which settles into its regular slot on Fox this Thursday at 9 pm. In short, a sexy blond scientist and a grizzled, world weary detective with a tragic past team up to solve crimes by working with people experiencing past life ( Read more... )

Knitting during the exciting parts of Criminal Minds can be counterproductive. >:-(

But we are on Disc 2 of season 4!