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Hey kids, I'm currently sitting in my cubicle in the Bravo office...Well, maybe "my" cubicle is a little too much. So I'm currently sitting in the generic intern cubicle in the Bravo office. And after being here for only 3 hours today, I have nothing to do at the moment so I'm going to write about TV here instead. I had managed to get my hands on a couple pilots for some new TV shows that'll be coming out soon from a friend. Where she got them, I'm not really sure, but when someone hands me tv shows to watch, I generally don't ask questions. The three she gave me were Cupid, a remake Rob Thomas is doing of his own show that was on back in the 90s, The Unusuals and Castle. I liked 2/3 of them. AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO FIND OUT WHICH? I would be.
Hmm, I just realized all of these shows are going to be on ABC.
Not really sure why they're dressed like middle schoolers or why it looks like they're 4 feet tall. Photoshop fail.
So let's start with Cupid because for me, it's marginally more fun to be mean and critical of TV shows than to gush about how much I like them. And I liked Cupid so little, that this review will be very very fun for me. First of all, yes, I watched the original Cupid because, ok, I really like Ari Gold and I was eager to see if Jeremy Piven is always so awesome. Fact: He is. And I loved the original Cupid; it was cute and The Piv did not disappoint. He can play a jackass with a heart of gold like no one else can. Are you listening, Bobby Cannavale? Also, the woman who plays Paula has such an awful blonde dye-job that it's really hard to focus on the neverending stream of lame advice that comes out of her mouth.
But really,the main reason I hated the pilot of this was the Lovesick Dude of the Day who the episode features. He was tall, cute, had a sexy accent (he came to America from Ireland on a search to find a girl he met there), wrote songs for girls and played them on an acoustic guitar (really?), serenaded a girl on a rooftop accompanied by a three-piece band (and his acoustic guitar of course) and took the girl on a kitschy date to Coney Island where the frolicked and rode the ferris wheel. I mean, come onnn. I realize that they're obviously frantic to woo the 18-25 year old single female demographic, but really, when we're pandered to like that, it's just embarrassing for everyone involved. What a hopeless cliche.
It was boring and endlessly predictable, so I doubt I'll watch the rest of the season. If I want to watch Cupid, I'll just watch the original which was much wittier and enjoyable. AND JEREMY PIVEN.
Here's a synopsis of Castle that I stole from ABC's press release:
Cross a mystery novelist with a rock star and you would get Richard Castle. He's got Jagger's swagger and James Bond's way with the ladies. Although the handsome writer seems to have everythingfame, fans, and femaleshe's grown weary of it all. In fact, he's just killed off the legendary character who's sold millions of books for him. But when a real-world copycat murderer starts staging murder scenes from Richard's novels and NYPD Detective Beckett asks him for help, Richard feels the old blood pumping in his veins again. Is it the thrill of the chaseor the fact that Beckett is a strikingly beautiful woman? When Richard's freewheeler detective style clashes with Beckett's conservative approach, the sparks certainly flyleading to both danger and a hint of romance. From producer Armyan Bernstein comes a comedic crime procedural centered around smooth yet self-effacing literary phenomenon Richard Castle.
Not going to lie, when I thought of watching another comedic crime procedural, I thought "Mehhh..." Especially because Bones has left me so damaged from becoming a boring, travesty of a show. BUT THEN I learned that Castle was going to be played by Nathan Fillion and I changed my mind. And as I was watching the show, I then thought to myself, "Between Dr. House, Shawn Spencer, Patrick Jane, etc., do I really have more room in my heart for another smug, smirking dude who uses extreme, unconventional means but in the end is always proved right ALWAYS?" And for Nathan Fillion, it appears that I do because I thought this show had real potential. SHOCKER: I think they're going to set up some really exciting sexual tension between Castle and the hardened, but sexy, female detective that he works with and then throw in some heavy flirting and maybe even a kiss around sweeps. I know! These people are mavericks.
But it was fun, Castle has a great dynamic with his family and I think he knows that he's a jerk who enjoys pushing people's buttons. You know, it's the kind of charm that made me really like Captain Hammer. I'll keep watching and see how it goes.
Ok, I'm going to update about The Unusuals and The United States of Tara later.
Hmm, I just realized all of these shows are going to be on ABC.
Not really sure why they're dressed like middle schoolers or why it looks like they're 4 feet tall. Photoshop fail.
So let's start with Cupid because for me, it's marginally more fun to be mean and critical of TV shows than to gush about how much I like them. And I liked Cupid so little, that this review will be very very fun for me. First of all, yes, I watched the original Cupid because, ok, I really like Ari Gold and I was eager to see if Jeremy Piven is always so awesome. Fact: He is. And I loved the original Cupid; it was cute and The Piv did not disappoint. He can play a jackass with a heart of gold like no one else can. Are you listening, Bobby Cannavale? Also, the woman who plays Paula has such an awful blonde dye-job that it's really hard to focus on the neverending stream of lame advice that comes out of her mouth.
But really,the main reason I hated the pilot of this was the Lovesick Dude of the Day who the episode features. He was tall, cute, had a sexy accent (he came to America from Ireland on a search to find a girl he met there), wrote songs for girls and played them on an acoustic guitar (really?), serenaded a girl on a rooftop accompanied by a three-piece band (and his acoustic guitar of course) and took the girl on a kitschy date to Coney Island where the frolicked and rode the ferris wheel. I mean, come onnn. I realize that they're obviously frantic to woo the 18-25 year old single female demographic, but really, when we're pandered to like that, it's just embarrassing for everyone involved. What a hopeless cliche.
It was boring and endlessly predictable, so I doubt I'll watch the rest of the season. If I want to watch Cupid, I'll just watch the original which was much wittier and enjoyable. AND JEREMY PIVEN.
Here's a synopsis of Castle that I stole from ABC's press release:
Cross a mystery novelist with a rock star and you would get Richard Castle. He's got Jagger's swagger and James Bond's way with the ladies. Although the handsome writer seems to have everythingfame, fans, and femaleshe's grown weary of it all. In fact, he's just killed off the legendary character who's sold millions of books for him. But when a real-world copycat murderer starts staging murder scenes from Richard's novels and NYPD Detective Beckett asks him for help, Richard feels the old blood pumping in his veins again. Is it the thrill of the chaseor the fact that Beckett is a strikingly beautiful woman? When Richard's freewheeler detective style clashes with Beckett's conservative approach, the sparks certainly flyleading to both danger and a hint of romance. From producer Armyan Bernstein comes a comedic crime procedural centered around smooth yet self-effacing literary phenomenon Richard Castle.
Not going to lie, when I thought of watching another comedic crime procedural, I thought "Mehhh..." Especially because Bones has left me so damaged from becoming a boring, travesty of a show. BUT THEN I learned that Castle was going to be played by Nathan Fillion and I changed my mind. And as I was watching the show, I then thought to myself, "Between Dr. House, Shawn Spencer, Patrick Jane, etc., do I really have more room in my heart for another smug, smirking dude who uses extreme, unconventional means but in the end is always proved right ALWAYS?" And for Nathan Fillion, it appears that I do because I thought this show had real potential. SHOCKER: I think they're going to set up some really exciting sexual tension between Castle and the hardened, but sexy, female detective that he works with and then throw in some heavy flirting and maybe even a kiss around sweeps. I know! These people are mavericks.
But it was fun, Castle has a great dynamic with his family and I think he knows that he's a jerk who enjoys pushing people's buttons. You know, it's the kind of charm that made me really like Captain Hammer. I'll keep watching and see how it goes.
Ok, I'm going to update about The Unusuals and The United States of Tara later.