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snowystingray

TV of 2009, Pt. 1

Jan 09, 2010 20:09

New to me TV of 2009. Keep in mind that this is with a self-imposed moratorium on picking up any new TV shows during the fall season, so... this is significantly less unwieldy (significantly more... wieldy...er?) than it might otherwise have been. Spoilers for: American Idol, Ashes to Ashes, Big Wolf on Campus, Chuck, Crusoe, Dollhouse, Farscape

( TV of 2009 )

ashes to ashes, please excuse nonsensical flailing, dollhouse, chuck, crusoe, big wolf on campus, my brain is broken, wilson is my original tv boyfriend, year in review, american idol, testament to my bad taste in everything, farscape, house/wilson, lists

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imelda72 January 10 2010, 03:09:30 UTC

So what's the deal with Farscape? Doesn't it have a muppet or something?

snowystingray January 10 2010, 06:56:34 UTC

Yes! Many of them, actually! Brian Henson produced it, and a ton of the alien characters are brought to life via puppetry. I think it's a really cool approach, as most scifi shows' aliens are either humans-in-prosthetics or lots-of-CGI -- so it's nice that they branched out to a third option, with something that's still a tangible presence and yet that allows for a lot more creativity than just humanoids in make-up over and over. (Although, ha, now I am reminded of the puppet work done on Stargate, which was apparently much less popular with the cast over there? I know in all of Joe Flanigan's interviews he was all "I HATE THAT FUCKING PUPPET, IT CREEPS ME OUT, I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN A ROOM WITH IT." LOLLL. The puppets on Farscape are much more varied and dynamic, though.)

railise January 12 2010, 15:17:03 UTC

Whoever decided not to renew Crusoe is on my List of Extreme Dislike. There was SO MUCH going on at the end... GRRR.

And the PRETTY. THEY AXED THE PRETTY.

Bastards.

snowystingray January 12 2010, 16:14:14 UTC

TRUTH. That whole cast was so phenomenal -- gorgeous eyecandy, yes, but they could act, too! what a novelty! -- and, I mean... the locations were great, the sets were creative, the costumes were awesome, the plot was intriguing (and apparently quite a diversion from the book, which I've never read, but my sister had just read it and I was talking up the show to her and she was like, "...uhhhh, like 60% of that never happens in the book" -- but it means that the show had places to GO, then, and wasn't just tied up in a short-term retelling), the action was FUN AND AWESOME (seriously, a mini pirate movie every Friday night? Why the heck did nobody watch this show???). I still pimp it out to people at every opportunity, especially considering that NBC has somehow kept it up on Hulu all this time.

railise January 12 2010, 16:30:29 UTC

EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.

There was absolutely no downside to that show. NONE. I also pimp it out, but it makes me cry inside that we'll never get any resolution whatsoever. WHAT IS WRONG WITH EXECS???? And with ANYONE WHO DIDN'T WATCH IT?????

I have this daydream of starting my own network SPECIFICALLY so that I can pick Crusoe back up and give it the run it deserved. Other shows qualify, too, but that's my primary reason. ;)