That was my take on the pilot, although I heard raves from some. I kept wondering if we'd seen the same show.
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
libkitty - Jan 26, 2008 9:00:35 pm PST #9697 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Kevin - Jan 27, 2008 2:35:43 am PST #9698 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
My take on the Bionic Woman pilot: I went in thinking 'This could be great!'. Followed by 'It'll be great in a minute, right?'. Followed by 'Oh, it finished'.
I watched about half of the second episode, switched over and forgot about the show.
I'm finding The Sarah Connor Chronicles weirdly compulsive, also. (Even if I do keep calling it The Summer Glau Chronicles). The writing is laughably bad in places, but thematically there's some great stuff going on. It's one of those shows where I wish they would give Tim half an hour with each script and said 'MAKE IT NOT SUCK' - it'd be amazing, then.
Also, this made me laugh:
Two-thirds of Americans say they are aware of the strike but haven't been following it closely, according to a survey conducted for Entertainment Weekly. One-third of Americans correctly identified WGA as the acronym for the striking Writers Guild of America; 20 percent believed it was a women's professional golf association, the survey of 1,000 adults found.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2008 7:56:01 am PST #9699 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If it were the WPGA striking, the producers would have been too scared to use a lot of the stalling tactics they've employed.
Tamara - Jan 27, 2008 9:50:11 am PST #9700 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Isn't it the LPGA?
P.M. Marc - Jan 27, 2008 10:04:58 am PST #9701 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm finding The Sarah Connor Chronicles weirdly compulsive, also. (Even if I do keep calling it The Summer Glau Chronicles). The writing is laughably bad in places, but thematically there's some great stuff going on. It's one of those shows where I wish they would give Tim half an hour with each script and said 'MAKE IT NOT SUCK' - it'd be amazing, then.
I'd disagree that it's laughably bad in places. Occasionally clunky, but not laughably bad. The characters are, for the most part, very well realized, the acting is good, and the dialogue is solid, if not exceptional/quotable. Thus far, no one suffers from Too Stupid to Live Syndrome (which is what drove me away from Heroes), and it's the only new show other than Pushing Daisies that's held my interest past the first two episodes.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2008 10:07:20 am PST #9702 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Son might be too stupid to live. Time will tell.
Kristen - Jan 27, 2008 10:15:55 am PST #9703 of 10001
I had that thought myself, ita. I'm hoping they don't go there too often.
aurelia - Jan 27, 2008 10:16:50 am PST #9704 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've been recording, but haven't watched any of it yet. Will I be horribly confused if I've never seen any of the Terminator movies?
Kristen - Jan 27, 2008 10:20:13 am PST #9705 of 10001
I think (think) you should be able to follow it. Though I might be a bad judge since I've seen the first two movies so many times, I probably know them by heart.
Narrator - Jan 27, 2008 10:32:06 am PST #9706 of 10001
The evil is this way?
I've been recording, but haven't watched any of it yet. Will I be horribly confused if I've never seen any of the Terminator movies?
I've only seen each movie once years ago and I was able to follow the plot pretty well. The title sequence has Sarah's voiceover giving a brief general backstory (or future story, or whatever).
< rant > I know the new thing in American TV series is not to have the actors listed with the opening title credits -- guess in part to save time (more ads for us!!). Maybe it also makes some sense when there's a big cast and/or the title sequence isn't using their likenesses, but here there's three actors and we see each of them in the title sequence. It can't be that hard to put their names in there. < /rant >