You're going to watch the Andy Samberg series????
I think I have to for the Andre Braugher content. He does have a tendency to elevate the stuff he's in...
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
-t - Aug 12, 2013 6:04:27 pm PDT #10995 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - Aug 12, 2013 6:08:15 pm PDT #10996 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd rather see him next to Mark Strong and the nasty lawyer from Suits (narrows things down) than Andy Samberg, unless Andy's been sitting on something surprising.
-t - Aug 12, 2013 6:20:48 pm PDT #10997 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's perfectly reasonable. I just have a totally unreasonable but strong visceral dislike of Low Winter Sun based on the previews, so I am grateful not to have a competing reason to watch it. Lennie James is tempting, but not compelling, and Mark Strong - looking at IMDB I have not seen a lot of his work.
It's nice when all the little oarsmen in my brain pull together instead of brawling.
§ ita § - Aug 12, 2013 6:33:04 pm PDT #10998 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG, Lennie James too! When everyone is all Paterson Joseph is the black Doctor, I'm no offence, but Lennie James! (In my head, quietly, and somewhat after the actual announcement, but before I realised Ayoade is also perfect). Lennie's a chameleon.
Mark Strong is a solid badass, and I like too see both of them in complicated places. Thrills me. So hopefully the show isn't entirely depressing, and I won't watch it the same day as BB.
Vortex - Aug 12, 2013 6:33:16 pm PDT #10999 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was pleasantly surprised to see Montgomery from Castle, basically playing Montgomery.
Consuela - Aug 12, 2013 6:39:08 pm PDT #11000 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
When everyone is all Paterson Joseph is the black Doctor, I'm no offence, but Lennie James!
Man, Lennie James is the awesomest. He was by far the best thing about Jericho.
-t - Aug 12, 2013 6:47:56 pm PDT #11001 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is very true.
Scrappy - Aug 12, 2013 9:39:19 pm PDT #11002 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have mad crazy lust for Mark Strong. I can't explain it, it just is,
Jesse - Aug 13, 2013 4:24:40 am PDT #11003 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All the negative reviews I've heard and read about Low Winter Sun point out that it's brought to us from someone responsible for Cold Case and Criminal Minds, but I like those! So maybe it's more about expectations than the actual product? (I still don't plan to watch it...)
le nubian - Aug 13, 2013 9:37:35 am PDT #11004 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
IMO, the show is fucking boring. The show IMO, is trying to be like "The Shield" set in Detroit, but they made a bit of an error where a significant event in "The Shield" happened at the end of the pilot episode, this event happened in the first 5 minutes of the episode.
It is difficult to find your bearings when the protagonist does something really terrible early on and the viewer has no context for why this had to be done. What was the motivation that such a drastic step needed to be taken?
The acting is pretty good, but the pacing is atrocious.