Hmmm.
Yeah, I thought that the pilot was clunky but I could imagine it getting better as the actors grow into their roles and the writers learn to write for those actors. But it seems it may not get that chance.
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'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
sumi - Sep 25, 2011 12:36:32 pm PDT #8151 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
sj - Sep 25, 2011 12:42:45 pm PDT #8152 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'd give it one more episode to see if the writing could be less clunky, but I don't hold out a lot of hope.
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2011 1:09:23 pm PDT #8153 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found everyone pretty unlikable too, and no one in a magnetic way. The segue from the sexist drinking to the guy dying to her asking for his job was just...ugh, people.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2011 6:59:25 am PDT #8154 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
My thoughts on the American Prime Suspect. [link]
Toddson - Sep 26, 2011 7:27:49 am PDT #8155 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I watched a little bit and then turned off. Seriously - if they'd changed the name it might not raise expectations they can't meet.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2011 7:40:08 am PDT #8156 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, Mirren's "Prime Suspect" is like, the ultimate non-Wire procedural. This one was a decent hour of TV, IMO, but nothing else.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2011 4:24:27 pm PDT #8157 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
who watched the premiere of "The Mentalist?' Well, I did and I find the whole plot with Jayne to be really troubling. First there was the way they wrote off Langston on CSI where his killing the man was hand waved and "oh well'd" and now something similar happened to Jayne.
I don't like the messages they are sending about law enforcement or about how we should really feel about these rogue agents of the law enforcement system. It makes me really uncomfortable.
Am I overreacting? Because at this moment, I'm thinking I will not watch "Mentalist" any more.
Dana - Sep 26, 2011 4:28:44 pm PDT #8158 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I watched it. You mean Jane's acquittal? I think I'm more unhappy with the Red John thing.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2011 4:37:33 pm PDT #8159 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, I'm unhappy with both things, but why are you unhappy with the Red John thing?
Dana - Sep 26, 2011 4:38:42 pm PDT #8160 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It just seems like a cop-out to me. And a waste of Brad Whitford.