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A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Damn, Falling Skies really annoys me. It has so much potential, and it just pisses it away with bad writing. The characters (with the possible exception of Colin Cunningham's Pope, who is an unmitigated asshole and thus really entertaining) are bland bland bland. Blandly heroic or blandly supportive or blandly Black Guy or blandly Vietnamese Guy or blandly Love Interest.
Feh. They're spending a lot of money on it but it's all on the effects & staging, and not on the scripts. Such a pity.
Teen Wolf: Does anyone know who played the guidance counselor? She looked familiar.
Grimm: Mark Pellegrino
Let me say, I love the spirit of abandon that Teen Wolf has. They're totes homoeroticism yay? every eroticism yay! and laughing at themselves. Dude, the bestiality riff...so freaking juvenile. Also? Amusing.
And Stiles is worth the price of admission every damned time. I hope Dylan O'Brien gets lots of work when this show is over.
(And, good god, if someone would just write me Dean/Stiles, I'd be their best friend forever)
Eureka:
The actor who played Allison's brother in this week's episode is her real life husband. I remember him when he was on All My Children.
Korra: Lin Bei Fong? Complete bad ass! And I totally teared up when General Iroh came on the scene. As much as I'm enjoying Korra (and I really am), I wonder why they didn't just do this Amon storyline with the original crew as adults. I find that I get the most satisfaction from the series when I see or hear about those characters, and other than Lin (who I will reiterate is a COMPLETE BAD ASS), I'm not really feeling any of the Korra crew like I did our original heroes. Maybe that will change, but I find myself wishing we were seeing this story with them instead.
Glamcookie: I suspect that it would be hard to have so much social/technological change happen within the young lifetime of the ATLA cast, and possibly because the writers felt they'd told enough of their story?
Oh, I really like the new crew. I love Korra, and Bolin is great, and Tenzin is interesting, and Asami is hot (and a badass non-bender [but also hot]). And the kids rule. The only character I'm not really into as much is Mako.
I'm pretty meh on Korra herself (but I was pretty meh on Aang most of the time, too). I am really liking Tenzin. Asami is very hot and I love the look of Republic City. But Mako is no Zuko, Bolin is no Sokka, and there is no equivalent to Katara.
I'm trying to remember how I felt about the characters at the end of Season 1 of ATLA, and I know I loved Zuko and Uncle by then, but maybe not so much anyone else. I'm hoping this crew will grow on me in time. I'm just missing the old and find that this world has enough of the old to make me miss it more, you know? It might almost have been better to take the old out completely - I don't know.