Any other watchers of The Middleman catch last night's episode? Apparently animated vampire puppets are the surest way to my funny bone - I was gasping for air from the laughing throughout much of the show. (And the female lead had a great reference to "at least three Canadian vampire detective shows.")
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Even though Javi can only identify two!
I've totally missed the boat on this Middleman thing. So it's good, eh?
Yes, it is. It's great fun and totally lovable. It's like Pushing Daisies meets The X-Files. Or Men in Black meets The Avengers. Or Wonderfalls meets Due South. Characterwise. That last one is Vonnie.
I've totally missed the boat on this Middleman thing. So it's good, eh?
good's kind of a stretch, I think. Enjoyable, sure. I think it's a bit simplistic, though can be entertaining. It sometimes requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief about the "normal" stuff*. To me, it's the kind of show that you watch if you remember to, but don't bother to set a season pass.
* I blame Joss for raising the bar for this. It used to be that if you were watching a fantasy/sci fi show about something completely unrealistic (say, monsters), the rest of the environment was often unrealistic as well, and people would say "well, you're watching a show about monsters, what do you expect, realism?" But, then, along came Buffy with its consistency and throughline and complete characters, and ruined it!
I'm so happy that I now have TWO vampire puppet shows to do a nice little double feature with.
Which Canadian Vampire Detective Show did he miss?
And two American Vampire Detective Shows!
It sometimes requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief about the "normal" stuff*.
oh, yeah, that bothers me.
But, then, along came Buffy with its consistency and throughline and complete characters, and ruined it!
Exactly!
good's kind of a stretch, I think.
Ouch.
It sometimes requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief about the "normal" stuff*.
I disagree. I think the characters ground the show very nicely. It's great that in this wacky show with aliens and vampire puppets, you have a genuine, strong friendship between Wendy and Lacey, for instance. I think it's a pretty cohesive package. Even when the jokes were uneven in the beginning, I thought the combination of the "normal" stuff and the Middleman stuff still worked well.
Um, where exactly do I find this Middleman thingie? I can't recall seeing a single ad for it.