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.
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Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 6:36:56 am PDT #4219 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Vortex - Aug 19, 2008 6:42:35 am PDT #4220 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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!
sumi - Aug 19, 2008 6:45:14 am PDT #4221 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
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!
lisah - Aug 19, 2008 6:49:13 am PDT #4222 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
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!
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 6:49:36 am PDT #4223 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 6:54:52 am PDT #4224 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Theodosia - Aug 19, 2008 7:05:59 am PDT #4225 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Um, where exactly do I find this Middleman thingie? I can't recall seeing a single ad for it.
Theresa - Aug 19, 2008 7:09:37 am PDT #4226 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Which Canadian Vampire Detective Show did he miss?
I love to watch Middleman , but this was totally cruel.
I finally resigned myself to just another thing I couldn't remember.
Tom Scola - Aug 19, 2008 7:11:28 am PDT #4227 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's on the ABC Family channel, Mondays at 10pm. I would be surprised if it weren't on iTunes.
JenP - Aug 19, 2008 8:11:00 am PDT #4228 of 30001
It's available at the ABC Family website, too, but I they post only the two most recent eps.
lisah, I think there's a Men in Black vibe to it that helps me with the whole scenario and makes the show solid in its own world setting. And the characters are quite lovable, with, engaging relationships to each other. I'd definitely suggest giving it a shot. It's happy-making, and it's clear that that's what they're going for.