I'm still watching AoS, mainly because it's a quick watch on the DVR. I think TPTB have finally started to move into the "acceptance" phase that the series is not really tied into the movies. They still reference movie events, but what happens in the series will stay in the series, and might even be rewritten by the movies if necessary.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was first published in 1987, so I'm not surprised at all there's no resemblance to the original storyline. They'd either have to make a period piece or update the concept, and it's much easier to update and use a recognizable title.
It was verging on dark comedy quite a bit, but Dirk was pretty much a ray of sunshine despite what he'd been through. Maybe he had to remain optimistic because of what he'd been through. The cast was a delight. Looks like the plot of the second season will go in a new direction, so maybe less body horror and something else instead? Based on the ending, I'm thinking prison break.
I hope if this season of iZombie is the last, TPTB will get a chance to wrap things up instead of leaving things open. That was one good thing to come out of Person of Interest getting a shorter final season was TPTB seemed to take a "What can they do, cancel us a second time?" attitude and did a lot of wrapping up, even if it wasn't always on a happy note.
I'm watching Conviction until the end because of Atwell, but it's too bad it won't get a chance to improve some problematic things.
It took me a while to start watching Elementary, but I do like the characterization a lot more than that other mystery show. Less of the lead being a dick for the sake of being a dick, and more of him being a dick, understanding he was dick, and apologizing for it some way and actually being sincere.
One new show I've been enjoying is Timeless, and I almost didn't give it a chance due to the time travel aspect. That's always tricky to pull off, and they may flub it up eventually, but there's some built in failure rates and changes in their timeline but not their memories.
Took a bit to get into, but I was immediately intrigued in the first episode when the person being pressured into being the pilot of a time ship to stop the Bad Guy outright says to his boss who is black but British, "I don't know how it works across the pond, but I am black. There is literally no place in American history that'll be awesome for me." And they follow through with it, repeatedly, showing just how bad it would have been for people of color and women at various points in history, without making it too preachy. It just is, and is often how their cover story unravels because the black man or the white woman does something they're not expected to do.
I'm looking forward to the final season of Orphan Black, to see how that wild ride plays out. Overall though, a lot of what I watch is just passing the time, made much easier with a DVR where I can time shift. Some I keep watching more to keep a toe in the fandom than anything else.
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Date: 2017-01-02 01:18 am (UTC)Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was first published in 1987, so I'm not surprised at all there's no resemblance to the original storyline. They'd either have to make a period piece or update the concept, and it's much easier to update and use a recognizable title.
It was verging on dark comedy quite a bit, but Dirk was pretty much a ray of sunshine despite what he'd been through. Maybe he had to remain optimistic because of what he'd been through. The cast was a delight. Looks like the plot of the second season will go in a new direction, so maybe less body horror and something else instead? Based on the ending, I'm thinking prison break.
I hope if this season of iZombie is the last, TPTB will get a chance to wrap things up instead of leaving things open. That was one good thing to come out of Person of Interest getting a shorter final season was TPTB seemed to take a "What can they do, cancel us a second time?" attitude and did a lot of wrapping up, even if it wasn't always on a happy note.
I'm watching Conviction until the end because of Atwell, but it's too bad it won't get a chance to improve some problematic things.
It took me a while to start watching Elementary, but I do like the characterization a lot more than that other mystery show. Less of the lead being a dick for the sake of being a dick, and more of him being a dick, understanding he was dick, and apologizing for it some way and actually being sincere.
One new show I've been enjoying is Timeless, and I almost didn't give it a chance due to the time travel aspect. That's always tricky to pull off, and they may flub it up eventually, but there's some built in failure rates and changes in their timeline but not their memories.
Took a bit to get into, but I was immediately intrigued in the first episode when the person being pressured into being the pilot of a time ship to stop the Bad Guy outright says to his boss who is black but British, "I don't know how it works across the pond, but I am black. There is literally no place in American history that'll be awesome for me." And they follow through with it, repeatedly, showing just how bad it would have been for people of color and women at various points in history, without making it too preachy. It just is, and is often how their cover story unravels because the black man or the white woman does something they're not expected to do.
I'm looking forward to the final season of Orphan Black, to see how that wild ride plays out. Overall though, a lot of what I watch is just passing the time, made much easier with a DVR where I can time shift. Some I keep watching more to keep a toe in the fandom than anything else.