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listersgirlArrested Development season 1: AHA. AHAHAHAHA. Lord, this show is funny. I'd seen most of this season, but there were a couple of episodes that I'd missed, which was awesome. And now I'm nearly done season 2, which I hadn't seen at all, and it's still awesome.
Battlestar Galactica season 1: Don't hate me, but I think all the hype and "oh my god it's the best thing ever"-ing made the actual watching a bit of a letdown at first. Not that I didn't enjoy it! But it took me a while to get into it -- the first few episodes (after the mini-series, which was fantastic) felt very choppy and unfocused, and some of the acting was...meh. It's becoming more addictive, though, especially when the suspicion ratchets up. Although now I'm finding that I keep expecting Tricia Helfer's character to break out with "You're still in the running to be Canada's Next Top Model". Which would be kind of awesome.
MI-5 series 3: So, end of series 2, Tom walks into the ocean, I was quite certain that he (the actor and the character) was not coming back. And apparently so were the writers, until Matthew McFayden said he would come back for two episodes and they had to scramble to rework the series. And I think that's where the problems started. It's only 10 episodes, during which all three leads eventually left, plus two new characters were introduced, which meant that nearly every episode had to be a Very Special Episode. And it didn't really work. Or maybe that's just me -- I prefer the more normal working episodes, the ones that show them being spies, and aren't focused so intensely on one character. However, I still adore the series, it was nice to see the secondary characters come forward (as they ran out of leads, heh), and I really like Adam, the new guy. I think he was an excellent introduction, being much more casual and light than Tom, but with a scary steely intensity. I also like that he's married, so we can take a break from the perils of dating as a spy. And I love Ruth more each episode. I just hope they've managed, in this next series, to get back to the core of the show.
Six Feet Under season 4: So over-the-top. I don't know if it was because I watched it so quickly, or because of the actual season, but it felt waaaay more melodramatic than the earlier seasons. Or at least more outlandishly melodramatic. At least I wasn't so completely tense every time David and Keith came on screen, like I was during season 3. And Claire was awesome. Oh, fine, it still had moments of brilliance, and I love it.
I swear I've actually watched some movies recently, but I guess they were all re-watches or stuff like that. And of course the Eddie Izzard concert movie. Huh.
Battlestar Galactica season 1: Don't hate me, but I think all the hype and "oh my god it's the best thing ever"-ing made the actual watching a bit of a letdown at first. Not that I didn't enjoy it! But it took me a while to get into it -- the first few episodes (after the mini-series, which was fantastic) felt very choppy and unfocused, and some of the acting was...meh. It's becoming more addictive, though, especially when the suspicion ratchets up. Although now I'm finding that I keep expecting Tricia Helfer's character to break out with "You're still in the running to be Canada's Next Top Model". Which would be kind of awesome.
MI-5 series 3: So, end of series 2, Tom walks into the ocean, I was quite certain that he (the actor and the character) was not coming back. And apparently so were the writers, until Matthew McFayden said he would come back for two episodes and they had to scramble to rework the series. And I think that's where the problems started. It's only 10 episodes, during which all three leads eventually left, plus two new characters were introduced, which meant that nearly every episode had to be a Very Special Episode. And it didn't really work. Or maybe that's just me -- I prefer the more normal working episodes, the ones that show them being spies, and aren't focused so intensely on one character. However, I still adore the series, it was nice to see the secondary characters come forward (as they ran out of leads, heh), and I really like Adam, the new guy. I think he was an excellent introduction, being much more casual and light than Tom, but with a scary steely intensity. I also like that he's married, so we can take a break from the perils of dating as a spy. And I love Ruth more each episode. I just hope they've managed, in this next series, to get back to the core of the show.
Six Feet Under season 4: So over-the-top. I don't know if it was because I watched it so quickly, or because of the actual season, but it felt waaaay more melodramatic than the earlier seasons. Or at least more outlandishly melodramatic. At least I wasn't so completely tense every time David and Keith came on screen, like I was during season 3. And Claire was awesome. Oh, fine, it still had moments of brilliance, and I love it.
I swear I've actually watched some movies recently, but I guess they were all re-watches or stuff like that. And of course the Eddie Izzard concert movie. Huh.
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Date: 2006-06-17 03:10 am (UTC)The rest of this post contains MI:5 Season 3 spoilers and my meager LJ knowledge means I don't know how to hide stuff in a reply (feel free to explain and I will correct it). So if you haven't seen the show I would advise you skip it.
I caught the 2nd season finale on A&E about 2-3 years ago so it was nice to finally get some closure on that. I agree with you that the constant coming and going of characters was disruptive. The main three didn't really have nice endings either. Tom going right back to work after that kind of ordeal is just a tad implausible. Maybe take a week off or two. See a shrink perhaps. Shrug. I really had a hate on for that love interest of Zoë's. Perhaps that was the writers intentions so that everyone would be sympathetic to Danny (where did the Danny/Sam thread go anyway?) but man did he get on my nerves. Ruth is great! She is so charmingly befuddled. I'm also glad that the new characters weren't loathsome copies of the originals but had some uniqueness to them. Here's hoping for a good series 4.
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Date: 2006-06-17 03:23 am (UTC)The fact that the Danny/Sam thing disappeared is another thing that made the season feel awkward - my theory is that when they decided to do Zoe's plotline, they felt they needed more drama, so they needed Danny to be in love wiht her. Still, they could have had *some* follow-up - either mention that Danny and Sam had tried the dating thing and it didn't work, or have them be together, but Danny *still* realized that he loved Zoe.
Grumble.
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Date: 2006-06-17 04:55 am (UTC)Yeah that would have been much more interesting.
I have already heard a LOT of praise Lost so I'll be going in with high expectations anyway.
I've avoided the series because I was worried its popularity might in the long run work against it. The writers may end up extending the story beyond what it can support resulting in weaker later seasons and unsatisfying conclusion. Hopefully this doesn't happen but I have seen it before. X-files I'm glancing in your direction.
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Date: 2006-06-17 09:35 pm (UTC)I couldn't get into Battlestar at all. I watched about eight or ten shows. I just thought it wasn't very well written. In this way, it matched up very well with the original series, but without the 70s kitsch!
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Date: 2006-06-17 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-18 11:39 pm (UTC)As would one of the contestants bursting out with "OMG! I love you on BSG!"
(without the acronyms, of course)
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