The Everything TV Post

[alexiscartwheel]

I've been slacking a bit on the school work this weekend. Yesterday I spent a lot of the day out in the yard planting and composting, and today I'm trying to work on laundry and cleaning. And in between I've been catching up on some TV watching. Maybe I should be doing projects, but I feel like a deserve a bit of time to relax, yeah? So without further ado, everything on TV ever. (Well, not quite.)

Bones is my newest TV obsession. I have no idea how this stayed under my radar for so long. It's a crime drama--a genre I've enjoyed since the days when I watched Murder, She Wrote with my mom--featuring a cast of completely nerdy characters. I'm always a fan of awesome leading ladies, so it's no surprise that I really love Brennan. She's incredibly smart and also quite the badass. It's pretty unusual for a female character to have such a violent streak, which makes for interesting watching. And she's endearingly socially incompetent. (She and Booth are kind of like the anti-Gilmore girls. Instead trading pop culture references, Bones has Brennan's deadpan "I don't know what that means.") Aside from all the strange cases, one of the things I really like about Bones is the amount of character development, which is unusual for a crime drama. And it's not just Brennan and Booth, the supporting characters get there moments too. Gotta say though, Booth seems to have a strangely encyclopedic knowledge of Catholicism. Yes, I know it's just to advance the plot, but it seems to come into play fairly regularly. I excuse it though, cause David Boreanez is pretty.

Anyway, in a nutshell, it's completely fabulous. I've finished the first season and moved on to the second, but it'll still be awhile before I actually get caught up.

Sarah Jane Adventures continues to deliver. I still think Rani's alright, but I'm not blown away; her mum and dad, however, are completely made of win. It's Sarah-lite this week, which is pretty cool. It changes the dynamic when the kids are left to there own devices. We certainly are getting lots of Clyde this season, eh? Not that there's anything wrong with that, what with Clyde being awesome and all. Clyde's mum is really cool, but his dad's a selfish bastard. Snap out of it, Clyde! Your mum and your friends are the ones who really care!

Put everyone in period dress, and suddenly I'm motivated to keep up with a TV show. :D I actually wouldn't have heard about Little Dorrit if it weren't for Who fandom. (Freema Agyeman and Eve Myles are both in it. Eve's character, Maggy, is a adorable.) I'm breaking my normal rule that I have to read the book before watching an adaptation because as much as I love Dickens' books, I don't have as much time for reading as I'd like. I'll read it eventually though, because it seems like a good story so far.

The Office has been pretty good so far this year, though not always up to it's highest standards of funny. I'm disappointed that they didn't keep Holly around longer. She and Michael were completely perfect for each other, in their awkward little way. Michael can frequently be an idiot, but I still felt bad for him that Holly got transferred. And what's with all the long distance Jim and Pam? Do not want! How're they supposed to plot against Dwight if Pam's in a different city? The world's smallest bluetooth thing was pretty funny though.

To be completely honest, I'm still not quite sure what the big deal is about Heroes. I just watched the first episode of season three earlier this week, and it was okay, but not remarkable. Maybe the problem is that I started watching with season two, and still haven't seen all of season one yet, but in general Heroes seems more pretentious than anything else to me. Most of the fun of season two was watching with Andrea, since she was so into it, but I remember feeling at the end like there was a whole lot of build up to not much. d4ni says it gets better, or maybe just more femslashy, so I'll keep going. It's just not a priority. (Cause there is Dickens on, yo!)

I watched the first episode of Merlin, and it seems pretty amusing. It's historical... ish (I'm sure it's just about as historically accurate as Robin Hood is, that is to say, not very) and has magic and stuff. And Anthony Head! I liked the first episode enough that I'll probably keep going with this one.

I decided to give Life on Mars (US) a chance, mostly out of curiosity. Compared to the original pilot, which I thought was nearly unwatchable (I think I made it through about five minutes, then fast forwarded through bits of it) the real first episode was much, much better. There were a couple instance were I thought they did a good job "Americanizing" the cultural references, and I think the decision to move it from L.A. to New York was a good one. Even though it was better, I still found myself comparing it to the original the whole time. The plot for the first episode was almost exactly the same, but I didn't like the way the characters were portrayed as much. At this point, I'm not really interested enough to bother with watching more.

Comments

[arabian.livejournal.com]

Aww, I really enjoy Life on Mars. I didn't watch past the first episode of the original because I didn't like Annie AT ALL. But I'm really enjoying LoM (although, I wasn't a huge fan of the last episode).

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

It's not that I disliked Life on Mars, it's just that I saw the UK version first and loved it, so I can't help comparing it. (For the record, I think Liz White is awesome as Annie!) I have hardly any time to watch TV as it is, so this one gets shelved for now, out of necessity. I may pick it back up later though, especially since the plot will likely go in a different direction after awhile.