Last couple of days on TV
Sep. 26th, 2013 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellestraMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (sounds like something sold on the TV shop channel but apparently that's the full title) started this week. I like it. I will continue to watch it.
The plot was kind of engaging (the rant of downtrodden was little cliched but I agreed with general sentiment in a world where aliens destroy cities but only billionaires get to be traumatised superheroes) the but most importantly it set up the main themes with SHIELD (I'm not doing full stops anymore - caps is all they get) trying to control access to alien tech (and other dangerous technologies we saw emerging in the movies and some shadowy organisation testing them on people. I like that they full embrace the world they are in - superheroes and aliens and all - as I was afraid they would pretend it never happened. But at some point it started to sound like they were name dropping of all the Marvel movie stuff. I liked all the cool toys.
The what really happened to Coulson mystery is a nice hook but I want to know Ming-Na's character back story most. I didn't care for any other character but they are so standard pretty TV people I need more time to even care. They were too much like a checklist of standard type of characters (from quirky super hacker to a working badly with others agent to two fighting scientists who do miracles in real time) but we already knew that from the casting so I'm going to wait and see if they get an actual personality. I hope that both Ron Glass and Cobie Smulders will return (I also want to know what level they are - 8, 9?).
The dialogue felt weirdly stilled sometimes even when it was funny as it seemed like the were trying at clever too much. There were also tons of cool effects. All that I assign to pilotitis - they are often too flashy - fast, explodey and the actors don't have the chemistry down yet (which is probably why Coulson & Hill scenes felt more natural). But it should get better and I'm primed to like it because it looks like it be a lot of fun.
I just wish Mike was a real superhero and would stay with the team (even as an recurring character) as it would be nice to have J. August Richards on my screen again.
I also watched The Blacklist and I liked it's mysteries even better.James Spader was great - both creepy asshole and awesomely badass. I liked the agent Keen - they way she dealt with kidnappers (shooting then helping when there was no other choice) and her husband (with the wound and cleaning and stabbing and I really want to know more about him and if this has something to do with her). I'm looking forward to the criminal of the week and the larger mystery of why Red is back (my guess - he went bad to get all this information in the first place) and why Keen (something to do with her family ties).
Person of Interest is back tooand there was Shaw geeking over guns (shooting bad people make her almost as happy) and Root arguing with Machine over her homicidal tendencies (she only sees the bad and ugly in them but Machine cares) and Carter with all her secrets (and looking good in uniform). Then Reese was throwing the the I'm a very privet man back at Finch and we saw Machine thoughts and Finch was in disguise and I realised that I finally love this show.
I have some more stuff on my DVR but that will have to wait.
The what really happened to Coulson mystery is a nice hook but I want to know Ming-Na's character back story most. I didn't care for any other character but they are so standard pretty TV people I need more time to even care. They were too much like a checklist of standard type of characters (from quirky super hacker to a working badly with others agent to two fighting scientists who do miracles in real time) but we already knew that from the casting so I'm going to wait and see if they get an actual personality. I hope that both Ron Glass and Cobie Smulders will return (I also want to know what level they are - 8, 9?).
The dialogue felt weirdly stilled sometimes even when it was funny as it seemed like the were trying at clever too much. There were also tons of cool effects. All that I assign to pilotitis - they are often too flashy - fast, explodey and the actors don't have the chemistry down yet (which is probably why Coulson & Hill scenes felt more natural). But it should get better and I'm primed to like it because it looks like it be a lot of fun.
I just wish Mike was a real superhero and would stay with the team (even as an recurring character) as it would be nice to have J. August Richards on my screen again.
I also watched The Blacklist and I liked it's mysteries even better.
Person of Interest is back too
I have some more stuff on my DVR but that will have to wait.
