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25 Sep 2013 22:39* I have a very poor record keeping up with programs, but I like to watch the pilots of shows that interest me. What I've seen so far:
Sleepy Hollow: A show I will be happy to follow in animated GIFs on Tumblr, where people more dedicated than me clip the best parts and leave the stupid and the silly behind. Because there is a lot of stupid and silly here, like CW-levels of stupid and silly. But Nicole Beharie is wonderful.
Agents of SHIELD... I think if this were anything but what it was, I would have thought a lot less of it. The badinage was good and it comes with an acceptably built universe preinstalled, I just wish they hadn't stuck strictly to stereotypes after they cast Ming-Na and then ripped off elements of every single CBS procedural. You have the blandly good-looking James Bond guy who wants more macho missions and who needs to be taken down a peg and given a heart, the socially awkward UK-import Wonder Twin Geeks who are admittedly adorable, and the attractive hacker with the heart of gold whose anarchic tendencies are really just a cry for paternal attention. And Coulson, who is essentially playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs. I know the pedigree of the show and the pilot, but I thought for all of that, it was very uninspired in places. I'll keep up with it for a bit, but if this devolves into Monster of the Week without a good grand myth to back it up, I am going to drop it. Haven already exists and the mythos there is worth the stupid.
Blacklist. This? I loved. Layer upon layer upon layer and everyone fights dirty and there are unexpected moments of grace and humor to keep it from being too dark because it's not meant to be so dark. Three-dimensional spy chess. Our ingenue agent is established as an ingenue and then quickly becomes competent, if inexperienced. She starts off as a mouse and ends up stabbing the cat in the neck. It's a good start.
Also, holy cow is James Spader going to make a fabulous Ultron.
* I have finished watching Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I like Justice League/JLU better, I think, but probably because I have deeper attachment to the DCU characters. Especially in the final seasons of both shows, when they became Cameo of the Week episodes. But JL did more with what they had overall. That said... any other superhero cartoons on Netflix worth watching?
* I have a plot for the sequel to Thaw, but I need to finish the outline and then probably write a chapter or two to see if I can pull off Natasha's voice for more than 1300 words. And to see if I can live with the game-changing I am planning on doing. And I need to come up with a title, since I can't use the working one and I don't want to continue the theme of the previous long stories because once something has Freezer Burn and you Thaw it, the next step is usually the garbage because it tastes off.
Sleepy Hollow: A show I will be happy to follow in animated GIFs on Tumblr, where people more dedicated than me clip the best parts and leave the stupid and the silly behind. Because there is a lot of stupid and silly here, like CW-levels of stupid and silly. But Nicole Beharie is wonderful.
Agents of SHIELD... I think if this were anything but what it was, I would have thought a lot less of it. The badinage was good and it comes with an acceptably built universe preinstalled, I just wish they hadn't stuck strictly to stereotypes after they cast Ming-Na and then ripped off elements of every single CBS procedural. You have the blandly good-looking James Bond guy who wants more macho missions and who needs to be taken down a peg and given a heart, the socially awkward UK-import Wonder Twin Geeks who are admittedly adorable, and the attractive hacker with the heart of gold whose anarchic tendencies are really just a cry for paternal attention. And Coulson, who is essentially playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs. I know the pedigree of the show and the pilot, but I thought for all of that, it was very uninspired in places. I'll keep up with it for a bit, but if this devolves into Monster of the Week without a good grand myth to back it up, I am going to drop it. Haven already exists and the mythos there is worth the stupid.
Blacklist. This? I loved. Layer upon layer upon layer and everyone fights dirty and there are unexpected moments of grace and humor to keep it from being too dark because it's not meant to be so dark. Three-dimensional spy chess. Our ingenue agent is established as an ingenue and then quickly becomes competent, if inexperienced. She starts off as a mouse and ends up stabbing the cat in the neck. It's a good start.
Also, holy cow is James Spader going to make a fabulous Ultron.
* I have finished watching Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I like Justice League/JLU better, I think, but probably because I have deeper attachment to the DCU characters. Especially in the final seasons of both shows, when they became Cameo of the Week episodes. But JL did more with what they had overall. That said... any other superhero cartoons on Netflix worth watching?
* I have a plot for the sequel to Thaw, but I need to finish the outline and then probably write a chapter or two to see if I can pull off Natasha's voice for more than 1300 words. And to see if I can live with the game-changing I am planning on doing. And I need to come up with a title, since I can't use the working one and I don't want to continue the theme of the previous long stories because once something has Freezer Burn and you Thaw it, the next step is usually the garbage because it tastes off.
