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couple of new TV shows
Oct. 2nd, 2012 03:11 pm"Elementary" looks promising. I love the BBC show "Sherlock" so much that I was prepared to hate this one as yet another clueless American rip-off where they get the style right but have no substance (lookin' at you, movies with Robert Downey Jr.). But the first episode of "Elementary" was quite good. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glvalentine has great commentary about how Lucy Liu's character makes the show work, and I agree. I used to hate Lucy Liu when she was stuck playing the Bitchy Asian, but then she escaped Ally McBeal and got cast in the Charlie's Angels movies, and then got to be downright vivacious in "Lucky Number Sleven." Now I like her a bunch. I'm not sure that this show will achieve what "Sherlock" does, which is to make it as exciting as any action sequence just to watch Holmes thinking. But if they focus more on the relationship between Holmes and Watson, that's fine too, with this Watson calling Holmes on his shit.
"Revolution" is annoying me. I love the concept and the first episode was fine, but the 2nd was annoying. (Haven't seen the 3rd yet; it may end up being my last.) I love me some post-apocalyptic fantasy fiction, and Billy Burke with a samurai sword is probably the closest I'll ever get to seeing Boyett's Elegy Beach on screen. But our young female protagonist is pretty hard to take. She forbids Burke's character to kill a bounty hunter who's tracked and snuck up on Burke. When the guy returns to put their lives in danger again, does she apologize and say you were right, I'm sorry I put you in danger by keeping that dude alive? Of course not. Because gormless girl has the Moral High Ground, and everyone must respect that. The only way I could stomach her in episode 2 was to remind myself that clearly she grew up in a frakked-up family where starting at age 6, it was her responsibility to wake up 10 times a night to make sure her brother didn't die of an asthma attack. And the naivete coming out of her pores must be from brainwashing by the hippie enclave her dad raised her in, because there is no way else you live 10 years in that world and are still a sensitive idealist. I got nothing against idealists, by the way. The world of "Revolution" is horrible and she's right to want to change it. But for godsakes, be a practical idealist. If you're going to be all hurt and shocked by every injustice you see, that's going to take up a lot of valuable screen time which could be better spent by Billy Burke having sword fights. I'm just saying.
glvalentine has great commentary about how Lucy Liu's character makes the show work, and I agree. I used to hate Lucy Liu when she was stuck playing the Bitchy Asian, but then she escaped Ally McBeal and got cast in the Charlie's Angels movies, and then got to be downright vivacious in "Lucky Number Sleven." Now I like her a bunch. I'm not sure that this show will achieve what "Sherlock" does, which is to make it as exciting as any action sequence just to watch Holmes thinking. But if they focus more on the relationship between Holmes and Watson, that's fine too, with this Watson calling Holmes on his shit."Revolution" is annoying me. I love the concept and the first episode was fine, but the 2nd was annoying. (Haven't seen the 3rd yet; it may end up being my last.) I love me some post-apocalyptic fantasy fiction, and Billy Burke with a samurai sword is probably the closest I'll ever get to seeing Boyett's Elegy Beach on screen. But our young female protagonist is pretty hard to take. She forbids Burke's character to kill a bounty hunter who's tracked and snuck up on Burke. When the guy returns to put their lives in danger again, does she apologize and say you were right, I'm sorry I put you in danger by keeping that dude alive? Of course not. Because gormless girl has the Moral High Ground, and everyone must respect that. The only way I could stomach her in episode 2 was to remind myself that clearly she grew up in a frakked-up family where starting at age 6, it was her responsibility to wake up 10 times a night to make sure her brother didn't die of an asthma attack. And the naivete coming out of her pores must be from brainwashing by the hippie enclave her dad raised her in, because there is no way else you live 10 years in that world and are still a sensitive idealist. I got nothing against idealists, by the way. The world of "Revolution" is horrible and she's right to want to change it. But for godsakes, be a practical idealist. If you're going to be all hurt and shocked by every injustice you see, that's going to take up a lot of valuable screen time which could be better spent by Billy Burke having sword fights. I'm just saying.
