TV!

[thistlechaser]

Yay new TV season! What I'm watching, in no special order.

House: Woot! Some people are bitching about the change in the character (and thus the show), but I don't see it. Characters need to change, evolve -- how could the character be exactly the same five years later? Still my favorite currently-airing non-comedy show.

Merlin: I got through the whole season. Go team me! I actually enjoyed it near the end, and almost loved the last ep (alas they copped out on a character death and so lost a lot of standing with me). I think there's a second season going on? I'll download it eventually.

Dexter: Meh. The first season was The Best Thing Ever. The second season was okay. This third season is like a totally different show. Blah.

Star Gate: Universe: I only watched the first ep, but I like it quite a bit. It feels almost BSG-ish. (Hey, if you're 487194031470 billion light years from Earth, you might as well be the last humans alive!) I'm going to download the other available eps tonight.

Smallville: Enjoying it, but not OMG MUST WATCH IT NOW. I don't generally think about female characters all that much, but Lana has such pretty eyes! I can't stop watching her when she's on the screen. It's sort of hard to suspend disbelief long enough to buy Clark being in high school (how old is the actor, 28? older?), but it's still enjoyable in small doses.

Hetalia: Speaking of small doses... An anime series where the eps are only about 4 minutes long sure is easy to catch up on! Still, I can't watch more than a few at a time, it's cute but almost too cute. <3 Germany! (But he's about the only character we've met so far, other than annoying "PASTA!" Italy.)

Big Bang Theory: The only show I have to watch when it airs instead of downloading it later. I can't remember the last show that made me laugh so much and so often! I have no idea at all why it does so well in the ratings, since Americans generally don't like smart folks, but I'm happy it does!

Burn Notice, Castle, GI Joe: Still semi-watching these, as in watching an ep every week or two when I get bored of other things.

Comments

[nothingtoregret.livejournal.com]

Merlin does indeed have a second season, most of which I appear to be missing due to roleplaying. I was actually glad about the copping out of character-death - the bloke who plays Gaius is a pretty famous actor here (although I think he's only an English actor, and never even tried to be in anything vaguely American or likely to be shown there - he's predominantly theatre and did a long-running comedy show here, "One Foot In The Grave") so I was actively expecting him to leave - no one ever stays longer than one series if they're well-known. I was happy to see him stay, I dread to think what it'd be like without him. The character keeps Merlin's feet on the ground.

It's... nice for him to buck the trend of only being in one series. It feels like tokenism if that's all they're ever in.

Second series (at least so far) is slightly better than the first, possibly due to the fact that we're now familiar with the characters. Some stuff feels slightly shoehorned in, but you'll find that out in good time...

I like Dexter, but I've taken to reading the books and viewing them as something entirely separate to the series. My book-Dex isn't like the series-Dex at all. But Michael C. Hall is awesomeness, so I shall always continue to watch! XD;

Is SG:U any good? It has Robert Carlyle in, which is awesome because he is awesome (and yes I am fangirling) but the series itself looks much like other Stargate stuff - i.e. it looks terrible... It's confusing because on one hand it's something that someone well-known as a good actor in this country is lending his name to, but on the other hand it's Stargate and therefore also well-known as being pretty bad. Is it worth spending time catching up on and then watching?

I can't talk though. I'm hooked on Warehouse 13. Can't get enough of it, it's so cute...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Merlin does indeed have a second season, most of which I appear to be missing due to roleplaying.

That's what bit torrent is for! ;) I'll have to look into downloading it tonight.

I like Dexter, but I've taken to reading the books and viewing them as something entirely separate to the series. My book-Dex isn't like the series-Dex at all. But Michael C. Hall is awesomeness, so I shall always continue to watch! XD;

I have the books, but still need to read them! I should get onto that, I'd like to see the differences between them.

Is SG:U any good?

I enjoyed it enough to be annoyed that I downloaded the newest ep last night but forgot to bring it with me to watch today! It's not the best thing ever on TV, but I like it. It seems quite a bit different than the other SGs, too (not the least of which because a "typical gamer" guy gets pulled into things and is a main character). That, crossed with it being sort of BSG-ish = I'll keep on watching!

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

My boss told me the other day that I should watch Big Bang Theory, I need to watch it. I also need to watch House.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Big Bang Theory is the best thing on TV right now! You should totally watch it, then thank your boss and I. :D

[quistie.livejournal.com]

You should definitely watch House.