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Jul. 21st, 2010 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caz963It occurs to me that I haven't said much about my current telly viewing lately. Not that I watch a great deal; I don't have a lot of time, and like I've said before, a show has to hook me pretty early if it's going to hang on to me. I'm getting harder to please as I get older!
So... I just watched the S1 finale of White Collar. I know that S2 has just started in the US, but I've been watching "live" on the UK schedule, so I'm a bit behind. I guess this is my "kick-back-and-chill-out" show. Nothing momentous, a bit formulaic, but I like the premise (FBI agent and ex-Con team up) and the relationship between the two leads. There was a running storyline through the season which wasn't overdone, so didn't overshadow any of the other individual storylines, and I'm keen to get started on S2.
S2 of Leverage starts in the same timeslot next week - which I've seen, but I might watch it again. It's crazy being so far behind though - I mean we get Lie to Me on the Thursday after it airs in the US, so why are some other shows so far behind?
And speaking of Lie to Me, I watch that too, although it's taken me a few weeks to get back into it after such a ridiculously long break (6 months?) Again, it doesn't take much brainpower and I admit I watch mostly for Tim Roth who commands the screen in a way that very few other actors can. There's something about watching his "Sarf-Lunden-Barrow-Bow" loping walk as he makes his way along the swanky hallways of his offices - it's like his character knows he has to have all this posh stuff to impress clients, but by staying so completely "him", he's sticking two fingers up at it all.
There seems to be a move away from such long seasons in US TV - or am I under a misapprehension? Perhaps it's simply that the shows I'm watching have shorter seasons? And you know, whereas once, I'd have been disappointed to get only 13 episodes of a programme I liked instead of 22, now, I'm not all that bothered. It makes it easier for me to commit to watch it, for one thing - and perhaps it means that showrunners aren't trying to stretch their ideas so desperately thin as they may have done before. You can usually spot the filler episodes a mile off!
Another show I meant to watch earlier this year, but which is fortunately being repeated is Misfits which is on Saturday nights on C4. A group of young offenders get caught up in a weird storm and then discover they've somehow acquired superpowers. It's not as naff as it might sound - in fact it's bloody good telly. It's funny, foul-mouthed at times and yes, there's sex and violence (!) but if you've seen Skins you'll know the sort of thing you're in for. It's only six episodes, and I think there's a second series on the way.
I'll be watching Sherlock on Sunday. Is it me, or does Benedict Cumberbatch have a look of Matt Smith about hin?
I'm neither here nor there on Sherlock Holmes, so I'm not preparing to be outraged at the fact that these stories are set in the present day. (And it's not the first time that's been done, anyway). I admit - I was going to watch it for Martin Freeman as Watson even before I knew who'd written it. I never cease to be amazed at the work of casting directors who somehow manage to find The Perfect Person for a particular role, to the extent that we can't think of anyone else who could possibly have done it.
Moff’s article in this week’s Radio Times had me giggling from start to finish.
I might have a few problems (still – I know!) with his version of Doctor Who, but I’ve never decried the man’s wit and dry sense of humour.
And of course - If Doctor Who had been a detective, clearly he'd have been Sherlock Holmes.
(It'll be nice to see Euros Lyn's name pop up on screen again - it's about time!)
And here (also from this week's RT) is an extremely accurate distillation of why, for some of us, Matt Smith (and whoever comes after him as well, I suspect) will never really be able to replace David Tennant – and I can’t help but wonder why I haven’t said this myself.
I want to mother Matt… but I want to sleep with David.
Yep.
So... I just watched the S1 finale of White Collar. I know that S2 has just started in the US, but I've been watching "live" on the UK schedule, so I'm a bit behind. I guess this is my "kick-back-and-chill-out" show. Nothing momentous, a bit formulaic, but I like the premise (FBI agent and ex-Con team up) and the relationship between the two leads. There was a running storyline through the season which wasn't overdone, so didn't overshadow any of the other individual storylines, and I'm keen to get started on S2.
S2 of Leverage starts in the same timeslot next week - which I've seen, but I might watch it again. It's crazy being so far behind though - I mean we get Lie to Me on the Thursday after it airs in the US, so why are some other shows so far behind?
And speaking of Lie to Me, I watch that too, although it's taken me a few weeks to get back into it after such a ridiculously long break (6 months?) Again, it doesn't take much brainpower and I admit I watch mostly for Tim Roth who commands the screen in a way that very few other actors can. There's something about watching his "Sarf-Lunden-Barrow-Bow" loping walk as he makes his way along the swanky hallways of his offices - it's like his character knows he has to have all this posh stuff to impress clients, but by staying so completely "him", he's sticking two fingers up at it all.
There seems to be a move away from such long seasons in US TV - or am I under a misapprehension? Perhaps it's simply that the shows I'm watching have shorter seasons? And you know, whereas once, I'd have been disappointed to get only 13 episodes of a programme I liked instead of 22, now, I'm not all that bothered. It makes it easier for me to commit to watch it, for one thing - and perhaps it means that showrunners aren't trying to stretch their ideas so desperately thin as they may have done before. You can usually spot the filler episodes a mile off!
Another show I meant to watch earlier this year, but which is fortunately being repeated is Misfits which is on Saturday nights on C4. A group of young offenders get caught up in a weird storm and then discover they've somehow acquired superpowers. It's not as naff as it might sound - in fact it's bloody good telly. It's funny, foul-mouthed at times and yes, there's sex and violence (!) but if you've seen Skins you'll know the sort of thing you're in for. It's only six episodes, and I think there's a second series on the way.
I'll be watching Sherlock on Sunday. Is it me, or does Benedict Cumberbatch have a look of Matt Smith about hin?
I'm neither here nor there on Sherlock Holmes, so I'm not preparing to be outraged at the fact that these stories are set in the present day. (And it's not the first time that's been done, anyway). I admit - I was going to watch it for Martin Freeman as Watson even before I knew who'd written it. I never cease to be amazed at the work of casting directors who somehow manage to find The Perfect Person for a particular role, to the extent that we can't think of anyone else who could possibly have done it.
Moff’s article in this week’s Radio Times had me giggling from start to finish.
I might have a few problems (still – I know!) with his version of Doctor Who, but I’ve never decried the man’s wit and dry sense of humour.
"Modern-dress Holmes," we [talking about himself and Mark Gatiss] said, "Someone should do that again!"
"Someone probably will," we concluded - and then we both went into a bit of a sulk about how cross we'd feel when someone else did the idea we'd already had but had accidentally forgotten to do anything about.
And of course - If Doctor Who had been a detective, clearly he'd have been Sherlock Holmes.
(It'll be nice to see Euros Lyn's name pop up on screen again - it's about time!)
And here (also from this week's RT) is an extremely accurate distillation of why, for some of us, Matt Smith (and whoever comes after him as well, I suspect) will never really be able to replace David Tennant – and I can’t help but wonder why I haven’t said this myself.
I want to mother Matt… but I want to sleep with David.
Yep.
