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Linkspam and TV reviews
Oct. 2nd, 2012 10:14 am* When I saw this yesterday, I literally said "Wow" out loud: Danny Strong is writing the two-part Mockingjay movies.
* Character descriptions for the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show have leaked. Let the fan casting begin...
* Captain America 2 filming in DC? Best brush up on my stalker skills...
On the fall TV premiere front, I've got my first casualty of the season! I gave up on 666 Park Avenue after one episode. I like Terry O'Quinn, and I liked the premise, but it was just awful in execution, even by the standard of a campy supernatural show. The whole "devil's bargains" thing reminded me a bit of Booth at the End, which, despite being a Hulu web series, is about a zillion times better than 666. So go watch that instead. Sunday nights are way too full to spend time on crap.
Speaking of Sunday night crap, I watched the first episode of Dexter, and was pleasantly surprised - okay, I was flat-out shocked - at how much I enjoyed it. I am not going to suggest you watch it on that basis alone, because from the experience of previous seasons, we all know how quickly it can go completely to hell, and I don't want to Lucy you with the football here. But I actually really liked the follow up to Deb discovering Dexter killing Travis (and thankfully, the romance plot was pointedly ignored). They could've taken the easy way out and let Dexter convince Deb it was just a one-off moment of homicidal crazy, but she gets to be competent as a detective and puts all the pieces together far quicker than I expected. Again, I need to emphasize that it would take practically zero effort to screw it up, and I'm still half expecting that to happen, but this episode was actually pretty promising?
* Character descriptions for the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show have leaked. Let the fan casting begin...
* Captain America 2 filming in DC? Best brush up on my stalker skills...
On the fall TV premiere front, I've got my first casualty of the season! I gave up on 666 Park Avenue after one episode. I like Terry O'Quinn, and I liked the premise, but it was just awful in execution, even by the standard of a campy supernatural show. The whole "devil's bargains" thing reminded me a bit of Booth at the End, which, despite being a Hulu web series, is about a zillion times better than 666. So go watch that instead. Sunday nights are way too full to spend time on crap.
Speaking of Sunday night crap, I watched the first episode of Dexter, and was pleasantly surprised - okay, I was flat-out shocked - at how much I enjoyed it. I am not going to suggest you watch it on that basis alone, because from the experience of previous seasons, we all know how quickly it can go completely to hell, and I don't want to Lucy you with the football here. But I actually really liked the follow up to Deb discovering Dexter killing Travis (and thankfully, the romance plot was pointedly ignored). They could've taken the easy way out and let Dexter convince Deb it was just a one-off moment of homicidal crazy, but she gets to be competent as a detective and puts all the pieces together far quicker than I expected. Again, I need to emphasize that it would take practically zero effort to screw it up, and I'm still half expecting that to happen, but this episode was actually pretty promising?
