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* Kyle Chandler is the reason we are not getting a Friday Night Lights movie, y'all. Not surprising, as he's said before that he thought the series ending was perfect.
* I'm not sure which part of this is stranger - that they are making a musical out of American Psycho, or that Matt Smith is playing the lead.
* Turns out Showtime wouldn't let the writers kill Dexter. Why am I not surprised?
* First song from Idina Menzel's new musical If/Then!
* Aaron Tveit is adorbs, as usual - and also busy, since he's got two movies coming out soon. That's my boy.
* So this is why Rob Lowe is leaving Parks and Recreation.
* Albuquerque Breaking Bad fans placed an obituary in the local paper for Walter White.
* Still finding the occasional Breaking Bad reaction post - this is a good one on the show's portrayal of "toxic masculinity."
* Here in the DC area, lots of people have been debating lately whether to change the football team's name, and finally someone asked actual Native Americans how they feel about it. It's a really good read, and pretty neatly illustrates the privilege inherent in even having the debate.
I've also been watching more fall premieres on TV. Here's how things shake out.
New shows: The Crazy Ones and The Michael J. Fox Show. Both caught my attention because of the star involved (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michael J. Fox, respectively), but neither is really living up to the actor's potential. I'll stick it out for a few more episodes, but I'm not too impressed.
Masters of Sex, on the other hand, is excellent, and you should be watching it. If you're unfamiliar, it's Showtime's new series about William Masters and Virginia Johnson, who pioneered research into human sexuality in the 1950s. It's not as obsessively ~period as, say, Mad Men, but Lizzy Caplan is fantastic as Virginia, and the show handles gender and sexuality issues with plenty of awareness and care. Easily my favorite new show of the season (though that's a pretty low bar).
The Originals... lol nope. I tried. If only for completion's sake, I figured I should check out the TVD spinoff, but unsurprisingly, all the things I disliked about the Originals on TVD is, like, times a million on their own show, and I really don't care about any of the new characters or the ~werebaby (lol). I am eternally thankful this show exists, because it gets them OFF MY SHOW, but I don't think I'll be tuning in unless I hear really great things down the line.
Returning shows: Well, Revenge and Scandal are back to their hilariously OTT melodrama. Revenge seems to be taking the "lol let's pretend S2 never happened" approach, which I can't say I mind. These are my "turn off your brain" shows, so as long as they keep being fun, I'll keep watching.
I liked quite a lot about the Vampire Diaries premiere, thought other parts of it were LOL, but honestly it's too early to tell where this is going just yet. Parks and Recreation, The Good Wife, and Parenthood continue to be solid. Homeland is also too early to call, but other than refusing to jettison the Brody family, seems to be correcting a lot of what was wrong with S2.
What are you watching? Anything good that I'm missing?
* Kyle Chandler is the reason we are not getting a Friday Night Lights movie, y'all. Not surprising, as he's said before that he thought the series ending was perfect.
* I'm not sure which part of this is stranger - that they are making a musical out of American Psycho, or that Matt Smith is playing the lead.
* Turns out Showtime wouldn't let the writers kill Dexter. Why am I not surprised?
* First song from Idina Menzel's new musical If/Then!
* Aaron Tveit is adorbs, as usual - and also busy, since he's got two movies coming out soon. That's my boy.
* So this is why Rob Lowe is leaving Parks and Recreation.
* Albuquerque Breaking Bad fans placed an obituary in the local paper for Walter White.
* Still finding the occasional Breaking Bad reaction post - this is a good one on the show's portrayal of "toxic masculinity."
* Here in the DC area, lots of people have been debating lately whether to change the football team's name, and finally someone asked actual Native Americans how they feel about it. It's a really good read, and pretty neatly illustrates the privilege inherent in even having the debate.
I've also been watching more fall premieres on TV. Here's how things shake out.
New shows: The Crazy Ones and The Michael J. Fox Show. Both caught my attention because of the star involved (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michael J. Fox, respectively), but neither is really living up to the actor's potential. I'll stick it out for a few more episodes, but I'm not too impressed.
Masters of Sex, on the other hand, is excellent, and you should be watching it. If you're unfamiliar, it's Showtime's new series about William Masters and Virginia Johnson, who pioneered research into human sexuality in the 1950s. It's not as obsessively ~period as, say, Mad Men, but Lizzy Caplan is fantastic as Virginia, and the show handles gender and sexuality issues with plenty of awareness and care. Easily my favorite new show of the season (though that's a pretty low bar).
The Originals... lol nope. I tried. If only for completion's sake, I figured I should check out the TVD spinoff, but unsurprisingly, all the things I disliked about the Originals on TVD is, like, times a million on their own show, and I really don't care about any of the new characters or the ~werebaby (lol). I am eternally thankful this show exists, because it gets them OFF MY SHOW, but I don't think I'll be tuning in unless I hear really great things down the line.
Returning shows: Well, Revenge and Scandal are back to their hilariously OTT melodrama. Revenge seems to be taking the "lol let's pretend S2 never happened" approach, which I can't say I mind. These are my "turn off your brain" shows, so as long as they keep being fun, I'll keep watching.
I liked quite a lot about the Vampire Diaries premiere, thought other parts of it were LOL, but honestly it's too early to tell where this is going just yet. Parks and Recreation, The Good Wife, and Parenthood continue to be solid. Homeland is also too early to call, but other than refusing to jettison the Brody family, seems to be correcting a lot of what was wrong with S2.
What are you watching? Anything good that I'm missing?
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Date: Oct. 22nd, 2013 06:37 pm (UTC)