Some stuff I watched
Sep. 28th, 2013 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI was lazy and watched some TV just to pass the time.
Sleepy Hollow: I watched one and a half episodes. It looks like a good show, but it's not for me. Abby seems like a character I'd like a lot with a bit more non-work-related development, and Ichabod could be fun too, but overall it's too gloomy for me. Not only is the whole plot "fight off the apocalypse", but it's also shot in mostly dark colors, which I generally dislike. From what I know via fannish osmosis, it looks a bit like an improved version of the later seasons of Supernatural, only with more grey, and SPN isn't my thing either. I'll just enjoy the "best-of" version via Tumblr gifs ;)
Smaller stuff: a witch buried in a graveyard, with her own gravestone, really?
Elementary 2x01: I stopped watching Elementary in the middle of the first season, and watching this episode reminded me why. It's a good show, I really like Joan and I enjoy watching her and Sherlock together, even some of the mystery plots are good, but all in all it doesn't really engage me in any way. I'm completely passive when watching it, and that's boring. When I watch something I want to be interested enough to think about it, speculate about it, add my own stories in my head, and for some reason it's just not happening. Something to watch when I'm bored and can't find anything else.
I still really love the opening sequence.
I'm completely uninterested in watching Person of Interest, even though I've heard that it improves from the "two white guys, the nerdy one and the fighter, save the world" from the pilot. Just one thing about the Machine: There's a machine with the capability to collect and analyze data to the point of predicting large-scale and small-scale crimes. If I understand correctly, the government uses the machine to prevent terrorist attacks and Finch and Reese use the machine to prevent crimes on a smaller scale that the government doesn't care about. That seems like such a waste of time to me - if you have a machine with that sort of computing ability, surely it would also be extremely useful for economic simulations? You could probably solve world hunger with that thing. Finally disprove some ridiculous economic theories. Sorry, but who cares about a terrorist attack or two if that's the alternative? (ETA: badly phrased, of course people care, but from a government&"greater good"-perspective...")
ETA:
Agents of SHIELD: Meh. None of the characters really interested me, they all seemed rather bland, and I've no idea where it's going and nothing that really gives me anything to be excited about. In addition there were some things I didn't like, e.g. the rant at the end was way overdone and Coulson drugging his own agent. I don't think I'll continue watching.
So none of these are shows I will be following - but to be honest I don't need a new one anyway *g* Lost Girl comes back in November, Teen Wolf in January, I could always watch another Gundam series or finally start Buffy (or any of several other shows that were recommended) if I want to.
And the NHL season starts in a week! It's weird, I'm following the Penguins as much as I ever did any canon, but it somehow feels fannish in a slightly different way. I like it, though. I'm short on money right now, but when I have a bit more I want to go to a hockey game in Vienna. The Vienna Capitals are doing quite well at the moment. Top of the league is the new team from South Tyrol, interestingly.
In addition, next weekend I'm meeting with L. and M. and we're doing another lazy "watch TV and eat" day at their place. This time with Babylon 5! We've been planning to watch it for ages, but originally S. wanted to join and she never has time. I'm looking forward to it :)
And now I should do some stuff for school debating, because the other person responsible is apparently procrastinating on that with work, instead of procrastinating on work with it like I do, which is obviously the superior version. Right.
Sleepy Hollow: I watched one and a half episodes. It looks like a good show, but it's not for me. Abby seems like a character I'd like a lot with a bit more non-work-related development, and Ichabod could be fun too, but overall it's too gloomy for me. Not only is the whole plot "fight off the apocalypse", but it's also shot in mostly dark colors, which I generally dislike. From what I know via fannish osmosis, it looks a bit like an improved version of the later seasons of Supernatural, only with more grey, and SPN isn't my thing either. I'll just enjoy the "best-of" version via Tumblr gifs ;)
Smaller stuff: a witch buried in a graveyard, with her own gravestone, really?
Elementary 2x01: I stopped watching Elementary in the middle of the first season, and watching this episode reminded me why. It's a good show, I really like Joan and I enjoy watching her and Sherlock together, even some of the mystery plots are good, but all in all it doesn't really engage me in any way. I'm completely passive when watching it, and that's boring. When I watch something I want to be interested enough to think about it, speculate about it, add my own stories in my head, and for some reason it's just not happening. Something to watch when I'm bored and can't find anything else.
I still really love the opening sequence.
I'm completely uninterested in watching Person of Interest, even though I've heard that it improves from the "two white guys, the nerdy one and the fighter, save the world" from the pilot. Just one thing about the Machine: There's a machine with the capability to collect and analyze data to the point of predicting large-scale and small-scale crimes. If I understand correctly, the government uses the machine to prevent terrorist attacks and Finch and Reese use the machine to prevent crimes on a smaller scale that the government doesn't care about. That seems like such a waste of time to me - if you have a machine with that sort of computing ability, surely it would also be extremely useful for economic simulations? You could probably solve world hunger with that thing. Finally disprove some ridiculous economic theories. Sorry, but who cares about a terrorist attack or two if that's the alternative? (ETA: badly phrased, of course people care, but from a government&"greater good"-perspective...")
ETA:
Agents of SHIELD: Meh. None of the characters really interested me, they all seemed rather bland, and I've no idea where it's going and nothing that really gives me anything to be excited about. In addition there were some things I didn't like, e.g. the rant at the end was way overdone and Coulson drugging his own agent. I don't think I'll continue watching.
So none of these are shows I will be following - but to be honest I don't need a new one anyway *g* Lost Girl comes back in November, Teen Wolf in January, I could always watch another Gundam series or finally start Buffy (or any of several other shows that were recommended) if I want to.
And the NHL season starts in a week! It's weird, I'm following the Penguins as much as I ever did any canon, but it somehow feels fannish in a slightly different way. I like it, though. I'm short on money right now, but when I have a bit more I want to go to a hockey game in Vienna. The Vienna Capitals are doing quite well at the moment. Top of the league is the new team from South Tyrol, interestingly.
In addition, next weekend I'm meeting with L. and M. and we're doing another lazy "watch TV and eat" day at their place. This time with Babylon 5! We've been planning to watch it for ages, but originally S. wanted to join and she never has time. I'm looking forward to it :)
And now I should do some stuff for school debating, because the other person responsible is apparently procrastinating on that with work, instead of procrastinating on work with it like I do, which is obviously the superior version. Right.
