I know you’ve heard it before, but when Dollhouse was renewed I think even the person that made the decision was surprised by it. Put nicely, the ratings didn’t support a renewal. More directly, they sucked. Last week’s premiere’s ratings were down from last season’s average, so things aren’t looking good. What’s the problem then? […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an expert on the Superman mythos. I’ve seen all of the movies, just about every episode of Smallville, read the novelization of The Death and Life of Superman, and well, am an “in-general” geek. Thus, I’m really not that familiar with the character of Metallo. His […]
Mercy is far from a perfect show, but I am enjoying it so far. Michelle Trachtenberg plays naivete probably better than anyone on the planet. Jaime Lee Kirchner’s character still needs a bit more rounding out, but I like Sonia’s style. And frankly, I’m way into Taylor Schilling’s Veronica Callahan. Well, all except for one […]
Bones has been flirting (pun certainly intended) with the Tempe and Seely relationship for a while now. They’ve got great chemistry, which is honestly one of the best parts of the show (and probably my favorite pairing on television). Somewhere along the way, the heart of the show became the big “will they/won’t they” question […]
Sure, I did a little bit of whining in last week’s post about Grey’s Anatomy‘s “ripped from the ER-scriptroom” approach with this whole merger business, with reason; it’s not the first time Grey’s has seemingly borrowed from the medical show gold standard. We even already had a preexisting tag called “grey’s anatomy rip-off er” before […]
“It’s the characters, stupid!” I know you’ve heard me say it before: the most important piece of any good drama — be it television, film, literature, or theater — is having good characters. On my favorite show, it’s easy to identify my favorite: Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman … sure he has a different […]
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house during last week’s Live Chat of the Grey’s Anatomy premiere (except mine … because I’m a guy … that doesn’t cry … I promise). The real news wasn’t ‘who rode the big elevator to the sky,’ because that was fairly well spoiled all summer, but the merge […]