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So, that time of the year again, a new season, so it's time to tell you all about the great stuff I'm watching, right?
Well, there isn't really anything to tell, same shows as last year, and the year before, and there wasn't anything spectacularly new, original or different this year. Sure, NCIS has had some tweaks, but aside from McGee growing a beard, nothing of note. Criminal Minds had a bit more, and thankfully wrapped up their big story and I'll admit that wrap up was a surprise, but still, nothing earth shattering. Oh, Hawaii Five-0 had to deal with a problem, namely two of the primary cast quitting over the off season, but once again, nothing major, shifting of a few players, expanding a few characters parts, incremental stuff really. Oh, and one new character.
Ok, I suppose I am lying to a degree, there is one new show, Star Trek: Discovery. ••sigh• I wanted to like this, but even the best of the first seven episodes, namely the first two barely managed more than making me curious. I generally agree with the critics, it sucks badly. I think they're too picky on the technology, you just have to accept that technology advanced in ways that the original show hadn't predicted, that's just the way it is. In fact where as some critics complain about the holograph communicator as this is supposed to be in the prime universe where such technology was high tech at the end of DS9, I ask why that was. Seriously, they've been playing off and on with it for years, so why was it high tech that far into the future?
I'd say the only high point of the show is the casting, but with how bad this show is, this is likely to hurt a few careers. Notably Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd. I don't like how they're portraying Harry Mudd, but the actor that's playing him is a great choice at least. Another interesting idea which is working well is having the captain play a supporting role, as the show focuses on Michael Burnham who is just a crew member at this point in her career (yes, her) instead of him.
So, if you haven't watched it yet, and if like me the only reason for you to get CBS All Access is to see the show, don't waste your money.
What else is there?
Oh, MLP has a movie out,yay I suppose. Seriously, it's not bad, it's just not all that good. Rather than rehash the review blog I wrote on FiM, I'll just give a fast run down on my issues.
Too many characters, too little story, and weird additions to the mythology.
One episode of the show is 21 minutes plus commercials. With the movie clocking in at about 100 minutes, you can see how much story you could do, yet we got about one episode worth of story. This is likely compounded by all the great stories on FiM which shows just what MLP could be, especially ifn Hasbro didn't insist on interfering.
Additions to the mythology are a matter of characters or rather species than locations. Someone was smart enough to use the blank area on the map south of Equestria, but for whatever reason they gave us a pile of anthro characters that looked like escapees from a bad Disney movie or something. Seriously, the mythology has gravitated towards using interpretations of mythological characters in the past. Sure, anthros and others aren't impossible, the show has never ruled them out, but they seem out of place. Doubly so when you consider all the species they could have expanded on from the show, or added from mythology.
So, alright, but honestly, I think I should have just waited until it came out on video.
Well, there isn't really anything to tell, same shows as last year, and the year before, and there wasn't anything spectacularly new, original or different this year. Sure, NCIS has had some tweaks, but aside from McGee growing a beard, nothing of note. Criminal Minds had a bit more, and thankfully wrapped up their big story and I'll admit that wrap up was a surprise, but still, nothing earth shattering. Oh, Hawaii Five-0 had to deal with a problem, namely two of the primary cast quitting over the off season, but once again, nothing major, shifting of a few players, expanding a few characters parts, incremental stuff really. Oh, and one new character.
Ok, I suppose I am lying to a degree, there is one new show, Star Trek: Discovery. ••sigh• I wanted to like this, but even the best of the first seven episodes, namely the first two barely managed more than making me curious. I generally agree with the critics, it sucks badly. I think they're too picky on the technology, you just have to accept that technology advanced in ways that the original show hadn't predicted, that's just the way it is. In fact where as some critics complain about the holograph communicator as this is supposed to be in the prime universe where such technology was high tech at the end of DS9, I ask why that was. Seriously, they've been playing off and on with it for years, so why was it high tech that far into the future?
I'd say the only high point of the show is the casting, but with how bad this show is, this is likely to hurt a few careers. Notably Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd. I don't like how they're portraying Harry Mudd, but the actor that's playing him is a great choice at least. Another interesting idea which is working well is having the captain play a supporting role, as the show focuses on Michael Burnham who is just a crew member at this point in her career (yes, her) instead of him.
So, if you haven't watched it yet, and if like me the only reason for you to get CBS All Access is to see the show, don't waste your money.
What else is there?
Oh, MLP has a movie out,
Too many characters, too little story, and weird additions to the mythology.
One episode of the show is 21 minutes plus commercials. With the movie clocking in at about 100 minutes, you can see how much story you could do, yet we got about one episode worth of story. This is likely compounded by all the great stories on FiM which shows just what MLP could be, especially ifn Hasbro didn't insist on interfering.
Additions to the mythology are a matter of characters or rather species than locations. Someone was smart enough to use the blank area on the map south of Equestria, but for whatever reason they gave us a pile of anthro characters that looked like escapees from a bad Disney movie or something. Seriously, the mythology has gravitated towards using interpretations of mythological characters in the past. Sure, anthros and others aren't impossible, the show has never ruled them out, but they seem out of place. Doubly so when you consider all the species they could have expanded on from the show, or added from mythology.
So, alright, but honestly, I think I should have just waited until it came out on video.
