If you want something really, really bad...

This is the trailer for the new BBC show Atlantis.  If anyone had any doubts who produces it, they should be gone after seeing the clip. Holy recycling Batman. That cave. *facepalm*

However (and nothing against the actors cast), now I`m really unhappy that they didn`t just say "screw the pretenses" and cast Bradley James and Colin Morgan. I mean, imagine the trailer with them as Jason and Pythagoras and it`s basically another AU fanfic. And I want to SEE it.  

A sure sign that you watch too much TV?

Scrolling through some Comic Con articles for specific shows and finding coverage for about 5 million others I`m also interested in. Or maybe I just watch too much Comic Con-ny shows.

So far, I have read up on Arrow (great new trailer, like at least one new cast member), Person of Interest (am down with cast additions here as well though I realize they will be controversial, also so much Machin-y goodness), Grimm (excited for Nick`s story this year), Vampire Diaires (that sizzle reel sucked, sorry, but the spoilers ain`t half bad).

Lots of new stuff got promoted as well, of course. But since I already put everything on my roster that might interest me, I didn`t go spoiler-hunting there.

Then of course, there are the big movie franchises. Because of the sheer volume of stuff covered at CC, I only read short blurbs here and there. Mostly what Marvel and DC respectively are cooking up. Looks like lots of nerd-gasms ahead. :D

Anyone watched the ( Teen Wolf Season 3 Premiere? )

One last time for the 2012/2013 Season: Finale reaction in one word (or less :D)

Bones = groooooaaaan, Castle = next, NCIS = yawn, NCIS LA = wibble, Arrow = sniff, Vampire Diaires = whaaaat?,
Person of Interest = awesometacular, Elementary = nice, Beauty and the Beast = um, The Big Bang Theory = shrug, Community = so

Grimm and Criminal Minds still to come.

Since we`re nearing the Season Finales of most of my shows, I thought I`d do one more little update on how they fared this year IMO. As a little aside, though, can I ask: what is up with this habit to pump up the Seasons to 23-24 episodes lately? Because lets get real, writers had trouble filling the usual 22 eps and at least 1/3 of it was mostly filler and/or shit. I get they want to reduce reruns but before upping quantity, you should up quality.

Anyway, here goes:

Pretty much all my crime shows, Castle, Bones, NCIS, NCIS LA and Criminal Minds can be summed up with: I still watch those, I still like some characters/concepts and some episodes truly entertain me, others, not so much. Now, NCIS LA has to be the less tired of all of them because it is the youngest whereas NCIS (going into Season 11!!!) is more of a chore.

Elementary is a new one I started this year and it entertains me for an hour each week, to be forgotten till it`s next on. I don`t have a problem seeing Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes, though. It has always been a character I could accept in wildly different incarnations so this one? No prob either. Am impressed that so far they are staying true to the "no romance" mandate.

Hannibal I just picked up but I already know, it wouldn`t work for me longer than probably this one Season. I like it but it is mini-series material for me.

My sitcoms are still
- The Big Bang Theory - still watch it but the best episode this Season for me (the one where the girls discuss Thor`s hammer) also made me sad because the show had this kind of nerd humor all the time and now it simply doesn`t. I still laugh during episodes but it`s more generic humor now.
- Community - I enjoyed the beginning of the Season but the last few eps? Just not my thing. Didn`t really feel like Community and wasn`t funny so it`s probably just as well that it`s coming to an end.

Now for the more genre fare.

New shows I picked up this Season are:
Arrow - I really do like how the show has developed, the overarching story, the characters, it feels much more cohesive than in the beginning. Also, I think Stephen Amell is better than just his abs in my opinion. NowOllie is a somber, brooding character but islandOllie is a hoot and a half and pre-islandOllie is a fratboy douchebag and I think he manages to make them distinct characters from each other.

Beauty and the Beast - yup, I`m apparently one of two people still watching it because the romance works for me. I absolutely get why people would walk away from the show in disgust and boredom because the romance is the only thing it has got going for it. So if that doesn`t grab you, it will be a bust.

Defiance, I just started but so far, I`m invested.

Returning shows were:
The Vampire Diaires - an odd Season, I can see why it got some hate but individiual episodes still entertain me and I`m curious for the Finale

Person of Interest - I put this down as genre because of reasons but nevertheless, it kicks major ass. I haven`t loved every ep this year but the main story arc and character work? Fantastic.

Grimm - Apart from one storyline this year (three guesses on what is), I loved the second Season. I love Nick`s camaraderie with all of his Wesen friends and allies.

Game of Thrones may be halfway through Season 3 already but it`s hard to judge till a year/book is finished so I will just say: good stuff.

Fringe ended - sniffle and Samnat got dropped.

In conclusion: I still watch way too many shows.

Anybody watching Defiance?

I had a hard time getting through the first half of the Pilot, it just felt so slow. Admittedly, it was the same for me with the Firefly Pilot way back when. However, the second half picked things up a bit and I kind of enjoyed the next two episodes.

Not playing the game or anything. I just want a Sci-Fi show, not a multimedia experience. And as a TV show, it should be able to stand on its own. ( Spoilers for the show )

In putting this all down I realized that at this point the female characters are drawn as more compelling and empowered than the male ones. It`s not the most common theme in Sci-Fi.

I have put off on watching Cult because I wasn`t sure it would take and it sucks to get invested in a soon-to-be-cancelled venture (at least if you are watching afterwards, you know what you`re getting) and that looks to have been a wise decision because the show has, indeed, been cancelled.

So, two questions:
1. To anyone who has watched, is it worth checking out still?
2. Can Alaric now please come back to TVD?

Watching some of the bonus features from Grimm Season 1 here and I didn`t know they were shooting in Portland for real. How cool, the location really is gorgeous and very fitting for the fairytale theme. Also, I found it neat to see a more "exotic" place than your basic cities like NY, LA, even Vegas and Miami. Or the various "cities" that are really Vancouver. As beautiful as Vancouver is. Oregon isn`t the first place that comes to mind for a TV show setting.

And I`m so glad the show returns next Friday. Hopefully, the long hiatus didn`t hurt it. I don`t understand why that was done because it was one of the few shows doing well for NBC.

Not bad, TV-Friday (well, technically, that would be TV-Thursday but who cares). We had:

- Beauty and the Beast finally got back to the only thing that ever worked for it, I know my bar for this show is quite low but I`d probably watch it at this point just to be gobsmacked how likeable a TV character played by Kristin Kreuk can be. I never blamed the actress much for the bad Lanaville writing but this show has bad writing, too, and Cat is actually genuinely a likeable person

- a most EXCELLENT episode of Person of Interest, that seriously rocked and eps like this can go bad, if not done right. Here, I was disappointed that it wasn`t a backdoor Pilot.

- a powerful episode of Vampire Diaires, and what was probably the best bit of acting done by Nina Dobrev in the entire show so far (and by that I don`t mean to say she is usually bad because I have always found her to be good). Also: game, consider yourself thouroughly changed.

Hey, why did noone told me that Community came back on? I kinda lost track of the show.

Now I`m not in the fandom but even I know there was a big hoopla with the creator leaving and Chevy Chase and whatnot. But I honestly didn`t feel the show was all that different. I mean, those weren`t episodes I couldn`t have seen happening in Seasons 1-3, for example.

Were they the best ever? Nope. In the past what was different was that movie parodies were usually done more fully so I was first excited and then a bit disappointed by the Premiere. But it might have been too similar to the paintball palooza we had anyways.

Anyone watching? What did you think of the first two eps?