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Fall 2009 Tube Time Part I: New Shows

What made the DVR? What didn't? What is still on the DVR awaiting the ultimate fate of to delete or to watch?



Vampire Diaries:

My first issue with the show is that I'm not a Twilight fan. I know that in terms of books, The Vampire Diaries came before Twilight, and that I should be comparing them, but it is too obvious that the popularity of Twilight was probably the reason behind this show's creation. It doesn't help that the two leads, Mia from Degrassi, as Not Bella and Not Edward Cullen, are just insufferable. Ian Somlander was the only good thing about that show, and I underestimated him based on his Lost character, when given the opportunity, he is quite the actor. While Somlander was good, he wasn't enough to keep me tuned in past the first episode, and it didn't make the DVR cut.

Flash Forward:

I'm doing all that I can to get into it this show, and enjoy the premise of everyone having a Flash Forward to six months from now. So far I've managed to watch two episodes. However, while watching I tend to remind myself that the show isn't Lost. Sometimes it feels like the show be trying too hard to top Lost, see how many mysteries they can tie in, and just how edgy they can be. In the process of doing all of this the show is overwhelmed. Overall, this show just isn't as original as Lost is, and can be a bit full of cliches. Take the destruction scene of Los Angeles? At least they didn't destroy New York or London, but I've seen LA destroyed, and the US under martial law a few too many times to make this show seem original. Kids all doing something mysterious in sync with each other on a playground? Torchwood did something similar earlier this year! Other twist and turns on the show also seem to give me déjà vu However, I'm along for the ride, and this has made the DVR series recording.

Also [livejournal.com profile] sherryholt pointed out something interesting, one major problem this show is that the premise is just too weak for an entire show. Perhaps it would have been better suited to a two hour movie, limited mini series, or episodes of another sci fi show?

The Good Wife:

Tuned in for the first episode what seemed like what would be an interesting drama about a woman trying to cope after public infidelity as we have seen with a number of wives of politicians. Unfortunately instead of giving us the drama about "The Good Wife," we were promised in the package we got another ho hum legal drama. One second of her leaving her husband, then back on the job as a criminal defense lawyer, after who knows how long. Next thing we see is that she defending a case where a woman is accused of murdering her husband, in a plot that could have been stuck on just about any of the Law and Orders. If I'm home and I'm bored, and it is on, or if I keep hearing stories about the men in the main character's life, maybe I'll tune in again. But as of now, will not be DVR'ed.


Eastwick:

Watched the first two episodes, as everyone else has said, this show is a mix of Charmed meets Desperate Housewives, meets Witches of Eastwick. The plotlines are usually predictable. The characters are cliches, and are a bit dim, the powers the characters possess and to some extent the way it was introduced, seem ripped off from Charmed. But despite all this, I liked the first few seasons of Charmed, and there is something likable the women of Eastwick, despite the stupid things some of them do. Paul Gross adds the kick that makes this show worth watching.
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