ive downloaded the first eps of us shameless and episodes but have been reluctant to watch either. shameless seems to have gotten generally decent reviews but ill have a hard time not comparing it to the original. i eventually got past that with the office but only after it had stopped aping the uk version. i read one change they made to appeal to american sensibilities was to take the drunken lout of a father off the dole. instead he survives on some workmens comp checks because in american if you are on welfare its a sin and depressing.
as for episodes, whats-his-fuck from friends has been praised in the reviews but the show itself has been criticized for being not particularly incisive or funny. essentially if you are going to criticize hollywood for being vapid and unoriginal then you really ought not to be as such yourself. but i havent seen it so i couldnt say i agree at this point.
fringe is a really good show especially once it gets beyond its first seasons monster of the week format and delves more deeply into the shows mythology. it just got moved to friday which has often been the death knell for shows but the suits at fox have said that if they can maintain about 80% of their small but devoted audience that it could stick around for awhile.
cant think of any new shows ive watched that ive added to the must see pile. pbs has an 'upstairs-downstairs' drama, downton abbey. beautifully shot and reasonably engaging though i watched the uk version. for some reason the american edition recut the seven hour long episodes to shoehorn them into four 90minute ones. ive read conflicting reports as to how much content was actually removed.
parks and recreations reboots tonight for its third season. and big love began its final season on sunday but after the previous season ive kind of lost my patience it.
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as for episodes, whats-his-fuck from friends has been praised in the reviews but the show itself has been criticized for being not particularly incisive or funny. essentially if you are going to criticize hollywood for being vapid and unoriginal then you really ought not to be as such yourself. but i havent seen it so i couldnt say i agree at this point.
fringe is a really good show especially once it gets beyond its first seasons monster of the week format and delves more deeply into the shows mythology. it just got moved to friday which has often been the death knell for shows but the suits at fox have said that if they can maintain about 80% of their small but devoted audience that it could stick around for awhile.
cant think of any new shows ive watched that ive added to the must see pile. pbs has an 'upstairs-downstairs' drama, downton abbey. beautifully shot and reasonably engaging though i watched the uk version. for some reason the american edition recut the seven hour long episodes to shoehorn them into four 90minute ones. ive read conflicting reports as to how much content was actually removed.
parks and recreations reboots tonight for its third season. and big love began its final season on sunday but after the previous season ive kind of lost my patience it.
- dave 1-20-2011 4:13 pm