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tiggymalvern) wrote2023-09-12 09:36 pm
tiggymalvern) wrote2023-09-12 09:36 pm
Belated TV round-up
Or potted opinions on various things I've been watching over the last few months that aren't the endless cycle of Burn Notice.
The Witcher season 3. It was fine? I didn't dislike it, but I wasn't much invested. I think the main problem I'm having with The Witcher is that it has a large cast, few episodes per season and long gaps between seasons. I spend half of each new season trying to remember who all these people are, what their relationships are to one another and who's previously betrayed who. There's a lot of intense politicking, which is something I normally enjoy very much, and I probably would here if I could remember what it all meant. I get the feeling I'd be into it more if I watched the whole thing straight through instead of one season every couple of years. Jaskier continues to bore me intensely, though his fling-wait-er-mayberelationship?? with the prince was cute.
Good Omens season 2. This was exactly what I expected, given what I'd seen from the trailers. Okay, not Gabriel and Beelzebub, that came as a surprise XD But the overall tone, with more great flashback scenes, the increasing gayness but definitely not with a happy ending (because that's for season three) - it followed the middle-of-a-trilogy pattern, and I enjoyed it.
The Great season 3. More of the same, but also not. One of the things I really enjoyed about this show is that despite the endless chaos and smutty humour, there is plot going on underneath it all and some serious commentary on society and some of its more appalling aspects. Characters are killed off, some unexpectedly, others less so, and it manages to balance being crazily funny with stuff actually happening. I particularly enjoyed the character development of Marial's child-husband this season, he was glorious XD Which of course makes it even more annoying that this show has now been cancelled, because of the usual streaming service bullshit. It costs too much per episode and it's no longer bringing in new viewers, just keeping old ones, which isn't good enough for the business model...
Strange New Worlds season 2. Love! It took me about half way through the first season to really get into it, and get used to some of the characters, but season two picked that right up and ran with it. I haven't enjoyed a Trek series this much since DS9. Everyone involved knows and cares about what they're doing, and it shows. The whole series captures the mood of original Trek so well, with the same entertaining mix of silly fun and serious drama. The writers know what they're doing, and their love for Trek and other genre shows really comes through. The cast are all great, there isn't a single character who doesn't work, and the crossover with Below Decks was hilarious.
Barry season 4. Partly what I expected? This was clearly never a show that was going to end well for just about anybody involved, and in that I wasn't wrong. I absolutely was not expecting the time jump and Sally's decision, but she certainly came to regret it. It was well written and brilliantly acted as always, if a little bizarro, but that's always been true too. It stuck to its guns the whole way through and ended when it should have done.
The Witcher season 3. It was fine? I didn't dislike it, but I wasn't much invested. I think the main problem I'm having with The Witcher is that it has a large cast, few episodes per season and long gaps between seasons. I spend half of each new season trying to remember who all these people are, what their relationships are to one another and who's previously betrayed who. There's a lot of intense politicking, which is something I normally enjoy very much, and I probably would here if I could remember what it all meant. I get the feeling I'd be into it more if I watched the whole thing straight through instead of one season every couple of years. Jaskier continues to bore me intensely, though his fling-wait-er-mayberelationship?? with the prince was cute.
Good Omens season 2. This was exactly what I expected, given what I'd seen from the trailers. Okay, not Gabriel and Beelzebub, that came as a surprise XD But the overall tone, with more great flashback scenes, the increasing gayness but definitely not with a happy ending (because that's for season three) - it followed the middle-of-a-trilogy pattern, and I enjoyed it.
The Great season 3. More of the same, but also not. One of the things I really enjoyed about this show is that despite the endless chaos and smutty humour, there is plot going on underneath it all and some serious commentary on society and some of its more appalling aspects. Characters are killed off, some unexpectedly, others less so, and it manages to balance being crazily funny with stuff actually happening. I particularly enjoyed the character development of Marial's child-husband this season, he was glorious XD Which of course makes it even more annoying that this show has now been cancelled, because of the usual streaming service bullshit. It costs too much per episode and it's no longer bringing in new viewers, just keeping old ones, which isn't good enough for the business model...
Strange New Worlds season 2. Love! It took me about half way through the first season to really get into it, and get used to some of the characters, but season two picked that right up and ran with it. I haven't enjoyed a Trek series this much since DS9. Everyone involved knows and cares about what they're doing, and it shows. The whole series captures the mood of original Trek so well, with the same entertaining mix of silly fun and serious drama. The writers know what they're doing, and their love for Trek and other genre shows really comes through. The cast are all great, there isn't a single character who doesn't work, and the crossover with Below Decks was hilarious.
Barry season 4. Partly what I expected? This was clearly never a show that was going to end well for just about anybody involved, and in that I wasn't wrong. I absolutely was not expecting the time jump and Sally's decision, but she certainly came to regret it. It was well written and brilliantly acted as always, if a little bizarro, but that's always been true too. It stuck to its guns the whole way through and ended when it should have done.