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imyril @ There's Always Room For One More October 8, 2014 Uncategorized

Old shows

I’ve been using my year of free Prime to rewatch Who and finally watch some shows I missed first time around.

Heroes episode 2 has to have the worst Previously On voiceover intro I’ve ever heard.

(So far, the rest of the show isn’t much better)

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    alice_mccoy on October 8, 2014 at 10:44 pm
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    Heroes

    It promised so much….

    Take the remote and press “stop”. Go and find a different series. I suggest “Oz” or “John Adams”.

    Heroes never delivers.

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      imyril on January 26, 2015 at 11:11 am
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      Re: Heroes

      In a ‘most delayed response to a comment ever’ response…

      …I persevered with Heroes. It picked up halfway through Season 1, so I stuck with it (because it was so badly shot it didn’t trigger my headaches šŸ˜‰ and have nearly made it to the end of Season 2, which feels as baggy as the first half of Season 1. I do quite like some of the arc plotting, but it is terribly dragged out. But I’m really only interested in the villains and – much to my own surprise – Claire.

      I’m restricted to Prime, so sadly no options on John Adams or Oz although I’ll keep an eye out for them – they both sound intriguing šŸ™‚

      In more rewarding tv, I’ve been slowly rewatching Doctor Who, and have watched Silk and Luther with Mr B, both of which we loved. I suspect the next foray will be Ripper Street or Whitechapel (what a choice: McFadyen or Penry-Jones. Hmmm) although we have been given Homeland and House of Cards, so those should probably come first!

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      imyril on January 29, 2015 at 4:17 pm
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      Re: Heroes

      I lied! As of a check today, Prime has Oz. I have added it to my Watchlist for future enjoyment šŸ™‚

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        alice_mccoy on February 23, 2015 at 8:40 pm
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        Re: Heroes

        Try ‘Fargo’ and ‘The Affair’

        šŸ™‚

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          imyril on March 12, 2015 at 10:06 am
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          Re: Heroes

          I must admit, in spite loving the film, Fargo as a tv show holds no appeal for me. I don’t think the things i like about the film could be sustained beyond a 2-hour running time (they would become irritating schtick) and I have massive reservations about tv show spin-offs of films in general.

          Similarly, I’m very loathe to look up Twelve Monkeys, another film I have a huge soft spot for – I can at least see how some of the core mechanism and story would translate to a longer, serial format, but I guess I’m a bit precious about cashing in on a good idea – it so rarely delivers consistently (see also: everything Marvel. Ye gods. But then, I have a low superhero threshold).

          While the basic premise of The Affair also holds no appeal, that’s a very appealing cast. Very appealing. So I’ll look out for it šŸ™‚

          In the meantime, we have watched and loved series 1 of both House of Cards (US edition) and The Fall. And I’ve discovered that series 4 of both Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead are available on the aeroplane, so I might not sleep on the way to/from Australia šŸ˜‰

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      imyril on April 7, 2015 at 11:56 am
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      Re: Heroes

      …I have finally dropped Heroes, halfway through Season 3. I see what you mean. Gosh, that got tedious – to the point where I could no longer see a pay-off even promised, as the writers had lost their way so very badly. Having read the Wikipedia re-caps of the rest of the show, I don’t feel I’ve missed out, but I’m glad I now have some context for the show as an important slice of recent scifi history.

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        alice_mccoy on April 7, 2015 at 3:44 pm
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        Re: Heroes

        The only memorable thing from Heroes was when (the guy who was in Star Trek) turned up and the Reg number of his car was NCC1701.

        šŸ™‚

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          imyril on April 7, 2015 at 3:55 pm
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          Re: Heroes

          Ha! And I missed that! Lovely nod šŸ™‚

          He was pretty much the best thing in it by a mile – chewing up the scenery and succeeding at being really bloody creepy.

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