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I'm again somewhat underwhelmed by the three shows I watch on Mondays, same as last week, id est The Killing, The Borgias, and Game of Thrones, although the latter was better this week (and Tyrion was again well fleshed out by Peter Dinklage!).
I have the feeling that The Killing could be terrific but there's something missing still, and the show is playing with fire with all the winks at Twin Peaks while its tone and "identity" are obviously different. There are several things that I like in each episode of the show, and it had a strong pilot, but since then it seems to be looking to find a way to bloom into greatness and that way keeps eluding it.
The Borgias and Game of Thrones are both entertaining, nice to watch...but that's it. They aren't bad at all, but it's all about the eyes and a little bit about the heart (this week at least GoT was more emotionally-filled) – and probably about the hormones too – but I can't find any food for thoughts, while I can't help noticing tv tropes and the obvious goals of certain scenes.
So I don't want to write down a review that would mostly consist in either pointing out the tropes and predicatble stuff (or historical inacurracies in the case of The Borgias!) or simply re-telling the events on screen and describing certain scenes, or maybe swooning over the good looks of certain actors – although I could point out that certains shots from The Borgias seem to be "composed" as Renaissance paintings– and, in the case of GoT since I haven't read the books it's based on, I can't even discuss the adptation and the choices that were made; I have nothing to say about the writing, no connection to draw, no desire to speculate; I just don't get excited about those shows' episodes neither before watching, during watching or after seeing them while I got all excited yesterday by Steven Moffat's "The Impossible Astronaut" !!!
*shrugs*
On the other hand, I've started to watch Deadwood and boy, now that's a fantastic show! I know I'm very late to the party, and I know I'm bound to be frustrated as the show had a premature death, but it's REALLY good television.
The fourth episode of the first season, "Here was a man", just blew me away. I knew it was going to happen, and it happened just on time so the show could go on and have its own little fictional universe filled with incredible characters.
Deadwood I would love to write about, but I guess that it would be for myself only since it's an old story (the show was cancelled in 2006!).
Oh well, maybe I will nonetheless.
I have the feeling that The Killing could be terrific but there's something missing still, and the show is playing with fire with all the winks at Twin Peaks while its tone and "identity" are obviously different. There are several things that I like in each episode of the show, and it had a strong pilot, but since then it seems to be looking to find a way to bloom into greatness and that way keeps eluding it.
The Borgias and Game of Thrones are both entertaining, nice to watch...but that's it. They aren't bad at all, but it's all about the eyes and a little bit about the heart (this week at least GoT was more emotionally-filled) – and probably about the hormones too – but I can't find any food for thoughts, while I can't help noticing tv tropes and the obvious goals of certain scenes.
So I don't want to write down a review that would mostly consist in either pointing out the tropes and predicatble stuff (or historical inacurracies in the case of The Borgias!) or simply re-telling the events on screen and describing certain scenes, or maybe swooning over the good looks of certain actors – although I could point out that certains shots from The Borgias seem to be "composed" as Renaissance paintings– and, in the case of GoT since I haven't read the books it's based on, I can't even discuss the adptation and the choices that were made; I have nothing to say about the writing, no connection to draw, no desire to speculate; I just don't get excited about those shows' episodes neither before watching, during watching or after seeing them while I got all excited yesterday by Steven Moffat's "The Impossible Astronaut" !!!
*shrugs*
On the other hand, I've started to watch Deadwood and boy, now that's a fantastic show! I know I'm very late to the party, and I know I'm bound to be frustrated as the show had a premature death, but it's REALLY good television.
The fourth episode of the first season, "Here was a man", just blew me away. I knew it was going to happen, and it happened just on time so the show could go on and have its own little fictional universe filled with incredible characters.
Deadwood I would love to write about, but I guess that it would be for myself only since it's an old story (the show was cancelled in 2006!).
Oh well, maybe I will nonetheless.