Television round-up

[dbskyler]

Hello everyone, and happy new year!

I haven't posted for awhile, mostly because I haven't had much to say. I am not currently feeling very fannish about anything. But right now, I am in the mood to talk about how I am not in the mood to be fannish. So here, have a post. ;)

First off, Doctor Who. It was the fandom that brought me to Teaspoon, and then to LJ, and then here. (It hasn't yet brought me to Tumblr, though, which is a problem since that seems to be the place where most people are hanging out now. Oh well, I shall remain here with my charmingly old-fashioned typing words and expecting people to read them method of communication.) I was so incredibly excited to have a female Doctor, and I couldn't wait to see what they did with Thirteen. And then we got last season, and I really didn't enjoy it. Then I saw part one of "Spyfall," and don't even think I want to bother with part two. I am just not enjoying Doctor Who. It's a very sad feeling. The only thing that makes it somewhat okay is the knowledge that eventually I am likely to enjoy it again. After all, I stopped watching Classic Who in the Sixth Doctor era for pretty much the same reason, and look what's happened since. Also I did go back and watch "The Pandorica Opens" today to remind myself of what a great Doctor Who episode is like, and I can happily report that I still loved it to absolute bits. So it's not the show itself that I no longer enjoy, just the current era.

In other TV news, I am watching The Good Place, and they are winding down the series and I am finding it very disappointing. The show was great in season 1, and mind-blowingly fantastic in season 2, but it's been a lot more Medium Place ever since. So I'm not really caring now about how they decide to end it.

Also, I just started watching The Orville, which is an interesting show, but I doubt that I will become fannish about it. The latest episode I saw, "Majority Rule," was pretty heavy-handed social commentary, although it did make me feel nostalgic for Sliders, which is an old TV show that perhaps no one on my flist has seen. But the "Majority Rule" planet would have been an excellent alternate Earth in a Sliders episode.

But I did just hear about some new TV show coming out with Hugh Laurie in it called Avenue 5. Does anyone know anything about this? Apparently Hugh Laurie is again using an American accent, which I find amusing. It also looks like it might be something that I would really enjoy. It is, alas, on HBO, which I do not have, but maybe I should look into finally getting it? Here, have a trailer and judge for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Zr3f-_Ft8

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[dieastra.livejournal.com]

And finally part 3/3:

You probably did not make it far into season 1 of "Stargate SG-1" then as I assumed. I came in in season 4, with a time-loop episode. I love time-loop episodes and watch them of every series, even if I don't watch anything else. So that was my first and after that I was hooked. This one is very funny. Yes, it is military, but what I liked - at the time, not having been a sci-fi-fan - that it felt realistic. Normal people, with not super futuristic technology. And I liked the balance. Jack was the "shoot first ask questions later" guy but Daniel the civilian always saw the best in people. And how they then argued, and I often could agree with both of their opinions, was well done. And they had great chemistry and good timing in comedic scenes. I liked the allies they made on other planets, the storytelling was a mixture of episode of the week, and longer arcs with guest characters returning so the universe slowly grew. And then they went and changed the whole premise of the show, brought in new actors and I really hated seasons 9 and 10 and was glad when it was over and I did not have to force myself anymore. I did not look at my DVDs or action figures for years, that's how sad I was how divided the fandom was at the end, between old fans who had been in for the whole run and those that came in new with Ben Browder and Claudia Black from "Farscape" (which I really need to watch one day) and claimed it was the best thing they've ever seen.

We could have an expended Stargate universe like the Trek shows but alas, they blew it. Big time.

I did watch "Atlantis" as it was set in the same universe but it never grabbed me the same way (some prefer this show over the other, which personally I cannot understand but then again for a long time I was a bigger "Torchwood" than "Doctor Who" fan), and I only watched a few episodes of "Universe" to see it was not for me. Just because it has the Stargate sticker does not mean I have to force myself to watch it. Life's too short for that, as Richard Dean Anderson once famously put it.

There do seem to be a lot of Stargate fans in the Orville fandom though. I'm not the only one who sees similarities.

Sorry for talking so much but then there are not many people left on LJ to talk to.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Sorry for talking so much but then there are not many people left on LJ to talk to.

I loved reading your comments! I agree, it's sad how most people have left LJ now. That's the main reason I've been so absent from it myself lately. It's nice to have an actual conversation on LJ again!