[quote]Professor X wrote:
holifila wrote:
Professor X wrote:
holifila wrote:
Am I the only one on here that just thinks Smallville is OK? There have been eps that I kind of dug, but then there are a lot of episodes that I just want to throw my remote at the tv. I’m not trying to be negative, but there are MUCH better shows on tv.
As for comparing the different mediums, I think the best was the Superman animated series.
Just my .02
The Superman animated series sucked plain and simple. The only reason it lasted as long as it did was because they paired it up with Batman’s. They were only able to save that character through the Justice League series (which is the effort they should have actually held onto).
Cool, another person I disagree with. Oh well to ech his own.
X, have you checked out Battlestar Galactica?
I watched one episode and was completely lost. It didn’t grab my attention so I never bought it on dvd. Too many clones and dramatic pauses. As far as shows go, I have every dvd released for “24”, Smallville, Lost and CSI. Even “24” has really bad episodes that drag out pointless plot lines (like his daughter’s whole existance) up against really good scenes.
The only show that seems to get it right nearly all of the time to me is CSI. Even if some of the science pisses me off (like the mycotic infection of a weight lifter after breathing in bacteria from a year old gun shot in the wall with flesh still attached to it due to his drug use causing an immune deficiency…WTF?), they do a decent job overall.[/quote]
Smallville really does do a good job. Having stumbled upon it at the video store thinking that my then-girlfriend liked it I quickly devoured the first and second season (having surgery during the period helped) and then downloaded the third and fourth in residence and the fifth watched live. The plotlines do get really stupid, no doubt; the freak of the week stuff does get old. Part of me doesn’t blame them however, it’s difficult to put together ~24 episodes a season of a show like Smallville where the end is not only “well known”, but sort of pre-destined and mapped out, in that Clark and Lois can’t love each other yet because well there’s next season, etc. etc. I think to me Tom Welling does a phenomenal job, as does Lex Luthor, so much so that the movie characters do seem like real goofs; when I saw the Chris Reeve Superman for the first time, I couldn’t believe what a buffoon Lex Luthor was, for me Kevin Spacey had too much of that vibe as well. I agree as well the whole Clark Lana Chloe Lex thing is too drawn out but the melodrama is what makes the show great; the depth of these characters makes them real and more than just superheroes.
X, have you checked out any of the HBO stuff? Comparing that network to regular tv is like the olympia to a natural bodybuilding contest (not that the olympia is the ideal). Entourage is funny, as is Curb Your Enthusiasm (much more so) but for depth of character, the early seasons of Six Feet Under, and Deadwood are both exceptional. Oz as well is excellent and I think that the Sopranos is the best show on TV, except, after going through the first three season of the Wire, my mind is unsure right now; talk about a brilliant show with incredible acting, real themes, great writing, and a message. If there’s one show not enough people are watching, it’s that one. HBO is really what TV is supposed to be about.