Hey, sorry, RL got in the way of answering this for a bit, but I'm really glad you took the time to lay out all the stuff you found interesting.
I am SO glad Deputy Tim made it, I don't know why, but he's just grown on me so much those past years, even though he didn't ever have a really big part. And yeah, Ava did end up as the one that got away, but eeeeh. I have to say I really liked the way they set up this theme of how the women in this world deal with their circumstances and that they're the truly powerful players in the whole plot. That was a really interesting touch.
I have to say, I haven't been bored by SPN so much this season, but I feel like I haven't been engaged in a way that makes me care for the rising tension. And I've felt like the season arc didn't pack the narrative punch it could have *cough*deamon*cough* which I solely blame on that one admission of Bob Singer's that he let out in an interview at the beginning of the season saying 'we have no idea at the beginning of the season where it's going to go, how it's going to end' like that was a quality pitch, when instead it made all the alarm bells go off in my head. I feel like that's something the show has continuously suffered from since the Carver years... that artistic aimlessness that sets up great potential and then squanders it with too little foresight. People can whine about Sera Gamble's show-running all they want, but at least she realized the Kripke-success-recipe of the season arcs going TOWARDS something instead of just meandering around until they hit a gold creek. That makes for great cliffhangers but not so great seasons.
Well, I guess Zombie-soap-buddy-cop-comedy isn't for everyone, but it just filled a weird craving in my TV-brain. Plus, I'm totally shallow enough to stay with shows that I technically find not that awesome because of the actors that are in them.
Age of Ultron... well, I have to admit, it improved on rewatch. I felt like I could follow the plot and the set up of the different characters a lot better and I knew where I had to pay attention to not miss stuff that I didn't really get the first time. So I really came to like some of the character dynamics especially between the new crew, but you're right, I felt a lot like a set up for Civil War and didn't quite find the balance that the first Avengers movie had. I still think that it has a lot to do with the fact that I found Ultron to be a rather uncharismatic and forgettable villian (which I found disappointing). On account of the civilian casualties. Uhm, yeah, actually I got nothing. Though I have to say I was kinda impressed that they went there, actually showing in a few deliberate, personal shots that civilians were harmed in the making of this movie and didn't just did in nameless, faceless thousands in collapsing buildings. That's more than most Hollywood movies even attempt these days (still not enough, I know, but well, I think the industry is to cynical to do better these days)
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Date: 2015-05-04 07:32 pm (UTC)I am SO glad Deputy Tim made it, I don't know why, but he's just grown on me so much those past years, even though he didn't ever have a really big part. And yeah, Ava did end up as the one that got away, but eeeeh. I have to say I really liked the way they set up this theme of how the women in this world deal with their circumstances and that they're the truly powerful players in the whole plot. That was a really interesting touch.
I have to say, I haven't been bored by SPN so much this season, but I feel like I haven't been engaged in a way that makes me care for the rising tension. And I've felt like the season arc didn't pack the narrative punch it could have *cough*deamon*cough* which I solely blame on that one admission of Bob Singer's that he let out in an interview at the beginning of the season saying 'we have no idea at the beginning of the season where it's going to go, how it's going to end' like that was a quality pitch, when instead it made all the alarm bells go off in my head. I feel like that's something the show has continuously suffered from since the Carver years... that artistic aimlessness that sets up great potential and then squanders it with too little foresight. People can whine about Sera Gamble's show-running all they want, but at least she realized the Kripke-success-recipe of the season arcs going TOWARDS something instead of just meandering around until they hit a gold creek. That makes for great cliffhangers but not so great seasons.
Well, I guess Zombie-soap-buddy-cop-comedy isn't for everyone, but it just filled a weird craving in my TV-brain. Plus, I'm totally shallow enough to stay with shows that I technically find not that awesome because of the actors that are in them.
Age of Ultron... well, I have to admit, it improved on rewatch. I felt like I could follow the plot and the set up of the different characters a lot better and I knew where I had to pay attention to not miss stuff that I didn't really get the first time. So I really came to like some of the character dynamics especially between the new crew, but you're right, I felt a lot like a set up for Civil War and didn't quite find the balance that the first Avengers movie had. I still think that it has a lot to do with the fact that I found Ultron to be a rather uncharismatic and forgettable villian (which I found disappointing). On account of the civilian casualties. Uhm, yeah, actually I got nothing. Though I have to say I was kinda impressed that they went there, actually showing in a few deliberate, personal shots that civilians were harmed in the making of this movie and didn't just did in nameless, faceless thousands in collapsing buildings. That's more than most Hollywood movies even attempt these days (still not enough, I know, but well, I think the industry is to cynical to do better these days)