lundi 24 mars 2008

TV Shows

I've been following a couple of interesting tv shows lately and i want a talk about them.
if you dont know them you can take a look at some of them online on their respected tv network website.

Terminator :The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX)
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This is a follow up to the Terminator movies (after the second one I believe).

The story takes place a couple of years before the Judgment Day (4 years) and tells us the story of John and Sarah Connor trying to stop the evil robot company to be built (i forgot the name).

Whats interesting in the series is that you really get to know who the characters are and the writers did a good job of developping them a lot more than the movies. They explain their background, their skills and they really interact in a real world settings. John, Sarah and Cameron (friend robot) dont really run away (unlike the movies), but they attack, they have strategies and they investigate to find out how to prevent the Judgement Day and who is responsible for it.

There is a lot of action that hook you up, but we can see that John and Sarah are human too and not only some kinda of mercenaries. The writers show us that Cameron wants to become human or be part in their life and she doesnt like to be "just" a robot.

I followed the series closely and I'm kinda sad who it ended ... i hope they will do a follow up cuz otherwise it would be sad end to a great series.

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Eli Stone (ABC)
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Eli Stone is a great new tv series. I heard about it during the first Lost episode of this season and the trailer was weird and for some reason I wanted to see more.

Eli is a winning attorney in a well-known lawfirm and for some reason (i wont spoil) he gets some weird hallucinations during his normal day. He sees things no one can see and everybody around him are usually acting in his visions and he reacts to them, but obviously once they end, he ends up looking like a fool in front of everybody.

His visions are clues to solving some cases he has to take otherwise they wont stop... would he be a prophet ?

Once again, character development is awesome, story is interesting and unusual for a tv show in today's "im afraid of something new" tv format.

I dont know how it does in ratings but I'm following it every week and i hope it gets picked up for another season. I showed it to other people who are listening to it now even though they didnt see the first episodes.

Plus every episode is a new case and trial so you dont reaaally have to see the first episodes.

Watch it cuz its good and new !

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Lost (ABC)
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Yeah of course Im following Lost ... well I was before they decided to "pause" the season again and show me the rest only in late April... :(

This season could be really interesting, but its so long and nothing much happens in each episode... it seems that the hooks they had before after each episode was once good but now its ...oh all right this might happen next...then during the next episode they only do so much...

anyways this year is kinda boring... less boring than the Heroes second season though!

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Two and a 1/2 Men
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Really funny show (fourth season i think) ... always makes me laugh ... Charlie Sheen is so funny.

new episodes started last week ... YES!