I am pretty picky about what I watch on TV now. Once I started taking TV dramas more seriously, and began to watch cable shows I find most of what is on broadcast passing for drama to be very subpar. When you can watch shows like Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, etc. over shows such as Terra Nova it becomes clear quite quickly that it is time to move on from such broadcast shows.
Doesn’t mean I don’t give a few a shot every once in a while. Mostly because cable shows run short seasons that air all over the place. 13 episodes in the summer, or whenever ends very quickly. So a good portion of the year there just isn’t one of the best shows on to watch so I must watch something I guess.
So far this year I have watched 2 shows I believe from the start. Terra Nova, and Once Upon a Time.
Terra Nova is absolutely awful. The CGI is hilarious and the dialogue is just as funny, BUT I watched it so what does that say about me? Mostly that I had nothing to watch. Especially with the massive breaks this year for shows like Fringe, which seemed endless. If Terra Nova gets renewed I doubt I will watch it longer. Just not that interesting overall, but as a filler show you could probably do worse. Not much, but probably. Rather buy maternity clothes shopping think now than watch it. The writing and dialogue is really what I disliked about the show because I love dinosaurs and semi-sci fi if that is what it is. Just really don’t like how the show is done by using the family as the main characters and focusing the show through them. Very cheesy teen romances, and family time that just wastes a lot of time. The “Sixers” who I suppose are the big bads of the show for the most part are just laughable.
Once Upon the Time on the other hand I slightly enjoy. The premise being that a bunch of fairly tale characters get cursed and end up in modern times in a town called StoryBrook. They all forgot who they are so some random kid has this book that he believes tells him who they all are from the stories. They do flashbacks to the fairy tale lands and show the characters living in this town without knowledge of it. Part of it is them remembering, which frankly is the most uninteresting part of the show and the sooner they figure it out the better.
Not saying the show is fantastic because it isn’t, but I definitely like it a lot more than Terra Nova at this point. I don’t think the show will stick with me though since it is still not a high quality drama by any stretch. It’s more of a guilty pleasure for now. I find myself less inclined to discuss the show the last few weeks, which tells me that I am just not that into anymore.
Sherlock I mentioned the other day on BBC was another I started which is superb, but only 3 episodes a season and is through season 2 now. 90 minutes, but worth watching for sure.
OTher than that everything else is over and on cable like Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, and The Borgias. All shows I am looking forward to the next season. Game of Thrones is April