Did anyone catch Tin Man on SciFi this last Sun - Tues nights? What did you think?
I was pleasantly surprised (and relieved) ... it was actually good. A few corny references to the original Judy Garland WoOz, but done in a fairly clever way. Otherwise, really original story and interesting characters -- nice twist on WoOz (the one we all know and the original book). Zooey Deschanel (as the main character, DG) added a certain edge that helped pull the whole thing together and keep the show out of the oh-so-common SciFi cheese gutter. Almost makes up for Earthsea ... almost. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: So, what new shows are you missing most? I've said it before but TV has gotten pretty good over the past few years - more good choices than most people could possibly watch. But with the strike and holiday season ahead most new shows are on hiatus after only a handful of episodes for at least a month if not more. So which of them are you missing the most? My favorite new show, hands down, has to be "Pushing Daisies". That dark fairy tale thing always gets me and the pacing, characterization and writing are perfect. I think, in large part, the narration really makes the show for me. "Journeyman" has been better than I expected it to me. They've, I think, safely left "Quantum Leap" territory and really seem to be trying some new things. Surprisingly, although I don't watch any of them religiously, it looks like a good number of the new sitcoms are actually good. "The Big Bang" theory is traditional but with a nice little twist for us geeky, science-y types and any show that gets BNL to do their theme can't be all bad (extra credit if you can name the other show with a BNL theme song). I think I was most surprised by "Cavemen"... the show is actually pretty damn good. It really is creating intelligent, contemporary social satire rather than just relying on hackneyed sight gags. I would have never watched an episode if a friend hadn't pushed me and I was honestly amazed at how good it actually was. That's not to say it's great or anything, but when you start with such very, very low expectations it's nice to be surprised. We've also been watching most of "Carpoolers" (good, but uneven - but KITH fans should like it), "Bionic Woman" (nothing special) and "Life" (I like it quite a bit but my wife has yet to watch any - still, it falls into that huge collection of quality crime dramas that you can only, at best, pick a few of). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
