On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having watched the pilot episode, "Last Resort" has my vote for best > new show of the season, and Andre Braugher has my vote for President > of the United States. > > But be warned, because I like this series, it is the most likely new > show to be cancelled. > > Free episode on iTunes. > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/captain/id555459413?i=561229125 > I just got to it this evening. It is the best new show I have seen so far (I am going to watch Elementary before I go to bed probably). It was either Siskel or Ebert who had a rule that there were no bad movies set on trains; I have a similar rule about submarines. Crimson Tide is one of my favorite films, and I appreciated the play on their central conflict in this pilot. My rating of the show has been adjusted downward as I realize it will not be set entirely (or even mostly) on the sub. I will definitely keep watching, but feel constrained to note that while it likely is the best new network show of the Fall, it is not even close to being as good as, say, Sorkin's much-bashed Newsroom. Even discounting for the genre differences, the writing, pacing and acting on LR were significantly inferior to The Newsroom. Braugher is a fine actor, and even when he is a bit stilted or melodramatic gets a lot of bonus points from me for the quality of his previous work, but the rest of the cast is TV-average at best (though I do dig that hot chick I remember from that Dollhouse show a while back). My point is simply to reiterate the obvious - context is huge. Last Resort stands out among a bunch of pedestrian competitors (I am suffering through the second episode of Revolution as I write this, mostly out of loyalty to JJ Abrams - so far it is tiresome, and makes me look back with fondness on Jericho). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
