I was doomed to grading papers and making tests over the weekend, and in so doing burned through backlogs of two series on my DVR. A few quick notes.
Turn did get a little better after its horrible first episode, but only a little. If anyone here has read the book I would like to know if it was any better, or if I should blame the source material. If this were on ABC I would assume the network suits and kibitzed it to death, not trusting the great story it had on its hands, and weighing it down with ridiculous and unnecessary romantic and family conflict. But this is AMC, which has a track record of letting its creative people have their heads. But they also like to do things on the cheap, and perhaps I am underestimating the costs involved in producing a period piece. In any case this is by far the worst drama AMC has tried. But yes, I am such a sucker for this kind of thing, I will record it again next season - if there is a next season (from what I have gathered, that is still to be determined). Silicon Valley on the other hand was a real delight. I had not read anything about this in advance, and so was able to set my own expectations, which were relatively low (low enough that I took my time in getting around to it). A bit slow in getting going, once it did it went from amusing to funny to hilarious at a pretty good pace. It may just have been the mood I was in, but I don't think I have laughed out loud so long and hard at a tv show as I did during the finale of season 1 in a very long time. Bonus Note: I don't know what the fuck Louis C.K. is doing now on FX, but whatever the hell it is, it is brilliant. It has morphed from a kind of working class Seinfeld into some kind of surrealistic existential hall of mirrors, which is as likely to be excruciatingly painful as it is amusing to watch. I am all in. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
