On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Upon further reflection, I guess this series might more closely be > compared to "Sneakers," a favorite film of mine that has had various TV > pilots trapped in development hell for over a decade. Ensemble cast of > genius characters work to solve problems. But again the gaping difference > is that there didn't seem to be any link to the real world in what the team > was doing to solve the problem. Not that reality is essential to TV drama, > but this sort of series lends itself to being rooted in normality, > otherwise the abnormal characters are just cartoons. > I like Sneakers too, though every time I watch it I find I am mostly frustrated I am not watching "The Hot Rock" instead. I was talking to my wife about Scorpion this morning (she just watched it last night), and what came from that is a realization that I think it has a "Scandal" problem - the show keeps telling you how super smart the characters are supposed to be, but rarely do you seem them actually doing anything super smart. I spent some time watching the first six seasons of Top Chef this summer, and was reminded that the show does not spend very much time commenting on how absurdly, ridiculously beautiful and sexy Padma Lakshmi is - they just show her actually being absurdly, ridiculously beautiful and sexy (one of the main reasons I bothered to go back and watch the old episodes - I would not if the cast had been the same as season 1 all the way through). Shows about smart people need to take a note from Top Chef. -- -- 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.
