Governmentyard wrote:In other news, SHIELD was suffering from the usual US show problem for me - can't tell the women apart.
I know exactly what you mean!
It's especially bad in US crime shows that have occasionally-recurring characters and one-episode-only characters: I often get confused if girl breaking into some office and ransacking the files is the same as the girl from two episodes ago or a completely new character.
Governmentyard wrote:Van girl
Van girl is well fit, but van girl is also well irritating... Haven't decided what to make of her yet.
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
Governmentyard wrote:In other news, SHIELD was suffering from the usual US show problem for me - can't tell the women apart.
I know exactly what you mean!
As you wrote earlier, first episodes tend to be mainly introductions. Joss Whedon has a very good track record as a producer for creating memorable female characters so I expect each in this show to come into her own within a few episodes.
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Gah, they've taken Van Girl out of her van! How am I going to tell her apart now?
Anyway, I enjoyed that episode! A lot more interesting than the intro episode.
It occurred to me at the end: Their weird, modded C-17 plane is kind of like a Firefly with the bottom deck twisted around 180 degrees...
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
I've been comparing the interior to that of the Firefly. It similarly uses two main large sets, the cargo bay/lab and the lounge/Coulson's command centre, but unlike Firefly neither encompasses the whole of that level. The efforts to show off the middle lounge deck have seemed a little hampered so perhaps the second episode has provided an excuse to remodel it post-pilot for ease of camera movement.
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"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
Finding Shield mildly annoying right now. Particularly because of the science bods.
Will stick with it though as still believe in Joss. Not sure the sighs of my wife through this episode means will be watching it together for much longer.
Is it just me, but Ming Na, even at 50, still would...?
And Orphan Black. Had to use other methods to catch up with ep3 as although it was on iPlayer for some reason it wasn't on virign's version. Might have been a good episode but I was so distracted by BBC Canada's use of onscreen messages that it didn't have my full attention...
Some of the worst I've seen and they never went away unlike most annoying us ones advertising upcoming shows.
Some slightly dodgy acting and accents. But still loving this so far.
Misfit wrote:Is it just me, but Ming Na, even at 50, still would...?
Oh yes!
(She's still only 49, by the way.)
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
Indiana Jones wrote:"It's not the years, it's the mileage."
(I think he meant it the other way around, though. )
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
Governmentyard wrote:In other news, SHIELD was suffering from the usual US show problem for me - can't tell the women apart.
I know exactly what you mean!
It's especially bad in US crime shows that have occasionally-recurring characters and one-episode-only characters: I often get confused if girl breaking into some office and ransacking the files is the same as the girl from two episodes ago or a completely new character.
Just watching The Blacklist and it is good so far apart from the female lead who is another female actress straight from the generic production line. Not only do they look alike, but they have no screen presence at all. Watching her character supposedly in a battle of minds with James Spader stealing every scene is almost embarrassing.
Enjoyed the 3rd epp of Shield. 3rd episodes normally suck, so its nice for exceptions.
Pretty good gravity-shifting effects for a tv show too. No budget there for a rotating set, so I presume it was just modeled at a few different angles and clever use of angles and string did the rest [/guess]
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Once Upon A Time in Wonderland - I really enjoy its parent show, so I thought Id give this a try. Nothing that special yet really, but it moves at a fair pace. Ending surprised me....I thought they would save that for season 4 of the main show.
