New telly shows thread

[Harlequin]

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.

Agreed on the parent show and it is nice to see this similarly providing employment for ex-Lost actors. It seems to take its inspiration as much from Baum as from Carroll but I'm confused about the Knave in apparently modern Storybrooke going to rescue Alice from apparently Victorian London. I am also not sure what you mean about the ending.

[Harlequin]

Oh, and it is also nice to see Jane Espenson get a creator credit for a network series (not to devalue Husbands, which I've only just discovered).

[Darkflame]

Well, the ending was

Spoiler: show

apparently in Oz. I figured that was one of the main "universes" they haven't touched on yet, so I am surprised they got to it so soon.
Not that I am complaining, Baum had a lot of crazy shit in the (many many) Oz books that has yet to make it onto TV or film. For some reason only the first ever gets adapted.

As for the apparent time problems - are we sure thats modern Storybrooke? and not still-frozen-in-time Storybrooke?
(I confess I forget the conversation). If not, we already know Portals can go though time. (as seen by collecting the Apple).

[Harlequin]

Well, the ending was

Spoiler: show

apparently in Oz. I figured that was one of the main "universes" they haven't touched on yet, so I am surprised they got to it so soon.
Not that I am complaining, Baum had a lot of crazy shit in the (many many) Oz books that has yet to make it onto TV or film. For some reason only the first ever gets adapted.

Spoiler: show

Hmmm... I took it as a Baum-inspired road in Wonderland but you might be right.

As for the apparent time problems - are we sure thats modern Storybrooke? and not still-frozen-in-time Storybrooke?
(I confess I forget the conversation). If not, we already know Portals can go though time. (as seen by collecting the Apple).

I did wonder, but didn't we see Emma's car drive past, and a non-pregnant Cinderella/Ashley? Aside from which, the Storybrooke curse only started around thirty years ago. I agree about portals permitting time travel but why would the rabbit be in such a hurry to get to the past? Aside from the fact that he's always in a hurry, of course. Perhaps his holes/portals are of fixed temporal lengths.

Meanwhile, in the parent OUaT: Yay followed by boo for the Mulan/Sleeping Beauty shippers.

[merman]

Peaky Blinders on BBC2 was brilliant, looking forward to the second series...

[Harlequin]

So OUaTiW does have a similar flash-elsewhen/where structure to Lost and OUaT after all, and now we know why Aladdin characters are in Wonderland. I do like the fact that it has an even greater proportion of British actors than the current cast of OUaT, the only foreigner among the stars being John Lithgow, and that they've featured a Lost star from the very start (now I wonder if Apollo bars will turn out to have existed in Victorian Britain). It was only toward the end of the latest episode, however, particularly in the cage dungeon, that I felt Emma Rigby's Red Queen came anywhere close to Carroll's source character, and neither lead actress impresses as much as Lana Parrilla's brilliant performance in OUaT.

[Jonesey]

I'm finding Agents of SHIELD to really be the runt of the Marvel on-screen universe. Engaging but I wouldn't bother catching-up on a missed episode.

[RiK]

The new Tomorrow People series looks promising.

Not a patch on the original I remember as a kid, obviously..

[fog]

I'm finding Agents of SHIELD to really be the runt of the Marvel on-screen universe. Engaging but I wouldn't bother catching-up on a missed episode.

Likewise. There's nothing memorable about it at all.

[Darkflame]

Its still early. [/optimistic]
S1 Buffy wasn't much better really. (although arguably felt a lot fresher at the time then this does now)

Anyway, I liked episode 4 best so far. Each got better up till that point, then it sagged a bit.

[Firefox]

Really good Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. this week!

Bit of a meh start, but the tension really built as the episode went on. I actually cared about the characters this time, rather than just finding them amusing.

I hope there's more like this.

[Governmentyard]

Simmons did acting. It was good.

[fog]

Peaky Blinders on BBC2 was brilliant, looking forward to the second series...

Listen to this man. It really was brilliant. Shame the BBC didn't promote it a bit more.

[Meow]

Almost Human starts on Sunday. It's nothing new. They have been a few shows similar to this in the past.



Yes its that guy from Star Trek.

[Harlequin]

"Did I fall asleep?"

"For a little while …"

(Agent Coulson and masseuse in 'Tahiti' unknowingly referencing series of times past).