The new Fall TV shows
May. 16th, 2014 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchI was just looking over the new fall TV schedule over at Entertainment Weekly (thanks, shadowkat67, for the link!) and was shocked to find four new shows that looked like they might actually grab me! In fairness, there are a few shows currently on the air that I think I'd really like, once I get around to watching them... I've got so many friends who love Arrow and I still haven't seen it. Same with Once Upon a Time and Sleepy Hollow. I've just found it so hard to get into TV lately... although I'm not sure why.
But Scorpion, Forever and Constantine all look intriguing and like they've done a decent job with casting... the next step will be to see if they've hired good writers, which seems to sometimes be trickier than finding the right actors/actresses.
Of the three, Constantine looks the most appealing and like it has the best premise for longevity... plus, I'm liking what we get to see of the lead actor and the effects look pretty good as well (shallow, I know, but usually fairly important on this type of show).
Scorpion seems like it would make a good movie, but they could pull it off as a series if they handle it right. Like maybe do several mini-arcs in a season that may or may not tie together. Either that or just do a short season... I just can't see the standard old-style television storytelling working well for this one (either cramming all that sort of action and plot into one or two episodes or trying to space it out over 22 episodes (even on 24 that started to wear thin pretty quickly)).
The basic premise of Forever has been done before, but never particularly successfully... this one has a few twists that make it a little bit refreshing and in the brief bit we see in the trailer, the leads seem to have pretty decent chemistry. I worry about longevity on this one, too, if only because without some sort of larger story arc (something other than trying to find out why the main character can't die or how the main character can die), it's likely to get repetitious.
The fourth show that looks fun is one that I'm guessing is in line to be a mid-season replacement, since I don't see a start date for it, and that's Galavant. It looks fun and funny and I love Timothy Omundson... but, once again, I'm not sure how it's going to work as a full series (which might be why they're going for the shorter season option).
Interestingly, all but the last one suffer from a problem that I'm a little shocked is still an issue. In this day and age, why in the world would you name your show something that's a reasonably common word? Okay, I can actually understand why they went with Constantine, and news about the TV show does seem to come up within the top half dozen or so results when I do a websearch, so maybe I should excuse them from this discussion, as well. But really... Forever? Scorpion? Even if the shows get popular, someone typing either of those titles into a search engine isn't likely to get information about the show in the top page of results. Heck, even typing in "Forever" at IMDb already brings up a whole passel of other movies and shows.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
shadowkat67, for the link!) and was shocked to find four new shows that looked like they might actually grab me! In fairness, there are a few shows currently on the air that I think I'd really like, once I get around to watching them... I've got so many friends who love Arrow and I still haven't seen it. Same with Once Upon a Time and Sleepy Hollow. I've just found it so hard to get into TV lately... although I'm not sure why.But Scorpion, Forever and Constantine all look intriguing and like they've done a decent job with casting... the next step will be to see if they've hired good writers, which seems to sometimes be trickier than finding the right actors/actresses.
Of the three, Constantine looks the most appealing and like it has the best premise for longevity... plus, I'm liking what we get to see of the lead actor and the effects look pretty good as well (shallow, I know, but usually fairly important on this type of show).
Scorpion seems like it would make a good movie, but they could pull it off as a series if they handle it right. Like maybe do several mini-arcs in a season that may or may not tie together. Either that or just do a short season... I just can't see the standard old-style television storytelling working well for this one (either cramming all that sort of action and plot into one or two episodes or trying to space it out over 22 episodes (even on 24 that started to wear thin pretty quickly)).
The basic premise of Forever has been done before, but never particularly successfully... this one has a few twists that make it a little bit refreshing and in the brief bit we see in the trailer, the leads seem to have pretty decent chemistry. I worry about longevity on this one, too, if only because without some sort of larger story arc (something other than trying to find out why the main character can't die or how the main character can die), it's likely to get repetitious.
The fourth show that looks fun is one that I'm guessing is in line to be a mid-season replacement, since I don't see a start date for it, and that's Galavant. It looks fun and funny and I love Timothy Omundson... but, once again, I'm not sure how it's going to work as a full series (which might be why they're going for the shorter season option).
Interestingly, all but the last one suffer from a problem that I'm a little shocked is still an issue. In this day and age, why in the world would you name your show something that's a reasonably common word? Okay, I can actually understand why they went with Constantine, and news about the TV show does seem to come up within the top half dozen or so results when I do a websearch, so maybe I should excuse them from this discussion, as well. But really... Forever? Scorpion? Even if the shows get popular, someone typing either of those titles into a search engine isn't likely to get information about the show in the top page of results. Heck, even typing in "Forever" at IMDb already brings up a whole passel of other movies and shows.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
