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HaemishM
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If you haven't seen the Brit drama "MI5" on A&E, you need to. So far it's run 2 seasons worth of shows, and it makes 24 looks even more ridiculous than 24 actually is. It is a very naturalistic look at the "spy game" type of thriller, with a lot more down to earthiness than most dramas of this type ever could hope to be. The 3rd season begins on AE this Saturday, Jan. 8th at 8 am EST (not sure why it's 8 in the bleeding morning). Details here. EDIT: Apparently, it also comes on Sat. night at 10 pm EST. |
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schild
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I have season 1 on dvd and have seen episodes of season 2. 24 is a lot more fun, but yea, MI5 is more realistic. It also has the production quality of old Monty Python. Which is a goddamn shame. Alias starts Wed at 9pm though. Just sayin.'
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Signe
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Only TV content I care about, Boston Legal, starts up again Sunday at 9. Not that I'll watch it then, I'll wait till the next day and BitTorrent it.
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schild
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HaemishM
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Actually, I thought production values on MI5 were pretty decent considering it's a BBC show. Not to mention that the production values lend a certain "realism" to the whole production. As opposed to having Daleks running around screaming "EXTERMINATE!" while bonking helplessly into the stairs.
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eldaec
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I assume this is 'Spooks' renamed. If so, yeah, it has its moments, but after a few shows when you realise they couldn't even afford a few extras to make it look like MI5 has more than 5 employees, it starts to get annoying.
Also it has the typical BBC 'life is hell' disease where nothing good is allowed to happen to anyone under any circumstances.
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Paelos
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Also it has the typical BBC 'life is hell' disease where nothing good is allowed to happen to anyone under any circumstances. I always thought that was more of a German philosophy. |
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HaemishM
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I just figured that was the "keep a drama interesting for more than 6 hours" phenomenon that all drama TV goes through. Most people's lives, even spies, aren't that dramatic day in and day out. Hence, something happens every week, and it's usually not good, because people don't watch dramas that start out with "I'm still happy" as a plot premise.
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Also it has the typical BBC 'life is hell' disease where nothing good is allowed to happen to anyone else under any circumstances. I always thought that was more of a German philosophy. Fixed that for you ... |
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Merusk
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I just figured that was the "keep a drama interesting for more than 6 hours" phenomenon that all drama TV goes through. Most people's lives, even spies, aren't that dramatic day in and day out. Hence, something happens every week, and it's usually not good, because people don't watch dramas that start out with "I'm still happy" as a plot premise. Most dramas have at least enough in them to get 2, maybe 3 seasons of good quality drama out of them before it turns into "Shit on the characters". For example, ER would have been a much better show had it just sopped after season 3. Instead it's turned into "Which character will have the most shittastic life THIS season! Tune in to find out!" I know everyone's got a hard-on for "Without A Trace" recently, but I think it's already in the shitter. When you have an entire episode that relies on a character's life to provide the drama rather than, y'know, the show's premise in SEASON 2! you've got problems. Even CSI has started to fall into this trap over the last season and a half. The recent 'shakeup' in the shifts had my eyes rolling because it's fucking soap opera bullshit instead of crime drama. If your show his hit a wall where you can't pull a show off without resorting to this BS, then you've got a shitty premise or shitty writers. Law & Order has done pretty well over the years giving us insight into the characters without turning large chunks of episodes into, "OMG Will Jack Sleep with THIS assistant!" |
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