new TV!
The new TV seasons are starting. Next week season 3 of Person of Interest will premier and I'm stoked already but for now it's the pilot for Sleepy Hollow. Reactions along the way behind the cut.
Verdict: For now a keeper. The show definitely doesn't take itself too seriously which carries the potential for crazy weird hijinks. The two main characters have great chemistry together and I'm hoping for a nice, snarky, platonic friendship. For now the Big Secret of how to avert the Apocalypse doesn't really grip me, but it certainly seems like it will be one of those shows that we watch for the love of the characters. Also crazy weird hijinks.
There were a few things I didn't really get, Orlando Jones' character for once and not just because they are setting him up to be kinda mysterious and possibly evil. I don't understand who he is in the hierarchy of the police department and how Abby and sheriff Corwin fit into that. And John Cho was kinda here and then gone again and really wasted on his role. But despite those things and the clunky exposition I had fun and I'll be back next week.
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- Ok, within the first minute we got a very pretty Ichabod Crane, a battle axe and a beheading. Add the time travel and I'm seeing the Highlander crossovers already.
- Any show that starts off with the Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil got me at least for that first episode.
- Oh, Clancy Brown. The moment you showed up, I got the feeling that you wouldn't get to stick around for long. I'm still bummed that you got dead so fast.
- Hey, it's John Cho. I didn't know he was in this.
- Why exactly is Ichabod a suspect for the murder of the sheriff? Those stables seemed kinda remote and isolated and Ichabod was picked up in the middle of town virtually seconds after Abby called it in. Unless they think he teleported, he couldn't have done it.
- Also that polygraph scene was kinda weird. Didn't hundreds of procedurals establish that polygraphs best work with yes/no questions? I guess it's one way to handle the initial info dump.
- Nice snarky bantering between Ichabod and Abby. I like the balance they have between Ichabod being focused on the Horseman and him quietly freaking out at having traveled 250 years in the future.
- BINKY!!!!!
- OMG, he beheaded the Beware the Rider traffic sign.
- The Headless Horseman riding off into the sunrise, brandishing a semi automatic rifle is about the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time. Gotta give him credit for moving with the times, though.
Verdict: For now a keeper. The show definitely doesn't take itself too seriously which carries the potential for crazy weird hijinks. The two main characters have great chemistry together and I'm hoping for a nice, snarky, platonic friendship. For now the Big Secret of how to avert the Apocalypse doesn't really grip me, but it certainly seems like it will be one of those shows that we watch for the love of the characters. Also crazy weird hijinks.
There were a few things I didn't really get, Orlando Jones' character for once and not just because they are setting him up to be kinda mysterious and possibly evil. I don't understand who he is in the hierarchy of the police department and how Abby and sheriff Corwin fit into that. And John Cho was kinda here and then gone again and really wasted on his role. But despite those things and the clunky exposition I had fun and I'll be back next week.
This entry was originally posted at http://rike-tikki-tavi.dreamwidth.org/60478.html.