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Jan. 16th, 2013 02:08 pmLosers in Space by John Barnes: YA SF. In the interests of having more content on my blog, I posted my fairly substantial response there.
The Carrie Diaries: CW TV series. I was originally planning to skip all the bits that didn't have Freema Agyeman, but I got sucked into the story and wound up being unexpectedly charmed. I've never watched more than a few minutes of Sex in the City, but this has the makings of a clever little show that stands on its own. At the pilot stage it has some terrible lines (although Carrie's tedious voiceovers are more forgivable coming from a 16 year old than a grown woman), but also a lot of heart, and a solid cast. (I was amused to see that Carrie's 14 year old sister, whom I'd dismissed as too mature and tall for the role, is in fact played by a 15 year old actress.) Apparently the CW is hoping it will fill the void left by Gossip Girl, but so far it's way too nice for that. And, I note, has a more diverse cast than Sex in the City and Girls combined.
And yes, Freema was lovely. I don't think she's ever played a character as flighty and flirty as this before, but she does it well. Although there are a few shots where her faint crows feet are visible, which made me cheer a little, because it's not often you get to see that kind of thing at all, but it seemed a bit odd in a character who declares that people are old when they turn 25. But hey, it's set in 1984, a generation before Botox, and I can easily see Larissa as a person who latches onto very young, impressionable people and uses them to distract the world from her age.
Elementary: I can't believe how this show has crept up on me. It's gone from "Is Elementary on this week?" to "WHEN IS IT ON? I NEED TO KNOW. I CAN'T WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE, CBS!" So that's nice. Unexpected for a procedural, but then, the emotional story of Sherlock and Joan coming to respect and like each other is serialised, and now that we have the characters established, the plots are getting a little bit meatier. Sometimes they even verge on making sense! Well done, team!
I have to say, though, with Watson established as a baseball fan, and all the soccer stuff last week, I really hope there's an episode where all investigations come to a halt because Holmes has to watch The Ashes.
The Carrie Diaries: CW TV series. I was originally planning to skip all the bits that didn't have Freema Agyeman, but I got sucked into the story and wound up being unexpectedly charmed. I've never watched more than a few minutes of Sex in the City, but this has the makings of a clever little show that stands on its own. At the pilot stage it has some terrible lines (although Carrie's tedious voiceovers are more forgivable coming from a 16 year old than a grown woman), but also a lot of heart, and a solid cast. (I was amused to see that Carrie's 14 year old sister, whom I'd dismissed as too mature and tall for the role, is in fact played by a 15 year old actress.) Apparently the CW is hoping it will fill the void left by Gossip Girl, but so far it's way too nice for that. And, I note, has a more diverse cast than Sex in the City and Girls combined.
And yes, Freema was lovely. I don't think she's ever played a character as flighty and flirty as this before, but she does it well. Although there are a few shots where her faint crows feet are visible, which made me cheer a little, because it's not often you get to see that kind of thing at all, but it seemed a bit odd in a character who declares that people are old when they turn 25. But hey, it's set in 1984, a generation before Botox, and I can easily see Larissa as a person who latches onto very young, impressionable people and uses them to distract the world from her age.
Elementary: I can't believe how this show has crept up on me. It's gone from "Is Elementary on this week?" to "WHEN IS IT ON? I NEED TO KNOW. I CAN'T WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE, CBS!" So that's nice. Unexpected for a procedural, but then, the emotional story of Sherlock and Joan coming to respect and like each other is serialised, and now that we have the characters established, the plots are getting a little bit meatier. Sometimes they even verge on making sense! Well done, team!
I have to say, though, with Watson established as a baseball fan, and all the soccer stuff last week, I really hope there's an episode where all investigations come to a halt because Holmes has to watch The Ashes.
