Re: GeekTonic`s Ultimate Fall TV Guide
Different strokes, I guess. My wife didn’t think it was funny either, but then she doesn’t have much of a sense of humor. I didn’t like it because it was like 1,000 other sitcoms I’ve seen in the past. The actors were stiff and everything was too rehearsed. Comedy is much funnier if it appears spontaneous, which it usually is when the actors ad lib. Watch any episode of Rescue Me and you can appreciate where I’m coming from.
To be fair, sitcoms have to be the hardest thing to write for TV. It’s a monumental task to come up with something new and fresh, not to mention funny. Far too often the writers stick with stereotyped characters in the same old situations and this one is no different. I hate jokes when you can see the punchline coming way in advance. I also hate it when they try to make the situation too serious, like the guy losing his job and being too afraid to tell his Dad. Sitcoms are supposed to be uplifting escapist entertainment, not dismal social commentary about the economy. I can only imagine how many people in the unemployment line wanted to jump off a bridge after watching this show.
Frankly, I can sit through just about anything. Halfway through the show I looked at my wife and said I really wasn’t all that interested in sitting through the rest of it, to which she gratefully agreed. A program has to be pretty uninteresting for me not to want to see it through to the end. With the number of new shows this fall, it’s also going to have to be something pretty special for me to want to fit it into my already overcrowded viewing schedule. Needless to say it didn’t make the cut.
On the subject of Haven, I’ve watched the show because it’s different and shown during the summer when there’s a lot less competition. Am I the only one that finds the storyline to look like swiss cheese that’s been shot with a scattergun? I mean, this female FBI agent shows up in this town that is apparently plagued by the return of “The Troubles” and all sorts of weirdness begins to happen. She buys into everything without batting an eye. The whole town seems indifferent to things that would have the vast majority of any sane population heading for the nearest exit. It’s weird enough that it’s enjoyable. Just don’t try and put any rational thought into it and you’ll probably like it. I can only imagine what kind of mind trip Stephen King was on when he wrote “The Colorado Kid,” which is what the show is based upon. Then again King has probably been on LSD since the days of Timothy Leary.