Comments on: Bologna Surprise http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/ The life and times of Nergon. And stuff. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nergon http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Nergon Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:18:54 +0000 http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/#comment-32 You know what I think it is that has me all negative about this... I LOVE 24 and Lost, they are 2 of my 3 favorite TV shows. But both of them are intense adult dramas where the plot moves very slow. 24 has the advantage of never running reruns during its season, so it doesn't hurt so bad to be given very little information in an episode AND 24's plot wraps up every season. PLUS they are wise enough to pretty well wrap up the season pilot's plot mid-way thru the season and then put a new spin on it somehow. They manage to do this every year. Meanwhile Lost fans still have trouble understanding what happened in season one while we're continually being tortured by the slow leak of new info regarding events in seasons 2 and 3. This type of show gets tiresome. And then the 2006 Fall shows start and we have 3 new shows that my wife and I have started watching that all take a lesson from the slow-moving, intense adult drama. Heroes, Jericho, and The Nine. And holy cow it begins to really wear on the patience of the viewer. I find myself now drawn more to shows like The Unit, Standoff, or Bones where very little gets carried over from epidose to episode. Everything you need to know, you know by the end of the hour. I think that's what's bothering me. You know what I think it is that has me all negative about this… I LOVE 24 and Lost, they are 2 of my 3 favorite TV shows. But both of them are intense adult dramas where the plot moves very slow. 24 has the advantage of never running reruns during its season, so it doesn’t hurt so bad to be given very little information in an episode AND 24’s plot wraps up every season. PLUS they are wise enough to pretty well wrap up the season pilot’s plot mid-way thru the season and then put a new spin on it somehow. They manage to do this every year. Meanwhile Lost fans still have trouble understanding what happened in season one while we’re continually being tortured by the slow leak of new info regarding events in seasons 2 and 3.

This type of show gets tiresome.

And then the 2006 Fall shows start and we have 3 new shows that my wife and I have started watching that all take a lesson from the slow-moving, intense adult drama. Heroes, Jericho, and The Nine. And holy cow it begins to really wear on the patience of the viewer. I find myself now drawn more to shows like The Unit, Standoff, or Bones where very little gets carried over from epidose to episode. Everything you need to know, you know by the end of the hour.

I think that’s what’s bothering me.

]]> By: Nergon http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nergon Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:03:58 +0000 http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/#comment-31 Leave it to Brian to make sense out of it for me....OK, I'll watch this week's episode and see what's going on. I missed last week's tho. Leave it to Brian to make sense out of it for me….OK, I’ll watch this week’s episode and see what’s going on. I missed last week’s tho.

]]> By: brian http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-30 brian Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:19:12 +0000 http://nergon.com/2006/11/15/bologna-surprise/#comment-30 i still LOVE jericho. its got to have a personal touch, character development, you know the whole shebang. its not a shoot em up war movie, its a hometown in the midst of a changing world where noone knows for sure whats going to happen next. dont give up yet! i still LOVE jericho. its got to have a personal touch, character development, you know the whole shebang. its not a shoot em up war movie, its a hometown in the midst of a changing world where noone knows for sure whats going to happen next. dont give up yet!

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