NotAFan's Blog: Come inside my head and see whats there! We can only hope it is not just empty space like so many have previously claimed!
Tales from Inside The Electric Brain!
(Mon 03/17/2008 03:35pm)
Since this is New Amsterdam day,...(Oh and St. Patrick's day ! Happy Patty Day, enjoy the green beer . The upchuck buckets are to the left!), I thought I'd give my thoughts on the show:
Things I like:
1. He's not a vampire. I think we've had enough vampire detectives for awhile, don't you?
2. He can have kids. It's refreshing to see a show about an immortal that can bear children. Usually they seem to be sterile for some reason or another. Also you get to see the reprecussions of what it would mean to be immortal but still have kids along the way.
3. There are references in the show to all the stuff he's done in his life, letting you know that he had rich and full life. Too many times a show about an immortal will leave the characters past a mystery until it they need reference it to serve the plot of a particular episode.
Things I don't like:
1. Essentially, it's just another quirky homocide detective with a gimmick show. His gimmick being that because he's lived so long, he knows alot of arcane knowledge. I think we have enough of those shows already: Monk, Numbers, Psyche, Medium, Life, etc. To me the show would have been more interesting if he didn't spend all his free time solving murders, like every other show. Do we really need another homocide detective show?
2. Even though he's not a vampire dective, the show sticks too close to the VD format. He wants to be human, he's dark and brooding, and he can't be human till he finds true love. We've seen this all before, most of it, more than once infact, do we really need to rehash it once again.
3. There seems to be no story arch yet other than finding true love. For me watching him just solve random murders week, after week, after week, is gonna get real boring, real quick. Give a story arch, a recurring villan, something!
why is it that every immortal can't think to do anything better with his time than to decome a detective?...Just asking!
In conclusion, The show's OK, but if there was something better on at that time I don't think I'd be watching it. Eh, maybe it'll get better, but I'm not holding my breath.
