Fall Line Up: Sexy and Shameless

This fall line up has gone through pretty well. I have to admit that the newest shows have actually garnered my attention. Along with a couple shows that have either made me sit there dumbfounded at the fact that they got green lit, or that they have become so clever by the newest season that I’m dumbfounded it got this far.

American Horror Story

American Horror Story
First to talk about is American Horror Story for it’s wonderful abundance of weird. (The weird that makes you continue watching, however.) There is actually something for everyone. At least under the age of 50, and maybe a few exceptions that are above. (Cool parents for the win!) My mother for example would probably find it odd, and be too creeped to continue further past the second episode. This is also the woman who watched all 5 seasons of Queer as Folk with her daughter. (My mother is a critic.) Although, for my generation, this is like giving condoms to teenagers. Easy sell based on the fact that it is supernatural related. Then enough older references to movies like Rosemary’s Baby, Poltergeist, and even Beetlejuice. It can easily get a crowd, as it is a viewer magnet.  



This show has made me smile the whole way through every episode, and at the same time hide behind my blanket. It is a smart, clever, and spooky show to say the least. Of all the supernatural shows that I have seen over the years (and its a lot!) this has got to be the most suspenseful one ever. There are so many interesting characters that as a viewer it would not be hard to find someone to relate to. For most teenage girls it is Violet, and while I’m in my 20’s I still feel the most camaraderie with her. She is falling for the bad boy, and a real bad boy, not some Edward Cullen shit. Tate is exactly what Edward should be seen as, a creepy guy whose smile girls cannot help but swoon at. In this case though, the girls know he is creepy and likely evil, but still want to change him. There was even a moment where Tate watches her sleep, and I am sorry but it was flippin creepy. Edward does this too, but no one thinks that is creepy they think it is romantic. (It’s not, get the shit outta my house.) No fan of Tate’s denies that he is a creepy mofo, and that its a character not a real person. That is why you can like him, kind of like Spike in Buffy. 

CREEPY MOFO IS CREEPY

 AHS is a show that allows you to watch with desire, but a forbidden desire that deep down you know is wrong. It is fictional, and the desire in which you meet it may as well be too. Honestly, it is a sexy show, a scary show, and at times a morbid show. Somehow, it wraps all three to become exactly what supernatural fans want. I call this a win!


Supernatural
While this used to be a staple of my Thursday (now Friday) nights, it has taken on a much less needed watching on my part. I don’t almost “die” throughout a week of not watching it, instead I just go “Hey, there is nothing to do at 1am, let’s watch Supernatural.” I’m pretty sure I have said that every Friday since this season started. I am sorry, but this show needs to end. 
They have literally killed off every character I have ever gave a shit about. And a lot of them have been in the 2 seasons that never should have been! I am not sure about how others feel but I think Sam should of just stayed in hell. Let Dean live the life he deserved, and let it end on a sad, but epic ending. In this ending Castiel and Bobby are still alive! And if you have watched season 7 they are even trying to kaput Bobby! ( HOW DARE YE!) Do these guys have a curse where everyone they give a shit about dies? At this point, I don’t even know if you can end it, and I fear a similar fate like that of Sliders. Where the main actors moved on, and yet the show didn’t. All that was left was one character we sorta liked, but without all the charisma he once had with his old cast mates. Rembrandt Brown was no longer cool without someone to actually call Q-Ball. 

Moving along. The point is, this show has jumped the shark, and so far to the point that their is no water anywhere in sight for them to land. All the possibilities that were mostly acceptable to viewers have come and gone, and all that is left is something that I guarantee will leave a sour taste in your mouth. Or sulfur. Dirty, dirty sulfur.

Shameless!

Terra Nova
 This. Is. The. Stupidest. Show. On. Prime. Time.

SERIOUSLY? It’s a show that wishes it had been Jurassic Park, but cannot afford Jeff Goldblum, or the money that he once came with. And oh my frak, please look at it’s IMDB page!! The key plot words are laughable in conjunction! “Family Relationships, Dinosaur, Alternate Universe, and Time Travel. No! Bad! I even watched the pilot, and the two following episodes with my eyes wide with confusion. Why? Every character is either overly depressed, or overly angry about something small! The son hates his father because he went to jail trying to protect the youngest daughter. Somehow this is a betrayal in the sons eyes because how dare a Dad not actually be a dead beat, like, how un-cliche.

I'm just gonna laser point at the T-Rex, ooops! Sorry Johnny Boy!

And then, there is this dude. Who is so macho military dude, who for some reason thought it was a great idea to bring laser weaponry 85 Million years in the past. Thumbs up on bringing first world problems with you to your new home where you were to have a “fresh” start. I get keeping certain technology but isn’t it like basic logic that says “Weapons are bad!” They are always bad! Jesus!

Decidedly this show is full of over used plot devices, and sadly forced drama between characters. I’m sorry, I thought you employed real creative writers, not 16 year olds who are taking a semesters worth of Film Production and Scriptwriting. This mish mash of all sorts of movies and shows is ridiculous, like could you at least make your tunnel back in time look a little bit different from the Sliders tunnel?

Yupp. Is Nice.

Vampire Diaries
I figured I’d end the blog on a happy note. This show is pretty fantastic, I know, it is shocking for me to admit that as i tend to hate the teenage vampire romances. I do hate the Vampire Diaries, but not the show, the book it was based on. I am always willing to give a horrible movie, or show a chance when it comes to their books. If I didn’t I would never have read the Percy Jackson series (please check this out).

The show is in it’s 3rd season, and it is amazing. I am actually impressed with where the story has come. We have so many interweaving plot lines, that actually manage to compliment themselves without being so far apart in story it may as well be a different show. (I’m looking at you True Blood) The actors really got into it during the 2nd season, and you can see the energy rise. It may have been the uneasy feeling of being in yet another vampire drama, but it paid off. With writers like Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson who have been on the writers team for Kyle XY, The Faculty, and Dawsons Creek, I am pretty certain you can find a nifty edge for drama, and the supernatural. Also, it does help that Ian Somerhalder is a sexy, sexy man.

So that’s my line up for this fall. Needless to say Terra Nova is not being watched by me, so people out there who do watch it. Please explain why, when there are much better shows on television that could do with a bit more of a budget, and a few more seasons.



I also need to show you all this picture I found while on the hunt for pictures for my blog today.

What The Shit?

Yupp. Another reason this show needs to be canceled. It's fans have lost their minds.


-Says Marli