I don't know what happened. I loved Buffy. She was great, but this girl sucks. That guy who played Pip in the BBC version of Great Expectations (you know him as Mr. Fantastic, but you are not an English teacher) made me interested, but not enough. I was about to stop watching and delete the recording and then I saw D.B. Woodside and I was like yay! D.B. Woodside! Buffy and Principal Wood, together again! And also the president's brother who was then briefly president!
And if you understood all that, you watch too much TV.
But then I realized it was a completely different dude who kind of looked like D.B. Woodside. So I was back to not caring. But then there was that chick who was on Hustle and Warehouse 13 and she's pretty cool, but not D.B. Woodside cool. And that eyeliner dude from Lost whose story never got resolved with any real satisfaction.
Still, based on all these people I recognized, I watched the whole episode even though I decided about five minutes in that I wasn't down with this show.
I just thought it was interesting that the actor made such a difference. I think there's such a glee to seeing someone who played a role you love that you're willing to sit through things that suck just to relive that feeling. I'm not saying Ringer sucks, but it wasn't for me.
I don't know. I just know I didn't like the protagonist. Maybe I should have caught the pilot, or maybe seeing The Soup make fun of the pilot set my mine in a certain direction. Maybe it's too CWish. Maybe I just don't see where this is going. Maybe that redheaded chick's hair is entirely too red and it bugs me. Or maybe it's that I'm supposed to feel for a chick who has just walked into a life with a great job and a hot husband and lots of money and I just don't. I don't know.
But now I'm going to watch the second episode of Unforgettable, whose pilot I also missed.
hey, give the ringer some time yah.
ReplyDeleteSeinfeld didn't start out too great either.
and i hope unforgettable turns out ok for you.
BTW, would you be doing a review of fall tv?
I did see the pilot and was really pulling for Buffy...which I'm sure is why I thought it was eh. There was a brief glimpse of Buffy during a fight scene, but that was fleeting. I was going to give it another shot but completely forgot hat it was on. Oops.
ReplyDeleteDid you watch Free Agents? Giles is back! Except I couldn't watch more than five mnutes. Ug.