(no subject)

[frelling_tralk]

Bryan Fuller shows can be a bit mixed for me in that I LOVED Dead Like Me, while Wonderfalls I was more meh on. But after enjoying Hannibal I decided to give Pushing Daises a shot. The visuals were certainly beautiful, but I found that I couldn't really connect to it. Everything seemed a bit too unreal and artificial, especially with the narration. In fact the narrator listing everyone's age down to the minute really got on my nerves!

I wouldn't say that I hated it, and I can certainly see why people would find it charming (hee it was quite jarring to go straight from watching Breaking Bad season 4 to this show), but I wanted to like it more than I actually did I suppose. The premise and how it was all put-together was interesting, and I did like the characters, but at the same time I don't really see myself watching any of the episodes again. Just a bit too whimsical for me I'm afraid. I think I just related more to how miserable and cynical George was on DLM to be honest :P

It has made me want to rewatch Dead Like Me actually! Hmm Pushing Daises had similar themes with Chuck being unable to contact anyone from her previous life, although I understood it less in the case of Pushing Daises as her aunt's would surely have accepted it if they saw Chuck with their own eyes? At least DLM had George attempt to contact her mother, and the show giving us the explanation that she looked completely different now and wouldn't be able to find the right words anyway, but with PD it just felt a bit Idk..mean? to not let the aunt's know that their beloved niece was still around. There were several moments they played as gasp-worthy with the aunt's about to find out, but I was rooting for them to actually see Chuck in those moments, which seemed to go against the grain of what the show wanted you to feel?

Oh and totally random, but I am distraught that they killed off Reggie's character on Hannibal!! The character crossover from DLM is cool, but it's so sad to think of Joy losing both of her daughters. I always really liked Reggie too ("I was told there would be cookies"), her scenes with George were about the one saving grace of the DLM movie.

Comments

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Whereas I *adore* Wonderfalls (my parents live about forty minutes from Niagara Falls, above and beyond my adoration of Caroline Dhavernas in the lead role) and quite like Pushing Daisies, with its very deliberate and charmingly stylized feel. Hannibal shows such a different side of Fuller's work, though I'm really liking it too -- looking forward to rewatching the whole season with my husband, who's been putting it off but claims enthusiasm. Saw Dead Like Me once, didn't get it; might rent it at some point in the future.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to remember why I didn't like Wonderfalls much. I liked the characters, but I wasn't crazy about a lot of the quicky episode plots from what I recall. It was another show I didn't hate, but have no real urge to watch the episodes again. I did enjoy Caroline's performance though, I was thrilled to see her again on Hannibal

I would recommend giving Dead Like Me another shot if you enjoyed both PD and Wonderfalls :) The main character George isn't all that dissimilar from Jayne in that they're both pretty aimless and searching for direction in life, and learn to appreciate the world around them more and helping other people through the supernatural event that happens with them