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[frelling_tralk]

I tried the season 2 premiere of Agents Of Shield, and honestly I just couldn't get into it. If there's a way to (legally?) stream the first season then I might give it another shot, I think that it was just too confusing jumping right into season 2


Hmm I really liked Gotham's aesthetic and the noir aspect of the show, but the pilot did feel a bit rushed with all of the characters that we were introduced too, it might have worked better to make it a two hour premiere. And so far it feels like tonally it's all over the place. The parts with Gordon and Bullock felt more like a serious crime drama, as well as production aiming for dark and gritty, but then the dialogue and the acting had a tendency to get really campy with the comic book villains and nods to them.

Also I don't like the casting for Alfred at all :( Angry Cockney yelling at Bruce just isn't how I picture his character. And I don't get why he's opposed to Bruce seeing a psychiatrist, surely that's the first person to call when a kids parents have been shot to death in front of him? He feels like a British caricature at the moment quite honestly, like they're trying a bit too hard to have him say bloody every other sentence meh. Maybe I'm stuck on Michael Caine's interpretation, but I just picture Alfred as more of a distinguished older gentleman than the portrayal in Gotham. Ben McKenzie is my favourite part of the show so far (love him!), and I like Selena, Fish Mooney, and the Penguin...

I've seen most people saying that they liked the second episode more, but I think that I prefer the pilot myself, the villains in the second episode just felt a bit too cartoony Idk. I know that it's based on a comic book, but still I need it to be played as more real if I'm going to be taking the moments with Jim Gordon's character seriously. I'm going to give it five or six more episodes to grab me anyway, it's a show that I really want to like




And super-cute Peter Capaldi interview talking about Doctor Who and what a massive fan he used to be! Someone from the BBC made fun of him for writing a "very sad letter" in his attempts to take over the DW fanclub when he was younger lol, and he also talks about how they tried to instruct him on how to operate the Tardis when he first got the part, and he had to tell them "I know how to work this. You don't have to tell me, I know" He's sooo adorable in the clips when he gets embarrassed, I think that I may be starting to develop a crush *g*

The Graham Norton Show - S16x01 2/2 Denzel Washington, Gemma Arterton, Peter Capaldi and George Ezra from Tom Collins on Vimeo.

(And I spoke too soon about LJ's icon issue being fixed for me, my comments are showing up with only my default icon again now)

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[ditzyfish.livejournal.com]

Omg Capaldi is like a breath of fresh air and much more how I imagine Doctor Who. I couldn't get on with the hyper acting of Tennant and Matt Smith. It's like they were trying to hard. With Capaldi it's effortless. He owns it for me.

And Alfred in Gotham is vile. Can't stand him. He's a cockney stereotype gone mad.

I really like the look of Gotham. Some scenes reminded me of Blade Runner and I almost felt like I was sat in that neon lit diner with Gordon and Bullock. In general though I was a bit under whelmed by the whole thing. I think they'd hyped it up too much. The Riddler actually stood out for me the most and he was only in it for a minute if that. Thought he was quite cute :/. Actor playing Penguin was good to and it's probably one of the best performances I've seen by Jada Pinkett. I'm disappointed that the creators have stated quite categorically that we will NEVER see Batman. I think that's being a bit harsh. Of course I don't expect him to turn up in episode 5 of season 2 - I know the shows not about that, but at least we could get a glimpse of him right at the end of the shows run maybe.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I always felt hugely in the minority for not being a fan of Tennant's Doctor, but yeah I find him really hyper and o/t a lot of the time. I constantly got the feeling that he was trying too hard and playing up to the kiddies in the audience, instead of just letting himself be the character in the way that Chris did. I did like Matt's Doctor though, but I'm definitely pleased that they cast someone older this time and are stepping away from the ~cool Doctor~

And yeah, I guess they want to reinvent the character of Alfred a little and bring their own take to it, but he just feels like too much of an East-end thug wannabe to be an accurate portrayal of the character. I don't want an Alfred that's going to be all, 'What the bloody hell are you doing, Master Wayne' lol. I'm not that familiar with the comics, but I'm sure that Alfred is supposed to be a stabilising presence in Bruce's life, not flipping out on him and unable to keep his cool? And I want to like Gotham because I really like the atmosphere of it and the production design, it just feels to me like they keep overstepping from fun campiness to cartoonishly bad and they need to find the line between that, especially if they're going to play the detective story straight and aim for gritty realism there

I agree about Penguin and The Riddler being among the most interesting characters so far