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Which TV shows did you start watching in 2015?
I really need to get into more new shows, I don't think that I did pick up any new shows this year other than Daredevil! I'm currently watching The Vampire Diaries, The Good Wife, The Big Bang Theory, Pretty Little Liars, Doctor Who (all pretty old now), and the only newish shows that I'm following are iZombie, Daredevil, and From Dusk Till Dawn. Otherwise most of my tv time goes to re-watching my DVDs of older shows
Oh and I am currently watching early seasons of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix! I watched season 1 a while ago and always meant to catch up with some more, then I subscribed to Netflix for Jessica Jones and found that HIMYM was on there as well, so I've just caught up with seasons 2 and 3.
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2015? Why?
I hate to say this because my flist has been so enthusiastic about this show and I really wanted to join in the squee, but...Jessica Jones :( It's not that I didn't like it at all, it was nice seeing so many different female characters on-screen for a start, but I just found that the episodes were really feeling like a misery slog after a bit. I was the most invested after the first episode actually, I really liked how that whole Noir vibe with the voice-overs reminded me a bit of Veronica Mars, and then the ending with Hope certainly left an impression, but as it went on I found myself struggling to get invested. I read this interesting article which I think that sums up a lot of what I was struggling with? 13 episodes of trying and failing to catch Kilgrave just doesn't appeal to me as much as shows that have individual episode cases, as well as the serialised element. The pacing was really dragging for me when it was all so serialised, I couldn't get through an episode without it starting to feel like a chore :(And David Tennant still doesn't do a lot for me
And I talked more about The 100 at the time, but I'm still not sure whether I will watch any more of that show or not
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2016?
Amazon's "Man in the High Castle" is on my watch list at the moment, and The Originals, Luther, and Prison Break are all on my maybe list if I can find the time
Which TV show impressed you least in 2015?
The Good Wife I suppose. I already talked about my feelings on season 6 in a previous entry, and so far I'm not all that swept away by season 7 either. As ever the material for Alicia isn't bad, but I'm tired of the supporting cast feeling like a spare part. If they can't be bothered to use Diane and Cary properly then just write them out for goodness sake, there currently feels like very little point in A&L (is that the name now, I've lost track lol?) hanging around on the outskirts when Alicia doesn't even work at that firm any more, and the attempt at a personal rivalry between Diane and Alicia over Howard Lyman of all people felt very forced. None of it has been bad as such, but it feels very unfocused and aimless IMO, and the show has lost a lot of its heart in keeping Alicia so separated from the rest of the main cast that she barely has a relationship with Diane or Cary any more
I'm also not loving this season of The Vampire Diaries. The flash-forwards were an intriguing idea, but honestly there's no real hook for me with the characters at the moment. I still enjoy the brother moments with Damon and Stefan, but otherwise the Steroline is falling flat for me this year (it seemed like they had a lot more chemistry in season 6?), Enzo/Bonnie needs more ground-work to completely hook me, and Matt as ever is just kind of there
The only storylines I've really been intrigued by this year were when Alaric was trying to bring Jo back to life, and Lily's scenes with Damon and Stefan. But it feels like otherwise a LOT of time has been wasted on the Heretics and we're suddenly supposed to be drawn in by their personal drama, even though we're only just met them? So yeah this season isn't really doing it for me, I wish they would drop Julian as a villain and concentrate on doing more with the flash-forwards instead
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2016 unless things significantly improve?
None at the moment. I did kind of lose interest with From Dusk Till Dawn halfway through season 2, but then the final two episodes grabbed me enough that I will be watching season 3
Which TV shows do you think you’ll never let go of no matter how crappy they get?
The Vampire Diaries and The Good Wife, they don't have that many seasons left at this point anyway, I've invested enough in them that I will have to see them through to the end
Your main fandom of the year?
I don't really have one main fandom any more I don't think
Your favourite film you watched this year?
Honestly nothing that swept me away particularly, I guess The Theory Of Everything is the one that stands out the most?
Your favourite book read this year?
The two books that left the most lasting impression were
Bird Box completely freaked me out and gave me nightmares LMAO, it was all about the human race dying out and going insane because of something they see whenever they open their eyes on the outside, and the book is focused on a small group of survivors struggling to survive and not turn on one another
And then Alice was a *much* darker and creepier re-telling of Alice In Wonderland, Alice escapes from the mental asylum that she's been locked up in for the past ten years for telling her story, and then it's all about her trying to find the rabbit again.
I think I got too bogged down with psychological thrillers for a while there after it seemed like those were the books that everyone was recommending, and while I still have a soft spot for "Gone Girl" and that was a book that met the hype for me, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about some of those other raved-about books like "Girl On The Train". I want to get more into fantasy books this year I think, and more focus on characters rather than plot twists. I'd love any recommendations :)
Your favourite TV show of the year?
I don't know that I have just one favourite show, but iZombie really impressed me this year after I was a bit on the fence/more of a casual watcher at the end of season 1, they seem to have really hit their stride in season 2. I really enjoyed Daredevil and am looking forward to season 2 next year. And Doctor Who had a great run at the end of series 9, especially the last episode with the Doctor and Clara's final meeting *sobs*
Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
"Everyone will freak out because it's so clearly in every episode. When it's finally revealed, you could literally go back to season 1 and knowing who it is, you can be like, 'Oh, wow. Whoa. This has been here all along, and I never noticed it,' which is, I think, brilliant." Lies!
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Also recent developments on The Big Theory with Shamy were another squee moment for me, but probably the spoilers are too recent to use gifs for those moments quite yet :P
The most missed of your old fandoms?
I dunno really, Hannibal I guess? It's sad that we're not getting a fourth season
The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Erm I've no idea. Most of the biggest fandoms lately seem to be comic-book focused, and I find that most of the time I just can't get into those shows unfortunately :( Daredevil has been the only one that's grabbed me so far, otherwise I gave up on my attempts with Gotham, Supergirl, and Jessica Jones
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
The return of The X-Files and Gilmore Girls :D :D :D
I really need to get into more new shows, I don't think that I did pick up any new shows this year other than Daredevil! I'm currently watching The Vampire Diaries, The Good Wife, The Big Bang Theory, Pretty Little Liars, Doctor Who (all pretty old now), and the only newish shows that I'm following are iZombie, Daredevil, and From Dusk Till Dawn. Otherwise most of my tv time goes to re-watching my DVDs of older shows
Oh and I am currently watching early seasons of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix! I watched season 1 a while ago and always meant to catch up with some more, then I subscribed to Netflix for Jessica Jones and found that HIMYM was on there as well, so I've just caught up with seasons 2 and 3.
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2015? Why?
I hate to say this because my flist has been so enthusiastic about this show and I really wanted to join in the squee, but...Jessica Jones :( It's not that I didn't like it at all, it was nice seeing so many different female characters on-screen for a start, but I just found that the episodes were really feeling like a misery slog after a bit. I was the most invested after the first episode actually, I really liked how that whole Noir vibe with the voice-overs reminded me a bit of Veronica Mars, and then the ending with Hope certainly left an impression, but as it went on I found myself struggling to get invested. I read this interesting article which I think that sums up a lot of what I was struggling with? 13 episodes of trying and failing to catch Kilgrave just doesn't appeal to me as much as shows that have individual episode cases, as well as the serialised element. The pacing was really dragging for me when it was all so serialised, I couldn't get through an episode without it starting to feel like a chore :(
And I talked more about The 100 at the time, but I'm still not sure whether I will watch any more of that show or not
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2016?
Amazon's "Man in the High Castle" is on my watch list at the moment, and The Originals, Luther, and Prison Break are all on my maybe list if I can find the time
Which TV show impressed you least in 2015?
The Good Wife I suppose. I already talked about my feelings on season 6 in a previous entry, and so far I'm not all that swept away by season 7 either. As ever the material for Alicia isn't bad, but I'm tired of the supporting cast feeling like a spare part. If they can't be bothered to use Diane and Cary properly then just write them out for goodness sake, there currently feels like very little point in A&L (is that the name now, I've lost track lol?) hanging around on the outskirts when Alicia doesn't even work at that firm any more, and the attempt at a personal rivalry between Diane and Alicia over Howard Lyman of all people felt very forced. None of it has been bad as such, but it feels very unfocused and aimless IMO, and the show has lost a lot of its heart in keeping Alicia so separated from the rest of the main cast that she barely has a relationship with Diane or Cary any more
I'm also not loving this season of The Vampire Diaries. The flash-forwards were an intriguing idea, but honestly there's no real hook for me with the characters at the moment. I still enjoy the brother moments with Damon and Stefan, but otherwise the Steroline is falling flat for me this year (it seemed like they had a lot more chemistry in season 6?), Enzo/Bonnie needs more ground-work to completely hook me, and Matt as ever is just kind of there
The only storylines I've really been intrigued by this year were when Alaric was trying to bring Jo back to life, and Lily's scenes with Damon and Stefan. But it feels like otherwise a LOT of time has been wasted on the Heretics and we're suddenly supposed to be drawn in by their personal drama, even though we're only just met them? So yeah this season isn't really doing it for me, I wish they would drop Julian as a villain and concentrate on doing more with the flash-forwards instead
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2016 unless things significantly improve?
None at the moment. I did kind of lose interest with From Dusk Till Dawn halfway through season 2, but then the final two episodes grabbed me enough that I will be watching season 3
Which TV shows do you think you’ll never let go of no matter how crappy they get?
The Vampire Diaries and The Good Wife, they don't have that many seasons left at this point anyway, I've invested enough in them that I will have to see them through to the end
Your main fandom of the year?
I don't really have one main fandom any more I don't think
Your favourite film you watched this year?
Honestly nothing that swept me away particularly, I guess The Theory Of Everything is the one that stands out the most?
Your favourite book read this year?
The two books that left the most lasting impression were
Bird Box completely freaked me out and gave me nightmares LMAO, it was all about the human race dying out and going insane because of something they see whenever they open their eyes on the outside, and the book is focused on a small group of survivors struggling to survive and not turn on one another
And then Alice was a *much* darker and creepier re-telling of Alice In Wonderland, Alice escapes from the mental asylum that she's been locked up in for the past ten years for telling her story, and then it's all about her trying to find the rabbit again.
I think I got too bogged down with psychological thrillers for a while there after it seemed like those were the books that everyone was recommending, and while I still have a soft spot for "Gone Girl" and that was a book that met the hype for me, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about some of those other raved-about books like "Girl On The Train". I want to get more into fantasy books this year I think, and more focus on characters rather than plot twists. I'd love any recommendations :)
Your favourite TV show of the year?
I don't know that I have just one favourite show, but iZombie really impressed me this year after I was a bit on the fence/more of a casual watcher at the end of season 1, they seem to have really hit their stride in season 2. I really enjoyed Daredevil and am looking forward to season 2 next year. And Doctor Who had a great run at the end of series 9, especially the last episode with the Doctor and Clara's final meeting *sobs*
Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
"Everyone will freak out because it's so clearly in every episode. When it's finally revealed, you could literally go back to season 1 and knowing who it is, you can be like, 'Oh, wow. Whoa. This has been here all along, and I never noticed it,' which is, I think, brilliant." Lies!
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Also recent developments on The Big Theory with Shamy were another squee moment for me, but probably the spoilers are too recent to use gifs for those moments quite yet :P
The most missed of your old fandoms?
I dunno really, Hannibal I guess? It's sad that we're not getting a fourth season
The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Erm I've no idea. Most of the biggest fandoms lately seem to be comic-book focused, and I find that most of the time I just can't get into those shows unfortunately :( Daredevil has been the only one that's grabbed me so far, otherwise I gave up on my attempts with Gotham, Supergirl, and Jessica Jones
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
The return of The X-Files and Gilmore Girls :D :D :D
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Date: 2015-12-21 02:18 am (UTC)And also totally agree with your biggest fandom disappointment!! How that show continues to get my hopes up I don't know, it always ends in anger for me.
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Date: 2015-12-21 06:01 pm (UTC)