Telly Addict

I’m a massive TV fan, I watch a lot of shows and when I get into them I really go at it hammer and tongs!

When I fist discovered it I watched LOST seasons 1&2 in the space of 36 Hours, watched the first season of 24 over a week and since this Saturday I have watched two and half seasons of Chuck.

So I really love this time of year, not only do many of my existing of my existing favourites start again, but a whole host of new shows hit the box. There are a few such as Game of Thrones and Justified that I still have to wait until the new year for, but luckily this often crosses over with breaks in other shows and so reduces the amount of time that I am left with nothing to watch.

In the last few weeks 34 of my current favourite shows have restarted and I have been more than impressed. Modern Family has picked up where it left of and continues to be the funniest thing on TV, Fringe has started its final season and I can’t wait to find out where it all ends, Dexter has taken it to a whole new level with the ending of this week’s opening episode of the season, and I can’t find words to express the emotions that I have gone through watching the first 3 episodes of season 5 of Sons of Anarchy, last week’s episode has really created a divide amongst its fan base.

On top of this I have lined up a number of new shows to add to my ever growing weekly viewing schedule.

I watched the first episode of “Go On” last night, a new comedy with Matthew Perry, it was ok and had a few laugh out loud moments but had some touching ones as well. It wasn’t outstanding and unless it picks up its game dramatically is unlikely to get a second season, but I’ll be honest I thought that about New Girl which everyone else seems to find hilarious.

I’ve got “666 Park Avenue,”  “The Mob Doctor” and the one I have been looking forward to the most, “Revolution” it’s now just a case of finding time to add these new shows to my already jam pack evenings!
The trailers are below, check em out and let me know what your verdict is!

Saturday Night TV

 

My front room has been turned into a classroom this evening.

My wife and her boss are marking and standardising their GCSE coursework, this means I have been exiled to the computer room.

This is no bad thing normally, as it means I get the chance to catch up on my gaming, unfortunately as it stands I am on 10 game losing streak on League of legends which is dampening my will to play.

On the upside it has meant I have had the opportunity to watch the 2 part season finale to Fringe, and that’s 2 hours of my life well spent!

In the last 3 episodes we have had 2 Losties show up which has been awesome, as well as some pretty outstandingly mind blowing story arcs.

Fringe is the closest thing to a modern day X-files, a show that I was equally addicted to, there is less Aliens and more Science but the overall feel is very much the same. It has the same overarching mythology interspersed with the Monster of the Week format that the X-files did so well.

If you haven’t watched it yet I strongly recommend that you do.

Fringe thankfully has managed to secure another series, although I believe it is set to be the last. Sadly JJ’s other recent project Alcatraz failed to make the grade and has been cancelled.  Once again Fox (yeah we still haven’t forgiven you for Firefly) shuts down another show with real potential.

With Lost and 24 very much dead and buried and House set to follow them this year, I’m starting to run out of shows that I want to watch. There are still some things I am genuinely excited about such as Game of Thrones, Touch, Justified and Sons of Anarchy but the networks seem to relying more and more on tripe like BGT, X-Factor, The Voice and Dancing on Ice to fill their schedules.

Is this really all the viewing public want? Glorified Freak Shows where we can watch “performing” dogs?

Personally I want a little more from my TV.

So very tired

For some reason, despite it only being 10 o‘clock I’m wrecked. I am literally falling asleep at my keyboard.

With this in mind I am struggling to find anything to say this evening. However at the end of March I did commit to making May the month I joined the post a day club and whilst I have tried this a number of times so far this year I figured bailing on day 2 really would be a low point.

I’ve had a pretty relaxed day; I caught up on Fringe, House and Justified and managed to put another 500 words down on SFU.

Perhaps it was this lack of physical exertion that has left me feeling this way, or perhaps my frequent tendency to not go to bed until gone 1am is finally catching up with me.

Either way I think I should try and grab an early night tonight. That’s not to say I defiantly will, upon returning from work most evenings I tell myself that I really need a good rest and yet I frequently find myself still playing League of Legends at 12am.

Fire in the Hole

 

 

Deadwood is one of my top five TV shows, but due to its cancellation in 2006, Justified is the closest I’m going to get to seeing Seth Bullock on screen again.

That’s not a bad thing, Timothy Olyphant is just as awesome as the modern day sheriff as he was as in the 1800’s, you could even say that his portrayal of Bullock pretty much made him a shoe in for the part.

Justified is a show about Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, after an incident in Miami where he is stationed at the start of the show, Raylan is sent back home to Harlan County, Kentucky.

From there on in what we have is a modern western, Stetsons and all.

The show is based on a number of books by Elmore Leaonard, the first episode; I believe is specifically based on the short story “Fire in the Hole.”

Ive not read any of these but due to how much I enjoy the show they are certainly on my reading list.

Raylan is the kind of lawman you can really get behind, tough, fair and willing to try unconventional but generally effective forms of law enforcement. The storylines are excellent, as is the acting; the characters are believable and likeable. You even find yourself having a soft spot for career criminals Boyd and Arlo, and it has some great one liners.

All in all its a fantastic show and if you haven’t yet watched it you really should, I’m not sure it’s up there with Deadwood, awesome as Raylan and his supporting cast are, the various bad guys don’t quite measure up to Al Swearengen, but then not many do.

But if like me, you felt a little hollow after the end of Deadwood it’s a good way to take a trip back to the Wild West, and let’s be honest few people wear a Stetson as well as Timothy Olyphant.