don't be dull, be fannish

Netflix ordered a remake of Lost in Space. And there's also a Riddick based TV show in the works, Merc City, and a 4th Riddick movie. And Frontier, a Jason Momoa led TV show about the fur trade wars in the West in the 18th century. And a limited series called Cat's Craddle, based on Kurt Vonnegut's story.

And all I do is read. Still. I haven't watched a single thing in weeks. I'm either listening to audio books or reading books and fanfics...

Apparently, there's going to be a new Star Trek show in 2017. CBS announced that Alex Kurtzman, he of the ST movie reboot fame and of shows like Hawaii 5-0, will be producing it and it will feature completely new characters.

Awesome. There's not enough space based shows out there. Though I fear that the old format, episodes with a lot of navel gazing and ruminating on the human spirit and whatnot, won't fly anymore. So, I wonder how they will make it "old" enough to appease the existing fans and "new" enough to pull in people who never cared about ST before... It'll definitely have to be more action driven than the old shows.

Haven has been back for weeks and I haven't even noticed (shows you just how much interest I've had in TV and this series in particular lately). Empire pissed me off with what they did with Jamichael last night. ABC canceled The Whispers and picked up Shonda Rhimes' sequel to Romeo and Juliet (I kid you not - can we at least get a gay couple out of it?). And one "established drama" is about to off its co-lead in this year's fall finale... Basically, just another day on the net.

* CBS put in development a young Miss Marple TV show. "After inheriting her grandmother’s bookstore and realizing that things in this small California town aren’t what they seem, a young woman begins working as a private investigator to get to the bottom of the town’s mysteries." Via Deadline.

* CBS is also interested in an older Nancy Drew series. "Now in her 30s, who is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world." Via Deadline.

* Another show CBS is interested in, is one about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Described as "the reimagining of the iconic characters of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults in modern day America at a time that harkens back to the racial and class divides that inspired Mark Twain’s books. After a murder case brings them together in St. Louis, Tom Sawyer hires his previously estranged boyhood friend Huck Finn as an investigator for his foundering one-man legal firm and together they take on cases for people who don’t have anywhere else to turn." Via Deadline.

Hm, is it just me or did they take various ideas with a very distinct flavor and streamlined them and pummeled them into as bland a mush as possible?

* And CBS is also interested in a TV show about Elizabeth Bathory, yup, that real life mass murdering countess from Hungary. link.

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Looks like fun, in the Kingsman kind of way, lotsa humor, lotsa action...

So, Monday TV night... Well.

Shows that I follow on DVD - or plan to follow one day, I have so many of them on my Amazon wishlist: The Big Bang Theory, Castle, NCIS:LA

Shows I dropped and/or generally feel meh about: Gotham, Scorpion

New shows I'm not interested in: Life in Pieces

New shows I AM interested in: Blindspot, Minority Report

As far as ratings go, Castle and NCIS:LA returned to series low, so I'm thinking this will be their last season unless they improve drastically. Blindspot had huge ratings - 3.1 demo - it's here to stay for at least one full season, so I'm going to watch it ASAP.

But Minority Report... OUCH! 1.1 demo only. Worst rated show of the night. Fox will be dropping it VERY soon. I think we will be lucky to get at least 13 eps. If it drops any lower next week, Fox will can it. This show is expensive and Fox is losing huge money on it already. They might just cut their losses. I think I'll just download what we get and watch it in one go once it's over. This won't last long... Disappointing, but it's this year's Almost Human.

Most shows already aired their season finales... and I don't give a flying banana *sigh* Not even when it comes to shows I used to follow religiously, shows I used to love. It's like I hit a funk of some kind at the beginning of this year and I can't get out of it. I see people in various fandoms bicker and argue about shipping and whatnot and all I can think is, "Seriously?" while I scroll by. Ship whatever you want to ship, but respect the canon vs. fanon reality, please.

Also, I deleted all the episodes of The Blacklist that I had saved, both those that I've seen already and those that I have not yet. This show lost me around S1.5 and the spoilers I read for S2... Eh. Just... eh. I found Red fascinating but Liz bored me, though I understood her POV. Maybe it was the actress? Who knows.

Maybe I'll pull out some of my old DVDs, return to oldies and goodies. This general feeling of meh is still clinging fast. How annoying...

* Fox is talking about reviving The X-Files and they would like to get back David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back: link.

* Fox renewed Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gotham and Empire for another season: link.

* Tom Hardy dropped out of Suicide Squad: link. And there goes my interest. Official reason? Scheduling issues. Rumor has it, though, that he didn't like the script.

* Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen won't be in X-Men: Apocalypse: link. Not unexpected. As long as I get awesome scenes with McAvoy and Fassbender, I'll be happy.

* Emily Blunt was cast as the Snow Queen, the vengeful sister of Rowena, in The Huntsman, sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman: link.

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Hey, how come nobody told me Sharlto Copley was in this? I don't have Sony Playstation so I'll have to wait for it to pop up somewhere but it looks really good!

Is it just me or are the shows this season particularly uninspired and bland? Nothing really holds my interest, nothing sets my heart aflutter - with small exceptions here and there - nothing makes me flail and go all, THIS! THISSSS!

Let's take it day by day...

Sunday:

Revenge: Only interested in Patrick and Patrick/Nolan. Lack of Patrick = lack of me caring.

The Mentalist: The hunt for Red John's finally coming to an end. Good. Though it feels way too convoluted, to be honest. Good for passing the time.

Witches of East End: A more boring version of Charmed.

Monday:

Almost Human: I like the characters but the show hasn't wow'd me so far. I felt the same way about Fringe, though, and I ended up loving it, so I'm not giving up.

Sleepy Hollow: Again, intriguing characters and mythology, still, 'out of sight, out of mind.'

The Blacklist: Love Red, the rest... I don't know, Lizzie and her 'issues' don't really hold my interest.

Tuesday:

Brooklyn Nine Nine: Some bits are hilarious, mostly though... It's definitely not as sharp witted as TBBT.

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: What happened? This should've been THE show of the season and yet, it's so bland. But I hear it's getting slowly better, so I will stick with it. The characters are very uninspired, though.

NCIS: Still stuck in S10.

NCIS:LA: Good for passing the time. Very few good scenes with Sam and G. A lot of focus on Deeks and Kensi, which is not bad but can you really see it going well with these two? Train wreck in the making.

Supernatural: Bored. I loved Angel!Cas. Human!Cas is boring as hell. I can't believe I'm saying this but can he go away?

Wednesday:

Arrow: Still loving Oliver/Felicity/Diggle and the action. Everything else is... eh. Is it the "Colton Haynes Effect"?

The Tomorrow People: If the show were focused on John Young and his love/hate relationship with Jedikiah, the guerrilla war of the Tomorrow People against Ultra, it would be my favorite new show of the year. But Stephen is as dumb as a pile of bricks and boring as hell.

Thursday:

Elementary: I like it better than S1, I'm glad we finally got rid of the Irene Adler/Moriarty clustercrap - I hated that storyline. Good for passing the time but not "Watch ASAP" material.

White Collar: Still stuck in S4. I don't like how Peter handled the thing with Neal and I honestly don't blame Neal for going darkside.

Friday:

Dracula: Very low ratings, certain cancellation. Will wait for all 13 eps to air before watching. I hear the friendship between Dracula and Van Helsing is interesting, though.

Grimm: Still stuck in S2 and plodding through the Juliette clustercrap of doom.

Haven: I still love it, especially the friendship between Duke and Nate, and Jennifer. But the whole thing with William... eh.

I think that's all... Suddenly, I got a craving to watch Princess Fantaghiro again and her fight for Romualdo. Maybe that will, in the immortal words of Sherlock Holmes, 'cleanse my palate.'