Another show that I forgot to mention that just premiered is..

Human Target, FOX
The pilot had Tricia Helfer aka Six from BSG. The "season premiere" had brief glimpses of Gaeta and Doc Cottle from BSG (sorry, forgot the actors' names.) Call me biased because I am. When BSG alumni show up I'm interested. Nevertheless, had the BSGs not been in the first two episodes of Human Target, I'm sure I would've enjoyed them immensely. This tv show derivative of a DC Comics title stars Mark Valley as Christopher Chance - a highly specialized.. bodyguard of sorts. He is part of a 3-man security team with him being the agent, another as the grease-man, and the third as the point man. In the comics, Chance takes on the role of the people he's helping to evade death - kind of like Quantam Leaping into a chase-flick. Human Target basically is what it is: it's an over-the-top action ride with some drama and good doses of humor. The credit sequence is an animated watercolor painting type of effect backdropped with a very old-school theme song that would fit in old James Bond ripoff attempts. Yes, I meant that in a good way. This would be the antithesis of Damages: it's very light, don't need to spend too much time focusing on minute details, and there's not much to keep track of. It's popcorn stuff and a great complement to the headier stuff I have on the DVR (Fringe, LOST, Caprica).

Life Unexpected, The CW (update)
I watched the rest of the episode and it was hit and miss. This show is evidently a light drama but I wouldn't call it a dramedy. It was overly cheesey at some points exacerbated with the OG WB style music. Yet, I appreciated the cheesiness of some of the scenes and sentiments. The actress that plays Cate hammered the scene when she first "meets" Lux. In fact, she's the anchor of this show in terms of performance. Cate, aside from Lux, is the most complex character so far. Their scenes were my favorite and most emotionally engaging. Baze, the father, is ready, but definitely not there yet. Right now, he's just another typical 2K 30 year old that's still loving the rootless life of a drunkard fraternity boy. Ryan (formerly Jack on Dawson's Creek) is a foil right now - we're not sure what to make of him, if anything, at this point despite being one of the four main characters of the show. The pilot made things to easy. Foster care is taken lightly in this episode, and I'm sure it will in the whole series. But, as Lux had pointed out to her immaturely dueling bio-parents in one scene, we have to get over it. This show is about moving forward with pieces that shouldn't make it work - hence the external and internal conflicts that will steer this ship. Again, it's light. It's predictable. It's like Human Target in that it is what it is - it's a light family drama focused on characters, family dynamics, and witty banter. Hopefully, when it does delve deeper into the drama that they don't exploit the characters. Let's hope.

and more later...

posted by breakfast boy@ 3:29 PM