So, "How I Met Your Mother" started again tonight. This season it's an hour earlier (Mondays at 8 on CBS), so we watched half of it live, having caught up to it on the DVR by skipping commercials. And it's just as good as ever. I love this freaking show and I would heartily recommend it to you. It is consistently original in how the episodes unfold and that is something I have loved from the very first episode.
We also watched the series premieres of Bored to Death (Sundays at 9:30 on HBO) and Accidentally on Purpose (Mondays at 8:30 on CBS).
Bored to Death could be a very hilarious and wonderful show. It was a very good premiere with lots of good lines and a compelling and almost believable plot. Jason Schwartzmann is really good as he usually tends to be. We'll see how it goes next week.
Accidentally on Purpose was only ok. This is kind of the caliber I expect from a Series Premiere. The jokes are ALMOST there, but not quite. The one complaint I had was with Ashley Jensen. She's a Scottish actress who should have been really funny, but her delivery was just awful. It was like "setup setup setup JOOOOOOOOKE" constantly. Every time she had a line. And so I'm ready to wish her off the show. But then I remember another actor who delivered his lines in a similar manner at the start of the series. Matthew Perry from Friends. And he went on to revolutionize, for me at least, the idea of how a joke could be delivered. So who knows? Maybe I'll pull for Ms. Jensen to get her act together (I was going to laugh at my own little joke, but then I realized that that's exactly what that phrase is ABOUT).
Phew!
In conclusion, really excited about TV starting this season! HIMYM is back! Woohoo!!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
I became a fan last year, and have watched earlier seasons over the summer. LOVED the first epi, what with Ted being in the wrong classroom! Very sharp.
Oh, and I agree about Accidentally. Ashley seems out of place here. Did you ever see "Extras," the Ricky Gervais show she was in? SHe's AWESOME there. Check it out if you're never seen it.
Yeah, Nat. HIMYM is amazing and I'm so glad to know you think so too!!
I haven't seen Extras. Can you compare it to something?
Extras is ...well..have you seen the Brit version of The Office (the original.) It's Gervais humor, but in a filmmaking setting. Gervais is an extra with designs on a bigger career. His agent is terrible at the job, but provides many, many laughs. He's got a friend, Maggie, who's also an extra, but is quite a loser in life. Mucho A-list guest stars, including Patrick Stewart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPTV8PZo-Tc
There's a clip from youtube with Kate Winslet.
Post a Comment