See Wren watch TV. Flail, Wren, flail.
Last night's episode of Human Target is the worst example of a story set on a plane I have ever seen. Yes, Tail Sting, worse than you.
It came on after Idol. I was browsing the Internet on my phone and so did not turn off the TV immediately, as is my usual practice. Then I couldn't bring myself to turn it off, because unfolding before my very eyes was the single worst example of television storytelling I have witnessed the past five years.
Much of the story was told in a jump-forward fashion. Don't get me wrong, I love non-linear storytelling. This was terrible. Things were normal, then I blinked and the plane was on fire--and had apparently been on fire for awhile. The overall impression was that if the PTB didn't get "OMG guns! explosions! mayhem!" on screen as soon as possible their viewers would lose interest. The result was the complete destruction of any possible building of narrative tension because we have scenes of "OMG! we're all going to die!" followed immediately by "oh, let's buckle our seatbelts while we wait for takeoff."
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zvi writes a bit about the show's gender issues in this post.
I just... no. Words fail me in my attempt to describe just how awful this show was.
Maybe I just don't watch much TV. But if it's all this bad, I can't really bring myself to feel that I'm missing anything.
It came on after Idol. I was browsing the Internet on my phone and so did not turn off the TV immediately, as is my usual practice. Then I couldn't bring myself to turn it off, because unfolding before my very eyes was the single worst example of television storytelling I have witnessed the past five years.
Much of the story was told in a jump-forward fashion. Don't get me wrong, I love non-linear storytelling. This was terrible. Things were normal, then I blinked and the plane was on fire--and had apparently been on fire for awhile. The overall impression was that if the PTB didn't get "OMG guns! explosions! mayhem!" on screen as soon as possible their viewers would lose interest. The result was the complete destruction of any possible building of narrative tension because we have scenes of "OMG! we're all going to die!" followed immediately by "oh, let's buckle our seatbelts while we wait for takeoff."
zvi writes a bit about the show's gender issues in this post.I just... no. Words fail me in my attempt to describe just how awful this show was.
Maybe I just don't watch much TV. But if it's all this bad, I can't really bring myself to feel that I'm missing anything.