Mindless Dreck and Hard TV
Sep. 27th, 2007 11:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribThe last few nights I've been watching Ken Burn's new documentary The War, about WWII. It's a great and riveting show, but dark. I don't sleep well after watching it - I keep fighting battles in my dreams.
So, I took a break from The War (the joys of DVRs) and took in a piece of what I thought would be mindless dreck, namely the remake of the Bionic Woman. Although definitely not as serious as WWII, it's not as mindless as I thought. The most entertaining part was watching Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica. Katee plays the evil bionic woman, and runs around with a grin chewing up the scenery.
The show's practically a Galactica reunion. The guy that plays Chief Tyrol had a bit part, and the actor that played Baltar's defense attorney has a more substantial character role as the evil scientist. The Jamie Summers character is a bit underdeveloped, but since this episode is the setup for the series, I'm willing to give it a bit of rope.
Something I think writers and other creative people should consider is that not everything needs to be super-serious. There is a place for "mindless" entertainment, if only to provide a break between bouts of the serious stuff.
So, I took a break from The War (the joys of DVRs) and took in a piece of what I thought would be mindless dreck, namely the remake of the Bionic Woman. Although definitely not as serious as WWII, it's not as mindless as I thought. The most entertaining part was watching Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica. Katee plays the evil bionic woman, and runs around with a grin chewing up the scenery.
The show's practically a Galactica reunion. The guy that plays Chief Tyrol had a bit part, and the actor that played Baltar's defense attorney has a more substantial character role as the evil scientist. The Jamie Summers character is a bit underdeveloped, but since this episode is the setup for the series, I'm willing to give it a bit of rope.
Something I think writers and other creative people should consider is that not everything needs to be super-serious. There is a place for "mindless" entertainment, if only to provide a break between bouts of the serious stuff.
