Showing posts with label TV serie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV serie. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Cashmere mafia, a 21st century "Sex and the City"?

With this new year just beginning and the Globe Awards just canceled because of the linging US writers'strike, I was actually surprized to see new series coming up. Lucy Liu caught my eye as I was reading on internet films news, the words "Season 1", "first episode" and then this catchy tricky title...Cashmere mafia. What did I need more to go and discover about it? :)





I have no expectation yet, I will watch and see if the magic plays on me. Have you seen it? What do you think?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Californication rocks!

One of the best TV Series I have ever seen... Love at first sight! ;) The serie (offered by Showtime) begins with the Rolling Stones' "You can't always get what you want" and a fun provocative presentation of the main - and coolest - character : Hank Moody.

Natascha McElhone and David Duchovny in Californication - icon from the website www.natascha-mcelhone.netOnce-a-writer-Moody, played by an outstanding and surprizing David Duchovny, who is Executive Producer as well, could seem to be a NewYork alcohol-addict womanizer lost in L.A., still in love with his ex (charming Natascha McEhlone once again)... He is sooo much more! In the same way, the episodes are crazy, lovely, fun, gross, deep, clever, sexy, sad, generous, strong... human in a nutshell, simple and complicated, so rich. And the soundtrack, icing on the cake, is well chosen too. :)

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

BURN NOTICE - Are you ready to get burned...?

"Are you ready to get burned?" The question is teasing, you can't help being attracted, you want to know more! Here is the pitch: "When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources...

While on assignment, agent Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) gets a 'Burn Notice' and becomes untouchable. Having no idea what or who triggered his demise, Michael returns to his hometown, Miami, determined to find out the reason for his sudden termination. Unable to utilize his normal contacts and needing to stay under the spy network radar, he puts his Special Ops training to use to help those who the police can't or won't, in order to fund his ongoing personal investigation..."



The concept is good, the idea is pleasant! Unfortunately, the first impressions are not. The serie is way "too nice", kind of cheap actually, the quality of the image is surprisingly average, and the actors, even if they are friendly, are not credible characters yet... It reminds me of Acapulco H.E.A.T. with the bikini babes clichés, it brings back some good old memories though, with MacGyver's style-handmade-spy tools. Nevertheless, globally, after three episodes, the results are as more disappointing that I had high expectations.

One main mission (well, a good deed) per episode, some extra action and of course the intrigue, the Ariadne's clew, which is supposed to keep the audience waiting for the next Thursday... well, I am not the target this time. I keep on thinking about Grand Theft Auto - Vice City (mythic 2002 video game!) but without the punchy mordant tone, the cinema references nor the interactivity! Dommage...

Let's hope they improve it.


Here is the GTA Vice City trailer :