http://cathyblog.jean-cathy.com/2009/10/22/tvtv/ Of food, politics, movies, music, and travel—or whatever else strikes my fancy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cathyblog.jean-cathy.com/2009/10/22/tvtv/#comment-211 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:35 +0000 http://cathyblog.jean-cathy.com/?p=322#comment-211 Thanks for the reply! Shortly after writing this, we did suddenly find ourselves caught up again (the magic of reruns that can be immediately deleted, plus spending a lot of time being couch potatoes), and we did watch a whole lot of Flashforward episodes. We’ve been enjoying it. It’s a really intriguing premise. Some minor weaknesses in the scripts, but overall it’s moving forward nicely. Good actors, too. So I’m glad we kept it around.
I did read Wake by Sawyer. Not bad, but Cory Doctorows’ Little Brother was better. Have you read that?
Haven’t been watching Fringe, though it’s been getting good notices.

]]> http://cathyblog.jean-cathy.com/2009/10/22/tvtv/#comment-210 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:01 +0000 http://cathyblog.jean-cathy.com/?p=322#comment-210 FlashForward is great. It’s the only new show we watch. It’s still sort of finding its feet, which is normal for a new program, but the acting’s good, the story moves along, the characters are interesting. It’s quite different from the novel (which is totally worth reading – Robert J. Sawyer is great – you should read all his stuff), but still respects it and there are some nice Sawyeresque touches in it. Pair it up with Fringe on Thursdays and it’s a totally perfect evening of entertainment.

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