I watch TV occasionally. I don’t watch much network tv, its usually pretty bad. I have no wish to watch the night time soaps or “dramas.” They usually have no scripts that are compelling to me.
Last week a co worker told me about a show that was coming on tv that looked like it would be something that I would be interested in. ABC has a new show called Pushing Daisies. I checked it out last week and DH & I were amused. Its got a stylized look and a smart sense of humor. The premise of the show is that the main character Ned can bring back someone or something to life from the dead. But there’s a couple of gotchas to this little talent. If the returned to life person or critter stays alive more than a minute, some one or thing else has to die. And the main character cannot touch that person or thing again, otherwise they/it are dead again permanently.
We watched the second episode tonight. It is a very funny but dark show. We both enjoyed it. There are some really entertaining bits to it, but an appreciation of the absurd is probably best for this show.
I don’t know what to think about it. It seems to me that they’re trying too hard to be cute and quirky as well as dark.
cjh
Comment by CJHill — October 11, 2007 @ 4:07 am |
Well, there are times watching it when I’m not quite sure were they’re going. But with the saturated colors, the ironic voice-over, and the tongue in cheek humor, its similar to the style of Sin City. DH & I figure that the network will kill it when it doesn’t get the ratings that they want.
I figure that after working at a haunted house, our humor has definite undertones of the macabre. Especially during October! So this show seems to hit those really well.
Comment by ageekgirl — October 11, 2007 @ 7:17 pm |