Comments by tompapp

1. Arrow Review: Revenge vs. Justice

   12/7/2012 5:23 PM
   
   I enjoyed the episode and liked the chemistry between Ollie and his "broken" short lived girlfriend. However, I think its pretty obvious that in virtually every TV show with a backstory of the main character that has a big time chemistry love relationship with another character that is blocked for one reason or another before the writers get the two together they need to have a failed relationship or two so the one holding back finally knows this is the one which also buys the writers more time and more episodes before they tackle the relationship everybody wants to happen. IMO poor Tommy is looking at some heartache in the future.
   
   My one complaint about this episode is there just were not enough people killed in it. I think they only hit double digits. Just kidding, as I think the body count is a bit too high for my tastes. This is a good show I just hope that like other CW shows once they play out the better story lines they dont go for a heavy dose of soap opera type story lines.

2. Hell on Wheels Season Finale Review: This Means War

   10/9/2012 10:52 PM
   
   Killing off Lily was bad enough in the insanely stupid dept but the scene with Cullen and the Swede calmly walking down the track so Cullen can hang the Swede off the track over the water was almost Felliniesque in its absurdity.
   
   I suppose there is .001 chance that this was all a dream and or Lily is not dead but I dont think these writers have the chops to come back from this in a way a remotely buyable way.

3. Hell on Wheels Season Finale Review: This Means War

   10/8/2012 1:37 PM
   
   Newsflash this is the first time in history a character wrote the script for a tv show. Only a fool or a madmen would kill off Lily especially the way it was done. So the mad sadomasochist Swede must have written the show. That or the Swede is the voice of the Gayton brothers in which case they should be put into an insane asylum before they go on a psychokiller spree. AMC seems to find writers who see humanity as made up of 90% dark forces with 10% of light thrown in for flavor. After Lily was killed I vowed to myself never to watch this show again. That will be hard to do because I love westerns and Anson Mount's portrayal of Bohanon. Gunslinger aristocrat with heart and humility. The Gaytons will probably end the series with Bohanon being tortured and killed by the Swede's son seeking revenge. I had such great hopes for this show and now its totally fallen off the rails (pun intended.)

4. Castle Review: Forecasting Changes

   10/2/2012 6:36 PM
   
   I love this show and Nathon Fallon is a hoot. I believe it is about a year too late but am loving that the writers producers of the show finally embracing the freight train is coming down the track inevitability of a romance between Castle and Kate. The writing of this show is really kind of odd in that the characters and their relationships are very well written and of course extremely well acted but the plots at times are profoundly lame. When the plots match the quality of the characters and their relatioinships it is great television. The producers should just hire somebody who is really good with plots and let the other writers do the rest. My guess is Castle's daughter will be the first to know about the romance.

5. Castle Review: Forecasting Changes

   10/2/2012 6:34 PM
   
   I love this show and Nathon Fallon is a hoot. I believe it is about a year too late but am loving that the writers producers of the show finally embracing the freight train is coming down the track inevitability of a romance between Castle and Kate. The writing of this show is really kind of odd in that the characters and their relationships are very well written and of course well acted but the plots at times are profoundly lame. When the plots match the quality of the characters and their relatioinship it is great television. The producers should just hire somebody who is really good with plots and let the other writers do the rest. My guess is Castle's daughter will be the first to know about the romance.

6. Hell on Wheels Review: The Other Woman

   10/2/2012 12:58 AM
   
   @Sean - No doubt you are right. Control freak Durant has to be half dead before he brings his wife into the picture. One of the things that I most like about this show is the potential of the Bohanon Lily relationship. I love westerns so having a western tv show is great but I dont like how the AMC shows are so dark with maybe a sliver of light in the big picture of what life is all about arena. This beautiful strong extraordinary woman in the often ugly west saving the soul of a potentially great man has lots of potential light coming out of it. I am not so sure the AMC bigwigs can handle that. I hope they can but that remains to be seen.

7. Hell on Wheels Review: The Other Woman

   10/1/2012 12:22 PM
   
   In spite of the fact that Virginia Madsen is a very good actress I am not so thrilled about her character playing such a pivotal role in running the town and railroad. I like that her presence pushes Lily and Bohanon closer together. I love when Lily smiles at Bohanon, what a lady. I suspect her entrance into the scene ultimately is to mainly give impetus into the relationship between Lily and Bohanon more than anything else. Once Durant is healthy he wont want her looking over his shoulder on every move he makes.

8. Castle Season Premiere Review: Not a Dream

   9/25/2012 7:44 PM
   
   Of course it was great that these two finally got together. I have always loved this show because of the characters and their relationships but the quality of the plots has varied greatly. This episode had it all going. It is also nice to see the tortured Kate happy with Castle. I suppose the name Kastle for these two doesnt work.

9. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Off And Running

   9/25/2012 7:38 PM
   
   I liked the episode other than having Chin-Ho's wife being killed didnt really like that.
   
   I also thought as others wrote that the reason McG's mom didnt shoot Wu Fat is because he is her son. It makes sense that the reason they brought her out of retirement was because she had an intimate relationship with Wu Fat undercover before she got married. So she was the best person to do whatever they needed done. Her character Doris did say her undercover thing was complicated. This scenario fits complicated like a glove.

10. Parenthood Review: Out of Left Field

    9/19/2012 11:21 AM
    
    I love Parenthood so any misstep bothers me and I feel that giving Kristina breast cancer a bad move. It feels so forced. Like the writers said to themselves we need to make Kristina more sympathetic and we also need to find a good cause to trumpet so the perfect solution is give her breast cancer. So mechanical so inorganic to this these wonderfully developed characters.
    
    On the positive side I love the curmudgeon Hank. Again a bit of a cliche if they eventually go with Sarah and Hank rubbing each other the wrong way is really about sexual chemistry. Maybe this will work but time will tell on that one.
    
    The writers seem to be struggling with finding storylines with a lot of energy to them. I hope the do because this is quality show with lots of great actors and writers.

11. Bunheads Review: From Vegas to Paradise

    6/13/2012 12:40 AM
    
    As a GG fan much was expected of Amy and she delivered. Sutton Foster was impressive and beautiful and those legs wow. I never much liked Kelly Bishop's GG mom as a character, the cold moms aint my cup of tea but am looking forward to a character of hers that I can connect more to. Seeing these young girls reminds me of when my daughter was their age. Seeing all that vulnerability and energy and sweetness in Boo brought back some pleasant memories. I must say I had my doubts about this new marriage and it makes some sense to me that they are probably knocking off the lead guy right off the bat. He makes more sense as a plot device to land Michelle in a place she can give her life direction, maybe find meaning in something and still be funny adorable and dance like crazy.