‘Tis the season when our favourite television series return with a bang. Literally so, in the case of Big Bang Theory!, which has occupied a strong spot in my top five favourites for these past years.
Sadly, not any more. The show has been around forever, with the eighth season kicking off two weeks ago.
For those of you who have been living on another planet, the show revolves around four nerds who also happen to be geeks (no, the two words do not quite have the same meaning).
They’re all into science and girls and the two elements are combined with often hilarious results.
The first six seasons passed by in a whirlwind of 20-minute laughatons. The seventh one was a bit ‘meh’.
The eighth one, judging by the two episodes I’ve seen so far, has totally lost the plot. There are no laugh-out-loud moments and I only keep watching because, well, after eight years I damn well want to know how it all ends, right?
Amy’s and Sheldon’s non-relationship has become totally predictable and I swear that if I hear the words ‘relationship agreement’ one more time, I’ll throw something at my monitor.
If only they would finally get down to doing the dirty... at least it would give the viewers something to titter about.
Penny and Leonard... same old, same old. She’s hot and ditzy, he’s bright and socially impaired. Moving on. Howard and Bernadette... he’s wimpy, she’s annoying and bossy. What’s new? Raj and his new girlfriend? Non-existent.
The first two episodes are more than enough to confirm that the writers have run out of material. It’s a shame really, but it had to happen sometime and I can already see a final season announced for next year.
At least, I hope to goodness that we will have a final season, rather than everything just stopping abruptly. I want to see what happens when Amy finally dumps Sheldon and when Leonard and Penny realise that they’re the worst couple in screen history.
In other news, I’m happy to report that Modern Family is looking just as good as ever. Season 6 kicked off towards the end of September and continues with its great tradition of goofing off everyone and everything.
I’ve only seen the first episode so far (I’m not even sure that there’s any more to see, as yet) but it’s a brilliant comeback, with Cam being as lunatic as ever, Gloria as hot and crafty as ever and the whole Dunphy family as annoying and adorable at the same time as ever.
Character traits have been kept, but new storylines and jokes have been introduced. Bravo. That’s the way to do it.
The first two episodes are enough to confirm that the writers have run out of material
On to new material.
Les Revenants is hardly new – it first aired in 2009 – but I’ve been planning on watching it for ages.
The one thing that has, so far, stopped me is that I want to be fully awake and alert when I start the series.
And given that I usually watch the above-mentioned fun ones on autopilot, while doing something else, I have as yet to find a free slot for Les Revenants.
The series’s attractions are many. It’s French (duh), and it has zombies in it. But not your usual, run-of-the-mill zombies.
These are the real thing, people who return from the dead and who resume life like nothing had happened. Well, until the killings start, of course.
Les Revenants also has something else going for it; music by post-rock outfit Mogwai. The band has released a whole, eponymous album based on the series – combined with the actual visuals, it will be stunning.
Expect more about this in upcoming columns.
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