Tee Vee Chat

So, did anybody else watch Prison Break last night?

I can't decide whether this show is overly clever or is actually pretty interesting. I'm still on the fence about it.

A few observations:

• So, is Dominic Purcell in hock to FOX, still, for John Doe? I have to think he is, given the number of times he keeps popping up on that network's shows. While I really liked John Doe and was sincerely bummed when it was cancelled, he just hasn't impressed me in anything he's been in since. Including this show. He just doesn't have the props to be playing a guy on death row. It's not working for me.
• Wentworth Miller---Hottie McHotHot. Rowr.
• I personally think Oz set the bar higher for all prison dramas and, baby, Fox River Penintentiary just ain't Oswald Maximum Security Prison, ya dig? Fox River seems to me to be the equivalent of a training bra, whereas Oz was a black lace merry widow, replete with underwires, boning, hooks and garter attachments. None of Michael's maneuvers with his fellow jailbirds were a surprise if you'd watched Oz.

  I really do miss that train wreck of a tee vee show. You couldn't be neutral about it: you either loved it or you hated it. And if you loved it, well, you probably hated yourself, like I did, for watching it because it was such a freak show. You just couldn't turn away from it and you felt dirty because of it.

• Is Peter Stormare getting a lot of work these days or what?
• The story set-up happened too quickly for my tastes. There was an awful lot to absorb in the first ten minutes of the show, and I don't know if that's a disservice to the viewers or not. We'll just have to see.

Discuss.

Posted by Kathy at August 30, 2005 11:29 AM | TrackBack