{"id":21558,"date":"2011-07-13T19:20:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T01:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=21558"},"modified":"2011-07-13T19:20:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T01:20:35","slug":"tv-on-a-business-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/13\/tv-on-a-business-trip.html","title":{"rendered":"TV on a Business Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I ended up watching TV at the hotel, and on the plane. Unfortunately, not much of what I watched was all that … um … likely to be watched (by me) again:<\/p>\n

Falling Skies<\/a>: It’s like War of the Worlds<\/em>! \u00a0No, it’s like the Tripods! \u00a0No, it’s like Red Dawn,<\/em> but with aliens instead of commies! No, it’s like those BSG episodes that were set on Caprica after the invasion! Only with angsty teens! \u00a0No, it’s … well, it’s … just not that interesting. I mean, maybe it was an off episode (which can be said about any of these), but … well, I wouldn’t not <\/em>watch an episode I happened to stumble across … but I wouldn’t go out of my way (or DVD it). (TNT) \"\"<\/p>\n

Rizzoli & Isles<\/a>: She’s a tough-as-nails female cop! She’s a quirky-but-sassy medical examiner with poor social skills! Together, THEY FIGHT CRIME! Oh, and bicker. But they’re good friends. Except when they’re not. \u00a0I guess. \u00a0It’s like Cagney & Lacey, except with fashion models! \u00a0Now, I have nothing against police procedurals, but I found the characters (and supporting cast) annoying, and the story uninspired. I’ll probably passively avoid it in the future. \u00a0(TNT) \"\"<\/p>\n

White Collar<\/a>: He’s a clever and arrogant ex-con-man! \u00a0He’s the FBI agent who caught him! \u00a0Together, THEY FIGHT CRIME! \u00a0Yeah, it’s the offbeat genius helping the police trope (see The Mentalist<\/em> and Castle<\/em>), but nowhere near as interesting, well acted, or well written. A few amusing moments. (USA) \"\"<\/p>\n

Law & Order: SVU<\/a>: Always a dependable stand-by (like the whole L&O franchise, though I like the original best). \u00a0I don’t watch it regularly, but it’s always entertainingly worthwhile stopping at when I run across it. (NBC, but actually USA-based reruns, I think) \"\"<\/p>\n

Though it wasn’t a TV series, I did get to see a 10 minute preview of Rango<\/em>, and it looked (and was) pretty fun. Might have to pick up a copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ended up watching TV at the hotel, and on the plane. Unfortunately, not much of what I watched was all that … um … likely to be watched (by me) again: Falling Skies: It’s like War of the Worlds! \u00a0No, it’s like the Tripods! \u00a0No, it’s like Red Dawn, but with aliens instead of … Continue reading “TV on a Business Trip”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/stars15-5.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131466,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/08\/on-star-treks.html","url_meta":{"origin":21558,"position":0},"title":"On Star Treks","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Sep-16 11:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A 50th Anniversary Analysis:I deeply love, with a nostalgia of childhood and a ritualistic familiarity with every episode and massive chunks of dialog[1], Star Trek, the Original Series. 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