Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you WATCHING?

Well, ever since it started a couple of weeks ago I've been watching the MAD animated series, even though I've never read the magazine.

The episode last night included, as I've mentioned before, a sketch called "Grey's In Anime", where a patient hallucinates that the doctors of Grey's Anatomy are anime characters.

"Oh no! The violet fragment of the Esper Crystal is lodged in his chest!"

"Of COURSE, that explains the poisoning of his soul!"

There's an earlier, shorter sketch of a housewife taking a tray of gingerbread men out of the oven, when two Gingerbread policemen burst through the front door and tell her that her "murderous crime spree is over!"

Undercovers = a bit disappointing. Good, but not really up to the awesomeness expected from J. J. Abrams.

I just watched it on Hulu in order to determine if I should watch the second episode tonight. found it a pretty damn gripping 40-odd mintues of television. Lots of mystery and intrigue and a pretty cool ending.

It seems to be built to fill that "Lost" void in a way with some similar tropes (even an airplane involved). It also has a pretty sophisticated and demanding storytelling technique. But at the same time it's definitely its own thing. I'm definitely intrigued and will absolutely watch tonight's episode at the very least. Given the ending, how episode two goes will go a long way toward my deciding if this is going to be a show to watch.

Was Wo Fat in it?

It appears Wo Fat has been replaced by a generic Central European bad guy in this version.

Second episode was pretty solid!

Watched Episode Two of the Event. I dunno. I'm really not digging it overall.

However, the fact that D.B. Sweeney is probably enough to encourage me to keep watching it for the time being.

^Not really super-crazy about where things appear to be going with "The Event" in its second episode either. I wasn't really expecting it to go there, ya know? Of course, we don't know exactly what there is just yet, but it would appear to be going over pretty well-trodden territory.

I'm gonna wait and see for the moment, especially because I'm still enjoying the show's storytelling technique and because some of the characters intrigue me. It's probably getting at least a couple more episodes from me.

As for Hawaii 5-0, I'll have to check it out on Hulu and let you know what I think. Still hope they have an actual Wo Fat show up, though....

And though I'm afraid it will suck, I'm planning on checking out No Ordinary Family tonight.

Yeah, I'm skeptical about NOF as well, but I guess I might as well check it out.

I don't think it sucked at all, actually! I was very pleasantly surprised to see Julie Benz (Darla from Buffy & Angel) playing the mom. Otherwise, it was funny and kind of resonant with real family problems even as it integrated super hero tropes fairly seamlessly. A big plus is that the rest of my family was into it as well!

Definitely on board for at least another coupla episodes!

Same here about No Ordinary Family. Although I could tell what the boy's power would be before it manifested.

Well, it was spoiled in the ads!

Didn't see the ads.

I sorta saw them, but my son pretty much memorized them! He kept telling me what all their powers would be as the hour went on.

When the son's powers manifested, I said, "Behold! The power of math!"

The son needs to dye his hair blonde and his skin green.

NOF... watching now... so far, I'm liking it as a more serious take on supers (not as serious as HEROES, thankfully).

I'm probably going to give Sh#$ My Dad Says 1-2 more eps.

Simpsons premiere was dull. family Guy premiere was... out there.

I love those old-fashioned Agatha Christie-style murder mystery stories (and the comedies that make fun of them, like the wonderful Clue) so I really enjoyed the Family Guy premiere.

My favourite line was that guy's gasp jsut before he was killed "It's you! The man - or woman - behind it all!"

I guess it was out there for me because so many castmembers were done away with... didn't expect that. I wonder if they will stay dead?

Looks like NOF *is* gonna be pretty serious. I'm not sure I'm in the mood for it... we'll see...

I'm not a regular Family Guy watcher so the only cast member that died that I was familiar with was


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I think I read somewhere that they will all stay dead though. Or at least until the writers decide they want to use them again.

NOF was surprisingly good.

I just saw "No Ordinary Family" online and was underwhelmed. I'll stick with it awhile, but the pilot tried to do too much in the first episode. (which I can forgive given that it was the first ep) The writing came across as ham-handed and the metaphors for their powers were too on the nose. "Buffy" did a good job of using the supernatural to dramatize the traumas of high school, but so far "NoF" is nowhere near as clever or genuine in dealing with family issues. The show also reminded me of "Joan of Arcadia" (and of course "The Incredibles")in its melding of fantasy with family but the writing on that was also far superior. (in its first season anyway)

I can't really disagree with you on most of those points, Drake. There wasn't much in there that screamed "Originality!" as I watched it. In fact the telepathic scenes with the daughter reminded me a little too much of how Matt Parkman discovered his powers in "Heroes".

I was also disappointed to see a superpowered threat emerge so quickly--I'd certainly have preferred a more organic development of this sort of thing. Hopefully, powered characters won't be crawling out of the woodwork....that was one of "Heroes"'s many failings.

What I liked (and what will ensure I watch some more episodes) was the presence of Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz as the main characters. I've enjoyed them both in the past, so it was pleasant to see them again. I also liked the family-friendly feel and how I can apparently share the show with my kids.

I kinda like that the mom has a fairly aggressive super-power along with the dad. I also like how she's the breadwinner/genius and the dad is more the caregiver. It's a subtle distinction which makes NOF less a knockoff of the FF or the Incredibles.

Also, superheroes, and especially superhero families, haven't exactly been done to death on live-action TV at least, so it's a welcome sight. If they can keep it family-friendly and family-relevant without dumbing it down, it could be a worthy viewing experience longterm. I'm hopeful at least!

Yeah, there's a lot that can be criticized with NOF, but it kind of worked for me, somehow.

The whole plot with the girl and her boyfriend really kind of annoyed me, and I hope they don't get hung up on that kind of thing.

I'm assuming the powers connect to that magic plant thingie that the mother was interested in. It is a bit of a coincidence that the first bad guy Daddy decided to go after just happened to be powered as well.

I liked the touch that both parents revealed their powers to their friends before each other, which was kind of a nice bit of characterization (and really said more about the dysfunctionality of the family than a lot of the more blatant stuff on the show).

"Hawaii 5-0" looks like a fun show. Pretty straight forward, likable cast. I'll stick with it for now.

"Chase" was ok. I'm not ready to ditch it, but it's going to get stale for me soon if they don't give the main character a bit more personality.

"The Event" almost has me interested, but it reminds me of "Lost" (of course) mixed with "The 4400" so far. And I'm getting pretty annoyed at the time-jumping. Especially the overused device of showing something really dramatic happening then jumping to the past to show us how this situation came about. It was cool when "Alias" would do it, but it's been done to death by now.