Monday: three for three

[kelliem]

I can see Monday nights are gonna be spent on the couch watching NBC. Out of the three shows I watched last night, Chuck, Heroes, and Journeyman, I liked all three. :)

Chuck was not as reminiscent of Jake 2.0 as I had expected, and Adam Baldwin was a hoot. He always plays such lovable psycho-hosebeasts. Zachary Levi (Chuck) has a very sweet smile, too.

Heroes was a great pickup from last season. How much do I love that Mohinder and Matt are shacking up?? And that Mohinder is all Undercover Spy Man now. :) Also, Noah kicking the officious manager's ass was hysterical. Hiro's distressed little "I broke history!" whimper was so perfect. From reading other people's comments I think I must've missed something when Claire was on the phone with Nathan, though. Must rewatch.

Journeyman does have something of the air of Quantum Leap about it, but not so much as to be annoying. I kind of liked that they didn't explain how he came to be time-traveling, and I really liked the twist at the ending. I really didn't see that coming. Also, none of the previews I'd seen had telegraphed the really interesting bit about his 'late' fiancee so that was a nice surprise, too, and I expect that will make for some good plot thickening. Oh, and is it just me, or has Kevin McKidd gotten rid of his mole?

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Chuck seemed a bit slow to me, in the pacing, but pilots are always a little off. I liked the geek injokes, like the Zork reference, and the action scenes were cool. I smiled more than actually laughed.

Heroes was great, and man, are they handing the slashers subtext on a silver platter!

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Between Nathan pining away in Peter's apartment, and the Matt n' Mohinder Show, they really are.

You're right about pilots, too. I remember the Heroes pilot was slow, too. I didn't really get into Heroes for about 3 eps, as I recall.

[tpeej.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch "Chuck", it reminded me of a bad Rock and Bulliwinkle show. If I wanted to see the Moose and Squirrel, I'd watch them.

I did enjoy Heroes and Journeyman though.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the commercials reminded you of R&B, since you say you didn't watch the show?

[tpeej.livejournal.com]

Yes the ads made me think of R&B. I didn't watch more then a few seconds (as he took care of the bomb).

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

I liked "Chuck", though I had to laugh at the whole virus thing, because viruses don't damage hardware. :) I could totally see Chuck and Jim Halpert (from "The Office") hanging out together. :D

I just finished watching "Journeyman", and I was afraid it might be a "Quantum Leap/The Time Traveler's Wife ripoff--pleasantly surprised that it wasn't. Very much liked it.