I see your points very clearly (and I have noticed how the Young HOT Cop now wears her hair down all the time--really? Seriously? I have long hair, and I can tell you, you pull it back out of your face if you have an active job). I hear what you're saying on the POC taking bit parts. I myself was disappointed in last night's ep because Dorian showed a level of ruthlessness he has not shown before--though I can justify it in my head because a 'friend' was at risk.
The tech guy (sorry, I'm bad at names until I've watched a show for like half a season) *never* should have been sent in undercover, but I can let that pass. I thought the overall ep was weak, true.
But given what else is out there at the moment, I'm clutching Almost Human to my chest and petting it. SHIELD has been a disappointment to me in that it appears to be about young pretty people who do things without consequences. I can't watch all the creepy scary shows like Walking Dead or Sleepy Hollow. I'd kill for a Star Trek or Stargate (which I've always consider Star Trek-lite, even though I loved it dearly) right now.
The episodes have engaged me more than anything else on television at the moment. The writing is uneven. Kennex's problem with android's waxes and wanes. But they are touching on some good sci-fi themes--such as life after death. I'm willing to give it more time.
Fannish about it? I'm not fannish about much these days. Part of me doesn't really *want* to be sucked into a fandom again the way I was with SGA. The other bits of me miss it like heck, but I can't make myself fall for a fandom. And given the penchant of shows of killing off most of the characters eventually, these days, I'm playing chicken and waiting until shows are fairly well established before I decide to watch or not. It's got to grab me in order to make me watch it live. AH does that at the moment. ;-) I think it has a lot of potential, and I think it is just getting started.
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The tech guy (sorry, I'm bad at names until I've watched a show for like half a season) *never* should have been sent in undercover, but I can let that pass. I thought the overall ep was weak, true.
But given what else is out there at the moment, I'm clutching Almost Human to my chest and petting it. SHIELD has been a disappointment to me in that it appears to be about young pretty people who do things without consequences. I can't watch all the creepy scary shows like Walking Dead or Sleepy Hollow. I'd kill for a Star Trek or Stargate (which I've always consider Star Trek-lite, even though I loved it dearly) right now.
The episodes have engaged me more than anything else on television at the moment. The writing is uneven. Kennex's problem with android's waxes and wanes. But they are touching on some good sci-fi themes--such as life after death. I'm willing to give it more time.
Fannish about it? I'm not fannish about much these days. Part of me doesn't really *want* to be sucked into a fandom again the way I was with SGA. The other bits of me miss it like heck, but I can't make myself fall for a fandom. And given the penchant of shows of killing off most of the characters eventually, these days, I'm playing chicken and waiting until shows are fairly well established before I decide to watch or not. It's got to grab me in order to make me watch it live. AH does that at the moment. ;-) I think it has a lot of potential, and I think it is just getting started.