Continuing on my television journey, I have started to watch both The Wire and Castle. An odd mix of shows, granted, but I need to see them both for different reasons. The Wire is considered a masterpiece of television with its forth season supposedly being one of the most artfully written and executed arcs ever created. Unfortunately, I go in knowing this along with some of the more unexpected deaths so, I am not expecting to get the full glory. Five episodes in though I recognize good writing even if I don't understand all the lingo or everything that is happening.
For Castle it was all about Nathan Fillion. He has always seemed really accessible as an actor, I wouldn't geek out if I met him or anything. Just normal guy kind of vibe. But he has a great magnetism that he brings to his characters. Love him in Firefly (really, loved everyone in Firefly) and was/is totally on the bandwagon to have him play Nathan Drake in an Uncharted movie. Watching the intro to one of those games affirms that he is the only man who could do that role justice. I didn't start watching Castle from the get go because I wasn't optimistic it would stay on air. It seems to be fairly stable with a few seasons now, so I am giving it a go.
Much lighter themes and kind of clumsy character development with the main female character telling essential aspects of her backstory out of the blue to Fillion's character when she hasn't known him very long. Oh, and he is writing a book headed by a character based on her. She even makes the comment that he now has the angsty backstory for the character. Eh...just a bit clunky. But it is light fun full of that will they/wont they stuff that must be ingrained in my DNA to find enjoyment in.
For Castle it was all about Nathan Fillion. He has always seemed really accessible as an actor, I wouldn't geek out if I met him or anything. Just normal guy kind of vibe. But he has a great magnetism that he brings to his characters. Love him in Firefly (really, loved everyone in Firefly) and was/is totally on the bandwagon to have him play Nathan Drake in an Uncharted movie. Watching the intro to one of those games affirms that he is the only man who could do that role justice. I didn't start watching Castle from the get go because I wasn't optimistic it would stay on air. It seems to be fairly stable with a few seasons now, so I am giving it a go.
Much lighter themes and kind of clumsy character development with the main female character telling essential aspects of her backstory out of the blue to Fillion's character when she hasn't known him very long. Oh, and he is writing a book headed by a character based on her. She even makes the comment that he now has the angsty backstory for the character. Eh...just a bit clunky. But it is light fun full of that will they/wont they stuff that must be ingrained in my DNA to find enjoyment in.
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