Elspeth, Matlock, and High Potential
Sep. 23rd, 2024 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agoodwinsmith Can I just say that aged pixie dream granny isn't really worth duplicating?
I started watching Elspeth because it is highly stylized, and because the high profile guest star is always the murderer, and because we always get to see the murder straight away, so watching the unravelling is interesting. I have strong reservations about the "New York Police Detectives are Dolts" trope because they darned well wouldn't be, and if Elspeth goes into its second season with this trope intact I will lose interest pretty darned quickly. Carrie Preston is appealing in the role, but I don't think the quirkiness has the potential mileage of, "oh, and just one more thing" of Columbo. I think they had a fun first season, but I also think they've got an uphill battle to transform into a series instead of a one season novelty.
Matlock and a cute but cunning old lady doesn't fill me with hope.
A high energy high IQ "single Mom" helping the local Police Detectives Who Are Dolts fills me with dread. There are already ANTICS in the commercials. No hope here either.
I started watching Elspeth because it is highly stylized, and because the high profile guest star is always the murderer, and because we always get to see the murder straight away, so watching the unravelling is interesting. I have strong reservations about the "New York Police Detectives are Dolts" trope because they darned well wouldn't be, and if Elspeth goes into its second season with this trope intact I will lose interest pretty darned quickly. Carrie Preston is appealing in the role, but I don't think the quirkiness has the potential mileage of, "oh, and just one more thing" of Columbo. I think they had a fun first season, but I also think they've got an uphill battle to transform into a series instead of a one season novelty.
Matlock and a cute but cunning old lady doesn't fill me with hope.
A high energy high IQ "single Mom" helping the local Police Detectives Who Are Dolts fills me with dread. There are already ANTICS in the commercials. No hope here either.
