TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E5 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Tomb Raider: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description, I Love LA: S1E7 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Crutch: S1E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Cross: S2E1 (Amazon) with audio description, and Last Week tonight: S13E2 (HBO) no audio description yet
American Idol- Some of the judges comments never make any sense. I think they are edited from things they say throughout the day, and someone sits in an editing bay splicing things together. I’ve heard this before, when it was on FOX. There was a contestant who only made it to the producers, not the judges, but they aired him like he made the judges. Their format this year is nuts. They cut from 123 to 30. No rounds. Basically, they’re going straight to the Green Mile episodes after this, where people in the Gold Room find their fate out. So they’re actually cutting to probably about 50, which will then be the Top 30, an increase from Top 24. I didn’t disagree with any of their cuts. If they give Casanova a top 30 spot, I’ll be surprised. I can’t imagine he goes far. I did feel bad for Chloe Grace, the girl who they platformed with her original song on suicide. I would have kept her, but considering the talent, I also cede the fact that with the massive cut, and some killer voices, I can’t see me putting her into the Top 30. She’s a contestant who would have benefitted from another round. Not really bad enough to send home right away, but also not good enough for what they’re planning. I’m also just happy this showed up as it should have after last weeks glitch.
Tomb Raider- The supernatural themed season moves forward. It’s not a bad series, and if anything, Netflix is proving through shows like Tomb Raider and Splinter Cell that they have the potential to air adult animation that is dramatically grounded and action packed. The AD here is pretty solid.
I Love LA- A cute episode. The AD by Connor DeWolf, narrated by Rebecca Davis is light and matches the tone of the series. It has so many random gags, from dropping a knife on someone’s foot, to a very specific hat. Maya got and lost everything she wanted in the same episode, proving she can’t have it all.
Crutch- Crutch makes his family use the subway, which costs his daughter her job interview. Tracy Morgan’s other show is WAY funnier. This is just OK, but the AD is fine. Like the descriptions of the kids mean mugging, or the man in the unicorn onesie all help to shape the series. Visual cues given no verbal context.
Cross- I’m back. I finished Season 1, even though I didn’t like it, to come back for… another season I’m not in love with. Did James Patterson only write one good Alex Cross novel or something? It’s hard to top Morgan Freeman to begin with, and I loved Kiss the Girls so much I keep sitting through Alex Cross things. Along Came A Spider was OK. Tyler Perry’s Alex cross wasn’t great. The first season of this wasn’t great, and the second season starts in a way where it seems to reveal too much too fast, though we’ll only know if we stick with it. Frustrating.
Last Week Tonight- An episode dedicated to how the degradation of Twitter has hurt our society. Honestly, the best clip is watching the Emperor with no clothes, as Elon is unable to actually validate why he thinks the world having a shared conscious is a good thing. We’re all made of cells, and synapses furring… the fuck? Also, John Oliver missed a huge opportunity to make at least one BlueSky joke. Like Twitter is so bad, now we need another social media platform? Another one?
