Come Monday...CBS' Intelligence

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

It would appear that CBS has another hit television series in its line-up.  For [16.6 million] reportedly watched the pilot episode of [Intelligence] last Tuesday night (01/07/2014).

After seeing some advertisements for the show beforehand, we held some reservations.  For it looked like it had potential, but Arlynda and I were concerned with the show going way overboard on the science-fiction stuff.

No, it did not help a bit that the primary star of the show is [Josh Holloway], who played Sawyer on [LOST].  For are still reeling from the way that show ended, and we look upon anyone associated with it as probably being scarred for life (or at least having sordid stain upon their soul).

Ah, but we were pleasantly surprised with how well the high-tech stuff was made realistic to us.  Furthermore, Holloway seems to be not suffering any ill-effects from LOST.

Some might even argue that Holloway’s Gabriel on Intelligence is not so unlike his Sawyer on LOST.  For Sawyer was a highly intelligent tough guy with a jagged edge to his heart of gold, and so is Gabriel.

[Marg Helgenberger’s] Lillian Strand may be problematic, however.  For Lillian is portrayed as being a government agency director who generally looks at her people as simply being different parts of the machine (so to speak).

Nonetheless, Lillian’s cold analysis is buffered by Riley Neal, who is a Secret Service agent brought in to protect Gabriel from all who would do him harm—including himself.  The role of Riley is well-played by [Meghan Ory], and I would not be surprised to see some romantic sparks flying between her and Gabriel—despite her desire to help him find his missing wife.  Hey, you know how those Hollywood-types operate.

You can see for yourself just how far off I may be at 9:00 (Central) tonight.  Mondays is when the show is scheduled to regularly air.  We will be watching, and I hope you find the show as enjoyable as we have so far.

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Come Monday...Person of Interest

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about,  websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

When we first heard about [Person of Interest], my wife and I thought that it sounded real interesting.  For it touched upon the appealing (at least to us) themes of working in the shadows to bring criminal activity out into the light of justice, redemption and just plain trying to right as many as wrongs as possible.

Well, at least that is what we thought the show was about, and the pilot episode showed a great deal of promise.  For it started out with a bunch of punks hassling a bum on a subway car, and getting their teeth kicked in for their trouble.  From there, we are introduced to a really pathetic/creepy (depending upon the script) Mr. Finch, who used to be Mr. Linus when [Michael Emerson] was on [LOST], who fills us in on the details about Mr. Reese, who is being played by [Jim Caviezel].

On a personal note, I just noticed on the IMDB profile of Caviezel that he grew up around [Mount Vernon, WA], which is in the immediate vicinity of where my son and his mother lives.  I wonder if she realizes that she has had at least some contact with such a big star?  For with her spending most of her life in the area, it is highly unlikely that she has not had some contact with either him or his family.

Of course, she may not want to admit it now.  For Person of Interest never really comes out of the shadows when the plot could easily be having Reese and Finch working with the authorities instead of despite of them.

The clip at the end of this explains it better than I can, but the premise of the show is that we are all being monitored in a number of ways by the government.  All of this information is filtered by a special computer program to find terrorist threats, and it ignores all of the other stuff that is deemed to be of no great significance.

Ah, but what may not be much of threat to national security can be a great threat to the individuals involved.  This is where Reese and Finch come in.  For Finch was the one who developed the surveillance program for the government, and he left in a secret backdoor that allows him access to what it finds.  When he sees someone in imminent danger, he sends Reese out to eliminate the threat by any means necessary without exposing their little operation to the authorities.

Their definition of “by any means necessary” is what bothers me.  For that has Reese stealing arms from illegal arms dealers, gathering information through crooked cops, and generally wreaking havoc on both persons and property before slipping back into the shadows before Det. Carter, who is played by [Taraji P. Henson], can take him into custody when they could have them working with each other in the same way as Batman and the Gotham City police do.

Yeah, Batman is a comic book character, and the producers of Person of Interest are going for a more realistic feel.  So, does this mean that our society has become too jaded to accept that good guys can actually be good?

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Come Monday...Lost?

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

I was planning on a review of [Farscape] for this post, but then the finale of [LOST] presented another opportunity. So, that review will just have to wait until next week.

Alas, I was a big fan of Lost in the beginning, but then I got lost in all of the flashbacks. Therefore, I stopped watching the show sometime during the second season.

As it turned out, flash-forwards were introduced to the storylines afterward, and that made me even more glad that I had stopped watching when I did. For visionary vertigo is not a very pleasant experience to endure.

Eventually, there are millions upon millions around the world who have a much stouter constitution than I do. For they stuck with the show—even when alternative realities in the same timeline were introduced!

Yeah, that would have sent me right over the edge, which is where I suppose the creators of the show wanted everyone to go. For in the end, were we being asked to accept that no one from Oceanic Flight 815 actually survived the initial crash, and that the entire show was about the passengers finding their way in life after death?

Yes, I have a great capacity to suspend reality in order to enjoy a show. On the other hand, maybe not so much. For all of the science fiction shows that I enjoy so much have to have something about them that could possibly be true. After all, who from amongst us can say for sure that the transporters used on Star Trek are an impossibility, or that interaction with both humanoid and non-humanoid species from other parts of the galaxy will never happen?

I just don’t get the premise to LOST, however. For it is asking us to ignore any notions about a beginning to what exists, and just go with the flow of the show. If you get it, will you explain it to me?

By the way, if you are unfamiliar with the show, you can watch full episodes of Lost online both on its [ABC website], and on [Hulu]. I would highly recommend taking some [dimenhydrinate] beforehand—just in case you are a lot like me.

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