The Blacklist
I started watching the Blacklist on Netflix a few weeks ago out of curiosity. I usually watch this type of stuff while practicing guitar scales etc so they fly by. Now, the show I found that it relied too much on Deux Ex Machina events. But here I am, Season 6 became available today and I began to watch. The very reason I hadn't watched before, James Spader, is the reason I am watching now. Before to me Spader was just some guy I had seen in some John Hughes film. But I really enjoy this character he's playing, Raymond Reddington.
The show does suffer from weak writing imo, and certain suspension of disbelief is required for a lot of it. Also, if you've ever been to or lived in DC you know the show is not filmed there. It's filmed in NY and a lot of times it's not convincing that they are somewhere else. Since I'm from NYC and have lived in DC, I see the difference. Still, it's a fun, quirky show like the old days, those 70's shows, where it was about a bad guy but all the time keeping a story line going.
I'll get back to writing about the show in another post with more details (and maybe spoilers ?? hehe for the uninitiated.)
The show does suffer from weak writing imo, and certain suspension of disbelief is required for a lot of it. Also, if you've ever been to or lived in DC you know the show is not filmed there. It's filmed in NY and a lot of times it's not convincing that they are somewhere else. Since I'm from NYC and have lived in DC, I see the difference. Still, it's a fun, quirky show like the old days, those 70's shows, where it was about a bad guy but all the time keeping a story line going.
I'll get back to writing about the show in another post with more details (and maybe spoilers ?? hehe for the uninitiated.)
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