Yay, it's Bastille Day! I'm half French, so I guess I get to celebrate. I'm also half German, so I get to celebrate even more (although I hate soccer, but whatever…)
I'm not going to celebrate with television, it would seem, because this listing really has nothing on it for me…

Well, this wasn't too terrible. For the summer, it's alright. Not every show broadcast in June can be Rectify.

Not a doctor either, but a psychology student and someone whose best friend has been clinically diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Like @Jay Blantz has already noted: Vee is far, far away from that. Borderline disorder entails having an unstable self image, feeling emotions deeper and more quickly than…

I'm not sure she has a personality disorder, and I don't think we can draw conclusions from what we have seen because personality disorders can only be diagnosed if there is knowledge about her childhood and youth, her own perception of her and a bunch of other criteria. She is probably the closest to an…

Oh, I totally forgot about Rust's backside. So, that aspect must not have mattered to me all that much…

Oh right, that happened. Gosh, I don't even remember half of this stuff. The person who made me watch this, despite my protests that I'd seen the original, still owes me one.

That's a good interpretation. Maybe it depends on each individual's tolerance level, but I felt that it was pretty extreme and I had to urge to throttle him at pretty much all times. It might be what was aimed for, but I'm not sure. And of course, as an investigator, I wanted him to succeed, but the show also gave me…

Yeah, okay, you got me, I did not see that particular movie. Maybe I should.

There's a fine, but existent difference between not needing a female lead character and having female characters but only use them as blank slates to highlight other (male) characters' nature, or simply too show some nudity.

Which is even more surprising because the French film it is based on, Pour Elle, while still having the same somewhat implausible premise, is compelling mostly because of its moral ambiguity and questions of right and wrong (for example, the wife's innocence is never explicitly spelled out, making the whole prison…

I'm not sure I agree with the red and green apples. But regardless, maybe it's not the comparing that bothers me so much as this whole overblown "now let's decide which one's better"! It's annoying and pointless, especially since it would be perfectly fine to read an article with a thoughtful analysis why and how the…

Oh, come on. I agree that Tolman was basically a no-name actress, but that's how most actors start before they become famous. I loved her performance and I also had no problems judging all of the acting based on its merits alone and not on the fame-level of the actor attached.

Yeah, that was a big turn-off as an introduction, but a succinct summary of my precise thoughts when I say the headline on the front page.

I commented on this above - I really, really liked TD, but the entire supporting cast was beyond underwhelming for me, and I include Michelle Monaghan in that, also she turned in a fine performance.

Note: I didn't even read the article in depth because I was annoyed by the whole idea.

I widely agree that the German officer character is realistic, especially given his professional background, which can also play into these things. I found it a bit stereotypical though.

Yeah, as a German person I was vaguely annoyed by the homophobic father, but I also didn't feel like he was supposed to be a representative of the entire nation of Germany, but rather as a single individual from a very specific group of people (the military) which might have more conservative views.
Yet I'm going to…

I liked season 2 more than season 1. It's hard for me to pinpoint why exactly - I think there is a mixture of actual improvement and personal preference at play here.

Good for these shows, I guess… but how exactly is Sirens a test of USA's ability to develop original comedy when it's actually based on already existing, already canceled UK comedy (which was quite a bit funnier)?

So… that was really good. Before, I was torn between thinking that it was going to suck terribly (the premise sounded a bit like a Gothic horror version of Once Upon a Time) or be amazing (the cast was enough to give me an incentive to watch).