A series review: The Big Bang Theory

SPOILER ALERT! I am probably, without knowing it going to reveal some pretty essential stuff on the Big Bang Theory, because that's what I usually do. So, if you don't want to know, don't read along.

The Big Bang Theory is a personal favourite. The first couple of seasons made me laugh in extreme measures. A roomie of mine found me in my room laughing in the middle of the night ... alone ...

I love Sheldon's complete lack of sympathy and empathy, and especially the first episodes of his relationship with Amy; to some extent the female version of Sheldon. I love how the other three brainiacs keeps being friends with intolerable Sheldon and Leonard's hopeless and sometimes desperate crush on the girl next door.

The last couple of seasons have not reached the prime and magic of the first 5 seasons had, though. Marriage and so forth have made them all a bit dull and boring - or more specifically; normal. I find the Sheldon and the Amy transformation a bit boring. And the relationship between Leonard and unreachable Penny have made me yarn more than a couple of times. They all have at some point settled, which in one way is sweat and nice but when it comes to the entertaining part I am kinda bored.

Despite this, I still watch the show. Despite the boring twists, the show have become a part of life for me. Who doesn't want to know what the future holds for all of them. All in all, it is a show one falls in love with and keeps watching to the very end - even though the hard, from the heart laughter rarely emerges these days.

A Series Review: The Musketeers (2014)

As I said, I watch a lot of series. On Sidereel I follow 21 series at the moment. So I thought that I might make reviews of the series I follow and share my thoughts and give them stars from 1 to 5.

The first series I will review is, the BBC's new series The Musketeers beginning in 2014.

It is the same classical story about the musketeers almost a hundred of movies have, more or less successfully tried to capture. The four cocky gentlemen that makes dangerously beautiful sword fighting seem so easy and careless. The very reason that so many movies have tried to capture this story before this series, made me avoid the show completely for quite some time. However, a boring afternoon, where all the usual series didn't seem to amuse me, I did try it, and two seasons after I am still hooked.

the first season was amazingly caching and I came to like the characters a lot. I am a hugh Peter Capaldi fan and seeing him being a character you come to despise and hate, reveals his major talent beyond that of playing Doctor Who. The second season almost gave me an ulcer. Oh how I love and hate those stories that makes you want to use all night to watch all ten episode to know if the ongoing hopelessness will turn in favour of the good guys. And I admit, I did watch the tenth episode after watching the two first episodes. The bad guy in season two was so convincingly bad, that I, in order to stay sane, needed some hope to hang on to. All in all a good show.

However, to some point I do wonder how it came to be that I wooded for the guys who was committing adultery, sleeping with each other behind their husbands backs and kills of characters just in order to make an impossible relationship possible. It is just fiction, but after two season I think it will be a necessary break for my nerves and my moral values.

All in all I will give the show 3,5 star. It is really good, but not the show I would race home to see. It do become monotonous, which I guess is just a sign of me having watched the show too quickly. But, I do highly recommend the show.

The two first seasons are on Netflix and episodes from the third season are already on aired in Canada.

Top 10 Favourite Series

I loooooove my series. I love them and at this very moment I have watched and keep following 16-17 different series. I am a sucker for new series - especially if I am hooked on the pilot episode! So here is my top 10 at the moment:

1. Criminal Minds
If there is a series I watch first, it is this one. I love how it can be dark and twisted but also with some exciting and plots that are not that obvious to me. This show never gets doll to me. 

2. Doctor WHO (the new seasons)
I began watching this twice before I was hooked, but after getting through the first doctor in the new seasons, I became a frequent viewer. I love how I can't figure it out and how the plots always seem to surprise me (catching a theme?). This series is also one of the first I watch if there is a new episode. 

3. The Big Bang Theory
This series just makes me laugh. Especially the first couple of seasons. I love all the awkward characters and the transformation they have gone through. This series seems to be able to amaze me EVERY TIME. But I do have to note, that I find Penny and Leonard a little bit boring in the last couple of seasons - just my opinion. 

4. Pretty Little Liars
Them pretty liars, always on the edge with the law, without it completely being their own fault. I love it. It is a girlish series but still, it has a ton of mystery and good old fashion drama. I am a complete sucker for the whole Spaleb thingy and I love the entire A plot. I am maybe one of the few people who found it a bit anti-climax when they decided to reveal A. But YAY for the amazing plot. 

5. Sherlock
 I LOVE SHERLOCK. Though not enough for it to be one of those series I HAVE TO WATCH as the first 4 is. I do keep up with this series and love how perfectionistic the director is with the seasons - you can just really see how well the storyline is made. Especially after I have begun reading the original stories. 

6. Elementary
 As the Sherlock Holmes  series lover I am, I had to follow this series as well. I just had to. I love how   Watson is a lady here and wow for the acting. Buuuuuut, honestly. Thats it I watch this series, when all of my good options is taken and watched.  

7. Bones
What first made me watch this series was the obvious eternal attraction Bones and her partner seem to have for each other. The later seasons are a tad boring, but it is still an important series in my "TV series addiction". 

8. Quantico
This series is still quite new to me and I haven't really figured out what I think of it yet. But I watch it and until so far the excitement and thriller has kept me hanging. I am quite interested to see what is going to happen next. I am. Maybe this one will end on the top next time I do a "top 10 series"? Who knows. 

9. The Vampire Diaries
So I admit that this is a series I frequently watch. Though, more since Elena is not in it anymore. I got a little tired of watching her whine all the time and the new plot is really exciting and fresh. I hope they live another season!!!! 

10. Grey's Anatomy
 I have to admit that I am a frequent follower and has come to expect that a certain group of friends give me the newest seasons in birthday present each year, as they have almost every year (You know who you are - hint hint ;) ). I thought I wouldn't like the changes that have been made recently, but I do! I love it. I can't help it. 

EKSTRA: Pride & Prejudice.
 This one just have to be on my list. After two previous roomies introduced me to the series, I was completely hooked and I have seen it a million times (an exaggeration, but I lost count) since. It is AMAZING, so if you are to the girlish, but not in a Hollywood style girlish movies, you should simply just watch this one.