Kilmer17 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Promising start. But then again, I've been fooled before (Im looking at you Revolution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Was wondering how this went last night. Wanted to see what people thought before I started watching. I read the Grantland review about it last week and they seemed to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I thought it got off to a great start. I now have a 2 hour block of network TV on Mondays. Sleepy Hollow (Fox) at 9pm The Blacklst(NBC) at 10pm NBC needs all the help it can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Recorded it, will check out tonight. As soon as I saw James Spader months ago in the commercial, I knew I'd be in. One of my favorite TV actors of all time. Boston Legal was hilarious. Random...but did you guys know Spader did a TON of softcore p0rns in the 90s? Check out "Crash" (no, not the Sandra Bullock version). it was a movie about a group of people who had a fetish for car wrecks. they would intentionally cause car accidents on the highway, and then have sex in the car immediately following the pile up. weird stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Caught about 15 minutes of it. And all I could think was: So this is basically like Silence of the Lambs meets Taken. I didn't give it a totally fair shake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Watched it. It was pretty good, not the best I've seen, but I'll continue watching for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I watched, I was just happy James Spader was doing something other than playing that awful character on The Office. Oh, and I wanted to like Sleepy Hollow, but that was terrible. As far as The Blacklist, I did enjoy it, but I annoyed my wife by pointing out the errors in geography, i.e., it would have been impossible to get from location to location in the amount of time they did without teleporting. One of the downsides to watching a show set in the city you work in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huly Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Pez and I both liked it! I can't wait to see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Caught about 15 minutes of it. And all I could think was: So this is basically like Silence of the Lambs meets Taken. I didn't give it a totally fair shake though. I definitely thought of Silence of the Lambs too when watching along with a couple other movie plots, but I really liked the season premiere. Promising start. But then again, I've been fooled before (Im looking at you Revolution). Very promising start and I told someone I just hope if doesn't go the way of the following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Colony Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 As far as The Blacklist, I did enjoy it, but I annoyed my wife by pointing out the errors in geography, i.e., it would have been impossible to get from location to location in the amount of time they did without teleporting. One of the downsides to watching a show set in the city you work in. Yes, yes, this bothered me as well. (and I also annoyed my wife) They're at The Newseum, now the Zoo. WHAT?!? I did like the twist at the end. Did not see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 James Spader is as good as he always is.....and plays the "Hannibal Lecteresque" role perfectly. The pilot was very good and I hope the show does well and the writers know where to take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskin4ever Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I enjoyed the first episode. I was annoyed with the geography as well, but I can overlook that. There is always some suspension of belief that has to take place to enjoy these shows. Being a fan of 24, I could tell when certain things were about to happen, but I definitely didn't expect that twist at the end. My wife also watched the show with me. We were both looking forward to it, so hopefully we both continue to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Spader is awesome, but the chick is kinda wooden. Why can't NBC hire good female lead actresses? The girl on Revolution sucks too. They should have hired Yvonne Strahovski(Sarah Walker from Chuck). I also think they rushed thru things a bit, especially the whole husband storyline(won't spoil). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgSkinFan Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think my expectations for Blacklist were impossibly high. I'm a huge James Spader fan and I thought the trailers for it were sensational. But the show came and it a lot of looked like another villain of the week procedural. There were a lot of clichés. And some of the writing was down right lazy. "They call this guy the Innkeeper." "They call this guy the Banker." "They call this guy the Chemist." Batman villain henchmen had more creative names. Yeah, James Spader was great. And his character was a lot smarter than everybody. But the problem is that everybody else just wasn't that smart so it didn't mean as much as it should. And the plot reveal (why is Spader so obsessed with the brand new FBI profiler?) is so obvious that I'm really hoping they find a creative twist. I'm in - but I was expecting so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I watched both episodes last night and really liked it. I'm hooked for a while. With this show and AHS returning, I'll be in OK shape. Once The Americans comes back, it'll be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANDWARF Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I watched on Hulu Plus and its pretty good. James Spader plays a great anti-hero hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Spader keeps this show interesting. Otherwise it would flop big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I thought it was okay. Not great but I need another show to watch. I'm pretty hard to keep interested/entertained. I think the only show right now that I look forward to watching is Blue Bloods. But that may be because I was a huge Law and Order junkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I liked this past episode a lot and next week's looks very intriguing too. Plus, it's fun to look at the actress for 60 minutes. I hope they start to reveal a little more about the husband, but I'm enjoying the slow play of that story line too. All in all, I think it's a very strong show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'll stick on for a while, but I'm hoping the overall story is strong enough in the end. This has more of the feeling of another procedural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Is anyone else still watching and enjoying this? I have to say that I still really like it. So far, the overarching storylines are enough to keep me interested and there are enough good aspects to the criminal-of-the-week storylines too. Plus, there are less attractive female leads I could look at for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 The show's getting really good...although I think they gave away too much in the preview for next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointyfootball Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I like it (not as much as the Americans), but after sitting with wife & watching "Kardashians", anything's an upgrade. Plus, I've been a fan of JS ever since he spanked his secretary. Also liked his part in "Mannequin". Yes I watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 I think it's fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 So far, I think it is a great show. I was a little worried with the "villain of the week thing" they have going and each episode ending wrapped up neatly. However, they are keeping it all together well with the drama of Keen and her husband's shadowy past, and of course Red. It will be interesting to see why he has such interest in Keen. It is easy to think he is her father, but I hope they have more planned and that isn't necessarily the angle they will take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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