Empire -is it worth watching?

[Stavros]

Somebody should have told Giorgio Gomelsky then (Marmalade Records & BYG )...


... and alliteration is not a sign of weakness in writing

You are right Rod as alliteration in general can be used to great effect; I should have said that I find alliteration in the naming of characters in fiction feeble -I can't help it if in real life it happens, vide your example, but for a creative writer unless for comic purposes I think it is laziness.

[maxpower]

Stavros, if you have the time, you should check out Breaking Bad.

[GroobySteven]

Stavros, if you have the time, you should check out Breaking Bad.

No he shouldn't.

[flabbybody]

LAST WEEK TONIGHT with the amazingly funny and smart John Oliver is something Stavros would love. not sure about availability of HBO across the pond.
Oliver could be the best thing Brits have produced sine the RAF

[Stavros]

LAST WEEK TONIGHT with the amazingly funny and smart John Oliver is something Stavros would love. not sure about availability of HBO across the pond.
Oliver could be the best thing Brits have produced sine the RAF

I had never hear of John Oliver before your post so I googled him and watched a couple of shows on YouTube, over a year old as the more recent ones are not available in the UK -and yes, very funny so thanks for that. Is he the best thing we have produced since 1913? No, but the explanation would be long and tedious...

[livepersona]

I enjoyed it and don't normally watch network TV shows.

[broncofan]

I watched one episode and couldn't get into it. I think a lot of the shows that are lauded are addictive but not necessarily good. Instead of a two hour script with a good plot, they stretch out the suspense over 10 hours of diluted melodrama to keep the viewers locked in.

[youngblood61]

If everybody stopped watching after one episode think of all the great shows you would miss. The Wire started very slow, Game of Thrones. At least for me sometimes you watch and it takes a minute to really get into the show. Bates Motel, hated it. Then watched a few episodes and now I can't get enough of it. It's also the most twisted show on tv imo.

[broncofan]

If everybody stopped watching after one episode think of all the great shows you would miss. The Wire started very slow, Game of Thrones. At least for me sometimes you watch and it takes a minute to really get into the show. Bates Motel, hated it. Then watched a few episodes and now I can't get enough of it. It's also the most twisted show on tv imo.

You're right of course. Some of it depends on the mood you're in when you start watching it and if you give yourself enough chance to get hooked.

I also tend not to like a lot of shows that other people love so it might be my taste. I watched five episodes of House of Cards and thought the characters were mean-spirited and ridiculous. I didn't like True Detective either because I couldn't stand watching McConaughey play an eccentric with mild Asperger's or whatever they were going for. On the other hand, I knew after watching one episode of Homeland I was going to watch them all. Same with the Wire though as you said it was slow to start.

[youngblood61]

I liked True Detective, thought MM and Woody Harrelson were great. But to each his own. Did you like the Broncos Draft last night?