Been editing my first short story since high school so I've been kinda busy but seeing FOX's 2 new shows I felt like I needed to blog them.
Lucifer: The Devil is here!
Even the Devil needs a vacation. The story is Lucifer quits hell and hoofs it LA where he enjoys every sinful act under the sun. No one can resist his dark charm until he meets a beautiful yet serious detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German). Intrigued by her resistance to his charisma, Lucifer, with his super power to make people confess their deepest desires, helps Chloe solve crimes and deal out punishment in his devilish style. Yet his demon body guard Maze and brother Amenadiel are determined to get Lucifer back to hell where he belongs.
Tom Ellis fits the role perfectly. He gives his character this playful energy, an electric charisma that makes you immediately fall in love with him even though you know he's the Prince of Darkness. And aside from the amazing chemistry, Lauren German is very stunning. I just love watching her. I remember protests about the show since it casts the Devil in a heroic light when I feel the opposite is true (the show is based off the DC Comic actually). Lucifer is more of an anti-hero. He's selfish, proud, self indulgent doing whatever pleases him not caring about the consequences of his actions. But underneath the bravado is a guy who believes in justice. He deals out punishment only to those who deserve it. Lucifer is fascinated by humans while also being frustrated by their complex natures that causes them to do evil for any reason. I would love to see more of the supernatural play into the story as so far it's been procedural but so far I'm loving it. Let's hope FOX has the good sense to give the Devil his second chance. Speaking of which...
Second Chance: Yes, No, Maybe... I don't know
After going through a few title changes once being called Looking Glass (which to me sounds much better but whatever), the story is based on Frankenstein. A 75 year old disgraced sheriff, Jimmy Pritchard is transformed into a new man, literally, by the famous computer twins Otto and Mary Goodwin. Mary has cancer but Jimmy's unique genetic code may be able to help her beat it. Jimmy stays at the isolated Goodwin mansion donating blood to Mary while also trying to reconnect with his estranged son, FBI agent Duval Pritchard.
Honestly? I don't know what to feel about this show. So far it's been a bit mediocre. While Tim DeKay always plays a great FBI agent and Robert Kazinsky is great eye candy I'm not feeling emotionally invested enough in the story. I feel like the story could have gone better if Jimmy was Duval's long lost brother instead of his father. The story still works that way. The trouble with science fiction procedurals is that it can go either way. It's best if you have a continuous thread that connects everything instead of doing individual cases as it keeps the story alive and you become more invested. With regular procedurals like the NCIS franchise you don't have to do that because... well they're regular and there's usually no big conspiracy that needs to consume the whole show.
I'm more than willing to give Second Chance well... another shot hoping that it gets better later on. Already there was a big reveal at the end of the last episode. Lucifer on the other hand definitely has some kind of future. The characters are a lot of fun and I get excited every week for a new episode.
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