Thursday Night's Crazy Chick Schtick

I've got this mental block when it comes to shows (and the last movie) about Superman. For me, no one is Superman but Christopher Reeve. I just...can't get past it. I also have problems with the re-writing of the original story that both the Lois and Clark show and Smallville have tended to do. I did finally get caught up in Lois and Clark toward the end of their run, but it was more for John Shea's Lex Luthor and Michael Landes' Jimmy Olsen than anything else. I just want that clear up front before I say anything about the Smallville premiere last night.

It was good in its own right. The show itself has always looked well written and casted, and Steve, who really enjoys it, tells me it's excellent. I honestly just can't get invested in it at all. Tom Welling isn't my Clark Kent, and the departure from the basic story that is fixed in my head is just too hard for me to embrace. I still think it's a good show - just not something I can enjoy.

Then, it was on to CSI which is fairly common fare for the criminal investigation type of shows that seem to permeate tv line-ups these days. It's alright, but not something I'd go out of my way for. I like the science-y side of these shows, but I think it's the excessive amount of them that has just gotten to me. There's nothing special about any of the CSI's, because there's so many of them, you know?

Truly, the one show I was really looking forward to last night was ER. Yep...I'm an ER junky. I've been watching since waaaaaaaay back when Clooney was on it, though not from the very first season. I've always loved the blend of the backdrop of the little stories of the patients with the ongoing storylines of the regular cast. The characters are human (read 'imperfect'), and they draw you in with (mostly) believable circumstances and situations that make you root for them and cry with them.

Last night didn't disappoint, either. It was Leland Orser's portrayal of Lucien Dubenko, working to save the life of the woman he's so clearly in love with, that was most impressive. When Abby stepped in to point out that he was too close to Neela to be the lead during the operation, you could see the struggle in his eyes between the "I can save her!" irrational side and the more rational "I shouldn't be doing this" side. I love how they weave so much of one story around so many others to draw them all together.

Okkies, that was last night's drama fix. Still working on watching the first of what I've taped - the first five hours of a documentary by Ken Burns about World War II - but I'll get caught up with that stuff eventually. :)