I have to say my Glee predictions turned out to be truer and materialize faster than I had anticipated. They tried the failed we’re going to be popular/now we’re not slushy in the face move. Girls made out (as predicted). And the show felt flat. Here’s hoping this week’s episode is better.
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“Here’s hoping this week’s episode is better.”
Answer: unfortunately, no.
My impression thus far of the first two episodes is:
– the musical numbers are shoehorned in an uncomfortably awkward manner.
– the blatant auto-tuning on said numbers is no longer just a nuisance for me and has instead become a major distraction that reinforces the awkwardness of the above
– the new plotlines somehow have the feel of being anti-climactic even before they’ve really gotten off the ground…they just seem like rehashes of time-worn high school drama memes, and outside of the reliably fantastic Jane Lynch, the acting just isn’t good enough to overcome this.
I’m still going to watch – the above criticisms notwithstanding, it’s not remotely at trainwreck levels – but I don’t see myself losing any sleep if I miss a few episodes, and I expect that season 2 will in fact reach trainwreck levels.Report
@Mark Thompson, seconded.Report
@Chris Dierkes, the only redeeming quality was there were still some zippy one liners. I love the stupid blonde cheerleader girl.Report
@Chris Dierkes, but the music is getting dreadful.Report