Just how original is Foxs original programming for its 2016-2017 season?
WithAmerican Idolmissing from its schedule for the first time since 2003, Fox is banking on recognizable titles.
Unfortunately, theyre midseason titles, so Ill wait until closer to midseason to judge them.
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Lethal Weapon
Wednesdays, 8 p.m., beforeEmpire
You ready for this?
/ Theres cool guy errands that they have to walk to.
Wayans is charming enough with his ever-exasperated expression, but this show doesnt reward performances like his.
Like this one: I like solving cases, not kissing asses.
All of this might still be in good fun ifLethal Weapondidnt also take itself so seriously.
Its not enough to learn that Riggs is a reckless crackpot because hes traumatized by his wifes death.
We have to watch a flashback of her getting into a car crash while cradling her pregnant belly.
If no one can do it better thanAdaptation, then no one should do it again.)
Its an impossible task to improve upon whats largely regarded as the best horror movie ever made.
All the jump-scares in the world wont replace your childhood nightmares of pea-soup vomit and 360-degree head spins.
She might be the spawn of the devil.
Then again, she might just be bummed about living back home after graduation.
I like that the trailer leaves it deliberately unclear whether the family is struggling spiritually or just psychologically.
Angela seems to be projecting her own depression on her daughter.
Such choices give me hope that the premise might be sustainable beyond what weve already seen in the movie.
Plus, it makes me laugh that the clip insists the show is based on the world wide phenomenon.
Are they talking about the movie, or the act of being possessed?
Im rooting for the former, even though Agnew and Zorn have since exited the project.
But dont worry, its far less political that sentence suggests.
