tell ee vision

To preface this, I should begin with the fact that I watched the Super Bowl and it was interesting, which was actually somewhat interesting and that kind of surprised me because I would not consider myself to be interested in football. However, I think that watching the Super Bowl is one of those American things to do, and I would feel like I was missing out if I didn't watch it. So I watched it and I thought that Tom Brady looked like Matt Damon and also that he had nice teeth. From what I saw of him, he seems like a nice person. Something about just.. his manner or something. I don't know. Maybe if I were more familiar with him it oculd turn out that he's actually an idiot. Like I said, I don't know. 

Anywyas, after the Super Bowl there was a premiere of some show. I odn't know if it's a completely new show or if it's just a new season of an already existing show. It started with some violence and murder, so obviously I was intrigued. It continued with some scenes being un-violent and mundane interspersed with others that were violent and suspenseful. The show made use of various split screen shots throughout the episode, which was kind of interesting as that's not commonly used in the shows I've watched. Apparently Requiem for a Dream is notable for its use of split screen shots as well, so there's that little tidbit to consider. From what I gathered, this show is about politics/government/terrorists. I don't think I could watch a show completely about politics in this current day and age, but this show seems to be kind of a mix and not purely a drama/soap opera like Grey's Anatomy. I would consider it to be in the genre of action, somewhat. It reminded me of a combination of James Bond movies (although those are somewhat lighter, to be honest) and a show I watched... the first season of, at least, a couple of years ago, called The Following which was about a serial killer/murderous cult, at least as far as I remember. That show had a decent amount of implausibilities, which also was somewhat prevalent in this show as well. 

And now, on to the little details that I like to focus on so much. Being about politics/government/terrorism, the show is set in/around DC, an area with which I am decently familiar. As such, there were some scenes involving a Metrobus. Said Metrobus was apparently a route 13 and the destination sign said "Wisconsin Avenue." Naturally, I wanted to see if this was an actual route, in addition to looking up designs of Metrobuses because the one in the show did not look like the ones I've seen in my current daily life. It seemed like it was an older model. According to my research so far, there is no such thing nor has there been a route 13, so this was a fictional invention. Many Metrobus routes are named with a number/letter combination, such as "J2." I'm not sure what the letters are supposed to signify, if anything, but I guess it just allows them to have more combinations for route names. From what I can tell, I think the model of buses shown in the show may still be in use somewhere in the Metrobus service area, although around here they have all been replaced by newer models.

 I'm not sure if it's too much to ask that tv shows get all the little local details right. Perhaps there's a position for "local details consultant" that I could fill. It makes me wonder about the show NCIS, which is also set in the DC area. As far as I'm aware, it is not filmed on location in DC. I haven't watched it enough to notice how wrong/right that show gets the little local details. However, it brings to mind an episode (don't remmeber which one) of the show Criminal Minds which I no longer watch because I became bored with it. In any case, said episode had a scene that supposedly took place in a Metro station, yet clearly the station it was filmed at for the show was not a Metro station. I know that show is filmed in LA so I guess they just used a station around there. One of the nice things about the Law and Order shows is that they all were (are in the case of SVU) filmed on location in NYC which lends them an extra little bit of authenticity regarding local details. You know the subway station is going to be a real NYC subway station. I don't know off the top of my head any shows that have taken place in and were filmed in DC. I know the West Wing took place in DC but I don't know where they filmed it. Come to think of it, the new-ish show that Dick Wolf created called Chicago PD is a thing. I wonder where that is filmed. 

Anyways, so far this new show seems to be decently interesting (honestly, it was the violence that drew me in) so I might watch the future episodes if I have time.