how deep is your love?
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kricketsFor those of you not aware, the show Drive premiered on FOX this past week. It was awesome like woah. General thoughts and review of the first 3 eps under the cut!
I really love this show. The premise is just fun - an illegal cross-country race for millions of dollars, some participants more willing than others.
I love the cast and the characters. I already have my favorites of course, notably Tully, Wendy, and the Salazar brothers, Sean and Winston. Ivy has grown on me and so has the young married couple, Ellie & Rob Laird. I think I'm supposed to like Corinna, but I'm having trouble warming to her for some reason. The father and daughter duo also hits a soft spot.
I think the casting of the show was done really well. Everyone just seems really relatable, unlike, in my opinion, another very popular ensemble cast out there. I don't know what it is, but I just could never warm to the cast of Heroes. I don't know whether it was the characters themselves, or the casting in general.
Instead of going through the first 3 eps, I'm just gonna talk a bit about the characters I mentioned above.
Alex Tully is our clear hero and possibly our moral guidepost. He's the one who seemingly has the most to lose. His wife has been held hostage and the only way for him to get her back is to win this race. Even if we didn't feel for his character's plight, we instantly like him. But he's got some mysterious past that isn't clear. Loving him so far!
Corinna Wiles is the one who's not in it to win. She's in it for revenge. I dunno if I like her. Her entire past is tied to The Race and there's no reason to not like the character. Just hasn't really grown on me yet!
Sean and Winston Salazar. Can we say Sam & Dean? Not only do they drive an Impala, but they've got undeniable Sam and Dean type characteristics. Winston loves and appreciates his classic car and is a bit on the badass side. Sean is the sensitive younger brother with floppy hair. Plus? The scene in which Sean finds out that Winston really is his brother? So much angst! So. Good.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
purestvixen already invented the word 'Zarcest. Ha!
Wendy, the crazy lady with the plastic baby! I loved her right from the start, but after her little incident with the carseat and Ivy, I have to admit, she may very well be crazy! She's so likeable and a bit of a longshot, so we want to root for her don't we?
Rob & Ellie, the young married couple. I thought they were a little annoying at first, but after the third episode, I couldn't help but fall in love with them and their own reasons for being in The Race. I'm not usually a sucker for that sort of thing, but these guys really won me over.
John & Violet, the father and daughter duo. This duo breaks my heart. The fact that he's sick and she doesn't know. Him trying to let go of his clearly formerly uptight ways in order to spend the last year of his life having fun with his daughter, it's just all so sweet and heartbreaking. And the scene where she teaches him to lie, but she doesn't realize just how well he actually can lie. Oh, my heart. I love them!
Ivy Chitty, the annoying one. She's so emotionally detached from the whole thing. There's no reason to root for her, and I don't really. But I think her blossoming friendship/parternship with Wendy could turn that around. She's fun to watch in the very least.
The bottom line? It's a good time.
If you're like me and you missed the first three episodes. They were on Sunday & Monday, go here (www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/1699) where you can watch them streaming to get all caught up. You won't regret it.
I really love this show. The premise is just fun - an illegal cross-country race for millions of dollars, some participants more willing than others.
I love the cast and the characters. I already have my favorites of course, notably Tully, Wendy, and the Salazar brothers, Sean and Winston. Ivy has grown on me and so has the young married couple, Ellie & Rob Laird. I think I'm supposed to like Corinna, but I'm having trouble warming to her for some reason. The father and daughter duo also hits a soft spot.
I think the casting of the show was done really well. Everyone just seems really relatable, unlike, in my opinion, another very popular ensemble cast out there. I don't know what it is, but I just could never warm to the cast of Heroes. I don't know whether it was the characters themselves, or the casting in general.
Instead of going through the first 3 eps, I'm just gonna talk a bit about the characters I mentioned above.
Alex Tully is our clear hero and possibly our moral guidepost. He's the one who seemingly has the most to lose. His wife has been held hostage and the only way for him to get her back is to win this race. Even if we didn't feel for his character's plight, we instantly like him. But he's got some mysterious past that isn't clear. Loving him so far!
Corinna Wiles is the one who's not in it to win. She's in it for revenge. I dunno if I like her. Her entire past is tied to The Race and there's no reason to not like the character. Just hasn't really grown on me yet!
Sean and Winston Salazar. Can we say Sam & Dean? Not only do they drive an Impala, but they've got undeniable Sam and Dean type characteristics. Winston loves and appreciates his classic car and is a bit on the badass side. Sean is the sensitive younger brother with floppy hair. Plus? The scene in which Sean finds out that Winston really is his brother? So much angst! So. Good.
purestvixen already invented the word 'Zarcest. Ha! Wendy, the crazy lady with the plastic baby! I loved her right from the start, but after her little incident with the carseat and Ivy, I have to admit, she may very well be crazy! She's so likeable and a bit of a longshot, so we want to root for her don't we?
Rob & Ellie, the young married couple. I thought they were a little annoying at first, but after the third episode, I couldn't help but fall in love with them and their own reasons for being in The Race. I'm not usually a sucker for that sort of thing, but these guys really won me over.
John & Violet, the father and daughter duo. This duo breaks my heart. The fact that he's sick and she doesn't know. Him trying to let go of his clearly formerly uptight ways in order to spend the last year of his life having fun with his daughter, it's just all so sweet and heartbreaking. And the scene where she teaches him to lie, but she doesn't realize just how well he actually can lie. Oh, my heart. I love them!
Ivy Chitty, the annoying one. She's so emotionally detached from the whole thing. There's no reason to root for her, and I don't really. But I think her blossoming friendship/parternship with Wendy could turn that around. She's fun to watch in the very least.
The bottom line? It's a good time.
If you're like me and you missed the first three episodes. They were on Sunday & Monday, go here (www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/1699) where you can watch them streaming to get all caught up. You won't regret it.
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