A Look at the Premiere dates for Fall TV 2014
Since my Tivo recorded The League as the first show of the Fall season I am interested in watching, I figured it would be a good idea to take a look at when shows are starting back up. With that in mind, I went to Tvguide.com to see when things are premiering.
September 1 – 13
The first two weeks of September is kinda sparse with only 3 shows I am thinking of watching.
- Wednesday 9/3 – The League
- Sunday 9/7 – Boardwalk Empire
- Wednesday 9/10 – Hell's Kitchen
I might also watch a show called Z Nation on SyFy on Fridays, but I haven't heard a thing about it yet.
September 14 – 27
The 3rd week of September has absolutely nothing starting that I am interested in, but the 4th week has a bunch, and as opposed to the Summer schedule, things seem to be on Monday in the Fall.
- Monday 9/22 – Gotham, Sleepy Hollow, The Blacklist are definite, Scorpion and Forever are maybes
- Tuesday 9/23 – Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
- Friday 9/26 – The Amazing Race
September 28 – October 11
Gracepoint starts in this timeframe, and it is an American version of the BBC's Broadchurch which was great, hopefully it is as good. The Flash also starts as I am looking forward to another superhero.
- Sunday 9/28 – The Simpsons and maybe Once Upon a Time
- Thursday 10/2 – Gracepoint
- Tuesday 10/7 – The Flash and maybe Supernatural
- Wednesday 10/8 – maybe Arrow
October 12 – October 31
Of course I am looking forward to The Walking Dead, and I think these 5 are probably my most anticipated shows this Fall.
- Sunday 10/12 – The Walking Dead
- Wednesday 10/22 – The 100
- Friday 10/24 – Grimm and Constantine
- Thursday 10/30 – Elementary
On the whole, I think this looks like it could be a good season of television. The new shows – Constantine, Gotham and The Flash look to be quality from what I've seen of the trailers and I hope they are successful.
September Featured Link
Today I took a look at Zubon's post over at Kill Ten Rats about the new Dungeons & Dragons rule set. In particular, he mentions the push in the new players handbook to keep players away from the almighty 18 in their primary stat. Now I haven't read through the PHB yet, but this shift from previous character generation has me a bit concerned. As Zubon's post mentioned a comparison between Legolas and Pippin, I think people want to play the Elf because a story where Pippin is the main character is going to have a hard time being epic. A story about a bunch of Pippin's running around trying to rescue princesses and fighting bandits is going to end up with a lot of dead Pippins. And not everyone wants to play D&D just for the roleplaying – they want to fight.
People want to play games as the hero. Yes it is nice to roleplay someone who is not all powerful, but you have to be capable. Deflating the statistics of the PCs will only result in a lessening of the NPC stats and a reduction in the overall power of the game. This could be good for things like fighting a dragon and such, but it may become more difficult when trying to draw a distinction between all the Pippins and the Goblins they are fighting. Dying to a Vampire or Lich is one thing, but you have to be able to level up first and I foresee difficulties with the reduction in player ability.
As I said, I have not read through the new Player's Handbook so perhaps there are other ways that they are compensating the characters, but it seems like it could be a difficult sell. This, of course, is just my opinion and I could be totally wrong.
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