NCIS:RED - I liked it

So I guess my readers are all eager to know how I liked the NCIS:RED launch seeing how annoyed I was with the initial descriptions of the characters. Well, I needed to eat up my own words as I was very pleasantly surprised with the way it turned out. I mean very surprised but it caught my interest and I want to see more of it.

So here´s in bulleting points what I liked about the show
-Kim Raver - First of all I was completely surprised with Kim Raver´s performance. I don´t know her as an actress and I was very impressed with her! She did a great job as Paris and I thought she was very believable. She gave Paris a nuance  and made her feel realistic. I thoroughly enjoyed her performance!
-Gillian Alexy - Another actress I did not know but she impressed me as well. She has an awesome Australian accent and she carried herself with great confidence, even swagger which I enjoyed a lot.
-Scott Grimes - I enjoyed him a lot. He definitely pulled out the funniest performance!
-Paris Summerskill - The character was actually very well realized and you got heaps of interesting back story about her. She´s even part French! I was impressed with how realistic and well nuanced she was straight from the beginning. And I really want to see more of her.
-Claire Keats - She was my favorite! She was so self confident, sarcastic (which I bloody loved), enthusiastic, had a bit of a swagger, nicely weird and obviously very smart. I loved her in her scenes with Sam where she was so enthusiastic and just very genuine in her behavior. And her accent was so wonderful to listen to.
-The humour - Scott Grimes kept me laughing with his cooking prowess, his commentary on vegetarians and vegans (I totally recognized that being the long suffering sister of a strict vegetarian), his comment on the socks Keats gave him and adorable awkwardness. He was like Eric Beale and I enjoyed that.
-The storyline - I was actually really intrigued by the storyline and thought the twists and turns were fun. It certainly kept me on my toes and I did NOT expect the ending
-The spark between Paris and Callen - I adored it. The actors pulled well off the atmosphere of cautious but wondering curiosity and they were very earnest with each other. I thought it was lovely to see them and Callen deserves to have someone.
-The clothes - can I just say that I thought they were wonderful. I want all of Paris´s and Claire´s outfits already.
-The fact that there is a woman in charge - seeing how the TV world works today I loved that and it's a step up for CBS to actually have a TV series with a woman in charge (aside from Hetty maybe)

What I did not like
-The shoes the actresses were - minor detail but still, you do NOT wear shoes with heels when fighting someone/playing an agent
-Roy Haines - somehow he didn't quite get to me as a character. He was just a bit too... annoying and he did not seem to listen to Paris. But he can definitely improve
-Kai Ashe´s accent - this sounds extremely petty and mean but when I first heard his accent I was lost and couldn't grasp properly what he was saying. I had to listen a few times to get it. It did put me off.
But once I got used to it, it was much easier to listen to. I have excellent auditory English skills but  sometimes I cannot hear properly what the actors say and it does throw me off to have to listen to a clip several times just to get the words.

Best scenes
-Claire and Dave sharing the chocolate bar. It was such a fun scene. They seemed so comfortable with each other sharing it and it was so normal for them. That did it for me. I laughed my head off when I saw it
-Dave talking about the socks that Claire gave him
-Dave worrying about allergies
-Callen and Paris discussing calling her P
-Hetty checking in on everyone
-Claire being over excited in the coffee house with Sam
-Dave trying to speak Spanish - what a wonderful scene it was!

Overall I thought it was a nice introduction to a new series and I  am happy that a lot of my earlier misgivings proved untrue. I was apprehensive about it but now I do hope it´ll be put to a series. It definitely has potential and could turn out to be really really good. It's also allow for more overlap with NCIS:LA which would be fun. I do want to see Kensi and Deeks visit the Red team and Nell and Eric too.

So CBS you got me, please put it to series!
But I still stand by what I said when I first read the descriptions of the characters - they were terrible but thank goodness you improved.

NCIS;Los Angeles spin off

Recently there has been a lot of casting news for the spinoff. So far they´ve cast the characters

Dave - Scott Grimes

Roy Quaid - John Corbett

Kai Ashe - Edwin Hodge

Clara - Gillian Alexy

Paris - Kim Raver

I have already expressed my own sincere annoyance/disgust with the way the characters were described in this post NCIS:LA spinoff - oh dear and I stand by what I wrote about my own thoughts on the description of the characters. I always feel like tearing out my hair when I read descriptions of the "sexy, tough female agent" or any description of a female TV character that includes more adjectives on beauty than anything else. Because of course, it´s impossible for a woman to do her job without being sexy and always gorgeous looking. Because gosh, women looking normal is like so last century!

In this world we live in today where the emphasis is nothing but beauty and looking sexy for women and girls are constantly bombarded with the message that they must be sexy in order to be valuable, things like this don´t help the cause of trying to counteract this thinking and instead emphasizing women´s worth is so much more than their beauty, it´s also their brain and character. It´s something I feel very strongly about and it´s a matter that needs to be discussed.

I have been  following the casting news with mild interest and I am honestly liking the actors they´ve cast.. The series will premier as a part of a two parter on NCIS:Los Angeles. And I will watch that two-parter as I am curious to see how this will turn out. I will not watch the series if it´s picked up but I might need to eat up my own words. Most of the characters are older than I imagined them so I am getting more curious how this will turn out.

So often, the description is only the veil and what it becomes turns out to be so different. After all, it´s in the end the actors that bring the characters to life. And what turns out can be surprising. As I´ve said earlier, I am enjoying the male actors they´ve cast and this could turn out to be good. And considering how well NCIS:Los Angeles turned out, this could be good.

So I will watch the two-parter, crossing my finger´s it won´t make me throw up.

And Miguel Ferrer will become a regular on NCIS:Los Angeles. That´s great news in my opinion :)