Chuck is so much fun. Its bright colors and awesome action sequences are decidedly reminiscent of comic books and superhero cartoons. It's a show about spies and secret identities and romance. Leads Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski are both wonderful dramatic and comedic actors. Not to mention, they have fabulous chemistry (I'm going to purposely shy away from the recent shipper controversy in this post). I always enjoy Adam Baldwin, and I love Joshua Gomez as the ever-uninformed Morgan on the Buy More front. Season three guests Kristin Kruek and Brandon Routh are great fits as well; I'm wondering how long they'll stick around. Too bad this season's budget is chopped, because they'd be awesome regulars.
All in all, the show is a blast. I'm a sucker for comedies with heart, and Chuck is that and more: It excels at genuine character development, super guest stars (I geeked out for Tricia Helfer), pop-culture references, and making you root for the nerd to get the hot girl in the end. Which happens often, hooray!
More stuff I like about Chuck plus some thoughts about Chuck vs. the Mask:
- I'm a huge fan of the show's non-diegetic music, credit to music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who also did The O.C. and Grey's Anatomy. Very influential shows for music. Props for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, the National, Ratatat, and more.
- Liked the Routh-Superman reference. I want him to stick around half because I'm liking the love quadrangle, and half because he's so good looking.
- I hate watching things in museums being broken. I winced every time a vase was smashed.
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