Dream a Little Dream of Me: Part 1

Another show done in by HD!! During the two-hour season premiere of Grey's Anatomy I could not help but notice that the cast looked atrocious. What I mean is that all scars, wrinkles and skin imperfections were so visible, they were in fact distracting. This is not meant as a critique of the physical features of the actors but the choice of the network and production executives to shoot in HD. 'High definition' by its very nature is absolutely unforgiving and when used by uncaring producers, who are trying to increase their profit by cutting costs, comes at the expense of the actors' appearance and the technical crew's experience.

Please take some time and spend some money on returning to the look that we have come to expect and enjoy, it is sad to see a successful show regress as profits are pulled off the screen and slipped into the pockets of the bean counters. Why should a news anchor have better care taken of their appearance than the leading ladies (and guest stars) of a popular dramatic series.

The audience is watching and we are NOT amused.

I think special kudos should go to the excellent casting on this season's opener: Bernadette Peters, Kathy Bates and Mariette Hartley?? OMG, what a powerhouse trio! And Cliff DeYoung and John Getz were right there with them, too.

And Kevin McKidd was (would be?) a great addition. Perhaps like Noah Wiley (you now, the one on that other show about doctors), Sandra Oh will decide to take a sabbatical in some war-torn country...

OTOH, the regulars are, well ... just that. It's like Shonda Rhimes said, 'Okay, you're all coming back this year but we really don't want you to do or be anything different -- just be more of what you were before.

I swear, if I have to listen to Ellen Pompeo kvetch any more I'm going to scream! Or worse, stop watching. Considering the show's named after her character (and granting how much harder it is to write a protagonist than an antagonist), IMO she's the weakest link.

The others...eh. Karev started off well, then became über-surly as usual; Izzie is still doe-eyed, only more so; George is still ... George, and Lexie was-- Well, you get the idea. The writers took the standard personalities and added a couple zeroes on the end, but there were no surprises or character revelations. Ho-hum.