Some time has passed and we have become a little more TV wiser. Well, I guess we’re ALWAYS getting TV wiser since we are ALWAYS watching more TV. Or are we getting TV dumber? Mmmmm…...
Let’s start off with my MAIN reason for living this week:
(THE FINAL) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (no spoilers, I promise)
Oh, what can I say that hasn’t already been said on sci-fi message boards across the universe? Well, I will say this… at first, I was somewhat disappointed. The first half of the two-hour finale was incredible. Amazing action and “loose-end” tie ups that made the writers of LOST cower and shake in a corner somewhere. I stood up several times CURSING Charter Communications for not offering my Sci-Fi Channel in HD! How dare they! BUT, the second half left me scratching my head in some parts. No! Don’t say that! That’s stupid! No! Don’t make THIS be the last thing I see you do! No! PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ME THINK THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS TO HER!!!! THEN, a really cool final 3 minutes.
I woke up the next day and watched it again. And, believe it or not, I loved it. All of it. The whole series was a work of art and I’m jealous of all the people who haven’t seen it yet.
KINGS
So there’s this new show, starring the guy who was an arrogant bad ass on Deadwood, called Kings. NOW, that guy takes on the challenge of playing an arrogant badass WITHOUT a mustache. Can he do it? Maybe the scores of gorgeous people surrounding him will help.
The series opener? Kinda cool at times…AND totally LAME at times. The butterflies as a crown on the dude’s head as the closing scene!? Nothing like a final image to leave you questioning whether or not to watch episode 2. I guess I will. If it happens again, I’m gonna pull an early “Heroes.”
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
Done-ski! Two episodes in and I’m OUT! Especially since the Dice-man was the first to go! (Did I really just write that?) (Why don’t I delete it?)
MESSAGE TO ALL REALITY SHOWS:
WHEN COMING BACK FROM A COMMERCIAL BREAK….WE DO NOT NEED TO RE-WATCH THE LAST TEN MINUTES WE JUST SAW BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL BREAK!!!!!! WE REMEMBER!!!!!
DAMAGES
AH! Only one episode to go!? Went…[shivers]….so…[sniff]….fast….[faint].
AMERICAN IDOL
Okay, who’s gone? The Puerto Rican kid (not a surprise)…the cute African-American girl (kinda a surprise…I thought she’d go a bit further)…[HANG ON, I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM WRITING THIS…my Lean Cuisine is beeping ]
AMERICAN IDOL (con’t)
…Rican kid (not a surprise)…the cute African-American girl (kinda a surprise…I thought she’d go a bit further)…and the tiny blond girl with the purple in her head (boooooring.) Let’s just 4x’s fast forward to the end when it’s between the blind guy, the widower and Depeche Mode guy.
BIG LOVE
Okay, we’re up to 17. 17 phone calls that have been hung up with no one saying some form of “good-bye.” With one episode left to go, I have to admit I was hoping that number would be higher. 20 was the goal. I guess 3 IS doable.
LOST
Is it just me, or is this show actually…kinda good again? I think it’s because we aren’t being flung around from group to group…from this part of the island to that part of the island…from this time to that time (sort of). Not that there isn’t still a billion more questions…WHERE’S CLAIRE? Hello? BERNARD?
That’s all for now. To all my fans and followers….thank you. I’m sure I’ll talk/see you in the next few days.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Let's Start This
"That's why we're over. We're done. Cold turkey."
I had just finished explaining to my friend Chris why I decided to recently DROP "Heroes" from my life.
"That's why we're over. We're done. Cold turkey."
I am one stubborn shmuck when it comes to finishing something I've started. It TAKES A LOT for me to walk away from something before it's conclusion. Movies, TV series, Books. All of it. If I start it, no matter what awful turn it takes, I'm there to the end, completing my commitment. (Although I think I remember throwing a Robin Cook book across the room and never picking it up again).
Well, people change.
HEROES
It's over. It took 40 minutes into the first episode of this 2nd half of this 3rd season/4th volume/32nd chapter…who the fuck knows what it is…for me to hit STOP/ERASE/ARE YOU SURE?/YES. Then, I REALLY took a leap. EDIT RECORDING/CANCEL/ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO STOP RECORDING ALL EPISODES/YES/POWER OFF/GOOD BYE FOREVER.
Do I really need to get into the reasons? If you watch the show, you know exactly why I'm done with it. If you don't watch it, you don't care.
I'm so over these "it was meant to be/it's not just a coincidence" moments that are all over TV. Oh, no, no reason to justify WHY he just got into a cab and THAT GUY is driving it and then he runs into that other guy four seconds later. It was meant to be. Have faith. NO! I don't want to! Just because these people are immortal or can fly or can slice the tops of scalps off, doesn't mean they ONLY run into each other!
That's it I'm done.
DAMAGES
God, I love this show. I get chills ever time Ted Danson's on the screen. I wasn't sure about William Hurt at first, but now he's getting creepy. You know a show is great when you watch it again the next day.
LOST
Did the producers of this show send a signal through the TV to somehow convince the public that it's AWESOME to be confused? Everywhere I look..."LOST: So Confusing and ADDICTIVE! WE LOVE IT!" Shit, I'm exhausted.
THREE LETTERS THE LOST WRITERS DON'T HAVE ON THEIR KEYBOARDS:
W - H - Y
You have to go back to the island to save your friends. --- Uh, why?
You have to move the island? --- Uh, why?
Round up all your friends, get on a plane and recreate the exact disaster that has ruined your life. ---Uh, why?
Ben just got on the plane all beat up. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!! No one ever asks WHY!?
Sawyer doesn't have a shirt again. WHY.
BIG LOVE
No one says "good bye" at the end of ANY phone conversation on that show. Really! Look for yourself. The count so far this season is twelve. Twelve phone chats that ended with one person hanging up on the other. Oh, and here's a good drinking game: Whenever there's a scene involving an argument, you drink! You'll be shit faced half way through, guaranteed. I read some review on the show recently that said, "I defy you to find a better written show currently on TV." Uh, Damages? I win.
IDOL
I like the new judge. And the guy who lost his wife. Can't wait to see how America pisses me off this year.
BIGGEST LOSER
Such a better show when there are NICE people on it. I almost had to drop it after last season's goblins.
SURVIVOR
Yah yah yah…swim over there….yah yah yah…puts these puzzle pieces together….yah yah yah …raise your tribe's flag…. yah yah yah…exile island… yah yah yah…hidden immunity idol…. yah yah yah…I still love this show.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
So good. I am savoring every last second of this series.
AMAZING RACE
I need a Xanax and Dramamine to watch this it….but it's hands down the best reality show ever.
That's not all the shows I watched this week. It's all the shows I felt like writing about. Thanks, Chris.
I had just finished explaining to my friend Chris why I decided to recently DROP "Heroes" from my life.
"That's why we're over. We're done. Cold turkey."
I am one stubborn shmuck when it comes to finishing something I've started. It TAKES A LOT for me to walk away from something before it's conclusion. Movies, TV series, Books. All of it. If I start it, no matter what awful turn it takes, I'm there to the end, completing my commitment. (Although I think I remember throwing a Robin Cook book across the room and never picking it up again).
Well, people change.
HEROES
It's over. It took 40 minutes into the first episode of this 2nd half of this 3rd season/4th volume/32nd chapter…who the fuck knows what it is…for me to hit STOP/ERASE/ARE YOU SURE?/YES. Then, I REALLY took a leap. EDIT RECORDING/CANCEL/ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO STOP RECORDING ALL EPISODES/YES/POWER OFF/GOOD BYE FOREVER.
Do I really need to get into the reasons? If you watch the show, you know exactly why I'm done with it. If you don't watch it, you don't care.
I'm so over these "it was meant to be/it's not just a coincidence" moments that are all over TV. Oh, no, no reason to justify WHY he just got into a cab and THAT GUY is driving it and then he runs into that other guy four seconds later. It was meant to be. Have faith. NO! I don't want to! Just because these people are immortal or can fly or can slice the tops of scalps off, doesn't mean they ONLY run into each other!
That's it I'm done.
DAMAGES
God, I love this show. I get chills ever time Ted Danson's on the screen. I wasn't sure about William Hurt at first, but now he's getting creepy. You know a show is great when you watch it again the next day.
LOST
Did the producers of this show send a signal through the TV to somehow convince the public that it's AWESOME to be confused? Everywhere I look..."LOST: So Confusing and ADDICTIVE! WE LOVE IT!" Shit, I'm exhausted.
THREE LETTERS THE LOST WRITERS DON'T HAVE ON THEIR KEYBOARDS:
W - H - Y
You have to go back to the island to save your friends. --- Uh, why?
You have to move the island? --- Uh, why?
Round up all your friends, get on a plane and recreate the exact disaster that has ruined your life. ---Uh, why?
Ben just got on the plane all beat up. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!! No one ever asks WHY!?
Sawyer doesn't have a shirt again. WHY.
BIG LOVE
No one says "good bye" at the end of ANY phone conversation on that show. Really! Look for yourself. The count so far this season is twelve. Twelve phone chats that ended with one person hanging up on the other. Oh, and here's a good drinking game: Whenever there's a scene involving an argument, you drink! You'll be shit faced half way through, guaranteed. I read some review on the show recently that said, "I defy you to find a better written show currently on TV." Uh, Damages? I win.
IDOL
I like the new judge. And the guy who lost his wife. Can't wait to see how America pisses me off this year.
BIGGEST LOSER
Such a better show when there are NICE people on it. I almost had to drop it after last season's goblins.
SURVIVOR
Yah yah yah…swim over there….yah yah yah…puts these puzzle pieces together….yah yah yah …raise your tribe's flag…. yah yah yah…exile island… yah yah yah…hidden immunity idol…. yah yah yah…I still love this show.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
So good. I am savoring every last second of this series.
AMAZING RACE
I need a Xanax and Dramamine to watch this it….but it's hands down the best reality show ever.
That's not all the shows I watched this week. It's all the shows I felt like writing about. Thanks, Chris.
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