"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.
