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10/24/2007
10/23/2007
Ups and Downs 10/23/2007
Up...
Just when I was ready to dump Samantha Who, the show signs Timothy Olyphant. Without Deadwood on the air, I need another way to see one of today's most talented actors. It stays. At least until next year for his first appearance. Smart bastards.
Down...
Chuck didn't meet expectations, even with lots of Baldwin screen time and a bevy of Asian bit part actors. It's off the schedule.
Up...
Kristen Bell is one of the Heroes.
Down...
Headed to ABC is "The More Things Change" about four male friends and their trials and tribulations. Lord knows I don't need another Big Shots.
Up...
Journeyman remains consistent and adds in more family flavor, and the reason for his current journey isn't as simultaneously convoluted AND obvious as the ones before.
Down...
Amy from The Biggest Loser. Not her weight. Her frickin' attitude. Amy - quit your whining/bitching/moaning. It's clearly not the trainer. It's YOU. Also down...Blue Team! How could you guys do this to Bob?? Your deception is beneath your yoga guru trainer.
Just when I was ready to dump Samantha Who, the show signs Timothy Olyphant. Without Deadwood on the air, I need another way to see one of today's most talented actors. It stays. At least until next year for his first appearance. Smart bastards.
Down...
Chuck didn't meet expectations, even with lots of Baldwin screen time and a bevy of Asian bit part actors. It's off the schedule.
Up...
Kristen Bell is one of the Heroes.
Down...
Headed to ABC is "The More Things Change" about four male friends and their trials and tribulations. Lord knows I don't need another Big Shots.
Up...
Journeyman remains consistent and adds in more family flavor, and the reason for his current journey isn't as simultaneously convoluted AND obvious as the ones before.
Down...
Amy from The Biggest Loser. Not her weight. Her frickin' attitude. Amy - quit your whining/bitching/moaning. It's clearly not the trainer. It's YOU. Also down...Blue Team! How could you guys do this to Bob?? Your deception is beneath your yoga guru trainer.
10/21/2007
One Teensy Suggestion
I'm a sucker for unrequited and unfulfilled love, and while I certainly don't expect Casablanca out of Moonlight's pairing I wouldn't mind another Buffy-Angel/Buffy-Spike.
Moonlight's Mick and Beth do not have this yet. So far, Mick's whined about how he puts Beth in danger so "this" has to stop. I don't know what "this" is. He is apparently referring to their relationship. But thus far, it has consisted of occasionally solving cases together (and ok, sucking her blood once when he was dying) and one moment of confidence as he reveals he is a vampire.
So, Moonlight writers, go reread some Victor Hugo (Les Mis and Hunchback should do it) and Marquez (Cholera, of course), then rent Veronica Mars and The Office, have a decent brainstorming session, and up your game.
But don't worry, Moonlight. You still got me.
Moonlight's Mick and Beth do not have this yet. So far, Mick's whined about how he puts Beth in danger so "this" has to stop. I don't know what "this" is. He is apparently referring to their relationship. But thus far, it has consisted of occasionally solving cases together (and ok, sucking her blood once when he was dying) and one moment of confidence as he reveals he is a vampire.
So, Moonlight writers, go reread some Victor Hugo (Les Mis and Hunchback should do it) and Marquez (Cholera, of course), then rent Veronica Mars and The Office, have a decent brainstorming session, and up your game.
But don't worry, Moonlight. You still got me.
10/19/2007
Move over Women's Murder Club, Something Sucks More Than You
For the record:
1. I spent most of high school less than an hour away from Laughlin and visited it frequently.
2. I love anything to do with gambling.
3. I super love Hugh Jackman.
4. I adore musicals and choreography.
5. This show had Veronica Mars side character alum in the pilot which always buys me some love.
And I HATED this pilot. The dialogue rings dime store. The commitment to musical format is half assed. Sometimes the inserted songs didn't even make sense to the plot, which is what happens when you use existing music instead of original (Abba's turn in Mamma Mia as the one exception). Everyone's signature move involves buttoning up their jacket with anger or removing their sunglasses with pizazz. People are constantly overacting - even a simple phone message turns into melodrama.
This gets the immediate dump from my TV schedule.
1. I spent most of high school less than an hour away from Laughlin and visited it frequently.
2. I love anything to do with gambling.
3. I super love Hugh Jackman.
4. I adore musicals and choreography.
5. This show had Veronica Mars side character alum in the pilot which always buys me some love.
And I HATED this pilot. The dialogue rings dime store. The commitment to musical format is half assed. Sometimes the inserted songs didn't even make sense to the plot, which is what happens when you use existing music instead of original (Abba's turn in Mamma Mia as the one exception). Everyone's signature move involves buttoning up their jacket with anger or removing their sunglasses with pizazz. People are constantly overacting - even a simple phone message turns into melodrama.
This gets the immediate dump from my TV schedule.
The Genius of Karen Darling
I've made it no secret that Dirty Sexy Money is my favorite show of the season and Karen Darling is my favorite character.
She's flawed, likable, and somehow relatable despite being a billionaire heiress, and she's played with perfection by Natalie Zea.
Karen's obsession with childhood playmate Nick and their past relationship is described as "creepy" by Nick's wife, but I think nothing is more normal than holding onto a past dream that has no hope of fruition and the desperation that follows.
The unanswered question is: Nick may have proposed to Karen when they were kids, but what did Karen say? And if she did say no, why?
She's flawed, likable, and somehow relatable despite being a billionaire heiress, and she's played with perfection by Natalie Zea.
Karen's obsession with childhood playmate Nick and their past relationship is described as "creepy" by Nick's wife, but I think nothing is more normal than holding onto a past dream that has no hope of fruition and the desperation that follows.
The unanswered question is: Nick may have proposed to Karen when they were kids, but what did Karen say? And if she did say no, why?
10/18/2007
Didn't I Write This Episode of Gossip Girl When I Was Nine?
Things that should make me stop watching Gossip Girl:
- boring attempt at poor boy takes rich girl on snooty date only to discover she just wants to hang with him at dive bars and learn how to play pool which she sucks at so he has to teach her and engage in the "lean over"
- overdone truth or dare takes a nasty turn storyline
- contrived method to get old flames together in same place cooking and forcefully touching
It's like the writers had a focus group of second graders and how they imagined high school, then threw all the elements together in one episode.
Despite this: I've still decide to put GG on the perma-list. But note to Josh Schwartz: you probably don't know why you lost me during the third season of the O.C. But it's plain and simple: you fucked with Sandy and Kirsten, the ultimate OC parents. I told you that you could have all the stupid teenagers running around and getting drunk and sleeping with each other and trying out lesbianism and whatever else they did on the show as long as you didn't fuck with Sandy and Kirsten. But you made them adultering and alcoholic, and THAT'S when I tuned out. So as for GG: do not mess with the two blonde innocent young'uns. Give everyone else as much drama as you want. Leave us this peace in the storm.
- boring attempt at poor boy takes rich girl on snooty date only to discover she just wants to hang with him at dive bars and learn how to play pool which she sucks at so he has to teach her and engage in the "lean over"
- overdone truth or dare takes a nasty turn storyline
- contrived method to get old flames together in same place cooking and forcefully touching
It's like the writers had a focus group of second graders and how they imagined high school, then threw all the elements together in one episode.
Despite this: I've still decide to put GG on the perma-list. But note to Josh Schwartz: you probably don't know why you lost me during the third season of the O.C. But it's plain and simple: you fucked with Sandy and Kirsten, the ultimate OC parents. I told you that you could have all the stupid teenagers running around and getting drunk and sleeping with each other and trying out lesbianism and whatever else they did on the show as long as you didn't fuck with Sandy and Kirsten. But you made them adultering and alcoholic, and THAT'S when I tuned out. So as for GG: do not mess with the two blonde innocent young'uns. Give everyone else as much drama as you want. Leave us this peace in the storm.
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