For this show, the last 5 minutes are always so arresting, whether Tommy is beating the living, holy crap out of someone or breaking down in tears. I find that, no matter what I'm doing, my attention is drawn back to the show and completely caught for the last few minutes. I'm still laughing at the episode where Tommy is trying to get the rest of the guys to call the money can for their no smoking money "the can" as opposed to "the kitty" (or however that would be spelled).
I didn't watch the controversial "rape" scene from last week's show. I saw it in the previews, but I didn't know where it was going and their conversation didn't seem any more messed up for what happened. Based on the comments going on about this show, I can't wait to watch it.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Spotted
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Richard Tyler from The 4400) was spotted as an extra on Seinfeld. He was the ticket person for the movie Sack Lunch, the movie Elaine liked better than The English Patient.
I like playing "Spotted" as I watch television because it's so much fun to be able to see some of my favourite actors before they became my favourite actors.
I like playing "Spotted" as I watch television because it's so much fun to be able to see some of my favourite actors before they became my favourite actors.
Friday, June 16, 2006
30 Rock
After watching a preview of the show, I completely change my mind about 30 Rock. I watched the preview several times and found myself laughing at the same thing each time, just as hard, as well as catching new things that were funny. In fact, re-watching made certain things funnier. This is going to be a good show to record, I'm thinking. I am beginning to be pretty excited about this comedy. I'm not sure if Tracy Morgan will be funny in the role though. His character really seems over the top, but that might be the point. What I am most interested in, though, is that the sketch the show is preparing will be viewed online, not on the show, as a cool way for this show to tie in with internet viewers. It's a smart way to keep viewers interested in the show, possibly gain new viewers, and use the internet in a productive, cohesive manner.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Spotted
Ted Levine (Captain Stottlemeyer from Monk) was Spotted in The Fast and the Furious and Memoirs of a Geisha.
Spotted is a regular feature where I exclaim to no one in particular when I "spot" a regular from favourite television show in movies or other shows.
Spotted is a regular feature where I exclaim to no one in particular when I "spot" a regular from favourite television show in movies or other shows.
Spotted
I love finding out where I've seen someone before. Justin Chambers (Karev from Grey's Anatomy) played Mossimo, another almost husband for J.Lo in The Wedding Planner. Wow! What a great accent! That just lets me know he's one to watch, because I really like his character as Mossimo and I think his jerky good guy on Grey's is a good conflicted character (my fave is still Sandra Oh's Christina). Just another favourite show character Spotted!
Inspiration
TV shows inspire me as a writer. Firefly is the show that told the best stories I've ever seen. Well written characters with reactions that come naturally out of the situations and I loved the Futuristic Western language, a lingo all its own. When I started doing my own reading about Japanese culture, I realized how indepth the American-Asian mixture was and it made me appreciate the show even more.
Bones is another show that inspires me. It's relatively new, but the Temperance Brennan character is such a uniquely naive character. It's interesting seeing her develop, it's interesting seeing Sealy Booth's overprotective streak, it's great watching the secondary characters who are in no way secondary, with just as much development as the main characters. I love the Angela character, so worldly, yet optimistic.
The Dead Zone - Book, movie, and television show - I've loved every incarnation of this story. I saw the movie first, then read the book, and was really excited to see Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny, though I am not excited about his end. I think that while Christopher Walken made the story a creepy coming of age tale, Anthony Michael Hall make it engaging, having you understand all of the conflict that would come from having this eerie talent. Too bad it's a brain tumor.
Bones is another show that inspires me. It's relatively new, but the Temperance Brennan character is such a uniquely naive character. It's interesting seeing her develop, it's interesting seeing Sealy Booth's overprotective streak, it's great watching the secondary characters who are in no way secondary, with just as much development as the main characters. I love the Angela character, so worldly, yet optimistic.
The Dead Zone - Book, movie, and television show - I've loved every incarnation of this story. I saw the movie first, then read the book, and was really excited to see Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny, though I am not excited about his end. I think that while Christopher Walken made the story a creepy coming of age tale, Anthony Michael Hall make it engaging, having you understand all of the conflict that would come from having this eerie talent. Too bad it's a brain tumor.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Summer's Here!
New episodes of The 4400, Rescue Me... So far so good. Today The Closer and Saved. These are both playing commercial free. Normally, I sort of TiVo shows and watch them one after the other without commercials, so it will be interesting to see what it's like watching it this week without commercials. Sometimes, when I watch The Closer, I miss California. What makes this show so good is watching the characters. They are well written, growing characters. Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson is a hard ass. It's her job to be so. So watching her trying to soften herself in different situations is hilarious and heart rending. The personal conflict is probably the most realistic of any procedural show I've watched, not counting Law & Order: SVU. I'm pretty excited about this season, the caliber of writing and acting that the 2nd season opener portrayed was exactly where you'd expect the show to go from last season. Chalk one up to another good drama from TNT.
You'd think a show about EMTs would be adrenaline filled, exciting, but Saved was not. The opening was stale, reusing CSI musical and visual conventions. The first scene was the best part of the show, but not exciting. The introduction of the main character was, to say the least, lame. A very realistic fight though. It made me laugh. The main idea of the season opener was "just another quiet day" where nothing is quiet, but each vignette was brief and emotionless, nothing drawing us into the characters, nothing to make us emotionally connect with the secondary characters or the stories. The pacing was slow, anti-adrenaline if you will, and the storyline was generic. The most irritating thing was the music, drawing so much attention to itself, you felt musically manipulated. However, even that didn't work because it was all so colourless, redoing what was done before. I would like to say I didn't like any part of it, but John the Baptist was actually funny (not as funny as it could have been, but the actor that played him had a very good voice) and the little boy was extremely cute. It will be interesting to see where the writers and directors take the show, but my guess is that this show doesn't stand a chance.
You'd think a show about EMTs would be adrenaline filled, exciting, but Saved was not. The opening was stale, reusing CSI musical and visual conventions. The first scene was the best part of the show, but not exciting. The introduction of the main character was, to say the least, lame. A very realistic fight though. It made me laugh. The main idea of the season opener was "just another quiet day" where nothing is quiet, but each vignette was brief and emotionless, nothing drawing us into the characters, nothing to make us emotionally connect with the secondary characters or the stories. The pacing was slow, anti-adrenaline if you will, and the storyline was generic. The most irritating thing was the music, drawing so much attention to itself, you felt musically manipulated. However, even that didn't work because it was all so colourless, redoing what was done before. I would like to say I didn't like any part of it, but John the Baptist was actually funny (not as funny as it could have been, but the actor that played him had a very good voice) and the little boy was extremely cute. It will be interesting to see where the writers and directors take the show, but my guess is that this show doesn't stand a chance.
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