You're wrong about that!
The first time I saw this show, I didn't think I would like it. But as I watched more shows, I realized that the writing was awesome, I loved the snark, I loved the acting and here was teenage television drama I could get behind. If you've never watched Veronica Mars, give it a shot. If you have, happy watching!
Veronica Mars season 3 premieres October 3rd at 9pm on CW, but MSN will be playing the the show from Sept. 26 until it premieres Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 9 p.m."
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Emmys: Humourous or Tasteless?
Conan O'Brien is on a flight heading towards the Emmys, for which he's hosting. When asked if he was nervous, he says, "What could go wrong." The plane proceeds to crash a la LOST (with Conan climbing into the overhead compartment). A totally hilarious scene, except for one thing. A plane crashed hours before in Kentucky.
Tim Gilbert, the general manager of the NBC affiliate in Lexington, Ky., told the Lexington Herald-Leader he was “stunned” by the opening.
“It was a live telecast - we were completely helpless,” said Gilbert, whose station covered the local air tragedy that killed 49 people only hours before. “By the time we began to react, it was over. At the station, we were as horrified as they were at home.”
Additional criticism of the sequence appeared on numerous Web sites including the Los Angeles Times’ where a critic called the spot “cringe-inducing” and “of questionable taste.”
Gilbert, who will file a complaint with the network, said he believes the spoof should have never aired.
“They could have killed the opening and it wouldn’t have hurt the show at all,” said the Kentucky GM. “We wish somebody had thought this through. It’s somewhere between ignorance and incompetence.”
What's unfortunate is that the plane crash spoof was not the funniest part of the opening sequence, but it was an absolutely fantastic beginning. The hatch leading to the Office was what was funny. The fact that it came from LOST's hatch made it all the more so. I cannot imagine being in Kentucky following the story and then watching the Emmys, but I also cannot imagine being so incensed about something that was not mocking plane crashes, but spoofing a television show. Where was the uproar when the show LOST came out? There are hundreds of plane victim mourners who could have been upset with it. If the spoof was entirely about plane crashing or was spoofing only plane crashes, I could understand the disappointment. But it was making fun of a show.
I read an article at Blogcritic.org about E! asking if they could do a re-enactment of Dimebag Darrell's murder. The article stated that his murder was not entertainment. Pantera's publicist had this to say to E!:
"The answer is no, and on behalf of everyone that was there that night and everyone that misses him every day, you can take that no and shove it up your collective asses."
If there were a show about a heavy metal band and one episode was about the drummer who was murdered, that wouldn't be tacky. What E! wants to do is tacky. If the Emmy preshow was specifically about plane crashes or mocking a specific crash, that would be tacky. When planes crash, that's sad. When shows spoof other shows to honor them, that's funny. To make it anything else is to as "cringe worthy" as some may have thought the Emmy preshow was.
What's unfortunate is that the plane crash spoof was not the funniest part of the opening sequence, but it was an absolutely fantastic beginning. The hatch leading to the Office was what was funny. The fact that it came from LOST's hatch made it all the more so. I cannot imagine being in Kentucky following the story and then watching the Emmys, but I also cannot imagine being so incensed about something that was not mocking plane crashes, but spoofing a television show. Where was the uproar when the show LOST came out? There are hundreds of plane victim mourners who could have been upset with it. If the spoof was entirely about plane crashing or was spoofing only plane crashes, I could understand the disappointment. But it was making fun of a show.
I read an article at Blogcritic.org about E! asking if they could do a re-enactment of Dimebag Darrell's murder. The article stated that his murder was not entertainment. Pantera's publicist had this to say to E!:
"The answer is no, and on behalf of everyone that was there that night and everyone that misses him every day, you can take that no and shove it up your collective asses."
If there were a show about a heavy metal band and one episode was about the drummer who was murdered, that wouldn't be tacky. What E! wants to do is tacky. If the Emmy preshow was specifically about plane crashes or mocking a specific crash, that would be tacky. When planes crash, that's sad. When shows spoof other shows to honor them, that's funny. To make it anything else is to as "cringe worthy" as some may have thought the Emmy preshow was.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Twilight Zone
Why does that music still strike fear into my heart? How can it still be the scariest show on television? In all its black and white glory, its talk of communists or body doubles, it is a show that still makes me pause before watching it. More than any scary movie, more than any book, this show has the ability to do something nothing else can do. Give me nightmares.
I don't really have nightmares caused by an outside source. I remember once dreaming about a gigantic spider on Gilligan's Island (and I hate spiders), but that's all I can remember in all my 30 years of dreams. I've had my share of nightmares, just not television or movie inspired.
Don't get me wrong. There are alot of cheesy, campy, funny elements to the show to, but when it's scary, it gets me.
I don't really have nightmares caused by an outside source. I remember once dreaming about a gigantic spider on Gilligan's Island (and I hate spiders), but that's all I can remember in all my 30 years of dreams. I've had my share of nightmares, just not television or movie inspired.
Don't get me wrong. There are alot of cheesy, campy, funny elements to the show to, but when it's scary, it gets me.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Who Wants To Be A Superhero?
You don't understand the pure joy in my heart as I think about tonight's episode. The Iron Enforcer was eliminated and turned into The Dark Enforcer. Now he's back to make everything super hard for our heroes. And apparently he stole someone's cape. "What is this treachery!?" yells Tyveculus (I think, from the previews). I clap my hands in glee and can't wait until tonight.
On a different note, to show the tv/real life crossover - today when I went to a meeting, one of the guys had a gianormous dog slowly coming towards me and it reminded me of th challenge from Who Wants To Be A Superhero. I told the dog I hoped he was a nice, big dog and not one of those dogs that would tear your leg from your body. He was nice, but pushy.
On a different note, to show the tv/real life crossover - today when I went to a meeting, one of the guys had a gianormous dog slowly coming towards me and it reminded me of th challenge from Who Wants To Be A Superhero. I told the dog I hoped he was a nice, big dog and not one of those dogs that would tear your leg from your body. He was nice, but pushy.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Fall Season Premiere Dates
New Shows and Returning Shows
August
Spring 2007 Premier
Current Season In Progress
August
- M 8/21 @ 8:00 PM - Prison Break (FOX)
- M 8/21 @ 9:00 PM - Vanished (FOX)
- W 8/30 @ 8:00 PM - Bones (FOX)
- W 8/30 @ 9:00 PM - Justice (FOX)
- T 9/05 @ 9:00 PM - Standoff (FOX)
- T 9/05 @ 10:00 PM - Nip/Tuck (FX)
- R 9/7 8:00 PM - 'til Death (FOX)
- R 9/7 8:30 PM - Happy Hour (FOX)
- M 9/18 @ 8:00 PM - The Class (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 8:30 PM - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 9:00 PM - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 10:00 PM - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)
- T 9/19 @ 8:00 PM - NCIS (CBS)
- T 9/19 @ 9:00 PM - The Unit (CBS)
- T 9/19 @ 10:00 PM - Smith (CBS)
- W 9/20 8:00 PM - Jericho (CBS)
- W 9/20 10:00 PM - Kidnapped (NBC)
- R 9/21 @ 8:00 PM - My Name Is Earl (NBC)
- R 9/21 @ 9:00 PM - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- R 9/21 @ 10:00 PM - ER (NBC)
- R 9/21 10:00 PM - Shark (CBS)
- R 9/21 10:00 PM - Six Degrees (ABC)
- F 9/22 8:00 PM - Ugly Betty (ABC)
- F 9/22 8:30 PM - Men in Trees (ABC)
- F 9/22 @ 10:00 PM - Numb3rs (CBS)
- S 9/24 @ 9:00 PM - Desperate Housewives (ABC)
- S 9/24 @ 10:00 PM - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- M 9/25 @ 8:00 PM - 7th Heaven (CW)
- M 9/25 @ 9:00 PM - Heroes (NBC)
- T 9/26 @ 8:00 PM - Gilmore Girls (CW)
- T 9/26 @ 9:30 PM - Help Me Help You (ABC)
- T 9/26 @ 10:00 PM - Boston Legal (ABC)
- R 9/28 @ 8:00 PM - Smallville (CW)
- R 9/28 @ 9:00 PM - Supernatural (CW)
- T 10/03 @ 8:00 PM - Friday Night Lights (NBC)
- T 10/03 @ 9:00 PM - Veronica Mars (CW)
- W 10/04 @ 8:00 PM - 20 Good Years (NBC)
- W 10/04 @ 9:00 PM - Lost (ABC)
- W 10/04 @ 10:00 PM - The Nine (ABC)
- R 10/05 @ 8:00 PM - Big Day (ABC)
- R 10/05 @ 8:30 PM - Notes from the Underbelly (ABC)
- W 10/11 @ 8:30 PM - 30 Rock (NBC)
- T 10/17 @ 9:00 PM - The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
- F 10/20 @ 9:00 PM - Las Vegas (NBC)
- R 11/02 @ 9:00 PM - The O.C. (FOX)
- W 11/15 @ 9:00 PM - Daybreak (ABC)
Spring 2007 Premier
- Scrubs (NBC)
- 1/09/07 @ 10:00 PM - The Shield (FX)*
Current Season In Progress
- Stargate Atlantis (SciFi)
- Stargate SG-1 (SciFi)
- The 4400
Eureka Me
Every Tuesday I've watched Eureka followed by Rescue Me. Yes, I have it programmed into Google Calendar. I get my 10 minute reminders. Hush, I love TV! Anyway, since Eureka's been broadcasting, I've watched the two in combination and I have to say, never has my schedule held such a different combo. My Monday combo is Kyle XY and The Closer. The Closer is the better show and I wished to GOD I liked Saved (some of the story situations are getting interesting) but I dislike the storyline of every main character. I hate how they're written, I hate how they're being played. This past Saved, I wanted to watch, I wanted to know why that guy blew up the building, but my innards wouldn't let me. I watched the news instead.
On topic. Eureka is kind of a sleepy show. There are plausibly exciting things going on, but the feel of the show never moves faster than a lanky stroll through town. The only time I believe the agent is when she's with her son. The only mystery that attracts me is what, exactly, the red-headedpsychopsychiatrist is up to. I really like the guy who plays the sheriff. He is exactly how he should be in this town. Clueless, ready to laugh everything off, but not dumb. Just clueless. The guy who plays Henry is great too. I really like the absentminded savant way he plays the character. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lupo. If I could ever fall in love with a woman, it would be Dr. Temperance Brennan, but Lupo would be a very close second. Max Headroom, I hate. I will keep watching the show because what is interesting is very interesting, but riddle me this. Why does Zoe, Carter's daughter, get to go in and out of town at whim and where does her mother think she goes?
Rescue Me... what can I say about the show that hasn't already been said? It's a really great show. Dennis Leary does awkward really well, why does the captain keep letting himself get into these situations, I want to see Tommy beat the crap out of his brother again, etc. etc. I revel in the selfish grittiness of the series. I like how they are all for themselves yet for an instance in time (every fire), they are all for each other. And from what I can tell from the show, 9/11 is never going to be over for New Yorkers. It will always be there. You will look up some days and not see the Towers, or when the new towers are up, you'll remember the old ones, you'll catch a whiff of air that reminds you of that day, hear the voice of someone in the crowd who shouldn't be there... All of that is in Rescue Me. Every dramatic, overwhelming, WTF moment of it is embedded in the way these actors play their characters. Most of all, I love the humour. When Tommy tried to get them to stop saying kittie, when Sean was sleepwalking, when Tommy thought the teacher had chlamydia and was scared to pee... too funny. I can only add to the accolades, not the stink. If you can get over the message that the cursing, racism, sex and such sends, how can you not get over the display of yet another transgression? But as my husband says, it's just a tv show, nothing happened to her, I saw her in something else and she was fine.
On topic. Eureka is kind of a sleepy show. There are plausibly exciting things going on, but the feel of the show never moves faster than a lanky stroll through town. The only time I believe the agent is when she's with her son. The only mystery that attracts me is what, exactly, the red-headed
Rescue Me... what can I say about the show that hasn't already been said? It's a really great show. Dennis Leary does awkward really well, why does the captain keep letting himself get into these situations, I want to see Tommy beat the crap out of his brother again, etc. etc. I revel in the selfish grittiness of the series. I like how they are all for themselves yet for an instance in time (every fire), they are all for each other. And from what I can tell from the show, 9/11 is never going to be over for New Yorkers. It will always be there. You will look up some days and not see the Towers, or when the new towers are up, you'll remember the old ones, you'll catch a whiff of air that reminds you of that day, hear the voice of someone in the crowd who shouldn't be there... All of that is in Rescue Me. Every dramatic, overwhelming, WTF moment of it is embedded in the way these actors play their characters. Most of all, I love the humour. When Tommy tried to get them to stop saying kittie, when Sean was sleepwalking, when Tommy thought the teacher had chlamydia and was scared to pee... too funny. I can only add to the accolades, not the stink. If you can get over the message that the cursing, racism, sex and such sends, how can you not get over the display of yet another transgression? But as my husband says, it's just a tv show, nothing happened to her, I saw her in something else and she was fine.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Justice, But At What Cost?
First, I have to say I love the opening teaser for The Closer. It is always informative, sometimes funny, always brilliantly acted. This episode was no different. It was a "stereotypes of the sexes" type episode. It was immediately evident that the Administrative Director was biased against women by the women's reaction to him. Daniels' and Johnson's faces were very expressive at Mr. Pierce's balking. Hysterical women vs. Logical decision making men. The doctors vs. the over emotional mother, Brenda's case vs Taylor's case. Good cop (woman) vs. bad cop (man). Even the false lead was given because statistically, it's committed by women significantly more than men.
Taylor is back to his old tricks, doing whatever he can to get his way. I could feel myself getting physically angry and I could hear my husband (in my head) telling me it was alright, that they are probably friends in real life, but since it is fake, I shouldn't be getting so upset. My husband's realistic like that. But since I'm a television junkie, I don't know how much I agree with him.
The ending made me want to cry. I felt sorry because society is the loser in this. As Brenda said, "Before I let these doctors go, I want to apologize to the mother for the world we live in." Brenda's face when the police lawyer walks out is so... it's almost graphic. Daniels look so close to crying. What I love the most, though, is how their feminine vunerability is all but gone when they hear the shots at the very end. They are, after all, the L.A.P.D. This is such a great show!
Taylor is back to his old tricks, doing whatever he can to get his way. I could feel myself getting physically angry and I could hear my husband (in my head) telling me it was alright, that they are probably friends in real life, but since it is fake, I shouldn't be getting so upset. My husband's realistic like that. But since I'm a television junkie, I don't know how much I agree with him.
The ending made me want to cry. I felt sorry because society is the loser in this. As Brenda said, "Before I let these doctors go, I want to apologize to the mother for the world we live in." Brenda's face when the police lawyer walks out is so... it's almost graphic. Daniels look so close to crying. What I love the most, though, is how their feminine vunerability is all but gone when they hear the shots at the very end. They are, after all, the L.A.P.D. This is such a great show!
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