The fallout from the writer's strike is going to continue to last for some time. Premiering this Sunday, March 2, is the second season of FX's Dirt, which, due to the strike, ended up only producing seven episodes instead of… Read More ›
Month: February 2008
Top Gear Runs Hot, but quarterlife Leaves Me Cold
I know I'm a day late with this one, but hopefully I'm not a dollar short… Top Gear. The new season started on Monday night on BBC America, and though I'm not a gear head, I'm an instant fan. I'd… Read More ›
Justice League is Back… Again.
It seems as though the number of “origin stories” in the comic book world vastly exceeds the number of superheroes. It feels as though every few years the origins of our favorite heroes and groups are reexamined, rethought, and retold…. Read More ›
Well Feather my Velociraptor and Call me Shirley (Nova Sure Does)
While in no way belittling those who study dinosaurs, it feels as though anytime a science documentary series is not quite sure what to do their next episode about dinosaurs are trotted out. Dinosaurs are the “go to” animals. People… Read More ›
The Cashmere Jungle’s Lipstick Mafia
This was the week it finally happened. I confused Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle. I was watching both last night, one after the other, which probably had something to do with it. It's a mistake that I would not make… Read More ›
Hacking and Slashing Through Zemeckis’s Beowulf
In the motion picture industry it seems that technological improvements never cease. Sometimes they lead to amazing and wonderful things (the original Star Wars) and sometimes they don't (Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace). A few years ago… Read More ›
What the Television Networks will do to Spite Me
Fine, I get it, I see where I stand. Week after I sit here and tell people how great the cast is on Law & Order, how it's really gelled once more, how it's fun to watch again, how I'm… Read More ›
Highlander – The Source Makes Me Wish the Franchise Wasn’t Immortal
Some franchises never seem to go away. They may ebb and flow, but they do not disappear. Some franchises appear to be immortal. Such has been the case with Highlander, a franchise that started with a film in 1986, has… Read More ›
The Spring of my Televisual Discontent
It's a weird feeling. The writers' strike is over and I feel like television is now starting to wind down, when instead I ought to think it is spooling back up. American Gladiators is done. Las Vegas is done. Terminator: … Read More ›
An American Gangster Comes Calling
Packed with star power, American Gangster entered theaters late last fall. With Ridley Scott at the helm and Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe on screen together for the first time in a dozen years, the film was sure to receive… Read More ›
Nova Goes Ape (and not the Grape Variety)
In Nova's latest episode, the series makes it quite clear that we still have a lot to learn about the world in which we live. Specifically, the show focuses on apes, and how they act differently than we once thought… Read More ›
Lipstick Jungle and Celebrity Apprentice Rile Me Up
I shouldn't be — I know I shouldn't be — but I'm just completely infuriated. Last night I watched The Celebrity Apprentice, which I know I've ranted about before but am about to do so again, and Lipstick Jungle (okay,… Read More ›
Law & Order all About Content, Cashmere Mafia all About Clothes
If you’re like me (and really, who isn’t?), you stopped watching Law & Order a couple of seasons back. Figuring that its best days were behind it, that the new cast was simply no good, and that the “ripped from… Read More ›
American Gladiators’ Filler (and Commercials) Far Less Delicious than a Jelly Donut’s.
So, it seems as though the writers will be heading back to work soon. There is not yet a complete list of which shows will resume production for the spring, will shows will just opt to return in the fall,… Read More ›
Affleck and Affleck Manage to Get Gone Baby Gone
Sometimes, when all else fails, one has to stop, assess the situation, and come up with a new strategy. It might cost a lot emotionally, mentally, and physically to do so, but the pause might lead to better things down… Read More ›
The Great Astrospies Space Race
Imagine for a moment orbital space stations that house astronauts and have telescopic lenses not pointed towards the stars, but rather down onto the earth. Maybe some of these space stations have guns mounted to them so as to ward… Read More ›
Words of Caution to The Celebrity Apprentice and Donald Trump
There is a basic contract that exists between reality TV show watchers and reality TV show producers – we, the watchers, will accept the rules as you set them forth, ludicrous though they may be, provided that you (and the… Read More ›
Train Wreck Television Rules on Wednesday Nights
What is wrong with Wednesday television? If you ask me, there is some sort of drastic, major, monstrous, huge problem with it. First, The Moment of Truth. People watch this. It's as close as television has ever gotten to televising… Read More ›
Charlie Brown Sends a Valentine to All of Us
In this day of South Park and The Simpsons, there is something refreshing about going back and watching a couple of Peanuts specials. With Valentine's Day on the way people will have the chance to do just that with the… Read More ›
The Gladiators Get Terminated
Let's face it, no matter how much we wish it were different, life's not fair. It just isn't and it never will be. I just wish that television reality shows could be more fair. Maybe “even” is a better word… Read More ›
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