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Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Movies!
Mood:
 happy
Now Playing: Month of May Movies
Topic: Review Time
I saw "The Sentinel" on Friday. This movie stars Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. Its a pretty good movie and has a couple of good action scenes. I give it a b+.
I know I said I was going to do a blog on remakes and whether or not they are better than the originals. I got kinda caught up in work so I haven't that yet, so instead there is this: Movies in May!
Movies I don't want to see-
Mission Impossible Three: I liked the first MI but the second one I saw although barely remember what happened. That cannot be a good sign. Plus all this Tom Cruise nonsense is causing me to steer clear of it. It has recent Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman in it, but the only thing I think of when I see him in the trailer is "Tommy Cruise is being menaced by Truman Capote". I'm afraid I won't be able to see the movie without giggling over THAT prospect. Ving Rhames is also in it, but of course he was in the other two (including the one I don't remember).
Da Vinci Code Movie: The other Tom this month is Tom Hanks in the movie adaptation of the book I haven't read. Didn't care about reading the book, care even less about the movie. Already I feel like this is going to be more overexposed and overrated than a certain cowboy movie that came out last year.
If anything, those movies I will wait till they come out on video.
Movies I am Seeing:
Poseidon: There was a remake of the famous seventies diaster flick The Poseidon Adventure on tv sometime in the last year. This is the big screen version. So far it has what the little screen doesn't: Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss (and on a bigger boat too). The trailer is what pulled me in, plus you can try and guess who might be the first to die in some stupid yet perilous way. The original flick is one of my all time favorite flicks (and there is a list, too long to actually list here) so they better not screw it up.
X-men 3 movie: I saw the first two and loved them. I can hardly wait to see what is next for the collective of mutants in this series. No idea if its the last one, but we shall see.
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Friday, 14 April 2006
Song of the day
Mood:
 energetic
Now Playing: Danny Wilson - Marys Prayer
Topic: Song of the day
You Are Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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"We saved the world. I say we have to party."
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Coming soon - A blog on whether or not remakes are better than the original version. I will look at two or three test cases.
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Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Worst...Episodes....Ever!
Mood:
 chatty
Now Playing: Worst episodes of shows I've seen
Topic: List-O-Mania
A while back I made a list of my personal favorite episodes of shows I was a fan of. Now its time for the flip side...the bad episodes! In other words, the episodes that made me groan and say "Oh here we go...."
Chicago Hope - Brain Salad Surgery:
At the time I loved it but this episode, aka "The Musical Episode", should have been a sign to me that the show was starting to slowly go downhill. People I liked left, and the episodes got stranger (a "Hitchcockian" episode?). People were fired and rehired but I was never able to get to know them. They went off the air, without much fanfare, a year or so later.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine- Take Me Out To The Holosuite: Anyone who thought that steroids were the worst thing to happen to baseball probably never saw this episode where the DS9 crew play a game of baseball in a holosuite with the Vulcans.
Friends - The One With The Cat: Phoebe thinks her mother (well not real mother cause her real mother was alive and well in Montauk) was reincarnated in a cat. We never saw that cat again, thank goodness.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Hamlet": The crew of the Satellite of Love tried their best, but I found out the hard way that Shakespeare movies don't make very good MST3k subjects.
Caroline And The City- "Caroline and the Big Move": This episode is full of things, a wedding, a baby and a new relationship for a reason; this was the last episode before it was canned. The last season of this show is pretty subpar, but what makes this the worst is something beyond peoples control: cancellation. Richard goes to stop Caroline from marrying another guy, and she sees him in the church rafters. Fade out, play credits and music. Its over. The worst thing you can do to an audience, no matter how small its gotten, is end the series on a cliffhanger.
Frasier - "Cheerful Goodbyes": One of the better things about Frasier was that once in a while Cheers alumni would appear on the show. Lillith made regular visits, while Sam, Woody and Diane were there at least once. (Rebecca never appeared on the show, but may have been referred to) By the time the last few seasons came along, the concept of having Frasiers old buddies visiting had reached the point of diminishing returns. Carla, Norm and Cliff were in this episode which is mostly about Frasier and family (and Daphne) being in Boston. They are really there for a lecture but end up at Cliffs retirement party. I enjoyed all three on Cheers, but here they felt wildly out of place. (And it doesn't help that the bar they are having Cliffs party isn't at Cheers, but that couldn't be helped.) No points for guessing if Cliff really retires or not.
That 70's Show - "Eric's Hot Cousin": Eric has a cousin, and a good looking one too. Thats about it. It wouldn't be so bad all by itself but this came out the same year the thankfully short lived "That 80's Show" came out.
X-Files- "Never Again" :The early to mid series run of this series you can pick out a lot of good episodes. This is also true of bad episodes. After David Duchovny started spending less and less time in the series, the quality seemed to go down. (I think he left to start a movie career, which hasn't grown that much at all. Maybe you should have stayed till the end after all?) For me my least favorite is "Never Again", a mostly Scully-only episode. Mulder is never seen, and the story centers around a man and his new tattoo...its talking to him and causing him to do crazy stuff. Nothing really "X-Files-ish" about it at all. Pretty much a nothing episode. I watched it once, and I will Never Again watch it in reruns.
Sliders- "Exodus": Arguments can be made for what is the worst episode of this largely great sci fi series; too many episodes about the Kromaggs, when Jerry O'Connell left the show (his brother left at the same time so they combined two characters into one), but for me it is this episode, at least the last few minutes of this two part episode. They killed off one of the four "original" Sliders, Professor Arturo. It seemed to fall apart slowly after that, strange twists in plot and other original Sliders leaving the show (Rembrandt Brown was the last remaining one). I never saw the last episode, it was taped for me, but it got taped over by something else. I guess that tells how interested I was in how it ended.
Angel - "The Girl In Question": It's easy for me to say the worst episode was the series finale of this awesome series, but thats the easy way out. Its hard to pick out a worst episode. Some moments are strange (Cordelia and Connor getting it on) but other great moments make up for it (how can you not see "Puppet Angel" and not laugh your butt off?). The Girl in Question is actually Buffy Summers but Buffy is not in it. At least not the Buffy we know. Just the some random blonde who we don't even see that well who is supposed to be Buffy. The whole plot was about Angel and Spike checking up on her. Shes fine, sorry to waste an hour of your life. This episode proves one thing, you can't put Buffy in an episode and not have the actual Buffy. Sarah Michelle Gellers involvement, no matter how small, would have improved this episode that much. As it is, its the worst episode of the final season.
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Saturday, 25 March 2006
A New Star Shines In the Heavens Tonight
Mood:
 sad
Now Playing: "Something To Remember You By"
Topic: Buck Owens 1929-2006
Leave me a lock of your golden hair
Leave me a memory that we once shared
Leave me a twinkle in your eye
Leave me something to remember you by.
Monday, 13 March 2006
Good Night And Good Luck
Mood:
 special
Now Playing: George Clooneys Masterpiece
I know I have not blogged in a couple of days, but I decided to use this next entry to implore you to watch the movie "Good Night And Good Luck" when it hits your video store shelves, or Netflix if you belong, Tuesday. Its a wonderful movie. George Clooney does a masterful job with this movie about Edward R Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. You should see it, even if you don't like black and white movies. I believe this movie will be remembered for a very long time, long after the "Brokeback Mountain" jokes have played out, and long after people question whether or not "Crash"deserved to win. View this movie, you will thank me later.
Friday, 3 March 2006
Friday
Mood:
 cool
Now Playing: Song of the day -
Topic: Randomness Alert!
Skating With Celebrities - Its a great show. I thought I wouldn't like it but it turns out I'm a fan of this show. I have to admit I cried a little during the last part (when the winner was announced). If they do second season (inevitable) I will tune in. Kristy Swanson and partner won by the way. I would have been happier if Tai and Bruce Jenner won, but oh well. Life goes on.
Capsule Movie Review: Saw "16 Blocks" today. This movie stars Bruce Willis and Mos Def. Willis plays a cop who is supposed to bring Def 16 blocks to testify in a court case. Things go wrong, pandemonium ensues. I give it a B+.
Good Night And Good Luck comes to video March 14.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2006
Monday, Monday
Mood:
 a-ok
Now Playing: Other little foibles....
Topic: Reality Shows
Skating With Celebrities: The show was as I predicted, mostly filler. They had them all come back to skate a little for the audience. The short program was on tonight, the free skate will be on the last program.
Kristy Swanson is in the lead score-wise right now. That can always change on Thursday. Thankfully that will mean I will never See Dave Coulier in a dress ever again.
Speaking of things I didn't want to see: I present another reason I might give the WWE (Raw anyway, I got two wrestling games I can toy with) the heave ho. Vince McMahon's "kiss my heiney" club. Through a lot of convoluted baloney someone was supposed to kiss his heiney. (they used the three lettered term on Raw) And I don't mean this as a cute turn of phrase, there was going to be kissing going on. Thank god more stupid, convoluted baloney happened and things changed. Well not much. The person who came in contact with said McMahons personal quarters is probably going to wash their face for the rest of their life.
Note to "Mr McMahon" (cause I'm pretty sure he doesn't do that in "real life") See previous note to Mick Jagger about his granny arms. You are 60. 60!!! We do not want to see your pasty fanny ever again on our television screen. Course then again since it seems you don't want to do anything the fans actually want, I'm afraid this isn't the last we will see of it. Do it again, and people will change the channel and never look back.
I'll be back Thursday to further comment on Skating with Celebrities and the season finale. I must go rinse my eyes out with lye now.
Monday, 20 February 2006
Some Favorite Episodes Of Mine
Mood:
happy
Now Playing: Must Watch Episodes
Topic: List-O-Mania
I was going to give a list of TV shows I love, but that will be sometime in the future. For the time being however, I am going to give a list of individual episodes that are favorites of mine. This is in no particular order. You may disagree and have your own list, no problem, we all have different tastes!
Chicago Hope- Quarantine: The formula is simple, a group of doctors are put into isolation because they may or may not have contracted a contagious disease from a patient. The group includes a married couple on the brink of divorce, the hospital lothario, a harried "temporary" Chief Of Staff and one doctor who some think is two steps shy of being committed. Its a wonderful episode, and sadly watching it reminds one of how bad the show gets in the later seasons (musical episode anyone?).
Buffy The Vampire Slayer- Hush: Some very creepy beings steal the voices of the populace, the "Scooby gang" try to get them back. The majority of this episode is silent, so the characters are forced to other ways to communicate. I wasn't a big Buffy fan, but when the show was good, as in this episode, it was excellent.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine- Trials and Tribble-ations: In this episode some of the Deep Space Nine crew are thrown back in time and end up in the timeline of the original Star Trek Crew - The episode "Trouble with Tribbles" to be exact. They interact with characters from an episode from thirty years ago without making it seem corny or stupid. A classic DS9 episode.
Angel - Hero: I love Angel, so there is a lot of episodes I love, including "You're Welcome", and "Smile Time" (aka the "Angel is turned into a puppet" episode). The best one is this early outing in the first season. Half-Demon, Half-Human Doyle makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends and his fellow demons. Sadly a few years later Glenn Quinn passed away, making this episode all the more poignant.
Friends - The One With The Prom Video: Rachel finds out via an old video that Ross has had feelings for her for a long time. And thus the "Ross and Rachel" roller coaster begins.
NCIS - Meat Puzzle: A gruesome episode where Dr Donald "Ducky" Mallard discovers that several bodies...actually several pieces of bodies, that were found are related to a court case he was part of years ago. Bad news? He may be next.
CSI - The Hunger Artist: Like with Angel, there are a lot of episodes of this show I like, including "Unfriendly Skies" and "Justice Is Served". This episode, along with another case, deals with a woman found dead in a shopping cart and a homeless woman who may be involved.
X-Files - Clyde Bruckmans Final Repose: Clyde Bruckman (guest star Peter Boyle) is a man the agents encounter who can predict how someone is going to die, but can't use this ability to really help find the murderer.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - I don't have any particular fave, cause it changes every day, but the last one I watched was "Pod People". Other favorites include: "Hercules Unchained" "The Creeping Terror" and the list goes on.
24- Season Three: Season three, or day three, was the "day" about the virus and the hotel and oh a lot of things.
Coming soon: The flip side - the bad episodes.
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Tuesday, 14 February 2006
Two to go!
Mood:
 down
Now Playing: Song of the Day - "Another One Bites The Dust"
Topic: Reality Shows
Skating With Celebrities: Typical! The pair that I most wanted to win on the show (Bruce and Tai) are out because of low scores. Now I have to choose between Kristy Swanson and Jillian Barberie. There is something about Jillian I don't like and I don't think I've liked since I heard she might have skating experience. That doesn't seem fair. I know, since when are reality shows fair? Leave me alone. Since I am forced to choose between the two that are still competing, I will pick Swanson and partner. One good thing about this: At least there wasn't an episode of padding this week like I thought, but that doesn't mean that there still won't be one!
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Saturday, 11 February 2006
As promised, a review.
Mood:
 not sure
Now Playing: Couple of movies
Topic: Review Time
Final Destination 3: This was pretty good. None of the stars from the second one are in it though and the only tie to the series is that the events of parts one and two are mentioned in the story. Some of the deaths were slightly over the top, I thought, but at least they didn't linger over them five minutes after it was over (making us look at people after their gruesome accident). I give it a b-. Will there be a part four? I think the success or failure of this movie will determine that for sure.
Rating: B-. Don't bring anyone really squeamish.
First Daughter: First Daughter stars Katie Holmes as the daughter of the President of the United States (Michael Keaton) It was your typical "I want to be myself and not known as the presidents daughter" story. It is pretty formulaic. It also feels like an extra long Dawsons Creek episode.
Rating: C. Its a good time killer, but not much else. Ms Holmes acting range goes from "cute" to "not cute".
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