What I’m Watching on the Tube:
Worth Checking Out:
With all the buzz, I checked out a bunch of shows in the past two weeks.
The winner is Gossip Girl (photo courtesy of Yahoo.) Wonderfully soap operay and well acted, it’s taken the place of Desperate Housewives for me. It’s all about rich kids in Manhattan and their trials and tribulations but it’s also smart and fun.
The Truth About Food, running on Discovery Health, is all about how different food can make you faster, better, stronger etc. Not extremely scientific (only 500 volunteers) but enjoyable and interesting.
Also, still great is Ugly Betty which is comforting to me and of course, my beloved Dexter. Is it strange to route for a serial killer to get away with it?
Also, as a side note – how did Hung win Top Chef? Dale was robbed I tell you, robbed.
Has Potential
The Women’s Murder Club with Angie Harmon. It definitely more middle of the road acting but with a plethora of bad cop dramas, this one is refreshing.
The War – Trudging through this Ken Burns’ documentary, beautifully done but long as hell. Although it is teaching me something new so I guess there’s something to be said about that.
Skip It
What’s the deal with Pushing Daisies? I found the plot hard to follow and a bit ridiculous. It so wants to be 6 Feet Under but was ultimately whitewashed. Don’t believe the hype.
CSI – what’s happening? I was all excited by the miniature killer and then this stupid love story. Gil, you should know better than to let emotions get the better of you. The last episode with the exorcism was LAME. Fix it writers.
Law and Order SVU, you’re killing me. Stop with the twists already or I’m leaving.
What I’m listening to:
The 1920’s radio network (wbtag.com) It reminds me of home – my parents are big 20s nuts but its relaxing and somehow fresher than the recycled crap coming out right now.
What Films I’m Viewing:
Making the Apple look like Gone with the Wind, the Wicker Man remake is truly one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. It’s Doom Generation bad. Lacking the sort of weird sweetness and overt nudity of the original, Nicholas Cage should be ashamed of himself. He’s a tortured cop with a bee allergy going to search for a girl on an island who makes it’s living on honey. I don’t know if the script was rewritten about 100 times or what but it was bad. There are horrible flashbacks, weird but not fun rituals and with a completely unsatisfying ending. It wasn’t even Showgirls kitschy.
½ out of 5 off -screen leg breakings.
Murder My Sweet – The way films should be made, short and with great dialogue. This Raymond Chandler story has all the bad but hot dames and the thugs who love them packed in. Dick Powell is great is Marlowe (a great departure from his good guy image and reportedly Chandler’s favorite of the detective on-screen portrayals) and makes you like this sleazy-yet-does-right-despite-himself detective. He’s really got himself in a pickle with stolen jade, framed for murder and a lug that lovesick and needs Marlowe’s help to find the girl that got away.
I’m giving this 4 out 5 slippery showgirls.
The Truth About Food, running on Discovery Health, is all about how different food can make you faster, better, stronger etc. Not extremely scientific (only 500 volunteers) but enjoyable and interesting.
Also, still great is Ugly Betty which is comforting to me and of course, my beloved Dexter. Is it strange to route for a serial killer to get away with it?
Also, as a side note – how did Hung win Top Chef? Dale was robbed I tell you, robbed.
Has Potential
The Women’s Murder Club with Angie Harmon. It definitely more middle of the road acting but with a plethora of bad cop dramas, this one is refreshing.
The War – Trudging through this Ken Burns’ documentary, beautifully done but long as hell. Although it is teaching me something new so I guess there’s something to be said about that.
Skip It
What’s the deal with Pushing Daisies? I found the plot hard to follow and a bit ridiculous. It so wants to be 6 Feet Under but was ultimately whitewashed. Don’t believe the hype.
CSI – what’s happening? I was all excited by the miniature killer and then this stupid love story. Gil, you should know better than to let emotions get the better of you. The last episode with the exorcism was LAME. Fix it writers.
Law and Order SVU, you’re killing me. Stop with the twists already or I’m leaving.
What I’m listening to:
The 1920’s radio network (wbtag.com) It reminds me of home – my parents are big 20s nuts but its relaxing and somehow fresher than the recycled crap coming out right now.
What Films I’m Viewing:
Making the Apple look like Gone with the Wind, the Wicker Man remake is truly one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. It’s Doom Generation bad. Lacking the sort of weird sweetness and overt nudity of the original, Nicholas Cage should be ashamed of himself. He’s a tortured cop with a bee allergy going to search for a girl on an island who makes it’s living on honey. I don’t know if the script was rewritten about 100 times or what but it was bad. There are horrible flashbacks, weird but not fun rituals and with a completely unsatisfying ending. It wasn’t even Showgirls kitschy.
½ out of 5 off -screen leg breakings.
Murder My Sweet – The way films should be made, short and with great dialogue. This Raymond Chandler story has all the bad but hot dames and the thugs who love them packed in. Dick Powell is great is Marlowe (a great departure from his good guy image and reportedly Chandler’s favorite of the detective on-screen portrayals) and makes you like this sleazy-yet-does-right-despite-himself detective. He’s really got himself in a pickle with stolen jade, framed for murder and a lug that lovesick and needs Marlowe’s help to find the girl that got away.
I’m giving this 4 out 5 slippery showgirls.
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