on Netflix InstantI could blame Van for my new love of the show Shaun the Sheep, but the truth is, when I play an episode during lunch he doesn’t even watch it.
It’s me that finds it adorable and I wish more kids programming was as thoughtfully made and blissfully quiet.
That’s right, no obnoxious screeching voices here, just cute sheepy shenanigans and music.
on NY1 8:00While I know I can’t be alone in the universe but I am often among my friends when I declare my absolute love of local news.
With Pat Kiernan on our side we have some of the best on NY1 so of course I’ll be spending tonight, watching their coverage of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. PS Roger Clark just tweeted that his pants are tight !
Thumbs See PotentialToo much too soon American Horror Story! No need to blow your whole jump cut editing wad in the first episode. There’s everything to be said about a slow burn when it comes to horror.
Maybe you’ll calm down and realize your potential with time. I hope so.
CanceledWow, How to Be a Gentleman was canceled before I even got around to writing my review. It’s a shame not because it was good (it wasn’t) but I was glad it gave Murray a job. Love that guy.
Thumbs Say This Was One Of Jim’s Least FavoriteOne thing I’ve learned from watching all the new Fall shows is that people that write television hate people who are different from them. Or at least they think we all hate eachother.
The latest cross culture bashing comes from Suburgatory which relies on stereotypes that frankly confused me. So big city teens hate shopping while suburban girls all have nose jobs? I did not know this.
Stereotypes aside, what was more insulting was the flimsy attempt at heart warming understanding. If this girl was really as wry as her Emma Stone face and snarky narration suggests, no way she’s getting soppy over a bra. Especially not that bra.
Thumbs Hated Having to Spend Time Writing ThisI’ve been trying to come to terms with the idea of spending the time to write about Hart of Dixie, CW’s desperate attempt to reach “real” Americans via good old boy stereotypes (they love the simple life and teaching uppity women lessons), big city career women stereotypes (they’re bitches that wear Chanel and need to learn a lessons from aforementioned men), references to Carrie Underwood, outlandish Southern accents, and a token black guy (really, just one guy?)
I decided I’d been punished enough just having to watch it.
Thumbs Feel Sense of Deja VuTerra Nova could be one of those shows I get caught up on a couple seasons from now once enough people I trust say it’s great. But there just wasn’t enough in the pilot for me to stay tuned until then.
Compared to almost everything we’ve seen, it’s good even though it’s terribly derivative of Avatar, Jurassic Park and others. But you know, I’m fine with that lots of sci-fi is.
My problem is that nothing new was added and the dialogue was flat out lazy:
“grab the wheel!”, “what??!”
or “can’t blame a girl for trying”…
almost every line could have been plucked from another boring action movie.
Cast should have been scruffier too.
Thumbs Ask Where Helen Mirren IsWhy didn’t they just call this “Tough Lady Cop”?
While I like that Lynda La Plante is getting paid, naming Prime Suspect after her groundbreaking series is an insult to all of us that loved it.
To be fair though, I had expected Bello’s performance with that god awful hat to have all the subtlety of a one woman play (picture woman thumbing her nose, sittin’ on a chair backwards and saying “ya know whaddimean?” in a New Yawk accent) and she was better than that.
But come on, they didn’t even learn the lesson from original – that actual, frustrating and realistic police work is far more interesting than tidy crimes that get wrapped up in 40 minutes.
Thumbs Forgot All About ItWhat’s the opposite of unforgettable?
The new Charlie’s Angels!
I had actually completely forgotten we had even this until Jim reminded me.
All I remember was wondering if drug dealers really host catered parties where everyone wears white mini dresses and white suits?
This is no She Spies.
Thumbs SadI don’t have much to say. Whitney is just too half assed to even qualify as a show.
Really? Girlfriend tries to add spice to sex life with a nurses outfit and the dude falls on his head and passes out? The robot that wrote that should have been updated about ten years ago.
Plus, it’s just very awkward to watch someone who finds themselves adorable.