Hibernation Day Two.
Watched the latest episode from American Chopper, they built a bike for the Abu Dhabi police force in the UAE. The Bike was one of their better builds where they actually did some creative fabrication. Then the bike got sent back for a major do over. Never really explained why that happened. Sr and his management team traveled there to unveil the bike and to look into a business opportunity to open a OCC themed restaurant.
The funny thing is that Steve the OCC GM did not want Mikey to come along because he may embarrass OCC. So Sr goes, shows off his tattoos in a country where the religion forbids that, makes an insensitive comment about someone stealing his shoes when removing them to enter the Mosque, and then compares their trained falcon to a homing pigeon. And who does everyone ask for when they get there, Mikey and Jr. Pretty sad.
Harper's Island killed off four more people in episode ten. This includes the two dumbest Washington State Police officers ever along with the sheriff. Oh and John Wakefield is still alive and now has more than doubled his previous killing spree. Three more episodes to go.
Also watched the series finale of The Unusuals. Good show and a shame that ABC cancelled it.
I also caught up on my comic books last night. The upcoming Green Lantern Blackest Night crossover leaves me cold and disinterested. What is up with all these Orange, Blue, Red, and now Black Lanterns? I liked the stories that featured Hal Jordon using his powers to solve a crime or vanquish a villain. This is just too much babble.
Oh well.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thoughts: 20-June-2009
Hibernation in the apartment going as planned. I do have to go to WalMart and Super Stop & Shop later for groceries and other stuff, but then it will be just me here all alone.
Last night I watched Chess in Concert (PBS, Great Performances). Very well done, the songs were great and this is available as a DVD and CD which I will be picking up. PBS shows a lot of this stuff and it is nice to have that available. A&E used to show programs like this, now they show Dog the Bounty Hunter instead.
Also caught up on a bunch of my comic books. Last issue of the current run of Moon Knight, I thought that they went a bit overboard with the character over this run. Moon Knight has been better written in the past, I wonder if they will bring him back in another series or have him pop up in the Dark Reign crossover storyline.
Also read the Incredible Hercules and this book is starting to hit the mark of keeping my interest. The story is getting interesting and I look forward to reading more. I also have been reading Vincent Price Presents, which is a horror comic with Price as the narrator. Pretty interesting stories so far, and I see that Dark Horse is bringing Creepy back, the classic horror anthology comic produced by Warren years ago.
Surfing the Internet this morning, I read an interview with Tyler Labine and Bret Harrison on Newsrama. No information on any syndication deal for the show, Labine talked about the show he will be doing for Fox, Sons of Tucson, Harrison has some other projects in line. Does not look good for Reaper getting a third season from that interview.
Oh well.
Last night I watched Chess in Concert (PBS, Great Performances). Very well done, the songs were great and this is available as a DVD and CD which I will be picking up. PBS shows a lot of this stuff and it is nice to have that available. A&E used to show programs like this, now they show Dog the Bounty Hunter instead.
Also caught up on a bunch of my comic books. Last issue of the current run of Moon Knight, I thought that they went a bit overboard with the character over this run. Moon Knight has been better written in the past, I wonder if they will bring him back in another series or have him pop up in the Dark Reign crossover storyline.
Also read the Incredible Hercules and this book is starting to hit the mark of keeping my interest. The story is getting interesting and I look forward to reading more. I also have been reading Vincent Price Presents, which is a horror comic with Price as the narrator. Pretty interesting stories so far, and I see that Dark Horse is bringing Creepy back, the classic horror anthology comic produced by Warren years ago.
Surfing the Internet this morning, I read an interview with Tyler Labine and Bret Harrison on Newsrama. No information on any syndication deal for the show, Labine talked about the show he will be doing for Fox, Sons of Tucson, Harrison has some other projects in line. Does not look good for Reaper getting a third season from that interview.
Oh well.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thoughts: 19-June-2009
I plan to hibernate in my apartment this weekend and this is what I am looking forward to.
Watching my DVR recording of Great Performances which has a revival of Tim Rice's great musical Chess. Never have seen it and looking forward to checking it out. Idina Menzeil who was so good in Rent and Wicked stars in it.
New episodes of Primeval (BBC America) and In Plain Sight (USA). Primeval is a great show where this season we have seen two original cast members leave and new twists and turns coming each episode. The new episode of In Plain Sight, Mary's sister is arrested by the FBI for murder, and we may get to see the Mary finally get the FBI to fix her house.
Catching up on comic books, I have two weeks worth to read.
Sleep.
Oh well.
Watching my DVR recording of Great Performances which has a revival of Tim Rice's great musical Chess. Never have seen it and looking forward to checking it out. Idina Menzeil who was so good in Rent and Wicked stars in it.
New episodes of Primeval (BBC America) and In Plain Sight (USA). Primeval is a great show where this season we have seen two original cast members leave and new twists and turns coming each episode. The new episode of In Plain Sight, Mary's sister is arrested by the FBI for murder, and we may get to see the Mary finally get the FBI to fix her house.
Catching up on comic books, I have two weeks worth to read.
Sleep.
Oh well.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thoughts: 18-June-2009
Not a lot to say today.
I watched a couple of episodes of Mission: Impossible Season 1 last night. I was recording Great Performances off of PBS to watch over the weekend. Steven Hill plays Dan Briggs in Season 1 who acts as the Mission Leader. Peter Graves did not start until Season 2.
Mission: Impossible was a great series and has inspired a lot of shows, USA's Burn Notice and TNT's Leverage for example. It is really great that these shows can get a second life via DVD box sets.
Oh well.
I watched a couple of episodes of Mission: Impossible Season 1 last night. I was recording Great Performances off of PBS to watch over the weekend. Steven Hill plays Dan Briggs in Season 1 who acts as the Mission Leader. Peter Graves did not start until Season 2.
Mission: Impossible was a great series and has inspired a lot of shows, USA's Burn Notice and TNT's Leverage for example. It is really great that these shows can get a second life via DVD box sets.
Oh well.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thoughts: 17-June-2009
Pet Peeve.
Why can't cable companies give you a choice in what you get? It seems you have to subscribe to a bunch of channels to get the one you want. Why not say, for x dollars you get x channels of your choice, if you want more, you pay for more. In this time of computers, we should be able just to buy and get what we want.
Three shows I wish to comment on.
Weeds: Mary Louise Parker has complained about a topless scene that she did for this show getting on the Internet, something she regrets doing, In the latest episode, her Mexican drug kingpin and the person who impregnated her, put her over a table, pulls her skirt done, and has forced sex with her. Then he leaves her laying on the table, nude from the waist down as his chief henchman comes in to take her home. And Parker is worried about a topless scene making it on the Internet? Weeds has become less of a comedy and more dark and violent. I do not like this trend.
True Blood: Season 2 opened up to the best ratings HBO has gotten since The Sopranos. Anna Paquin is very daring in her sex scenes, she leaves nothing out in these very explicit scenes. Very hot, and she is unbelievable hot. Very interesting start and I love this series. I also think it is quite ironic that the theme song was recorded years ago and passed unnoticed and now is a hit. One has to wonder how many gems are out there waiting to be discovered.
HawthoRNe: The new TNT series starring Jada Pinkett Smith started last night. Interesting show from the perspective of the nurses. Nurses are usually unnoticed in doctor shows unless they are sleeping with a doctor. Smith is doing some great acting in this series and I look forward to more episodes.
Oh well.
Why can't cable companies give you a choice in what you get? It seems you have to subscribe to a bunch of channels to get the one you want. Why not say, for x dollars you get x channels of your choice, if you want more, you pay for more. In this time of computers, we should be able just to buy and get what we want.
Three shows I wish to comment on.
Weeds: Mary Louise Parker has complained about a topless scene that she did for this show getting on the Internet, something she regrets doing, In the latest episode, her Mexican drug kingpin and the person who impregnated her, put her over a table, pulls her skirt done, and has forced sex with her. Then he leaves her laying on the table, nude from the waist down as his chief henchman comes in to take her home. And Parker is worried about a topless scene making it on the Internet? Weeds has become less of a comedy and more dark and violent. I do not like this trend.
True Blood: Season 2 opened up to the best ratings HBO has gotten since The Sopranos. Anna Paquin is very daring in her sex scenes, she leaves nothing out in these very explicit scenes. Very hot, and she is unbelievable hot. Very interesting start and I love this series. I also think it is quite ironic that the theme song was recorded years ago and passed unnoticed and now is a hit. One has to wonder how many gems are out there waiting to be discovered.
HawthoRNe: The new TNT series starring Jada Pinkett Smith started last night. Interesting show from the perspective of the nurses. Nurses are usually unnoticed in doctor shows unless they are sleeping with a doctor. Smith is doing some great acting in this series and I look forward to more episodes.
Oh well.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Thoughts: 16-June-2009
Pet Peeves.
Why do networks let shows run over 60 min, it is not like you are getting any more of the show? Sunday night I recorded Cold Case and when I went to watch it on my DVR, I saw the CBS let Super Password run over by five minutes. While I still got to see how the show ended, I missed the last couple of minutes. ABC does this all the time with Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, and Lost, and for what reason, so they can jam in more commercials. And not even new ones, the same fraking ones over and over again. TV networks, I am less likely to buy a product when you hammer me over and over again with the same fraking commercial. At least be creative and do some different ones. But I really wish that networks, in this day of DVRs, would start and end shows on the hour.
And why doesn't the NFL let the NFL ticket go to cable instead of that BS Direct TV monopoly? I know fans who hate Direct TV but want to see their favorite team. A Steeler fan who is a friend of my here in CT, gets Direct TV for that reason. And the Steelers tend to be on several national telecasts, but can he just buy the games that are not being televised that week locally, no, he has to buy the whole package. ESPN has a college game plan where each week you can do a $9.95 pay per view and watch all the college football games that ESPN has on its schedule for that Saturday, I caught a couple of Penn State games that way. Why can't the NFL do the same, wouldn't they make more money that way?
And why do TV networks have to put all the popular shows on at the same time? Why not break it up over the other days of the week? Comcast has a On Demand feature where selected CBS shows are on for free, NBC has shows for 99 cents a piece to watch (which surprises me, as nobody wants to watch NBC for free), and the cable networks like BBC American, TNT, USA, and FX have shows on demand for free. Still not everything is available so that people can watch all that they want. I guess that is why Hulu is on the Internet.
Oh well.
Why do networks let shows run over 60 min, it is not like you are getting any more of the show? Sunday night I recorded Cold Case and when I went to watch it on my DVR, I saw the CBS let Super Password run over by five minutes. While I still got to see how the show ended, I missed the last couple of minutes. ABC does this all the time with Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, and Lost, and for what reason, so they can jam in more commercials. And not even new ones, the same fraking ones over and over again. TV networks, I am less likely to buy a product when you hammer me over and over again with the same fraking commercial. At least be creative and do some different ones. But I really wish that networks, in this day of DVRs, would start and end shows on the hour.
And why doesn't the NFL let the NFL ticket go to cable instead of that BS Direct TV monopoly? I know fans who hate Direct TV but want to see their favorite team. A Steeler fan who is a friend of my here in CT, gets Direct TV for that reason. And the Steelers tend to be on several national telecasts, but can he just buy the games that are not being televised that week locally, no, he has to buy the whole package. ESPN has a college game plan where each week you can do a $9.95 pay per view and watch all the college football games that ESPN has on its schedule for that Saturday, I caught a couple of Penn State games that way. Why can't the NFL do the same, wouldn't they make more money that way?
And why do TV networks have to put all the popular shows on at the same time? Why not break it up over the other days of the week? Comcast has a On Demand feature where selected CBS shows are on for free, NBC has shows for 99 cents a piece to watch (which surprises me, as nobody wants to watch NBC for free), and the cable networks like BBC American, TNT, USA, and FX have shows on demand for free. Still not everything is available so that people can watch all that they want. I guess that is why Hulu is on the Internet.
Oh well.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Thoughts: 15-June-2009
One thing that I liked about the movie, The Haunted Mansion, was this quote by the Jennifer Tilly character: You try You fail, You try You fail, but the only true failure is when you stop trying.
Hide in Plain Sight had a good episode but I am more excited to check out next week when the FBI return to duel with Mary. They arrest her sister for murder, and Mary looks pissed off about it. Mary McCormack is so good in this show, and Fred Weller who plays Marshall is just as good. Great casting takes a show a long way.
I will be checking out True Blood tonight along with a new episode of the Closer. Who needs the fall, we are getting better stuff to watch for the summer time.
Oh well.
Hide in Plain Sight had a good episode but I am more excited to check out next week when the FBI return to duel with Mary. They arrest her sister for murder, and Mary looks pissed off about it. Mary McCormack is so good in this show, and Fred Weller who plays Marshall is just as good. Great casting takes a show a long way.
I will be checking out True Blood tonight along with a new episode of the Closer. Who needs the fall, we are getting better stuff to watch for the summer time.
Oh well.
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