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TV Time 1/30/2010

Brad — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:32:37 +0000

Some thoughts on my favorite television shows:

Lost- God, I miss the days of escaped polar bears. And The Others. And inputting numbers into an old computer and pushing a button. I remember complaining about the show back then, but man, it was gold compared to today. Time travel. I HATE time travel. Abhor it. Its an awful premise in any show. And all it has done to lost is make it an incomprehensible mess. I mean, you need a legal pad and pencil to take notes while watching the show to have a shot at understanding what you witnessing. And even then, its near impossible. Months later, I’m still trying to figure out how the events that caused the plane to crash in the first place could have occurred considering it required the characters to be on the island and travel through time to help it happen. It makes my head hurt, and sometimes I think I’m developing a slight psychosis as I try to work everything out. Man, I am glad that this is the last season. I don;t even care if it makes sense in the end. I just want it to be over.

24- Season 1 was awesome. Season 2 was good. Missed season 3. Season 4 was awesome. Season 5 was good. Season 6 was okay. Season 7… my wife and I got so bored we didn’t even bother to watch the last six hours, which we had DVRed. It was soooo boring. There were a handful of good episodes, but it hit its high point and reached its conclusion way too quickly, and we stopped caring. We knew Jack survived because he had signed on for another year, so all of the suspense was gone after hour 18 when the main plot line wrapped up. I’m glad FOX replayed last season’s finale before the first night this season so we could catch up, but it wasn’t very good. As for this season, I;ve enjoyed ot for the most part. We got back to the good ol’ villains: Arabs and Germans. The first five hours haven;t been extraordinary, but they havebeen entertaining. I hate, like most viewers, the whole Dana/Jenny subplot, which makes absolutely no sense, but the weak plots can be overlooked because of the new Rene Walker. The new brooding, violent version is much more fun than the clean cut FBI agent from last season. Watching her cut off Ziya’s thumb was awesome. Jack broke her last season, forcing her to accept that the ends justify the means when it comes to extracting information, and we the viewers are rewarded with a much more interesting character. Will the show even capture the magic of Season 1? Of course not. But its trying. (PS, I miss Edgar)

Dexter- Best- show- ever. The story of a sociopathic serial killer who kills those who slip through the cracks at night and works at Miami police department during the day as a blood expert. The series is simply amazing. The acting, especially by Dexter’s sister, can be piss poor at times, but this is the only fault I have with this show through 4 seasons. Forget the Sopranos. This is where its at. Now, we and my wife watched this series in a kind of unique way: We watched the second half of season 3 first, when we discovered the show. Then we watched the first half of season 3 on demand. A year later we began watching season 4. Halfway through season 4, we picked up season 1 on DVD and watched it concurrently with season 4 (which left us very confused at some moments). And then we watched season 3, finishing the 12 55 minute episodes over two and a half days. Whenever the kids were down, either at nap time or at night, we started an episode and pounded the season out. As soon as we have time, we’ll re-watch seasons 3, and then catch season 4 when it is finally released. Go over to IGN and read up on it if you are interested. But this is a can’t miss series. Better than the Sopranos. Better than Mad Men. Better than Breaking Bad. Simply awesome.

Scrubs- New series is better than I thought it would be. The new cast is fair, saved only by James Franco’s younger brother Dave, but the returning characters serve as a bridge from the original series which makes the viewers immediately more comfortable with the new premise and cast. Watchable, but nothing spectacular

Better of Ted- Already wrote a dedicated post to the series, but I figured I would touch upon it again. Great show. Hysterical. Portia de Rossi is a jewel, and everything that comes out of her mouth is gold. I never miss an episode.

Love Big Bang Theory. Love Modern Family (finally, a new vehile for the amazing Ed O’Neal, Mr al bundy himself). Still like the Office, buts getting close to jumping the shark.

Still hate all things “reality”. Once Beauty and the Geek left the airwaves, I have boycotted all reality broadcasting.

That’s it for the wrap up, let me know what you think.

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Grey’s Anatomy vs. Porn

Brad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:09:30 +0000

I am sad to admit it, but I have sat through an episode or two or Grey’s Anatomy. I’m loathed to admit it, actually, because no straight male should ever be subjected to such… trash. Between this program, and the even worse Private Practice, we get a glimpse at some of the most ridiculous story lines ever. I mean, the writers must scour every 3rd world nation for their absurd, and oftentimes disturbing, medical cases. And then consult the daytime soaps for plots (if we can call them that) to connect it all into one giant unwatchable mess. I used to think that ER was too formulaic, but it doesn’t come to close to ABC’s Thursday night lineup. And soon, lucky us, the two ‘medical’ dramas will be joined at 8:00 by a new law program, The Deep End, which appears to follow the same formula:

Outlandish cases + attractive men and women + plot threads that have everyone sleeping with everyone else = something women will watch.

I wonder if my wife will tune in. If so, i guess I lose her for the entirety of Thursday evening. But I can use some good old video game and comic book time.

Now why bring any of this up? Just to make this final point, I guess:

I’ve seen better acting in ‘made for the web” pornography than in Grey’s
I’ve seen better, more cohesive, plots in the same made for the web pornography
I’ve seen more disturbing sex scenes on Gray’s Anatomy than in professional porn
I’ve actually felt dirtier watching Gray’s Anatomy than pornography

So the question is, why do women get so uptight and offended when men watch porn while they are allowed to watch such crap with little or no embarrassment?

That’s it. Just had to get my thoughts out. Time to go watch some porn.

Technorati Tags: Gray's Anatomy, porn, relationships, TV

24 Day 7

Brad — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:05:58 +0000

It’s funny.
I love the show 24. Or I thought I loved it. I impatiently waited each week for the next installment. The only show I lookwed forward to mroe on a weekly basis was Lost.
But a funny thing happened. A week went by, and though the newest episode sat idle of my DVR among Dora and Diego and Wonderpets, begging to to be wtached and appreciated, I didn’t watch it. And over the course of the next month, the remaining 5 epsiodes piled up. And to this day, the 31st of May, I still have not finished watching Day 7 of 24.
It’s sad to say, but I just lost interest. I enjoyed the first several plots, but once Hodges was arrested, I simply stopped caring. The Evil Tony plotline just… well, it was just too stupid. I never gave up on 24 before, but then again, I never felt that the main plot was being dragged out so horribly before. And as for jakc beign sick… oh, no, will he survive, won’t he survive… the last time I checked, Keifer was signed on for an eight season, so unless the writers over at 24 decide to pull a Sixth Sense, Jack was dead for the entirety of Day 8 but we didn’t know it, I am going to assume that he somehow, miraculously, finds a cure to his malady.
I’m sure that I will catch up on 24 sooner or later, though its tough finding time with the Phillies playing every night. Part of me things that my DVR will soon become so overloaded with Nick and Noggin crap for my kid that I will be forced to erase 24 before I am able to watch it.
So was Day 7 worth the wait after being delayed a year because of the writer’s strike? Is it worth finishing? Are the last six hours as bad as I imagine they are goign to be? Let me know, 24 fans, what you thought.

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