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TV updater-a-thon…

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Its been a while since I’ve gone over my shows… so I’ll do this off the top of me head.

House continues to rock, though the formula hasn’t changed much. I did like last night’s episode, especially when he realized (or DID he) that his young fan was attracted to him because of some kind of spore. Or maybe he made it up, because he knew that would be a ‘bad-thing’. Still think he has the hots for Cameron.

The Heroes pilot was good on Monday night. I like that this will be an ensemble show, and enjoy the different flavors of characters. The mystical scientist-now-taxi-driver will slowly put the peices together. The freaky cheerleader that can’t kill herself is an intriguing story-line, and nice to make the ‘wolverine’ character nice and cute. Scary mother/father pair for that one, though the mother didn’t act quite as horrid when she didn’t have the dog in her lap… maybe the dog has some kind of force-field it emits that causes brain malfunction. Ali Larder’s character is interesting, I think she’ll end up being Hulk-like where if you make her mad, you won’t like her so much, as the thugs found out. The Japanese teleporter… hilarious, with the Star-Trek references.. HA!

Jericho gets its second watching tonight (the a LOST review *woooooo*) and we’ll see if this ends up being just a drag or we start answering some questions and asking others. The story left quite a few loose ends, and if they want to keep their audience, they need to provide some answers along the path. That is the genius of Lost is the answer one or two and ask two or three more in their story line. Jericho needs to move along that path, or it won’t last the season, at least not on my DVR.

Brothers & Sisters wasn’t on my A-list, but I ended up watching it my last night in KC. Not bad, some very familar faces, and some great talent. Though I wouldn’t trust Slone with my money, though it is smart to put Tom Grace right there to keep an eye on him. Interesting casting of Flockhart as a conservative radio talk-show host, who has an even more conservative neanderthal husband who wants to keep his wimmin-folk barefoot and pregnant… *sigh* so much for stereotype busting. And the loyal husband that is sneaking around with a woman… predicatable, and someone has to see the Caleb Nichols line with the patriarch falling into the pool after a heart attack. This show will be the snarkfest, as it goes on.

Grey’s Anatomy best written show on television. Bar none. Doesn’t have the mystery of Lost, but the dialog and characters are top notch. Using dark and twisty to describe the title character of Meredith Grey, the relationships of all the young doctors in love, the tying the past (Meredith’s mom and the chief) to the present (Derek and Addison, and the problems the Chief has with his marriage…) just all together great stuff to watch, and laugh and morn. Steven Harris’s breakdown at the loss of his wife was terrific.

Six Degrees was a good pilot, there was a good thread that wound through the episode that came to a nice close, several questions asked, some kinda answered. A typical J.J. Abrams type of plot, that is a good mix of dialog and action. Interesting characters, and some predictable moments. The boyfriend that cheats for instance, at the end we get the confirmation we ALL knew was going to happen. The rest is all watching the train-hit-the-car. The mystery girl who is running from something, and the connection with the disillusioned assistant DA. The lost photographer that re-finds his eye. The little brother trying to the the right thing, while being drug down by his own problems. Lots of stuff to keep an eye on.

On the reality set, mild interest in Dancing with the Stars its gonna come down to Joey vs. Mario (who was EXCELLENT in his Nip/Tuck guest spot, which is another guilty pleasure show that is rocking this year… and by rocking I mean… well parental discretion is strongly advised.) So I’ll keep an eye on the standings, but won’t get drug in until the later weeks. Survivor is still strong on the DVR, though the same things happen year after year… I love the formula. The Biggest Loser is another family favorite, don’t we all wish we could do nothing but workout and eat veggies for a few weeks? TAR is a watcher too… mostly because all the cool kids watch it.
Gripe: Why do the telephone voting shows get so much TIME. We really don’t need a 30-60 minute wrap up show to discover the vote, that irritates me to no end. DwtS does it, and so does AI. I’d rather they have like a 3-minute lottery spot, and tell you what the result was, and see you next week. Then we don’t have to reserve 30 minutes of valuable DVR time for what boils down to a 2 minute payoff.

Okay, no tell me what I’m missing.

Angie Here…

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Hey Y’all, Jon is in KC for his brother Colin’s wedding. Congratulations Colin and Sarah! I don’t know if he is going to blog while he is away, so I thought I would check in here and give an update. He’ll be home Monday morning…in the mean time…Have a great weekend!

Working out the DVRs

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Survivor vs. Grey’s Anatomy at 7pm CDT: This appears to be the summary/season wrap for Grey’s kicking off to the 8pm premiere. So I think I’ll DVR the HD Survivor, then switch to catch Grey’s in HD at 8pm. Survivor is still a favorite of mine, and the gimmick of race relations, though it didn’t pan out last episode, will add some spice I think. Still trying to get the whole hidden immunity idol strategy to work, which hasn’t worked out for anyone very well in the past two seasons. It is candy… but I like candy!

Grey’s Anatomy Premiere: TV Tome has nice summary. When we left, Burke’s career hinged on getting his nerves back after getting shot. Issy had quit her residency after messing up Denny’s care, and Denny dying on Prom night. Hot steamy sex with McDreamy confuses Meredith more as she has to decided between the married McDreamy or the available vet Dr. wasshisname… This is the show to watch tonight.

Six Degrees Premiere: Now with Alias in the can, J.J. Abrams launches anew drama set in NY City (where else? some remote island in the Pacific Ocean… been there LOST that). So far all of J.J.’s shows have entertained me (though I never watched Felicity) so this will be one that hooks me too. The premise of six degrees of separation is something that he’s been exploring through most of his other work (Alias, LOST both have these types embedded in their stories) Looks promising.

Last night I DVR’d and watched Jericho. Interesting show, they can play this story for a while, as the people in the town wonder just how isolated they are, so far Denver and Atlanta seem to be off the map, Witchita might be next (the ex-gf was on the way to the airport when the bubble burst…) We have convicts loose in the area and the Sherrif is dead. The black-sheep has come home with still the big mystery of where he’s been all this time. So lots of threads to explore.

Galavanting…

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My mornings start out pretty much the same, I make a quick tour of some of my daily read blogs over a cup of coffee before I dig in and get to work.

Today’s path took me to some new places, first starting out a Hot Air and watching the Vent (WARNING: Political content… 🙂 )

Then I went to realVerse to watch that morning vlog (really, why watch morning news, when you can watch vlogs…)  I found realVerse from HotAir, and though realVerse is a weekly vlog, their content isn’t political, but more ‘spirited’.  Created in Nashville, realVerse spotlights some Christian/spiritual/cultural concepts in their brief overview of what goes on in the realVerse.  Today they featured a quick slice of an interview with Bill Seaver who blogs at MicroExplosion.

Clicking over there, I read a couple of his posts, and found a post announcing the launch of eBible.com.  eBible is a Web2.0 (who’s tired of THAT marketing term?) interface into Bible.  Offering free searches and commentaries (including some Nelson titles that I’ve liked in the for-pay Logos collection).  Also along the Web2.0 view it has a simple interface, and allows for community bookmarks and community building.  An interesting new way for bible look ups.  They even have a Firefox search plugin.  (They need to have a WordPress plugin, so plain ol bloggers can push people to their site… )

That is my morning (rolling up sleeves… )  Tell me a bit about yours!

Avast!

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Last one, me pretties, I promise… And if ye kaint take the word of a Pirate, whose kin ya?

You are The Cap’n!

Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any man that stands between them and the mantle of power. You never met a man you couldn’t eviscerate. Not that mindless violence is the only avenue open to you – but why take an avenue when you have complete freeway access? You are the definitive Man of Action. You are James Bond in a blousy shirt and drawstring-fly pants. Your swash was buckled long ago and you have never been so sure of anything in your life as in your ability to bend everyone to your will. You will call anyone out and cut off their head if they show any sign of taking you on or backing down. You cannot be saddled with tedious underlings, but if one of your lieutenants shows an overly developed sense of ambition he may find more suitable accommodations in Davy Jones’ locker. That is, of course, IF you notice him. You tend to be self absorbed – a weakness that may keep you from seeing enemies where they are and imagining them where they are not.

What’s Yer Inner Pirate?
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