February 8, 2010!
The Muppets Performing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
November 24, 2009
Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?
TV Power Rankings: 11/15 – 11/21
November 24, 2009Worst Show: The Cleveland Show (Episode: “Ladies’ Night”) – I watch The Cleveland Show afraid that if I miss it, they will finally have a funny episode. I’m still waiting for that funny episode.
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)
10. How I Met Your Mother (Episode: “The Playbook”) – While I enjoy Barney’s single shenanigans, I’m still slightly bothered how the Barney/Robin relationship which the show invested us all in has dissipated so quickly.
9. Parks and Recreation (Episode: “Hunting Trip”) – This is slowly becoming my favorite show on NBC Thursday nights.
8. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Episode: “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System”)
Movie of the Week: Fantastic Mr. Fox
November 23, 2009
The best way I can describe this movie is The Royal Tenenbaums done via stop-motion animation (closer to Davey and Goliath* than The Nightmare Before Christmas). Basically, if you are a fan of Wes Anderson’s style – snappy dialogue, quirky setting, little details that make you smile, soundtrack with some classics and obscure songs – then there is no reason you shouldn’t love this.
The voice work was great especially (to my surprise) Jason Schwartzman. I never read Roald Dahl’s book so I can’t compare the movie to it but usually I think that’s for the best.
The only problem I had with the movie was the scale of the animals in relation to their surroundings. Sometimes the animals were so small in relation to everything, it was like watching The Littles*. Also, a rat shouldn’t be taller than a fox. It kept taking me out of the movie no mater how hard I tried to ignore it.
* I know I just carbon dated myself with this reference
Girlfriend-Sized Life
November 17, 2009Last week, I was contemplating on when – between ZogSports football on the weekends, 30 plus hours of television a week, 10-20 comic books a week and hanging out with my friends – was I going to find time to play and beat all these video games that were collecting dust in my room and to read the stack of books piling up on my bedside table.
Then it occurred to me, where would I fit a girlfriend in all that?
TV Power Rankings: 11/08 – 11/14
November 16, 2009Worst Show of Last Week: Saturday Night Live (Host: Taylor Swift) – Aside from her monologue song which was cute, this was another terrible episode. Are they even trying anymore?
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)
10. South Park (Episode: “Dances With Smurfs”) – I’m afraid they may have ruined Avatar for me.
9. 30 Rock (Episode: “The Problem Solvers”) – It’s still not great but it’s been getting better. I’m a sucker for any mocking of Canada
8. The Office (Episode: “Murder”) – I’m glad Ed Helms is getting a bigger role this season.
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TV Power Rankings: 11/01 – 11/07
November 9, 2009Worst Show of Last Week: V (Episode: “Pilot”) – There wasn’t any particularly bad television this week but this was more like a lost opportunity. They rushed so much of the show’s premise robbing the show of any tension or character development. I think it’s more of a lack of faith in a TV viewer to stick around to see where’s something going without spelling everything out right away.
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)
10. The League (Episode: “The Bounce Test”) -I think FX has finally found a show to follow It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I wonder how many eskimo brothers I have.
9. FlashForward (Episode: “The Gift”) – I was ready to give up on this show but this was the best the show has been since the first half of the pilot. The suicide is a bit of a game changer so now what?
8. Community (Episode: “Home Economics”) – I officially have a crush on Alison Brie (she has also been great as Trudy on Mad Men). I hope this isn’t the last we see of the Pierce/Vaughn war. Read the rest of this entry »
TV Power Rankings: 10/25 – 10/31
November 3, 2009So I decided to give myself a new project. I’m going to try to rank the top 10 shows I watched on a week by week basis. Since I usually don’t finish watching a given week’s shows until Sunday, this will probably run late. (I watch over 25 hours of TV a week).
Worst Show of Last Week: Cougar Town (Episode: “A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)”) – The scary thought is that before I remembered I watched Cougar Town (which will probably always be the worst show I watch every week), I was going to say 30 Rock.
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