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This Week in Geek

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  • Lucasfilm, under Disney, plans to release 2-3 movies every year (Huffington Post)
  • Could Tyrese finally be arriving in The Walking Dead? (EW)
  • American Horror Story has been renewed for a third season and Jessica Lange is returning. (Deadline Hollywood Daily)
  • A new synopsis for The Wolverine has been released. (Collider)
  • The king of movie makeup, Rick Baker, is finally getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (The Mary Sue)
  • David Yates wants Alexander Skarsgard (Eric from True Blood) to be his Tarzan. (Variety)
  • Tom Cruise wants Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun) to direct Mission: Impossible: 5. (I Watch Stuff)
  • The Kickstarter for an animated The Goon film set a record for the site. (MTV Geek)
  • Apparently they are making a film based on the video game, Splinter Cell, and Tom Hardy is set to star. (Latino Review)
  • If you see The Hobbit in IMAX 3D, you’ll catch the first nine minutes of the horribly-titled (IMHO) Star Trek Into Darkness. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Zack Snyder says that his Superman in Man of Steel is a “more serious version.” (Splash Page)
  • Season three of Game of Thrones has a return date. (io9)
  • Is The Wasp going to be in Iron Man 3? (Screen Rant)
  • If I proposed to Cindy with this R2-D2-inspired engagement ring, I think her “yes” would have changed to a “let me think about it.” (Geekologie)
  • Could George Clooney and Brad Bird be teaming up for Bird’s secret sci-fi flick, 1952? (Vulture)
  • We get our first look at Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston), the villain of Thor: The Dark World. (Splash Page)
  • Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder) is set to star as Axel Foley’s son in the pilot of Beverly Hills Cop television series produced by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Eddie Murphy (TVLine)
  • James Wan is in talks to direct a MacGyver movie. (Latino Review)
  • A pair of Brits, Elizabeth Henstridge and Ian De Caestecker, have joined the cast of Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D television pilot. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Marc Webb confirms that Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) is in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel but not if she’s playing Mary Jane Watson. (Splash Page)
  • New trailers for Oz: The Great and Powerful, House of Cards, Europa Report, The Host and Warm Bodies

Don’t Call Me During…: Fall 2012 – Wednesdays

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9:00 pm: Modern Family (ABC; 10/26)
The show is getting more hit or miss as it ages.  The characters who were breakouts – Phil (Ty Burrell) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet) are now becoming overwhelming. Also, the way the writers make the two wives – Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Claire (Julie Bowen) – increasingly shrill is borderline sexist.

10:00 pm: Nashville (ABC; 10/10)
My most anticipated new show this season.  Why?  Connie Britton.  After her performance as Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights, I would watch any show that she starred in.  Speaking of which…

10:00 pm: American Horror Story (FX; 10/17)
I watched the first few episodes because it starred the aforementioned Britton but it was just too silly.  Then I heard all the buzz after the Halloween episode aired and came back.  I don’t regret watching it but if I had missed it, I think I would have been okay with that. I’m actually curious how this will work with some returning actors playing different characters in a different story.

10:30 pm: Key & Peele (COM; 10/26)
I’m hoping the consistency of the skits improve in season two.  The funny skits are hilarious and stayed with me.  The bad skits, however, have this insular quality like you can tell they are the only two people who would find this funny.

Don’t Call Me During…: Fall 2011 Edition

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Why can't I find a date?

Since I’ve moved to Los Angeles, the way I watch television has changed.  I no longer have cable and rely mainly on the Internet (some means more legal than others).  I’ve been fairly successful in keeping up with my shows without a DVR but the hassle of shows building up on my hard drive has made me quick to drop shows.

As I started contemplating this post, I bragged to myself that I could cut my viewing hours down to maybe 15 hours.  The new crop of shows are not that appealing and most of the shows I currently watch I’m not completely enamored with. I’ll also admit that shows that Cindy and I aren’t both into are less likely to be watched regularly.  Fall TV hours are 22.5 right now but by November, I think I can get to the 15 hours I so desire.

Since I don’t watch these shows when they air on TV, no point in listing times.  New shows in bold.

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