Thursday Televison Takedown

Ok, that title was lame...hella-lame. Anyway, it's not like we have an editor, so get over it. Tonight is a very special night for television. Not only is it the season premiere of the Office(hour-long, starts at 9), but we also get our third straight week of one hour of IASiP. So there is two hours of television(1.25-1.5 if you skip the commercials) for you enjoyment(except Pat, who apparently bought the starving law student cable package that doesn't get FX or FSC, which is gay). The Office will start out the season with 4 hour-long episodes, so be prepared to bring your own recorded sound track so you can enjoy it even without your sense of humor.*

I have not yet watched the House season premiere, but I did watch Heroes, which was pretty good. Some notes:

• The white samurai was kinda lame. I mean, wouldn't it have made more sense for Hiro to just time travel back right away. And regardless, why are they(Star Trek guy and Ando) sitting around waiting for him when he can time travel back to any day he wants. I think time travel in itself makes me frustrated because there's too many things that make it so implausible.
  
• I think the latina lady's power is like some kind of uber-opera singer falsetto weapon or something. They all seemed to be bleeding from the ears. Either that or some kind of roast beef weapon that makes their eyes bleed.
• Cheerleader's story was superlame. And Peter Pan was pretty creepy as well.
• Does Parkmen have no friends? None of them are wondering why he now lives with a 7 year old girl? Why does she own him? What kind of pussy is he?
• Who else besides me would get super excited if somebody was rushing at Mohinder and all of a sudden he punched them from like 10 feet away with his extending arms...just me? OK...
• I hope they explain how Nathan flew Peter up into the stratosphere and then didn't get hurt by the explosion. Did he drop him? I mean what the hell. Why didn't Peter just fly himself? Anyway, now Nathan's in the Taliban and Peter's hanging with there guys who make Paddy's Irish Pub look like it's straight from Dublin.
• I like swords as much as the next guy, but if someone marked me for death...I think I'd just get a gun...c'mon.
• From what I can tell they are going to start introducing a ton of new characters...which I'm kind of on the fence about. I'm a little worried about oversaturation, and the fact that I already don't really care about some of the characters they have.
  

OK, that's enough for now. Happy viewing.



*Sidenote: If you don't have the Third Season DVD, i recommend it. 3 hours of deleted scenes, including one from the Ben Franklin Episode where Dwight asks Michael if he came in his pants while getting a lapdance.

Year in Review - TV

So, since I watch alot of television, I figured it'd be my duty to provide you with my thoughts concerning the current seasons of television shows that I watch.

Monday

24 - I actually haven't really been watching 24 that much. I know that seems blasphemous, but I think it may just be a better show to watch on DVD. But, anything that can get unite large sweaty men(sans Pat and I, we are neither large, nor "men", nor sweaty in pat's case) into a small cramped room over an entire weekend day deserves it's own praise.

Heroes - I'm actually quite addicted to Heroes at the moment. It definitely grew on me after I watched the first 12 episodes consecutively one evening over Christmas break. Although, I am having trouble relating to the fact that EVERYONE on the show wishes to keep his power a secret. I'd be showing that shit off to everybody. And now that Ari's old boss is the "big bad...bad guy" I am a little more excited. He still wouldn't scare me into not flying around if I could though.

If you are watching "comedies" on CBS while these shows air...we cannot be friends...ever...I mean it.

Tuesday

House - Kind of a weak day of the week for TV shows. House has been OK this year, the whole storyline about the cop trying to bust House for being a drug user because House anally probed him was kind of annoying. Hopefully they'll get somewhere good with this show, it's kind of meandering.

Wednesday

Friday Night Lights - I've been enjoying this one, but only as a show that I like, but do not HAVE to watch. It has its moments, but it hasn't reached the status where I don't mind missing a week as long as I read the recap. I actually wish it was more about football. Still better than the movie.

Lost - Lost is less than 10 episodes into the season, so it's hard to judge here. I know alot of people are bitching because they don't answer all of our questions, but...come on, if you enjoy watching the show, then you should realize they can't answer the questions and keep the show going. People who like a show but want it to end are lame...I don't abide by that. As long as it's entertaining, prolong it all you want I say. There's too much crap on TV for me to wish the shows I enjoy would end.

Thursday

The Office - Pretty bad ass this year. To be honest, I'm glad Jim and Pam aren't together, I think it would completely ruin the show. The upcoming episodes sound pretty sweet, including one where Michael is wearing a woman's suit unknowingly. Andy's coming back too.

Scrubs - Incredibly disappointing this season. Don't know what else to say.

Friday -

Psych - This would be my second favorite new show. The mysteries usually are sucky, but I enjoy the characters. You can see that my steam is already running out for this entry, and I've only been typing for 8 minutes.


PS: If you're a sci-fi nerd(pat) I suggest downloading the first(and only) season of Firefly. It's pretty good. Whores and spaceships and cowboys.

And, speaking of whores, I will leave you with this exchange from the greatest television show ever made,
Gob: Well, gee, I didn't think the woman I'd be checking out at spring break would be mom.
Buster: She's better looking than the whores you date!
Gob: Don't call my escorts whores.
Buster: Mom's still got it!
Gob: I don't date whores!
Lindsay: Stop it! Stop it! This objectification of women has to stop!
Michael: It's just mom and whores.

They probably won't need tractor beams to put me in front of the TV.

So in 2 years I will be getting Star Wars on TV everyday? That is pretty freaking awesome. I can only imagine that this will inspire countless nerds to stay single even longer so that girls don't get in the way of their viewing pleasure.

That's what kind of lightsaber Fred Smoot uses...