Love what we can get from the million science channels on cable these days!
Stephen Hawkings new show was great... but they only aired four hours. No idea when we'll see the rest.
Animal Planet's "Life" - technically not a series - I haven't made it to the 11th episode because On Demands a little behind. Oprah lends her voice and makes the doc.
History Channnel's "America: The Story Of Us": Excellent, all twelve hours. Could still be watching.
"Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman" - who wouldn't want to hear a show narrated by the smooth sounds of Morgan? He's one cool cat...and his family anecdote in every ep is worth it.
Monday, July 5, 2010
decent new tv
Can't even being to talk about LOST, I'm sure I'll post something, I spent so much time last year blogging about it and certainly still chatting about it with my Joopers. Trying to find shows to fill the gaps.
Some shows interesting enough to fill the void (although, I might be better off spending the 42 min reading some weeks):
The Good Guys - Bradley Whitmore + a porn mustache = Colin Hanks isn't so bad
Persons Unknown - this is playing out as a "mini series" but it's really just one of the biggies trying to pull off the short season like you can on pay channels. A lot of "Cube" is brought to the table, mixed with a bit of BBC's Survivors. The twist last week makes it all the more interesting.
Memphis Beat - only two eps under it's belt, we'll see where Jason Lee and Alfre Woodard (love her!) take this.
Justified - OH!!! Timothy Olyphan-tastic can pull off the long legged marshall. (Kevin Smith called him this in one of his Sold Out docs. Everytime I've given the chance, I can't help but say it!) I've read the short story "Fire In the Hole" and think the natural evolution to small screen is pretty olyphan-tastic!
Some shows interesting enough to fill the void (although, I might be better off spending the 42 min reading some weeks):
The Good Guys - Bradley Whitmore + a porn mustache = Colin Hanks isn't so bad
Persons Unknown - this is playing out as a "mini series" but it's really just one of the biggies trying to pull off the short season like you can on pay channels. A lot of "Cube" is brought to the table, mixed with a bit of BBC's Survivors. The twist last week makes it all the more interesting.
Memphis Beat - only two eps under it's belt, we'll see where Jason Lee and Alfre Woodard (love her!) take this.
Justified - OH!!! Timothy Olyphan-tastic can pull off the long legged marshall. (Kevin Smith called him this in one of his Sold Out docs. Everytime I've given the chance, I can't help but say it!) I've read the short story "Fire In the Hole" and think the natural evolution to small screen is pretty olyphan-tastic!
the doctor
This post is a real cut and paste of emails shared with a fellow doctor lover, Aeon. For someone who started watching kicking and screaming, I'm a real fan. Sooner or later I'm going to have to go back and start watching all the other incarnations or I'll just be stuck living in a Stephen Moffat creation.
Matt Smith surpassed my expectation, a thousand fold. I can’t wait to see the new eps. Yeah, I didn’t like the DW logo since it first premiered, but I’m starting to think that with two much “younger” characters, they are hoping for a bump in the demographic, especially in the states.
Didn’t like Ep2, had a bad feeling, the flow was off. I only liked it once the story got tied up at the end. I LOVE Sophie Okonedo and recognized her voice immediately. I really can’t believe that the first episode was so amazing, hit all the marks and this seemed below flat. When Liz Ten was talking about growing up on the Doctor’s stories, I thought Mickey and Martha for sure.
Loved the chubbier and Skittle colored Daleks!
Dr. River Song? Weren’t her heels amazing? I can’t pull off heels at all, my back don’t allow it. I can pull off 4” platforms, yes, but suffer from hot shoe envy. Best part about River? I totally called it with David Tennant – they’re married. If that doesn’t take the cake, I don’t know what does. The bummer is that Alex Kingston admits in an online clip that Matt Smith isn’t her doctor, her doctor is of the future. They’ll have to put her contract in lockdown until the next Doctor who’s “hers” and we might see a little of Mr. Doctor. hehehehe I didn’t like the dress either, it would have been more appropriate for an 80 year old, but a LBD with those shoes would have been fantastic, but we might have been privy to a little more skin when she’s blown out the door! It was a good “to be continued” especially when you know there’s a whole lot past this episode to be continued. Although, I’m a little concerned with who River killed. Just the way they kept saying it made me feel like she killed the Doctor. Dunno.
“If you had any more tawdry quirks, you could open up a tawdry quirks shop.” What EXACTLY does that mean if you’re saying it to yourself? LOL It deserves a second watch. The dream vs dream vs reality was soooo very clever. I thought about it today when I was driving (not a good time to think about tv)… I was kinda missing David Tennant, but I’m over it. Matt is different but just as many tawdry quirks that nearly make him an equal.
I was overwhelmed with the decision to take Vincent to see his works in the present. The Doctor knows he must be careful not to change the fixed points in history, but still takes a very fragile man to a special place. He gives Vincent the gift of hope – at least he believes he has. Most people who live with a serious mental illness and express suicidal ideation don’t do so thinking about next week, it’s about the pain stopping today. Ultimately, Vincent hit that wall, but he did so knowing that his work would be important, even the mundane haystacks. If we all were given the gift to see the ultimate byproduct of our lives, would we choose the knowledge? Does it become a chicken and egg issue? Would that provide the drive that is needed to complete the tasks we should complete?
Would you walk out the doors of the Tardis if given the chance to see what you are to accomplish in this life?
Matt Smith surpassed my expectation, a thousand fold. I can’t wait to see the new eps. Yeah, I didn’t like the DW logo since it first premiered, but I’m starting to think that with two much “younger” characters, they are hoping for a bump in the demographic, especially in the states.
Didn’t like Ep2, had a bad feeling, the flow was off. I only liked it once the story got tied up at the end. I LOVE Sophie Okonedo and recognized her voice immediately. I really can’t believe that the first episode was so amazing, hit all the marks and this seemed below flat. When Liz Ten was talking about growing up on the Doctor’s stories, I thought Mickey and Martha for sure.
Loved the chubbier and Skittle colored Daleks!
Dr. River Song? Weren’t her heels amazing? I can’t pull off heels at all, my back don’t allow it. I can pull off 4” platforms, yes, but suffer from hot shoe envy. Best part about River? I totally called it with David Tennant – they’re married. If that doesn’t take the cake, I don’t know what does. The bummer is that Alex Kingston admits in an online clip that Matt Smith isn’t her doctor, her doctor is of the future. They’ll have to put her contract in lockdown until the next Doctor who’s “hers” and we might see a little of Mr. Doctor. hehehehe I didn’t like the dress either, it would have been more appropriate for an 80 year old, but a LBD with those shoes would have been fantastic, but we might have been privy to a little more skin when she’s blown out the door! It was a good “to be continued” especially when you know there’s a whole lot past this episode to be continued. Although, I’m a little concerned with who River killed. Just the way they kept saying it made me feel like she killed the Doctor. Dunno.
“If you had any more tawdry quirks, you could open up a tawdry quirks shop.” What EXACTLY does that mean if you’re saying it to yourself? LOL It deserves a second watch. The dream vs dream vs reality was soooo very clever. I thought about it today when I was driving (not a good time to think about tv)… I was kinda missing David Tennant, but I’m over it. Matt is different but just as many tawdry quirks that nearly make him an equal.
I was overwhelmed with the decision to take Vincent to see his works in the present. The Doctor knows he must be careful not to change the fixed points in history, but still takes a very fragile man to a special place. He gives Vincent the gift of hope – at least he believes he has. Most people who live with a serious mental illness and express suicidal ideation don’t do so thinking about next week, it’s about the pain stopping today. Ultimately, Vincent hit that wall, but he did so knowing that his work would be important, even the mundane haystacks. If we all were given the gift to see the ultimate byproduct of our lives, would we choose the knowledge? Does it become a chicken and egg issue? Would that provide the drive that is needed to complete the tasks we should complete?
Would you walk out the doors of the Tardis if given the chance to see what you are to accomplish in this life?
exercise in futility
I've written these in my log on the coffee table, I might as well list them. Although some films have notes, it would take forever to complete the list over the past six months. The idea is to get the ball rolling again, not to walk away overwhelmed. Starting with January 1, 2010, I'm sure I'm missing some, especially those very comfy percocet filled days and my bad memory:
1. Bottleshock
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Elegy
5. Sweet November
6. When Did You Last See Your Father
7. Pay It Forward
8. La Belle et Le Bete
9. Grand Illusion
10. Control
11. Public Enemies
12. Ladies In Lavender
13. Cadillac Records
14. XXY
15. Seven Pounds
16. U-Carmen
17. To Kill A Mockingbird
18. Mysteries of Pittsburgh
19. Kiss of the Dragon
20. Twilight
21. Moon
22. 9
23. Chinese Box
24. Into The Storm (HBO - KBO!)
25. Cold Mountain
26. Temple Grandin
27. Purple Violets
28. In Love and War
29. I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay
30. Grand Torino
31. Fetching Cody
32. Yes Man
33. Taken
34. X-Files: I Want To Believe
35. A Touch Of Zen
36. Farewell My Concubine
37. Secretary
38. The Limey
39. De0Lovely
40. Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
41. In The Loop
42. The Time Traveler's Wife
43. 17 Again
44. Tristam Shandy Cock and Bull
45. Gigantic (Paul Dano)
46. I Love You Man
47. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
48. The Invention of Lying
49. Humboldt County
50. W.
51. Monsters vs. Aliens
52. Iron Monkey
53. Year One
54. The Hurt Locker
55. Lawrence of Arabia
56. Kevin Smith Three - Sold Out
57. Precious
58. Million Dollar Hotel
59. 1984
60. The Ugly Truth
61. We Don't Live Here Anymore
62. Tootsie
63. Trucker
64. Pretty Young Things
65. The Queen
66. The Loved One
67. Anvil
68. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
69. Amreeka
70. A Beautiful Mind
71. Summertime (K.Hepburn)
72. Road to Zanzibar
73. Devils On The Doorstop
74. Intermission
75. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
76. He's Just Not That Into You
77. A Serious Man
78. Watchmen
79. One Fine Day
80. Cool Hand Luke
81. The Importance of Being Earnest
82. The Reader
83. Local Color
84. Mememto
85. Cold Souls
86. Top Hat
87. The Postman Always Rings Twice
88. The International
89. Pearl Harbor
90. Easy Virtue
91. The Children of Huang Shi
92. Inglourious Basterds
93. Einstein and Eddington (HBO)
94. Blue Skies
95. Where The Wild Things Are
96. Iris
97. Body of Lies
98. Notorious
99. The Untouchables
100. Serpico
101. Miller's Crossing
102. The Vicious Kind
103. Two Lovers
104. The Proposal
105. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
106. Lonely Hearts
107. The French Lieutenant's Woman
108. LA Confidential
109. Sunshine (R.Fiennes)
110. Sunshine (C.Murphy SciFi)
111. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
112. Food Inc
113. Whip It!
114. You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
115. Fantastic Mr. Fox
116. Sherlock Holmes
117. The Lovely Bones
118. From Hell
119. Dark City
120. The African Queen
121. Up In The Air
122. Bright Star
123. Futurama - The Beast With A Billion Backs
124. Knife In The Water
125. The Ultimate Gift
126. Grand Illusion
127. The Fountainhead
128. I Sell The Dead
129. An Education
130. Twilight Samurai
131. Spanking The Monkey
132. Boy, Interrupted
133. Broad Street Bullies
134. The Hangover
135. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
136. The Imaginatorium of Dr. Parnassus
137. Igor
138. Memoirs of a Geisha
139. The Road
140. Easy
141. Crazy Heart
142. The Spirit
143. Downloading Nancy
144. The Young Victoria
145. The Special Relationship (HBO)
146. Nine
147. Valkyrie
148. How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
149. Alice in Wonderland (T.Burton)
150. Extraordinary Measures
151. Religulous
152. Bickford Shmeckler's Ideas
153. Julia
154. The Messenger
155. Shutter Island
156. Night at the Museum: Smithsonian
157. Bubba Ho-Tep
158. Boy In The Striped Pajamas
159. State of Play
160. Heart and Souls
161. Raging Bull
162. Quigley Down Under
163. Extract
164. Good Morning Vietnam
165. Coco Before Chanel
166. Mrs. Henderson Presents
167. John Adams (HBO)
168. Amelia
1. Bottleshock
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Elegy
5. Sweet November
6. When Did You Last See Your Father
7. Pay It Forward
8. La Belle et Le Bete
9. Grand Illusion
10. Control
11. Public Enemies
12. Ladies In Lavender
13. Cadillac Records
14. XXY
15. Seven Pounds
16. U-Carmen
17. To Kill A Mockingbird
18. Mysteries of Pittsburgh
19. Kiss of the Dragon
20. Twilight
21. Moon
22. 9
23. Chinese Box
24. Into The Storm (HBO - KBO!)
25. Cold Mountain
26. Temple Grandin
27. Purple Violets
28. In Love and War
29. I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay
30. Grand Torino
31. Fetching Cody
32. Yes Man
33. Taken
34. X-Files: I Want To Believe
35. A Touch Of Zen
36. Farewell My Concubine
37. Secretary
38. The Limey
39. De0Lovely
40. Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
41. In The Loop
42. The Time Traveler's Wife
43. 17 Again
44. Tristam Shandy Cock and Bull
45. Gigantic (Paul Dano)
46. I Love You Man
47. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
48. The Invention of Lying
49. Humboldt County
50. W.
51. Monsters vs. Aliens
52. Iron Monkey
53. Year One
54. The Hurt Locker
55. Lawrence of Arabia
56. Kevin Smith Three - Sold Out
57. Precious
58. Million Dollar Hotel
59. 1984
60. The Ugly Truth
61. We Don't Live Here Anymore
62. Tootsie
63. Trucker
64. Pretty Young Things
65. The Queen
66. The Loved One
67. Anvil
68. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
69. Amreeka
70. A Beautiful Mind
71. Summertime (K.Hepburn)
72. Road to Zanzibar
73. Devils On The Doorstop
74. Intermission
75. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
76. He's Just Not That Into You
77. A Serious Man
78. Watchmen
79. One Fine Day
80. Cool Hand Luke
81. The Importance of Being Earnest
82. The Reader
83. Local Color
84. Mememto
85. Cold Souls
86. Top Hat
87. The Postman Always Rings Twice
88. The International
89. Pearl Harbor
90. Easy Virtue
91. The Children of Huang Shi
92. Inglourious Basterds
93. Einstein and Eddington (HBO)
94. Blue Skies
95. Where The Wild Things Are
96. Iris
97. Body of Lies
98. Notorious
99. The Untouchables
100. Serpico
101. Miller's Crossing
102. The Vicious Kind
103. Two Lovers
104. The Proposal
105. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
106. Lonely Hearts
107. The French Lieutenant's Woman
108. LA Confidential
109. Sunshine (R.Fiennes)
110. Sunshine (C.Murphy SciFi)
111. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
112. Food Inc
113. Whip It!
114. You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
115. Fantastic Mr. Fox
116. Sherlock Holmes
117. The Lovely Bones
118. From Hell
119. Dark City
120. The African Queen
121. Up In The Air
122. Bright Star
123. Futurama - The Beast With A Billion Backs
124. Knife In The Water
125. The Ultimate Gift
126. Grand Illusion
127. The Fountainhead
128. I Sell The Dead
129. An Education
130. Twilight Samurai
131. Spanking The Monkey
132. Boy, Interrupted
133. Broad Street Bullies
134. The Hangover
135. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
136. The Imaginatorium of Dr. Parnassus
137. Igor
138. Memoirs of a Geisha
139. The Road
140. Easy
141. Crazy Heart
142. The Spirit
143. Downloading Nancy
144. The Young Victoria
145. The Special Relationship (HBO)
146. Nine
147. Valkyrie
148. How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
149. Alice in Wonderland (T.Burton)
150. Extraordinary Measures
151. Religulous
152. Bickford Shmeckler's Ideas
153. Julia
154. The Messenger
155. Shutter Island
156. Night at the Museum: Smithsonian
157. Bubba Ho-Tep
158. Boy In The Striped Pajamas
159. State of Play
160. Heart and Souls
161. Raging Bull
162. Quigley Down Under
163. Extract
164. Good Morning Vietnam
165. Coco Before Chanel
166. Mrs. Henderson Presents
167. John Adams (HBO)
168. Amelia
pathetic
Main Entry: pathetic
1. having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2. marked by sorrow or melancholy: SAD
3. pitifully inferior or inadequate
4. ABSURD, LAUGHABLE
Right now, I think all four apply. My little experiment last year to document every movie I watched (and it had to be from beginning to end, I couldn't tune in three minutes after the opening credits) was interesting, to say the least. Enough so I have kept a log of every movie I've seen in 2010. Yet, this is my first post of the year, at the beginning of the second half. Over and over again in my life, definitely a reoccurring theme, is that of good intentions. Any more, I'm good for about 80% follow through (which on my terms, is very pathetic.) To borrow a phrase I saw on a friend's blog, all potential no kinetic.
Will I rectify the situation? Is there any merit in me logging films as I already did so for a year? Should I be cataloguing music and small screen instead? I haven't been up to my normal quota of the written word, either. How do I re-establish myself as a massive consumer of media? Get back in the saddle again. I tell no one of this blog, it's written only for me. If someone happens upon it by clicking "next blog," great for them. I'm not going to spent time outside like I did last summer - no gardening for me. Too late in the season with poor health. More time to gobble up media, eh? Let the games begin.
1. having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2. marked by sorrow or melancholy: SAD
3. pitifully inferior or inadequate
4. ABSURD, LAUGHABLE
Right now, I think all four apply. My little experiment last year to document every movie I watched (and it had to be from beginning to end, I couldn't tune in three minutes after the opening credits) was interesting, to say the least. Enough so I have kept a log of every movie I've seen in 2010. Yet, this is my first post of the year, at the beginning of the second half. Over and over again in my life, definitely a reoccurring theme, is that of good intentions. Any more, I'm good for about 80% follow through (which on my terms, is very pathetic.) To borrow a phrase I saw on a friend's blog, all potential no kinetic.
Will I rectify the situation? Is there any merit in me logging films as I already did so for a year? Should I be cataloguing music and small screen instead? I haven't been up to my normal quota of the written word, either. How do I re-establish myself as a massive consumer of media? Get back in the saddle again. I tell no one of this blog, it's written only for me. If someone happens upon it by clicking "next blog," great for them. I'm not going to spent time outside like I did last summer - no gardening for me. Too late in the season with poor health. More time to gobble up media, eh? Let the games begin.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
district 9
no.216 District 9
I haven't gotten the special features disc, but wanted to report this as my last movie of the year. Can't think of a more imaginative and creative idea. The fact that it's set in Johannesburg? Brilliant.
I haven't gotten the special features disc, but wanted to report this as my last movie of the year. Can't think of a more imaginative and creative idea. The fact that it's set in Johannesburg? Brilliant.
cake eaters
no.215 The Cake Eaters
When I was 18, I was kinda seeing someone who was in a relationship - I know, not the nicest thing, but I made it very clear it was his baggage not mine. So now that you've judged me, I'll tell you that one of my friends called him "the cake eater," which doesn't take any explaining. So of course, I was inclined to watch a movie that shared the name.
Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it, too. I think that's universal, but very much an American philosophy. Kristen Stewart's character wants to have sex before she dies and picks the most unlikely candidate, but it's kinda cute. Every one around her manages to be a cake eater in their own way, some almost exploitative. Not a great watch, but cute.
When I was 18, I was kinda seeing someone who was in a relationship - I know, not the nicest thing, but I made it very clear it was his baggage not mine. So now that you've judged me, I'll tell you that one of my friends called him "the cake eater," which doesn't take any explaining. So of course, I was inclined to watch a movie that shared the name.
Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it, too. I think that's universal, but very much an American philosophy. Kristen Stewart's character wants to have sex before she dies and picks the most unlikely candidate, but it's kinda cute. Every one around her manages to be a cake eater in their own way, some almost exploitative. Not a great watch, but cute.
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