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I had two opportunities to watch Heroes this weekend and couldn’t bring myself to do it. That’s even after Ed’s endorsement. So I just called it. I deleted it right off Media Center and the series setting as well. I’m out. Enough with the stealing. The mystery was gone for me. That said, if someone tells me at the end of this season that it rocked hard, I’ll rent it on DVD, but I am not going to invest my time in it now.
Now that that is out of the way, on to this weeks thoughts. I’m going to stick with the title and just add on a week number. Easy enough.
Big Bang: Sheldon makes this show, so if he’s the focus, it is probably going to be good. This one was a good start with him trying to keep the blonde hottie’s secret. I don’t even remember what that was, but that’s because it has something to do with Leonard and I actually prefer him in the Trouty character in My Boys.
HIMYM: Yeah, consistently good here. Barney in love with Robin? Hahaha… that’s funny just typing it. In love with her is funny, but still hooking up is funnier. As for Ted with the Stella, me likey but do you think she’ll be Mom? I think that would be cool as I am a fan, but I don’t think it will turn out that way. Has to be good when you get quoted in EW, right?
I was high-fiving 15-year-old me through the space-time continuum. “We did it! We did it, you masturbating little bastard!”
That was Ted, not me, after Stella told him she loved Star Wars. She lied. The things we do for love.
Worst Week: Seen the ads for this show? Ridiculous. It is the new King of Queens, but with a guy with bad luck. This is another show Hollywood is raping from Britain. In fact, BBC America is pimping itself as “the birthplace of American television” now. What rubbish for them and Hollywood is no better. Are they going to keep trying to capture that Office lightning in a bottle? Gotta happen again, right? Just try everything! Anyway, I only caught the start of this thing; maybe the first ten minutes because I actually sat thru Two and a Half Men. (No thoughts on it.) Another example of a fat guy overachieving. Good on him. There’s hope after all. I give this one 3 more episodes before cancellation.
Gary Unmarried: Paula Marshall and Jamie King looked nice. Jay Mohr wasn’t annoying. Actually, a little bit funny. Ed Begley Jr. is looking old, but glad to see he has some work for the next 3-4 episodes this show lasts.
Smallville: Two weeks here. It started a week earlier. Anyway, the original show producers are out this year, so new direction. New direction doesn’t include Supergirl, so that’s a disappointment. I kinda wanted to see where it would go with her and Brainiac heading off to Krypton. Oh wells. This year I guess we get the Legion and a lot more Green Arrow since he’s now a regular. Also gone is Lex Luthor. What what? Yeah, well I’m guessing this is the last year anyway. I’ll finish it off, but so far, his replacement is lacking. If they think she’s a hottie, they are mistaken. At least Lois is still fit and Clark is now at The Daily Planet, so they are having fun with that already. Kid better fly.
The Office: I still hate on the hour long ones, but this one wasn’t quite as bad. The Angela paging Dwight for office/warehouse sex was amusing. The Michael love affair with Ryan is raging again, so that’s good, but I kinda hate on Ryan now. Since they made him such a right bastard last year as the big boss, it might be hard for him to win us back over. We’ll see on that. Stanley was the only funny part about the weight loss nonsense. He looked fierce in that old school photo. Do you think Creed gave Kelly a Gummi? The Pam/Jim proposal was romantic. Not so much. It was a bit ridiculous. I guess at this point you might expect that. Was it romantic? Am I not?
I also caught up on The Hills via OnDemand. That was four episodes in a row. If I start watching Paris Hilton Is My New BFF, one of you bitches better stage an intervention.
That’s it for this week. Life on Mars, another Brit translation, starts this week and so does Chuck. Looks like they aren’t killing Morgan. Bummer.
This post has 7 comments (now closed):
Ed
Mon :: 29 :: Sep :: 2008 :: 11.32 am
I disagree about The Office. I thought it came back strong and one of the big elements to this show is all of the little subtle stuff (the blink and you miss it stuff).
Cases in point:
1. Dwight offering everyone a taste of eclair with the following “You can hold it in your mouth but don’t swallow.” Jim then looks to Michael, expecting the “That’s What She Said”, when it doesn’t come Jim offers up an incredulous – “Really?”
2. The Body Image class. Michael posted his usual gallery of famous people with the affliction. For ‘obesity’ he had two random fat dudes, Jabba the Hutt, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and Big Momma.
3. That’s the beauty of Creed. I have no doubt he didn’t give her a gummi bear. And if he says it wasn’t a tapeworm, then just wondering what type of worm he did make her swallow is the best. Classic creepy Creed. Plus – he gets bonus points for cutting his rice like coke.
4. I love the goatee nonsense – especially Dwights. Too late to the party.
5. I’ve ALWAYS hated Ryan (from way back) so seeing him become the temp again is fitting. I love Jim’s little interaction with him – to which Jim got added to THE LIST.
6. I really like Holly – the female Michael Scott. The fact that she’s taken Dwight’s place in his little rap segments to the camera was great.
7. Loved the camera man getting faked out by Jim and then audibly sighing because he couldn’t film inside her room.
8. Holly’s line to Kevin – “Yeah, math is hard.”
9. And of course, the visit with sad-sack Toby who makes it to Costa Rista and immediately breaks his neck zip-lining. And who comes to visit him? The camera man. “It’s nice to have visitors.”
So, I have to disagree. I thought this season started strong. At this stage, I could care less about the Jim-Pam romance but I will say that this is the one comedy on TV that has nailed their characters. The characters can be as outlandish as anything on Seinfeld but they always feel real. That’s a tough balance to achieve and I think they nail it.
Ed
Mon :: 29 :: Sep :: 2008 :: 11.36 am
Oh – and I think skipping Heroes is a decent decision. I’m watching it simply because it’s pleasant enough to kill an hour but it’s not like you’re life is ruined should you never see another hour again. You’ve got enough on your plate (viewing wise) so its probably a good take it -or – leave it show. The fact that ratings were down 25% from last year is not a good sign for it. I just want to find all those “Heroes is Better than Lost” maysayers who were baying to the moon a couple of years ago and offer up a hearty “-‘sup, bitches?!?!”
Sean
Mon :: 29 :: Sep :: 2008 :: 02.59 pm
I agree with you that the little things made this episode. No question about all of those you point out, especially Jim’s “Really? Nothing?” on the scale to Michael. That picked up from last season’s ender where it was a similar situation with Holly.
As for Holly, I am still trying to decide if I like her or not. In a way I like that she’s a dork (is that what Jim said?), but also not because sometimes it seems a little forced to me. You forgot about her finding out that Kevin wasn’t special. That was funny.
I hope it was a Gummi worm and not an Earth worm. That’s just gross… but I guess not unexpected.
Lastly, I agree with you about them nailing the characters. It is the combination of the right actor to character across the board that make this show work with the excellent writing. I think that’s where these other Brit adaptation, and heck, just plain US shows are lacking. Truly Must See viewing.
As for Heroes, sounds like you should drop it for Chuck. You know, if you are just looking to fill an hour, it is a better quality hour.
Joe
Tue :: 30 :: Sep :: 2008 :: 08.55 pm
I’ve watched the Heroes episodes so far… they’re okay, but far from the first year. I’m kinda with Ed – I’m watching it because it’s there…
As for the “worm” – My first thought was that it was a worm from a bottle of Tequila (figuring that Creed would have that in his desk… 😉 )
Sean
Wed :: 01 :: Oct :: 2008 :: 06.51 pm
@Joe: That’s some good thinkin Joe. That kind never occurred to me.
Jen
Sun :: 05 :: Oct :: 2008 :: 08.14 pm
Okay I just watched last week’s Heroes online. What’s up with Micah staying in the same house as his mother’s casket? eww. The Hiro part is still kind of annoying, but I kind of found the Sylar/Bennett pairing interesting. I think I am watching cause it’s there as well though. Ah well.
Sean
Mon :: 06 :: Oct :: 2008 :: 12.53 am
@Jen: I caught the start of it because I was watching Chuck. I saw Angela caressing Sylar and telling him she never should have given him up for adoption and then she “fed” him… after that, the show definitely has lost me. I heard/read about the Sylar partnership with Daddy Bennett, and that is just ridiculous. Show is off the rails!
But, by all means, everyone continue to discuss here so I feel like I am in the loop. 😉