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May looks like the best month in a while for new releases.
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That’s because between Christmas and the first weekend in May is basically a dumping ground for B movies, and various kid stuff for spring break. It used to be that you had to wait for Memorial Day but studios have moved the beginning of “summer” up to the first weekend in May.
The more I watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shock Treatment, the less believable it is to me that they were written by the same man, much less that they are related plotwise!
I just saw the first season of Six Feet Under. (Coincidentally, I’m going to a funeral tomorrow. Huh.) It was pretty good, though I’m not as wowed as I thought I’d be. It’s been hyped by so many people that maybe it can’t live up to it. I’ll keep watching for the characters I do like, and despite some of the most annoying and irritating characters on TV. If I’m still not wowed after S2, I’m calling it quits.
Hayes Carll’s “She Left me for Jesus” is a real hoot. You can listen to it on his myspace page.
It’s also free this week on iTunes.
The chorus
“She left me for Jesus.
And that just ain’t fair
She says that he’s perfect.
How could I compare?
She says I should find him
And I’ll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus
I’m kicking his ass.”
“I’m gonna get even
I can’t handle the shame
Why the last time we made love
She even called out his name.”
I’m also pretty charmed by the group She and Him – she being Zooey Deschanel, who’s not only a great singer but a surprisingly good songwriter. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? is a standout.
For what it’s worth…the idea that John Connor still had to send Kyle Reese back to protect Sarah in the changed timeline of “Sarah Connor Chronicles” is total bull. The man was already sent back from the original timeline, and it’s been established—in the new series, to boot—that changes to the timeline made in the past don’t effect time travelers that have already left the future.
It’s not that hard to wrap your mind around the mechanics of temporal maniuplation once you’ve got a few generally accepted ground rules set up, damnit!
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I’m just now working my way through the first couple of seasons of Battlestar Galactica. I’ve hit a few clunkers, but overall it’s a great show. I love the look of the sets. The mix of sci-fi and old technology (corded phones, etc) is a stroke of brilliance.
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I rented The Vicar of Dibley on DVD from the library and found that on one of the discs there is a special feature with Johnny Depp! Mmmm, Johnny Depp…
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I’ve missed that one somehow - but I did see the episode with a Sean Bean cameo. “Come with me, lass!”
faithfool, there are new House episodes coming in April.
The new X-Files movie releases in July, on my birthday. That might be the one movie I see in the theater this year.
I wish I could find a definitive answer on if Reaper is going to be renewed or cancelled. The news has so far all been “possibly, maybe, wait and see”. Argh!
I love the line in USA channel’s commercials for NCIS: “The show with more initials than any other drama.”
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I think this years Beauty and the Geek is pretty unwatchable. I mean, a tag football game for twenty minutes of the episode? That sucked.
And when are they going to have the geek makeover and get some of that hair off some of those faces?
And the beauties look really sleazy this season.
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I wish I could find a definitive answer on if Reaper is going to be renewed or cancelled. The news has so far all been “possibly, maybe, wait and see”. Argh!
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Agreed - the last couple of eps seemed to have worked out the kinks. It ain’t Buffy, but it is very well written when it works…I am thinking of Ben and Sock talking thru which demons they’ve collected could beat each other up…