It’s one thing for a character in a movie or TV show to make a mistake that costs them dearly: pick the wrong door, dial the wrong number, or cut the wrong wire, and something bad happens. If no one made a mistake, then the story would never advance – or, if it did, it [...]
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Bad writers, bad!
Posted in Television, Writing, tagged Criminal Minds, serial killers, suspension of disbelief, TV writing on October 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Who is Number One?
Posted in Television, tagged AMC, Ian McKellen, Number One, Number Six, remakes, The Prisoner, The Village on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The trailer for the miniseries remake of the surreal classic, The Prisoner.
Some observations:
I can already tell Ian McKellen will steal the show.
A friend in the movie-trailer business once warned me that you see the best parts in any trailer.
Remakes always leave me wondering “If the original was so wonderful, why does [...]
Iron Chef America
Posted in Food, Television, tagged duck, Ming Tsai, Iron Chef America, Iron Chef, TV, Food TV, corn, Bobby Flay on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t watched this in a couple of years, but tuned in tonight for two episodes: Battle Corn and Battle Duck. Sadly, both featured Iron Chef Bobby Flay, whom I detest. Oh, his recipes look great, but whenever I see and especially hear him, I develop this urge to smack him until he cries. He [...]
No Monday Night Football
Posted in Sports, Television, tagged american football, MNF, Television on December 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now what am I going to do tonight?
Technorati tags: Monday Night Football, NFL
Christmas loot
Posted in Books, Holidays, Miscellany, Movies, Television, science fiction, tagged Books, Christmas, dvds, History, Jackson, Lincoln, Stargate SG-1, World War II on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have to give in to my Inner Little Kid for a moment and share what I got for Christmas. This is some neat stuff:
Books
Doris Kearns-Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals. Abe Lincoln is a deeply-felt hero to me, so I’m looking forward to reading this.
Rick Atkinson’s The Day of Battle. Part two of his Liberation [...]
Boo on the NFL
Posted in Sports, Television on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, what do you know? Opening day of the football season, yet the NFL doesn’t care if fans on the West Coast get to see the first half of the game.
Or am I the only fellow here who works until 5:00 PM?
Technorati tags: Football, NFL, idiot scheduling, East Coast bias
The gate closes
Posted in Television, Writing, science fiction, tagged science fiction, scripts, Stargate: Atlantis, Television, Writing on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sad news: SciFi Channel has canceled Stargate: Atlantis. While never as good as Stargate SG-1, it was still a very enjoyable science-fiction adventure show that had some brilliant moments. (I challenge anyone to watch either “The Storm/The Eye” two-parter or “The Siege” parts 1-3 and tell me those aren’t superb TV) It will be allowed [...]
More homework
Posted in Television, Writing on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Season four of The Closer premiers Monday night at 9PM, 8:00 CST:
Let’s hope this season is better than last, which I thought was rather a letdown.
By the by: Okay, that stinks. WordPress won’t allow me to embed video other than from YouTube or Google. That may cause me to reconsider this [...]
Doing my homework
Posted in Television, Writing on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think I’ve hit the dream of every high-school student: since I have to do homework, at least let it be watching TV.
Hey, if one wants to be a working television writer, then watching TV shows is de rigeur. My partner and I are following several shows: Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, The Closer, Cold [...]
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