Thursday, September 27, 2007
Fall TV season...
I've spent a decent part of this week parked in front of the television checking out new shows and starting the new season with a few others. Monday was the return of Heroes. Watching the premiere brought me right back into that universe as if I'd never left. The premiere took place 4 months after the 1st season finale. This is definitely a show I won't miss.
I stuck around to watch Journeyman after that. I really like the premise but it's something that's been done before (e.g., Quantum Leap). I'll probably give a couple more episodes and decide on whether to keep watching. One thing that is nice about it is that it will have self-contained episodes and not serialized like Heroes or Lost. So if there is nothing better on at 9 pm on Mondays, I can watch it without being out of the loop.
Tuesday night was Beauty and the Geek. Don't have much to say about it. It's a popcorn show for me, just something that's fun to watch. I missed Reaper and will have to try and catch that one online or something.
Come February, Wednesday nights are going to be tough. I watched the premiere of Bionic Woman and I liked it quite a bit. I'm interested to see where it goes. But it's on at the same time as what Lost was last season as well this season starting in February I'm guessing. Will definitely have to DVR one and watch the other. Although NBC is getting better about putting their shows online while ABC has been doing it for a couple seasons now.
This evening, I just finished watching the season premiere of The Office. It was an hour long episode and there were quite a few stories going on in this one. This show only gets better by the season.
I'm really pumped for Sunday night. It's the premiere of Dexter on Showtime. I can't wait for that one. That's probably the one I've been looking forward to the most.
So that's my fall TV season so far.
I stuck around to watch Journeyman after that. I really like the premise but it's something that's been done before (e.g., Quantum Leap). I'll probably give a couple more episodes and decide on whether to keep watching. One thing that is nice about it is that it will have self-contained episodes and not serialized like Heroes or Lost. So if there is nothing better on at 9 pm on Mondays, I can watch it without being out of the loop.
Tuesday night was Beauty and the Geek. Don't have much to say about it. It's a popcorn show for me, just something that's fun to watch. I missed Reaper and will have to try and catch that one online or something.
Come February, Wednesday nights are going to be tough. I watched the premiere of Bionic Woman and I liked it quite a bit. I'm interested to see where it goes. But it's on at the same time as what Lost was last season as well this season starting in February I'm guessing. Will definitely have to DVR one and watch the other. Although NBC is getting better about putting their shows online while ABC has been doing it for a couple seasons now.
This evening, I just finished watching the season premiere of The Office. It was an hour long episode and there were quite a few stories going on in this one. This show only gets better by the season.
I'm really pumped for Sunday night. It's the premiere of Dexter on Showtime. I can't wait for that one. That's probably the one I've been looking forward to the most.
So that's my fall TV season so far.
Labels: Dexter, Heroes, Lost, Showtime, tv
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Since my last post...
I've watched my share of TV since my last post and continued to buy a few comics on a regular basis. I also joined the rest of the world and subscribed to Netflix. I had to upgrade to the 2-at-a-time unlimited plan since my wife and I have totally different tastes in movies and I tend to get mine watched a lot faster than she does. So Netflix really likes her as a customer. I've been renting documentaries mostly.
I didn't miss a single episode of Heroes or Lost. I feel that Heroes had the best season of shows overall but Lost had the better finale.
My wife and I did make sure not to miss the last episodes of the Sopranos. My feeling is that Tony did not get whacked after the screen cut to black. I'm in the camp that Tony is always going to have be aware of his surroundings regardless of where he is. That's the life he has to live.
As far as the big screen goes, I've only seen Spider-Man 3 and Knocked Up for the summer movie season. SM3 was a tad disappointing. Like a lot of people have said, too much was crammed into the flick. Knocked Up was hilarious and well worth seeing. Both my wife and I loved it.
On the comic book front, Civil War finally ended in the Marvel Universe although the repercussions continue with the Initiative. I've dropped on the number of issues I buy on the crossover events. Civil War was a bit much. I continue to keep up with Ultimate X-Men and the Ultimates Volume 2 just finished up. Looking forward to Volume 3. My other top titles include New Avengers, Wolverine and a handful of other mostly Marvel titles. The only DC title that I read regularly is Justice.
The rest of the summer will probably consist of more TV, more movies from Netflix and more comics.
I didn't miss a single episode of Heroes or Lost. I feel that Heroes had the best season of shows overall but Lost had the better finale.
My wife and I did make sure not to miss the last episodes of the Sopranos. My feeling is that Tony did not get whacked after the screen cut to black. I'm in the camp that Tony is always going to have be aware of his surroundings regardless of where he is. That's the life he has to live.
As far as the big screen goes, I've only seen Spider-Man 3 and Knocked Up for the summer movie season. SM3 was a tad disappointing. Like a lot of people have said, too much was crammed into the flick. Knocked Up was hilarious and well worth seeing. Both my wife and I loved it.
On the comic book front, Civil War finally ended in the Marvel Universe although the repercussions continue with the Initiative. I've dropped on the number of issues I buy on the crossover events. Civil War was a bit much. I continue to keep up with Ultimate X-Men and the Ultimates Volume 2 just finished up. Looking forward to Volume 3. My other top titles include New Avengers, Wolverine and a handful of other mostly Marvel titles. The only DC title that I read regularly is Justice.
The rest of the summer will probably consist of more TV, more movies from Netflix and more comics.
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