Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007
I don't often admit to being wrong. But when I am *wrong* I am very, very wrong usually.
Firefly is one of the best shows I have ever watched. I feel like an idiot for not seeing it before. I feel like even more of an idiot because the person who finally brought me around to it again was the person who introduced me to it initially.
I'm converted now, though. Firefly...World of Warcraft. What the hell's next?
Wednesday, Aug 9, 2006
NOTE: I greatly apologize for the formatting here. I used a partial post from an old entry to create a lot of the formatting for this one, and it seems, from attempting to do that, that they made the HTML checker more twitchy than it ever was before in terms of what tags are and are not allowed, and where they are and are not allowed to be. I'll get around to reformatting this properly at a later date, but simply for the sake of time, and my sanity, and my need for sleep, I'm leaving it as it is for now.
A brief synopsis. I'm not dead, I've just taken a small hiatus from submitting on the site. I've been busy with various things, and more interested in actually watching TV than talking about it.
I've ditched Windfall. The show jumped the shark several episodes back, and I saw it coming for a while. I'm embarrased that I watched for as
long as I did.
I abandoned Angela's Eyes after two episodes. The main character wasn't very likeable. I don't care how paranoid you are, you don't put a tracking device on a guy you're dating. And I can't imagine that someone couldn't actually prosecute for that. I think I would.
I didn't like Eureka, and I fell asleep during the second episode. Too much hokey comedy, not enough good drama. The characters were not very
likeable either. I stopped watching Saved, as well. It wasn't bad, I just decided not to keep watching. I realized that my taste in TV was
starting to...disappear. I was losing my ability to discriminate between shows that were really really good, and shows that were simply okay.
Now onto the real surprise. A few posts back, you can see that I was simply enthralled with Psych. Well, that died after the first episode. I have also abandoned watching that. The whole "I'm a fake psychic" deal got old fast. Really fast. I kept wanting to slap the main character. I don't think I've left out any shows that I stopped watching, although I may have missed one. Now, I enjoyed the pilots for Traveler and Heroes and Studio 60. I watched another pilot for something that hasn't even been ordered to series yet, and I hope it never is. Something about a place in California called Santa Ruiz. Very blah. Very drama. Not a whole lot of interest. It's hard to believe that Bones will be
coming back in less than a month now.
I've continued to watch Kyle XY. While the whole high school aspect annoys me slightly, since I didn't even feel like I belonged in high school when I *was* there, the story continues to get better, and I've heard it's gotten renewed for a second season. I'm getting ready to watch Three Moons Over Milford, to see whether that's any good. The premise sounded intriguing, but, as you can see by the trail of discarded shows behind me, I've said that before and haven't been overly impressed.
I'm loving The 4400, Stargate SG-1, and Stargate Atlantis. And this most recent episode of Monk was the first one of the season that I've truly liked. I hope the show continues to get back at what first made it enjoyable. If it can keep doing that, I'll be very happy.
Upcoming Season/Series Premieres
Note: An asterisk next to a new show indicates I have already seen the pilot episode for that given show.
21-Aug-2006
Vanished (8 p.m. CDT, FOX)
30-Aug-2006
Bones (7 p.m. CDT, FOX) (Season 2) Justice (8 p.m. CDT, FOX)
05-Sep-2006
Standoff (7 p.m. CDT, FOX)18-Sep-2006
CSI Miami (9 p.m. CDT, CBS)
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (9 p.m CDT, NBC)*
19-Sep-2006
NCIS (7 p.m.CDT, CBS)Smith (9 p.m. CDT, CBS)
20-Sep-2006
Jericho (7 p.m. CDT, CBS)*
CSI NY (9 p.m. CDT, CBS)
Kidnapped (9 p.m. CDT, NBC)
21-Sep-2006
CSI (8 p.m. CDT, CBS)
Grey's Anatomy (8 p.m. CDT, ABC)ER (9 p.m.CDT, NBC)Shark (9 p.m. CDT, CBS)*
Six Degrees (9 p.m., CDT, ABC)
22-Sep-2006
Men In Trees (8 p.m. CDT, ABC)
Numb3rs (9 p.m. CDT, CBS)
24-Sep-2006
Desperate Housewives (8 p.m. CDT, ABC)Brothers and Sisters (9 p.m., CDT, ABC)
25-Sep-2006
Heroes (8 p.m. CDT, NBC)*Runaway (8 p.m. CDT, The CW)
28-Sep-2006
Ugly Betty (7 p.m. CDT, ABC)
03-Oct-2006
Friday Night Lights (7 p.m. CDT, NBC)
04-Oct-2006
Lost (8 p.m. CDT, ABC)The Nine (9 p.m., CDT, ABC)*
06-Oct-2006
Battlestar Galactica (2100 CDT, SciFi) (Season 3)
15-Nov-2006
Day Break (8 p.m.CST, ABC)
Unknown Premiere Dates
Raines (9 p.m., NBC, Sundays 2007)
The Black Donnellys (9 p.m., NBC, Thursdays 2007)
The Wedding Album (8 p.m., FOX, Fridays 2007)
Announced Shows
ABC: Traveler
CBS: 3 LBS
SciFi: Devil's Advocate, Witch Doctor, Stoner, Painkiller Jane
Showtime: Dexter
Current Schedule
Sunday
2000 CDT: The 4400 Season 3 (USA)
Monday
1900 CDT: Kyle XY Season 1 (ABC Family)
Friday
2000 Hours: Stargate SG-1 Season 10 (SciFi)
2000 Hours: Monk Season 5 (USA)
2100 Hours: Stargate Atlantis Season 3 (SciFi)
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006
Oldest Pending Submission: 08-Jul-2006
Well, a sneak peek of the new fall programming has been bestowed upon us by the TV Gods. The Nine and Shark both look good, although I'm not sure Shark is one I'd continue to watch. It's a good show, just not necessarily my style. I haven't watched Jericho yet.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis finally premiered last night. I loved the SG-1 premiere, although it had its predictable moments. Stargate Atlantis I loved less so - it felt very jumbled, and that, combined with the fact that it ended with "To Be Continued" really left me wanting for more. The acting also felt off, which is probably a result of the fact that rather than everyone working together as a team, everyone was separated. The only two characters who truly felt normal were Sheppard and Weir, probably because they are the strongest characters of the entire series and have no problems standing on their own two feet. That's not to diminish the acting abilities of the rest of the cast, it's simply the way it works. One of my other complaints had little to do with the actual episode and more to do with the fact that guest episode credits that spoil the general direction of an episode should be shunted to the end credits. Seeing Robert Picardo listed in the Atlantis credits immediately told me that Earth would be involved in the episode in some way, which is significant and rare for an Atlantis episode.
All in all, I can't complain. This is the fifth season premiere I've had the privilege of watching for SG-1, and the third for Atlantis. While I wouldn't rank them as my top favorites, they were good. SG-1 premiere I would put after Season 8 and Season 6, but before Season 7 and Season 9. Stargate Atlantis was my least favorite premiere to date of the three, but was still far better than most of the garbage that ends up on network TV.
July 12th
Farscape 4x05 Promises - 2002
Jeremiah 1x19 Things Left Unsaid - 2002
Monk 1x01/1x02 The Candidate - 2002
Stargate SG-1 6x05 Nightwalkers - 2002
July 13th
Babylon 5 1x16 Eyes - 1994
Buffy 3x22 Graduation Day (2) - 1999
Farscape 3x11 Incubator - 2001
Stargate SG-1 Ascension - 5x03
July 14th
Crusade 1x06 Ruling From The Tomb - 1999
Farscape 2x10 My Three Crichtons - 2000
Stargate SG-1 4x03 Upgrades - 2000
Farscape 3x12 Meltdown - 2001
Stargate SG-1 10x01 Flesh And Blood - 2006
Monk 5x02 - Mr. Monk And The Garbage Strike - 2006
Stargate Atlantis 3x01 No Man's Land (2) - 2006
Psych 1x02 Spellingg Bee - 2006
July 15th
Six Feet Under 1x07 Brotherhood - 2001
Battlestar Galactica (2003) 2x01 Scattered - 2005
Monk 4x02 Mr. Monk Goes Home Again - 2005
Stargate Atlantis 2x01 The Siege - 2005
Stargate SG-1 9x01 Avalon - 2005
Well, a sneak peek of the new fall programming has been bestowed upon us by the TV Gods. The Nine and Shark both look good, although I'm not sure Shark is one I'd continue to watch. It's a good show, just not necessarily my style. I haven't watched Jericho yet.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis finally premiered last night. I loved the SG-1 premiere, although it had its predictable moments. Stargate Atlantis I loved less so - it felt very jumbled, and that, combined with the fact that it ended with "To Be Continued" really left me wanting for more. The acting also felt off, which is probably a result of the fact that rather than everyone working together as a team, everyone was separated. The only two characters who truly felt normal were Sheppard and Weir, probably because they are the strongest characters of the entire series and have no problems standing on their own two feet. That's not to diminish the acting abilities of the rest of the cast, it's simply the way it works. One of my other complaints had little to do with the actual episode and more to do with the fact that guest episode credits that spoil the general direction of an episode should be shunted to the end credits. Seeing Robert Picardo listed in the Atlantis credits immediately told me that Earth would be involved in the episode in some way, which is significant and rare for an Atlantis episode.
All in all, I can't complain. This is the fifth season premiere I've had the privilege of watching for SG-1, and the third for Atlantis. While I wouldn't rank them as my top favorites, they were good. SG-1 premiere I would put after Season 8 and Season 6, but before Season 7 and Season 9. Stargate Atlantis was my least favorite premiere to date of the three, but was still far better than most of the garbage that ends up on network TV.
July 12th
Farscape 4x05 Promises - 2002
Jeremiah 1x19 Things Left Unsaid - 2002
Monk 1x01/1x02 The Candidate - 2002
Stargate SG-1 6x05 Nightwalkers - 2002
July 13th
Babylon 5 1x16 Eyes - 1994
Buffy 3x22 Graduation Day (2) - 1999
Farscape 3x11 Incubator - 2001
Stargate SG-1 Ascension - 5x03
July 14th
Crusade 1x06 Ruling From The Tomb - 1999
Farscape 2x10 My Three Crichtons - 2000
Stargate SG-1 4x03 Upgrades - 2000
Farscape 3x12 Meltdown - 2001
Stargate SG-1 10x01 Flesh And Blood - 2006
Monk 5x02 - Mr. Monk And The Garbage Strike - 2006
Stargate Atlantis 3x01 No Man's Land (2) - 2006
Psych 1x02 Spellingg Bee - 2006
July 15th
Six Feet Under 1x07 Brotherhood - 2001
Battlestar Galactica (2003) 2x01 Scattered - 2005
Monk 4x02 Mr. Monk Goes Home Again - 2005
Stargate Atlantis 2x01 The Siege - 2005
Stargate SG-1 9x01 Avalon - 2005
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