Archive for January 6th, 2008
Some retired TV shows need to stay retired
January 6th, 2008 • chatter
I was flipping through tonight and saw that the new American Gladiators was on NBCHD so I decided to watch. Either the show I watched as a kid was really boring or this new incarnation is just terrible. It looks great in HD however, it felt too…fake. There wasn’t a “real” feeling to the show, it felt somewhat scripted like pro wrestling is. I just get the feeling it’s a ratings job that NBC cobbled together. They brought back almost all of the old events, with some new ones, and brought back a single original Gladiator. I don’t know, this revival just seems kind of bland compared to the original.
Hopefully it’ll run for a season instead of 8 years like the original show.
The latest into the fray
January 6th, 2008 • chatter, movies
Since my mother came down to visit this weekend, it’s cut my movie viewing by, well, almost an entirety. I’ve only managed to squeeze in half of The Royal Tenenbaums and watched About A Boy last night. Both great movies. Tonight we watched The Producers (2006) and For Your Consideration neither of which are a part of my collection. I’d never seen For Your Consideration but it was fantastic and had some great dialogue. I especially loved the latter half of the movie when Catherine O’Hara took some styling tips from Jennifer Coolidge’s days as Stifler’s Mom and had her face taped back to look younger. Great stuff. Classes start on Monday so I’ll have even less time to watch movies but I’ll somehow make watching all of this work but I’m going to guess it’ll take more than a year unless I cut out any series; I can’t logistically fit in three seasons of Entourage, three seasons of Nip/Tuck and years of Macross Saga along with everything else!
Tomorrow means class is almost here and I still need to change my car’s oil, air filter, and replace the valve cover gasket on the Focus! ARG! Need more time!