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Quickie Wrap-Up Review

Another week of TV has begun.  Here's a quick review about what's been happening on my TV set.

L&O: SVU

Nice opening with Robert Patrick as the child molester who is suspected of having raped and kidnapped a teenage girl.  Patrick always creeps me out (just a little); the role suited him well and I was the most happy with his performance.  The regulars, on the other hand, I'm not too sure about.  The whole thing with Stabler going to the meetings and trying to befriend Patrick screamed of entrapment - it was like dangling alcohol to recovering alcoholics - and I couldn't help but felt somewhat disgusted by the set-up.  Sorry to say that Stabler didn't win any points with me.

Lost

That was an unexpected answer to what was down the hatch.  The thought of the hatch having been a submarine bunker of some sort crossed my mind, but I wouldn't have guessed that JJ Abrams would've put a person down there, after all.  Some have expressed their disappointment at what was down the hatch, but I thought it a nice twist.  Of course, having Desmond down there opened up many other cans of worms: Why was he down there, why him, what was he doing there, for how long, why did he look deranged, WTH is up with the 50s-ish mega computer down there, and why the phono records.  Though, finding a person/Desmond down there was about the only highlight of the episode for me.  I didn't really care for Jack's flashback, about how he met his future-wife, Sarah.  What really bothered me was the god-awful wig rug thing they had him put on to make sure you know it was during his "younger days."  As if.  But I can't wait to find out what happened to the folks who were on the raft.  And Walt.

L&O

Um, well, I'm glad to see Jesse Martin back.  I missed him, but I liked Michael Imperioli, too.  Truth be told, I was more engrossed with my reading than with the episode.  I can't even recall off hand what it was about.  At least with Cardboard Serena I could bitch about how horrible she was.  I don't want L&O to die off, though, but they need to do something to regain my attention.

Arrested Development

Did I miss the last episode of last season?  For some reason, I don't remember some of the things the show claimed to have left at.  However, it didn't take long to catch up.  I'm very happy to report that since it's now on Monday nights, and there are no competing shows in my Monday night spot (Two And A Half Men might've been it, except I can't get CBS with my TV), I'll be able to watch this much more loyally this season.  Lucille creeps me out a bit with her slow blink of an eye, and just herself in general.  But I love Jeffrey Tambor as George Sr. and am glad to see him out of the attic.  Poor Tobias with the (painful!) hair plugs!  Not so sure about Charlize Theron's guest appearance...she didn't strike me as being very funny.  But, I very much agree with my fellow TV Lady that the name Bob Loblaw cracks me up.  That + Scott Baio as the Bluth's attorney will have me watching. 

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#1  28 September 2005 - 04:32

 

It's computer killing time again! I had my post nearly completed and the stupid porn thing popped up, wiping it out.

The Rug That Jack Wore has got to be one of the worst in t.v. history. And here's the thing that's bugging me about Lost now, and I'll use the movie Dodgeball as an example. There were a ton of plot devices and conveniences throughout the story, and at the end, a treasure chest with the words Deus Ex Machina made an appearance. So, not only did the movie admit that it used this, it reveled in it. When I saw it, I actually thought it was clever, and it did sort of excuse how convenient some things were in the plot.

What I’m afraid of are TPTB at Lost getting lazy. The stories may start to suffer from irony and too many conveniences. “Oh, look—the numbers!” “Oh, look—Desmond!” Meh. I watched, and Walt’s appearance was truly spooky, but I’m not in love with this show like I used to be.

SVU: The show’s starting to suffer, too. I thought last week’s show was good, but I don’t care for how both the leads are not really cops anymore—they’re Crusaders. It’s really grating on my nerves. I want them to get back to good old fashioned detecting without being banged over the head repeatedly by How. They. Care.

The Office: I have to put here about the show, since I still can’t post. Last week’s was “The Dundies”, the annual office awards. It was all right, but this week the show was back in top form. I alternated between outright laughter and utter shock. The topic? “Sexual Harassment”.

There’re too many jokes to go into, but the show was preceded by a warning that the ep contained sexual content and adult matter. You know what it was, besides a few jokes that have probably been worse on other shows? Dwight asking the guy in HR what a clitoris was, and what the human vagina was like.

Grow up, NBC. Grow up, you in America who can’t even describe correct anatomical terms to your kids. Sheesh. I even heard that in one person’s town, the station went to i.d. for a few minutes—right before that scene started until about a minute in. Coincidence?

I did just about fall off my couch when he asked, though. Poor Dwight. Is he a 30ish-Year-Old Virgin?

AD: Too much goodness. If I were Buster, I would’ve just thrown the hand out and gotten a new one. Lucille’s admissions about being horny were just squicky. GOB’s getting on my nerves about running away from Steve Holt. I missed the kids in this last ep. Charlize Theron (Mr. Calm’s crush) had a horrible accent, but Dave Thomas hit the mark with his. Wee Britain was hilarious. Is there a Little Britain somewhere in CA?

I’ll say it everywhere: Bob Loblaw: best name EVER! And how nice is Ron Howard? First Henry Winkler, now Scott Baio.

athenawj

#2  28 September 2005 - 11:43

 

Trying to keep my faith with Lost. The show started off too well for me not to give it more chances. If TPTB are smart, they'd start giving some solid answers quickly.

SVU last night was sorta interesting, only in the sense I'm waiting to find out what happens on the crossover on The Mothership tonight; otherwise I probably wouldn't really care. Nostalgia, too, since I used to love Wonder Woman.

I'm sorry to say that I tried watching The Office last week with the Dundees. Same feeling with the British version - I tried, but just doesn't tickle my funny bone most of the time. It's ok because I can't afford more TV time, and I have AD! Somehow I don't think there's Wee Britain in CA, not like the big immigrant communities in existence.

I hope your computer gets fixed soon! The virus thing would drive me bonkers. Has Mr. Calm wiped out the hard drive and reinstalled everything? (That'd be R's approach: "Nuke it from above.")

merserene

#3  28 September 2005 - 14:27

 

The awful thing was, Mr. Calm had already wiped out the hard drive and installed a new one about two weeks before this happened. We've had major stuff going on around here lately, so he hasn't had a chance to do it again (nor is he so inclined to sit here for a day so soon after doing it the first time!).

The Dundies ep wasn't as good as last night's ep, not by half, but we did get to see Pam kiss Jim (although she was drunk). For us shippers, that was heaven. :)

Wonder Woman! I was on that show. You know, the rocket my mom got my name from. Seven years old, and to see that thrilled the shit out of me (not literally, y'know). Lynda Carter rocks.

athenawj

#4  28 September 2005 - 15:52

 

She named you after the rocket, not the goddess? :) I'm glad that Lynda Carter is still around, too.

That's pretty crappy about the hard drive; is it something with your firewall then? You can tell Mr. Calm that it's very important for him to fix the computer because you need to write TV reviews. ;)

merserene

#5  28 September 2005 - 20:47

 

Um, it's "Nuke 'em from orbit", to be accurate (from Aliens).

Good luck with the computer...hopefully it doesn't require nuking!

-R

Anonymous

#6  28 September 2005 - 21:05

 

Yeah, yeah, I thought about that after I posted. :P The gist is the same!

merserene

#7  29 September 2005 - 04:19

 

I have no idea what the deal is, although something like this has happened before when certain younguns in the house go to graphic intensive sites... Oh, not porn! Just in case someone not in the know visits here.

Thanks, R.

The gist of the story is: my mom saw the rocket's name, was reminded of the goddess, and voila! She found a name for her baby. :)

athenawj

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