I saw REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/revengeoftheelectriccar/) last night. I liked it. They cover the roads to the release of the Tesla Roadster, the Volt, and the Leaf. They also chronicle a local car guy named Gadget who turns some high end cars into electric vehicles. Worthy sequel to WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony/whokilledtheelectriccar/) According to the film, Nissan is going "all-in" with the Leaf. GM has high hopes for the Volt as they pay off the massive government loan that they received a couple of years ago. Tesla is trying to compete against the big boys, buy Elon Musk does not come off well in the movie. One feels most sad for Gadget, as his workshop is burned to the ground by arson. He then moves into a cheap location that is affecting his health, and finally buy the end establishes a new shop, rebuilds an electric porsche, and then acheives his goal of driving from LA to Palm Springs on a single charge.
Recommend to all...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Weekend Hashbrowns
I spent most of the weekend catching up with television and going to the movies. In the theaters, I saw THE THREE MUSKETEERS and MARGIN CALL. THE THREE MUSKETEERS was good and was a typical PT Anderson film starring his wife, Mila Jovovich. She looked amazing as Milady Dywinter. One article I read about the film was that it was her cleavage that was the true star of the film. I thought it was good, and was entertained.
MARGIN CALL had a lot of amazing stars in it. Decent story along with great subject matter. Kevin Spacey was the best in the film. I would recommend...
A lot of the rest of the weekend was taken by catching up on my television. I caught up on the last couple of BLUE BLOODS. These were 203 (Critical Condition), 204 (Innocence), and 205 (A Night on the Town). 503 was very Danny (Donny Wahlberg) centric. He is part of the negotiating team during a bank robbery that involves an ex-cop that was under his Dad's command. 504 is an episode for Erin (Bridget Moynihan). She opens an 18 year old rape case, where her Dad (Tom Selleck) was the arresting Officer. DNA proves the man innocent and he is released. Unfortunately, due to statute of limitations, they could not go after the guy whose DNA they had, and who had actually committed the crime. Frank (Selleck) told the actual perp that he would be keeping an eye on him, and that he would use the 35,000 cops that worked for him to help him out. 505 was Jamie centric. He is contacted by the guy whose life he saved, and who is the nephew of a mob guy. He goes undercover. Danny and his wife try to have a weekend away, and Danny's job gets in the way. Jamie gets in closer with the mob nephew... Looking to see where this goes.
SANCTUARY 402 (Uprising) and 403 (Untouchable) - 402 is the second continuation of the season 3 finale. We find out what happened to everyone else. Praxis is gone. The UN is panicking and a rogue general wants to wipe the abnormals off the face of the surface. Will is made temporary head of the Global Sanctuary in Magnus's absence. They discover that all of the abnormal are being controlled by a single one, and he wants to humans to strike the Indonesian caldera. This will cause a world wide seismic event that will allow the abnormals to gan victory. The UN stands down and Magnus returns to the Sanctuary. 403 starts with the Sanctuary being audited by the UN. The audtior is a real prick and is doing everything to discredit Magnus and will. He blames them for losing the abnormal that was controlling all of the others. In the end, when Magnus will not relinquish control, he pulls her funding and leaves the Sanctuary out in the cold. This was her and Will's plan all along. During her 113 years away, she had been seeking alternate means of revenue for the Sanctuary so that it would be free of all outside control. On a side note, Henry's girlfriend shows up and is pregnant. As this will be the first lycanthrope child in a long while, Magnus must step in to help them through it. He learns that she will be pregnant for 2 years, hormones, and wild emotions and all. Poor Henry... Biggie and Kate have not been featured much in the first three episodes. I am also craving a visit from Tesla as well.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS - I am disappointed that this show was cancelled. I thought that it was getting better and think that ABC should have moved it to a different night before canceling it. It did not have much of a chance next to BIG BANG THEORY. 105 (Angels in Paradise) centers around an attempted kidnapping. Abby must reconnect with her father who was once associated with the father of the son who is in risk of being kidnapped. Her first meeting with him does not go well. They discover that the father is alive, having previously believed that he had committed suicide to avoid prosecution for stealing lots of money like Madoff (the same crime that Abby's father is in prison for). Of course they catch the bad guy. I have heard that they will air the rest of the episodes. Stories not good at all, but the women look great and beautiful...
MARGIN CALL had a lot of amazing stars in it. Decent story along with great subject matter. Kevin Spacey was the best in the film. I would recommend...
A lot of the rest of the weekend was taken by catching up on my television. I caught up on the last couple of BLUE BLOODS. These were 203 (Critical Condition), 204 (Innocence), and 205 (A Night on the Town). 503 was very Danny (Donny Wahlberg) centric. He is part of the negotiating team during a bank robbery that involves an ex-cop that was under his Dad's command. 504 is an episode for Erin (Bridget Moynihan). She opens an 18 year old rape case, where her Dad (Tom Selleck) was the arresting Officer. DNA proves the man innocent and he is released. Unfortunately, due to statute of limitations, they could not go after the guy whose DNA they had, and who had actually committed the crime. Frank (Selleck) told the actual perp that he would be keeping an eye on him, and that he would use the 35,000 cops that worked for him to help him out. 505 was Jamie centric. He is contacted by the guy whose life he saved, and who is the nephew of a mob guy. He goes undercover. Danny and his wife try to have a weekend away, and Danny's job gets in the way. Jamie gets in closer with the mob nephew... Looking to see where this goes.
SANCTUARY 402 (Uprising) and 403 (Untouchable) - 402 is the second continuation of the season 3 finale. We find out what happened to everyone else. Praxis is gone. The UN is panicking and a rogue general wants to wipe the abnormals off the face of the surface. Will is made temporary head of the Global Sanctuary in Magnus's absence. They discover that all of the abnormal are being controlled by a single one, and he wants to humans to strike the Indonesian caldera. This will cause a world wide seismic event that will allow the abnormals to gan victory. The UN stands down and Magnus returns to the Sanctuary. 403 starts with the Sanctuary being audited by the UN. The audtior is a real prick and is doing everything to discredit Magnus and will. He blames them for losing the abnormal that was controlling all of the others. In the end, when Magnus will not relinquish control, he pulls her funding and leaves the Sanctuary out in the cold. This was her and Will's plan all along. During her 113 years away, she had been seeking alternate means of revenue for the Sanctuary so that it would be free of all outside control. On a side note, Henry's girlfriend shows up and is pregnant. As this will be the first lycanthrope child in a long while, Magnus must step in to help them through it. He learns that she will be pregnant for 2 years, hormones, and wild emotions and all. Poor Henry... Biggie and Kate have not been featured much in the first three episodes. I am also craving a visit from Tesla as well.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS - I am disappointed that this show was cancelled. I thought that it was getting better and think that ABC should have moved it to a different night before canceling it. It did not have much of a chance next to BIG BANG THEORY. 105 (Angels in Paradise) centers around an attempted kidnapping. Abby must reconnect with her father who was once associated with the father of the son who is in risk of being kidnapped. Her first meeting with him does not go well. They discover that the father is alive, having previously believed that he had committed suicide to avoid prosecution for stealing lots of money like Madoff (the same crime that Abby's father is in prison for). Of course they catch the bad guy. I have heard that they will air the rest of the episodes. Stories not good at all, but the women look great and beautiful...
Friday, October 21, 2011
A Quiet Friday
I sit here tonight on my faithful couch enjoying some of my favorite shows. As I type this I am watching last week's episode of SANCTUARY.
I enjoyed this week's NIKITA 205 (Looking Glass). They delved a little more into Michael's past with this one. Six years in the past, he was sent by division to create an asset out of the first lady of Belarus, in an effort to dispose her husband. They ended up replacing him with a double. the double begins killing those who know the truth, so Michael and Nikita go to Belarus. Alex and the new guy are sent from Division. The double is creating problems, because Percy is no longer in charge, and informs Amanda of as much. When they try to exfil the first lady, they discover that she has a son. At the end of the episode, Nikita discovers that he is Michael's, and agrees to keep the secret from Michael. Alex and New Guy kill the president of Belarus for Amanda. For his help with the op, Amanda gives Percy his suit. He dons the suit to a theme that seemed to be a hiybrid of Darth Vader's and Hannibal's theme. Good action, good story.
I enjoyed this week's NIKITA 205 (Looking Glass). They delved a little more into Michael's past with this one. Six years in the past, he was sent by division to create an asset out of the first lady of Belarus, in an effort to dispose her husband. They ended up replacing him with a double. the double begins killing those who know the truth, so Michael and Nikita go to Belarus. Alex and the new guy are sent from Division. The double is creating problems, because Percy is no longer in charge, and informs Amanda of as much. When they try to exfil the first lady, they discover that she has a son. At the end of the episode, Nikita discovers that he is Michael's, and agrees to keep the secret from Michael. Alex and New Guy kill the president of Belarus for Amanda. For his help with the op, Amanda gives Percy his suit. He dons the suit to a theme that seemed to be a hiybrid of Darth Vader's and Hannibal's theme. Good action, good story.
Monday, October 17, 2011
A episodes more...
I did not watch many TV Shows this weekend. I did watch an episode of PROJECT RUNWAY with my sister, and watched two epsiodes of THE BARKYARDIGANS with my niece and nephew.
Before I left I watched a few things:
HARRY'S LAW 204 (Queen of Snark) - Good episode. The episode was about a tennage blogger whose blog was possibly resposible for the suicide of a fellow student. Her "snarky" blog outed her classmate and the DA (played by Cammryn Mannheim) chraged the girl with homicide. Both the DA and Harry presented good argument, and the jury ultimately found the girl not guilty. It is my belief that had the DA gone for the lesser charge of reckless endangerment, she would have prevailed. Harry also brigs Olly on as a partner which makes Adam mad. Jenna (played by Britney Snow) gets a job in New York, and says her goodbyes at the end of the show. Not sure where this show is going castwise, but I look forward to finding out.
CSI 1204 (Maid Man) - Russell, Willows, and Sanders are at the opening of the mob museum when the ex-mayor is shot as he is about to cut the ribbon. Evidence leads them toward a mobster that has been missing for twenty years, and they believe that he has return to settle old scores. The mayor survives because he was wearing a bullet-proof suit. They ultimately find out that it was the mobster's ex-wife who shot the mayor, and killed the women who was impersonating the mobster (after having been living as his mistress for twety years) He had died a few months before. The twist is when the mayor shows up to defend the women that shot him
BIG BANG THEORY 505 (The Russian Rocket Reaction) - This is a good Sheldon episode. The episode starts with Sheldon and Leonard lookig at a sword from GAME OF THRONES. they bargain to buy it, when Wil Wheaton comes into the store. He invites everyone to a party that he is havng at his house. Sheldon is upset when the guys say that they want to go. Sheldon explains to Amy Farrah Fowler that Wil Wheaton is his mortal enemy. She asks "You have a mortal enemy?", and he replys, "I have 61." Later in the episode, they are trying to talk Sheldon into going, but he stands fast, saying that he is not going to follow Star Trek aymore. They find out that Brent Spiner (Data) is going to be at the party, and Sheldon begrugingly decides to go. Sheldon likes Wil's house. Wil walks out and gives Sheldon a signed mint condition still in the package Wesley Crusher figure. He said that he felt bad about the story that Sheldon told him about him missing Wil when Wil skipped a convention. Sheldon tells Wil that he is off the mortal enemy list. He gives Wil a hug, and while doing so Brent Spiner walks up behind him and opes up the figure packaging. Sheldon is upset and puts Brent Spiner on his mortal enemy list.
PERSON OF INTEREST 104 (Cura Te Ipsum) - Reese tracks a doctor who may be the perpatrator or victim of a crime. The doctor, played by Linda Cardilini, is working long days and then going out to the club. She seems to have caught the attention of a wall street guy. He trys to take her home, but she refuses. What the guys find out is that the wall street guy raped the sister of the doctor, and she plans to kill him. Resse steps in after she has kidnapped the guy, and offers to take care of her problem for her. At the end of the episode, it is unclear of whether he makes him disappear or persuades him to change his ways. On a side note, Reese manages to partner up the dirty cop that is helping him, with the squeaky clean cop that is huting him. This should make things intersting in the weeks to come.
PRIME SUSPECT - This show has been good for the episode that I have watched. I am really still only liking Maria Bello in the series. All of the other characters are a little week. I really do not remember much about the episode only a few days later.
More to follow...
Before I left I watched a few things:
HARRY'S LAW 204 (Queen of Snark) - Good episode. The episode was about a tennage blogger whose blog was possibly resposible for the suicide of a fellow student. Her "snarky" blog outed her classmate and the DA (played by Cammryn Mannheim) chraged the girl with homicide. Both the DA and Harry presented good argument, and the jury ultimately found the girl not guilty. It is my belief that had the DA gone for the lesser charge of reckless endangerment, she would have prevailed. Harry also brigs Olly on as a partner which makes Adam mad. Jenna (played by Britney Snow) gets a job in New York, and says her goodbyes at the end of the show. Not sure where this show is going castwise, but I look forward to finding out.
CSI 1204 (Maid Man) - Russell, Willows, and Sanders are at the opening of the mob museum when the ex-mayor is shot as he is about to cut the ribbon. Evidence leads them toward a mobster that has been missing for twenty years, and they believe that he has return to settle old scores. The mayor survives because he was wearing a bullet-proof suit. They ultimately find out that it was the mobster's ex-wife who shot the mayor, and killed the women who was impersonating the mobster (after having been living as his mistress for twety years) He had died a few months before. The twist is when the mayor shows up to defend the women that shot him
BIG BANG THEORY 505 (The Russian Rocket Reaction) - This is a good Sheldon episode. The episode starts with Sheldon and Leonard lookig at a sword from GAME OF THRONES. they bargain to buy it, when Wil Wheaton comes into the store. He invites everyone to a party that he is havng at his house. Sheldon is upset when the guys say that they want to go. Sheldon explains to Amy Farrah Fowler that Wil Wheaton is his mortal enemy. She asks "You have a mortal enemy?", and he replys, "I have 61." Later in the episode, they are trying to talk Sheldon into going, but he stands fast, saying that he is not going to follow Star Trek aymore. They find out that Brent Spiner (Data) is going to be at the party, and Sheldon begrugingly decides to go. Sheldon likes Wil's house. Wil walks out and gives Sheldon a signed mint condition still in the package Wesley Crusher figure. He said that he felt bad about the story that Sheldon told him about him missing Wil when Wil skipped a convention. Sheldon tells Wil that he is off the mortal enemy list. He gives Wil a hug, and while doing so Brent Spiner walks up behind him and opes up the figure packaging. Sheldon is upset and puts Brent Spiner on his mortal enemy list.
PERSON OF INTEREST 104 (Cura Te Ipsum) - Reese tracks a doctor who may be the perpatrator or victim of a crime. The doctor, played by Linda Cardilini, is working long days and then going out to the club. She seems to have caught the attention of a wall street guy. He trys to take her home, but she refuses. What the guys find out is that the wall street guy raped the sister of the doctor, and she plans to kill him. Resse steps in after she has kidnapped the guy, and offers to take care of her problem for her. At the end of the episode, it is unclear of whether he makes him disappear or persuades him to change his ways. On a side note, Reese manages to partner up the dirty cop that is helping him, with the squeaky clean cop that is huting him. This should make things intersting in the weeks to come.
PRIME SUSPECT - This show has been good for the episode that I have watched. I am really still only liking Maria Bello in the series. All of the other characters are a little week. I really do not remember much about the episode only a few days later.
More to follow...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Viewings of the week.
I am sitting here waiting for the primetime shows to start watching OUR AMERICA by Lisa Ling. This episode is about online brides, and men from the US who have gone to Colombia to find the women of their dreams. I think that she is an impartial interviewer and puts together a good show.
CSI MIAMI 1004 (Blown Away) - Wolf and Walter survive a tornado as they are trying to collect evidence. The body has been blown away and they eventually find her in a tree. The others were not in the episode that much. I am diappointed that Emily Proctor is essential out o maternity leave. She has not been in many miute of this season. Good but not great episode.
PAN-AM 103 (Ich bin ein Berliner) - The ladies are in Berlin having carted the press core there for Kennedy's trip. The CIA wannabe (Kate, played by Killi Garner) screws up her dead drop ad inadvertately brings an East German spy into the US Embassy wearing her uniform. Maggie (Christina Ricci) is going to any lengths to try to meet Kennedy, and eventually steals the pilot's cigars and brings them to Air Force One, and gets a wave from him. Collette (Karine Vanesse) is having flashbacks to the war, and the Nazi's occupying her native France. She sings the Nazi's German National Anthem. Best of the first three episodes.
CASTLE 404 (Kick the Ballistics) - They switched it up a little bit with this episode. They have a shootig victim whose wound leads them to a gun that was take from Detective Ryan last year by the Triple Killer (3XK). They all give there all to help Ryan, who goes a little ballistic in this episode. Still not liking the new captain. Less comedy in this episode, but I thought that the story was better for it.
HAWAII FIVE-O 204 (Mea Makamae (Treasure) - I liked this episode. A hand is discovered and they find out that it belongs to a treasure hunter. Peter Fonda guest stars as a guy who runs a treasure hunting business. McGarrett keeps bugging Joe White about the video of his father that he gave him to have the DoD to look at. He finds out by the end of the episode that Joe never turned in the tape. He asks McGarrett if he truly wants to know what is on the tape. Danno sees a sexy professor during the investigation and then asks her out for coffee by the end of the episode. Chen is underused in the episode, and Kono is still in deep with the ex-cop played by Billy Baldwin. I liked this episode. Just the right mixture of story and action.
CSI: NY 803 (Cavallino Rampante) - High end Ferrari's are being stolen on the streets of Manhatten. The case goes to the crew lead by Sgt. Danny Messer. He and a new rookie that he is mentoring find one of the cars in a parking garage, and upon investigation, find a body in the trunk. The crew comes out, and eventually discovers that the killing is similar to aother killer that they have been tracking for a while, and was presumed to be dead. He actually turns out to be the owner of the car, who has had plastic surgery, and was interviewed at the beginning of the episode. Messers crew invites him out for a drink after their shift, and he goes.
More later... Wednesday shows about to start.
CSI MIAMI 1004 (Blown Away) - Wolf and Walter survive a tornado as they are trying to collect evidence. The body has been blown away and they eventually find her in a tree. The others were not in the episode that much. I am diappointed that Emily Proctor is essential out o maternity leave. She has not been in many miute of this season. Good but not great episode.
PAN-AM 103 (Ich bin ein Berliner) - The ladies are in Berlin having carted the press core there for Kennedy's trip. The CIA wannabe (Kate, played by Killi Garner) screws up her dead drop ad inadvertately brings an East German spy into the US Embassy wearing her uniform. Maggie (Christina Ricci) is going to any lengths to try to meet Kennedy, and eventually steals the pilot's cigars and brings them to Air Force One, and gets a wave from him. Collette (Karine Vanesse) is having flashbacks to the war, and the Nazi's occupying her native France. She sings the Nazi's German National Anthem. Best of the first three episodes.
CASTLE 404 (Kick the Ballistics) - They switched it up a little bit with this episode. They have a shootig victim whose wound leads them to a gun that was take from Detective Ryan last year by the Triple Killer (3XK). They all give there all to help Ryan, who goes a little ballistic in this episode. Still not liking the new captain. Less comedy in this episode, but I thought that the story was better for it.
HAWAII FIVE-O 204 (Mea Makamae (Treasure) - I liked this episode. A hand is discovered and they find out that it belongs to a treasure hunter. Peter Fonda guest stars as a guy who runs a treasure hunting business. McGarrett keeps bugging Joe White about the video of his father that he gave him to have the DoD to look at. He finds out by the end of the episode that Joe never turned in the tape. He asks McGarrett if he truly wants to know what is on the tape. Danno sees a sexy professor during the investigation and then asks her out for coffee by the end of the episode. Chen is underused in the episode, and Kono is still in deep with the ex-cop played by Billy Baldwin. I liked this episode. Just the right mixture of story and action.
CSI: NY 803 (Cavallino Rampante) - High end Ferrari's are being stolen on the streets of Manhatten. The case goes to the crew lead by Sgt. Danny Messer. He and a new rookie that he is mentoring find one of the cars in a parking garage, and upon investigation, find a body in the trunk. The crew comes out, and eventually discovers that the killing is similar to aother killer that they have been tracking for a while, and was presumed to be dead. He actually turns out to be the owner of the car, who has had plastic surgery, and was interviewed at the beginning of the episode. Messers crew invites him out for a drink after their shift, and he goes.
More later... Wednesday shows about to start.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Weekend Movies
Saw IDES OF MARCH and REAL STEEL. Enjoyed both of them.
REAL STEEL (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/realsteel/) a combination of the IRON GIANT, ROCKY 3 and 4, and OVER THE TOP. Was better than I thought it was going to be. It was a fun movie.
IDES OF MARCH (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/theidesofmarch/) had great acting by Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman. I thought that Ryan Gosling and George Clooney were both mediocre, and Marisa Tomei was underused. Good story and good directing. I would recommend it.
REAL STEEL (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/realsteel/) a combination of the IRON GIANT, ROCKY 3 and 4, and OVER THE TOP. Was better than I thought it was going to be. It was a fun movie.
IDES OF MARCH (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/theidesofmarch/) had great acting by Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman. I thought that Ryan Gosling and George Clooney were both mediocre, and Marisa Tomei was underused. Good story and good directing. I would recommend it.
Sunday Night TV Thoughts
I am just sitting here at the computer typing this during the commercials of EXTEME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. I am truly inspired by the young girl who saved her younger sister from being hit by a car, but lost her leg in the process. She has a never give up attitude, and is determined to play sports again. They were built a beautiful house. Dwight Howard donated $50,000 to help the family with there medical bills. Also, thought it was cool that Phineas and Ferb shrunk the old house.
I also watched the first two episode of BIGGEST LOSER, Season 12 today. They have determined the teams this season by age: Under 30 (Red), Over 50 (Blue), and in between (blank). Bob has given up his blue team and now is the trainer of the black team. Anna Kournikova is the new trainer of the blue team and Dolvett Quince is the new trainer of the red team. Anna is a world class athlete, but she has her work ahead of her as a trainer, especially with a group of people that are twice her age. Dolvett is effective, and like Bob can build up and tear down. The blue team has gone to elimination the first two weeks and have lost two team members, who have both done well at home. The new thing this year is that they will have a Biggest Loser marathon at the end of the season, and that person will automatically be a finalist, regardless of when they left the ranch.
Season finale of WAREHOUSE 13 311/312 (Emily Lake/Stand) - Great ending. Sorry to see HG go, and too bad for Jinks. Can't way until next season to find out what happens... Don't want to give too much away.
Also have watched the season premiere of SANCTUARY 401 (Tempus) on Saturday. Magnus was teleported back to 1898 when she followed Adam Worth, who had gone back in time to try to save his dying daughter. She spends most of the episode trying to stop Worth and not run into her earlier self. Worth cures his daughter, only to accidentally her when trying to kill Magnus. 1898 Worth finds her, and blames 1898 Magnus and Dr, Watson. Who knows what will happen based on that. Since she has no way to get back, Watson suggests that Magnus take a vacation, and enter the timeline at the point she left it, 113 years in the future. We will see what happens next week.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS 103 (Bon Voyage, Angels) - this show is growing on me. Has decent action, and the stories are not half bad. Beautiful women in a Beautiful setting (Miami). Have to admit that I like the new Bosley more than the old Bosley.
FRINGE 403 (Alone in the World) - Walter continues to degenerate in madness, being the only one that can see and hear his son, Peter. He bounds with a young boy who is somehow tied to an organic entity in the sewers. When he believes that he has truly lost it, and tells Olivia, she shows him a drawing of a man she keeps seeing in her dreams. It is Peter.
NIKITA 203 (Knightfall) - This show just keeps getting better. Nikita and Michael track down an assassin that Nikita had initially captured six years earlier. Division wanted him killed, but she could not pull the trigger. He meets with Percy, who shoots him in the spine, and then makes him the public face of an assassin who hit high profile targets. When they find his hideout, they discover that he is in a wheelchair, and is recording his messages, so that Division assassins can commit the acts. As they are looking for Ramon, Alex is sent to kill one of the men that help to set up her father. The message that Ramon recorded is released prior to the hit, and Amanda orders Alex to stand down. She take the shot anyways.
BIG BANG THEORY 504 (The Wiggly Finger Catalyst) - Hilarious as usual. Raj finally is able to talk to a women. She is deaf. Wolowitz has to sign for him. We also find out that his family is super rich.
PERSON OF INTEREST 103 (Mission Creep) - Great episode. I definitely believe that this will get picked up for a full season. He helps out an ex-soldier who is robbing banks to help out the family of his best friend that died when he took watch for him. Best part of the episode is when Reese is talking with the soldier, and a banker pokes him in the forehead and says that he needs to learn how to use his head more. Reese proceeds to head-butt the banker.
PRIME SUSPECT 103 (Bitch) - Maria Bello is great in this show. All of the guys in my opinion are a little too stereotypical and too chauvinistic. Nice to see that the a-holes amongst them is finally warming up to her a little. Good stories so far. It has earned a couple of more episodes.
REVENGE 103 (Betrayal) - This show gets better with each episode. I am loving the ways that she is back at the people who destroyed her father. She is ruthless and looks great doing it. If you are looking for a show to start watching, I recommend this one.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY 101 (Pilot) - fell asleep while watching this show. I have to watch it again. What I saw of it, I thought it was weird, but good.
CSI 1203 (Bittersweet) - Ted Danson is great as the new boss. Don't know how they are going to phase Willows out. Sarah was a little agro in this episode. Her passion to send who she thought to be the killer back to jail skewed her ability to rationally collect evidence. Looking forward to next week's episode, which will have a mob party theme to it.
HARRY'S LAW 203 (Sins of the Father)- great finish to the three episode story arc. Harry played the DA like a fiddle, and ultimately caught her in her own game playing. I did, however, guess who the real killer was about 10 minutes into the episode. I like the new attorney that they have brought on, but I want Tommie Jefferson to have a larger role.
CRIMINAL MINDS 703 (Dorado Falls) - A soldier gets in a car accident and then believes that his family and friends have been replaced by duplicates. He proceeds to kill the duplicates in an effort to track down his family. What makes this tougher for the team is that he is a trained Navy Seal, who thinks that this is repercussions for a mission for 2000. Good episode.
I still need to watch SVU from last week, and the second and third episode of SECRET CIRCLE from last week.
More to come this week...
I also watched the first two episode of BIGGEST LOSER, Season 12 today. They have determined the teams this season by age: Under 30 (Red), Over 50 (Blue), and in between (blank). Bob has given up his blue team and now is the trainer of the black team. Anna Kournikova is the new trainer of the blue team and Dolvett Quince is the new trainer of the red team. Anna is a world class athlete, but she has her work ahead of her as a trainer, especially with a group of people that are twice her age. Dolvett is effective, and like Bob can build up and tear down. The blue team has gone to elimination the first two weeks and have lost two team members, who have both done well at home. The new thing this year is that they will have a Biggest Loser marathon at the end of the season, and that person will automatically be a finalist, regardless of when they left the ranch.
Season finale of WAREHOUSE 13 311/312 (Emily Lake/Stand) - Great ending. Sorry to see HG go, and too bad for Jinks. Can't way until next season to find out what happens... Don't want to give too much away.
Also have watched the season premiere of SANCTUARY 401 (Tempus) on Saturday. Magnus was teleported back to 1898 when she followed Adam Worth, who had gone back in time to try to save his dying daughter. She spends most of the episode trying to stop Worth and not run into her earlier self. Worth cures his daughter, only to accidentally her when trying to kill Magnus. 1898 Worth finds her, and blames 1898 Magnus and Dr, Watson. Who knows what will happen based on that. Since she has no way to get back, Watson suggests that Magnus take a vacation, and enter the timeline at the point she left it, 113 years in the future. We will see what happens next week.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS 103 (Bon Voyage, Angels) - this show is growing on me. Has decent action, and the stories are not half bad. Beautiful women in a Beautiful setting (Miami). Have to admit that I like the new Bosley more than the old Bosley.
FRINGE 403 (Alone in the World) - Walter continues to degenerate in madness, being the only one that can see and hear his son, Peter. He bounds with a young boy who is somehow tied to an organic entity in the sewers. When he believes that he has truly lost it, and tells Olivia, she shows him a drawing of a man she keeps seeing in her dreams. It is Peter.
NIKITA 203 (Knightfall) - This show just keeps getting better. Nikita and Michael track down an assassin that Nikita had initially captured six years earlier. Division wanted him killed, but she could not pull the trigger. He meets with Percy, who shoots him in the spine, and then makes him the public face of an assassin who hit high profile targets. When they find his hideout, they discover that he is in a wheelchair, and is recording his messages, so that Division assassins can commit the acts. As they are looking for Ramon, Alex is sent to kill one of the men that help to set up her father. The message that Ramon recorded is released prior to the hit, and Amanda orders Alex to stand down. She take the shot anyways.
BIG BANG THEORY 504 (The Wiggly Finger Catalyst) - Hilarious as usual. Raj finally is able to talk to a women. She is deaf. Wolowitz has to sign for him. We also find out that his family is super rich.
PERSON OF INTEREST 103 (Mission Creep) - Great episode. I definitely believe that this will get picked up for a full season. He helps out an ex-soldier who is robbing banks to help out the family of his best friend that died when he took watch for him. Best part of the episode is when Reese is talking with the soldier, and a banker pokes him in the forehead and says that he needs to learn how to use his head more. Reese proceeds to head-butt the banker.
PRIME SUSPECT 103 (Bitch) - Maria Bello is great in this show. All of the guys in my opinion are a little too stereotypical and too chauvinistic. Nice to see that the a-holes amongst them is finally warming up to her a little. Good stories so far. It has earned a couple of more episodes.
REVENGE 103 (Betrayal) - This show gets better with each episode. I am loving the ways that she is back at the people who destroyed her father. She is ruthless and looks great doing it. If you are looking for a show to start watching, I recommend this one.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY 101 (Pilot) - fell asleep while watching this show. I have to watch it again. What I saw of it, I thought it was weird, but good.
CSI 1203 (Bittersweet) - Ted Danson is great as the new boss. Don't know how they are going to phase Willows out. Sarah was a little agro in this episode. Her passion to send who she thought to be the killer back to jail skewed her ability to rationally collect evidence. Looking forward to next week's episode, which will have a mob party theme to it.
HARRY'S LAW 203 (Sins of the Father)- great finish to the three episode story arc. Harry played the DA like a fiddle, and ultimately caught her in her own game playing. I did, however, guess who the real killer was about 10 minutes into the episode. I like the new attorney that they have brought on, but I want Tommie Jefferson to have a larger role.
CRIMINAL MINDS 703 (Dorado Falls) - A soldier gets in a car accident and then believes that his family and friends have been replaced by duplicates. He proceeds to kill the duplicates in an effort to track down his family. What makes this tougher for the team is that he is a trained Navy Seal, who thinks that this is repercussions for a mission for 2000. Good episode.
I still need to watch SVU from last week, and the second and third episode of SECRET CIRCLE from last week.
More to come this week...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Blu-Ray purchases
Bought FAST FIVE, THE LION KING, and TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON on Blu-Ray today. Have been wanting to get LION KING on Blu-Ray for quite a while. Most likely will watch over the weekend. A little disappointed that LION KING did not come with a Digital copy with the one I bought. Didn't want to get the one that also came with the 3D version, as I will never own a 3D TV.
Tuesday Navy Cop Dramas
Tonight begins with watching last night's episode of:
HAWAII FIVE-O 203 (KAMME'E - The Hero) - Very good episode. Like the Seal Team theme of the episode. Like the addition of Terry O'Quinn as Lt. Commander White. He is a combination of his character on LOST and a combination of his character on JAG. Good mentor to Steve McGarrett. Not sure where they are going with Kono's character, but I am guess that she is working with IA, and they have fired her to get close to the ex-cop (played by Billy Baldwin) running a crew of ex-cops. The addition of Masi Oka as Max,the medical examiner, is a welcome addition, and I am still getting used to the new character, Lori Weston, introduced last week played by Lauren German.
NCIS 903 (The Penelope Papers) - Good Episode. Wish there was more Abby, but I understand that she cannot dominate the show. Great guest star in Lily Tomlin, playing McGee's grandmother. 60's protester type, that was once an analyst in a military think tank. Realized her research was being used for nefarious means. Interesting appearance at the end... good to see Ducky potentially getting some action at the end of the episode much to McGee's dismay. I like that they are delving more into the families of the characters this season.
NCIS: LA 303 (Backstopped) - Just starting to like Agent Hunter and now she is gone. Good to have Hetty back. Thought it was interesting to switch up the teams (Kensi with Callen, Deekes with Sam) in this episode. Provided some good comedy. Glad they gave us viewers one element of Callen's past at the very end.
HAWAII FIVE-O 203 (KAMME'E - The Hero) - Very good episode. Like the Seal Team theme of the episode. Like the addition of Terry O'Quinn as Lt. Commander White. He is a combination of his character on LOST and a combination of his character on JAG. Good mentor to Steve McGarrett. Not sure where they are going with Kono's character, but I am guess that she is working with IA, and they have fired her to get close to the ex-cop (played by Billy Baldwin) running a crew of ex-cops. The addition of Masi Oka as Max,the medical examiner, is a welcome addition, and I am still getting used to the new character, Lori Weston, introduced last week played by Lauren German.
NCIS 903 (The Penelope Papers) - Good Episode. Wish there was more Abby, but I understand that she cannot dominate the show. Great guest star in Lily Tomlin, playing McGee's grandmother. 60's protester type, that was once an analyst in a military think tank. Realized her research was being used for nefarious means. Interesting appearance at the end... good to see Ducky potentially getting some action at the end of the episode much to McGee's dismay. I like that they are delving more into the families of the characters this season.
NCIS: LA 303 (Backstopped) - Just starting to like Agent Hunter and now she is gone. Good to have Hetty back. Thought it was interesting to switch up the teams (Kensi with Callen, Deekes with Sam) in this episode. Provided some good comedy. Glad they gave us viewers one element of Callen's past at the very end.
Monday, October 3, 2011
CASTLE and THE NEW GIRL
CASTLE 403 (Head Games) - Good episode, but not great. Liked the bit about cryogenics and the banter between Castle and Bennett. Thought that the emotion from the daughter not getting into Stanford was a little much and annoying. Also not liking the new Captain Gates, played by Penny Johnson Jerald so far. She was the First Lady in the first season of 24.
This show appears on Hulu every Tuesday. (http://www.hulu.com/castle)
THE NEW GIRL 101 (Pilot) and 102 (Kryptonite) - Liked the first two episodes. Zooey Deschanel is funny. Still getting used to her co-stars. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Girl) Damon Wayans Jr. is only in the pilot episode. His character simply moves out of the apartment. This show has some potential.
I watch the first episode on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/new-girl), and the second episode on Time Warner VOD (Video on Demand).
This show appears on Hulu every Tuesday. (http://www.hulu.com/castle)
THE NEW GIRL 101 (Pilot) and 102 (Kryptonite) - Liked the first two episodes. Zooey Deschanel is funny. Still getting used to her co-stars. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Girl) Damon Wayans Jr. is only in the pilot episode. His character simply moves out of the apartment. This show has some potential.
I watch the first episode on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/new-girl), and the second episode on Time Warner VOD (Video on Demand).
TV Watching: Update 3
Over the weekend, I watched the first two episodes of FRINGE from the fourth season. Both were good. I am interested to see what direction they will go, and how they will reintroduce Peter Bishop. It has been interesting watching Walter slip farther into madness.
BIG BANG THEORY - Third episode as great as the first two. Laughed so hard my stomach hurt. The back and forth between Bernadette and Howard's mother was priceless. Sheldon was his usual crazy.
HAVEN - Great season finale. Looking forward to next season. May pick up the short story, THE COLORADO KID, by Stephen King, to get more of the background. I was left with more questions than answers, and I kind of liked that.
NIKITA - Very action packed second episode. Good to see the team against Oversight beginning to gel. Glad Berkhoff has come into the fold as he provides good comic relief. Percy is a little to "Hannibal Lecter" at the moment. Also liked how they brought the original Amanda in as a senator for this iteration.
BLUE BLOODS - Donnie Walhberg was very good in this episode. He shots a fellow cop in the beginning and must prove that his fellow officer did not say that he was a cop. His father must choose whether to let his son deal with the consequences of his actions, right or wrong, or look the other way. Tom Selleck was also good as usually. This show is also very well written and well acted.
CSI: NY - Good episode. Nice to see Gary Sinise's Mac Taylor back at the lab. Not as rememberable as the season premiere. Best and funniest part of the episode was when Sela Ward's character had her son's potential roommate checked out, but failed to find out that it was a women.
PERSON OF INTEREST 102 - Just as good as the first. Both Jim Cavezeil and Michael Emerson are great. Interested in discovering more back story on both of them. Loved how he hit a guys car with a large truck, and then told the guy that he needed to watch where he was driving.
HARRY'S LAW 202 - Great watching Kathy Bates and Jean Smart fire volleys at one another. I will be a little disappointed when this arc is over later this week.
LAW and ORDER: SVU - Danny Pino did well in his first episode, but he is no Chris Meloni. The other new lady was good, but I can never remember her name. Not sure where Mariska Hargitay's character is going but it should be interesting.
CHARLIE'S AMGELS 102 - Good second episode, but not sure how long this will last. Will continue to watch for the good looking women. I know that this is shallow, but I don't care. Finally, figured out that Charlie is Victor Garber (the dad from ALIAS)
More later...
BIG BANG THEORY - Third episode as great as the first two. Laughed so hard my stomach hurt. The back and forth between Bernadette and Howard's mother was priceless. Sheldon was his usual crazy.
HAVEN - Great season finale. Looking forward to next season. May pick up the short story, THE COLORADO KID, by Stephen King, to get more of the background. I was left with more questions than answers, and I kind of liked that.
NIKITA - Very action packed second episode. Good to see the team against Oversight beginning to gel. Glad Berkhoff has come into the fold as he provides good comic relief. Percy is a little to "Hannibal Lecter" at the moment. Also liked how they brought the original Amanda in as a senator for this iteration.
BLUE BLOODS - Donnie Walhberg was very good in this episode. He shots a fellow cop in the beginning and must prove that his fellow officer did not say that he was a cop. His father must choose whether to let his son deal with the consequences of his actions, right or wrong, or look the other way. Tom Selleck was also good as usually. This show is also very well written and well acted.
CSI: NY - Good episode. Nice to see Gary Sinise's Mac Taylor back at the lab. Not as rememberable as the season premiere. Best and funniest part of the episode was when Sela Ward's character had her son's potential roommate checked out, but failed to find out that it was a women.
PERSON OF INTEREST 102 - Just as good as the first. Both Jim Cavezeil and Michael Emerson are great. Interested in discovering more back story on both of them. Loved how he hit a guys car with a large truck, and then told the guy that he needed to watch where he was driving.
HARRY'S LAW 202 - Great watching Kathy Bates and Jean Smart fire volleys at one another. I will be a little disappointed when this arc is over later this week.
LAW and ORDER: SVU - Danny Pino did well in his first episode, but he is no Chris Meloni. The other new lady was good, but I can never remember her name. Not sure where Mariska Hargitay's character is going but it should be interesting.
CHARLIE'S AMGELS 102 - Good second episode, but not sure how long this will last. Will continue to watch for the good looking women. I know that this is shallow, but I don't care. Finally, figured out that Charlie is Victor Garber (the dad from ALIAS)
More later...
Original Facebook TV posts
I have copied my Facebook TV Updates:
First TV Update:
HAWAII FIVE-O - great
CASTLE - great
NCIS - great
NCIS: LA - great
Second episode of RINGER - enough to get me to watch a third.
BODY OF PROOF - Good
THE PLAYBOY CLUB - good, will at least give it a second episode.
UP ALL NIGHT - felt that they were trying to hard in the pilot. Will give it another chance because I like Christina Applegate and Maya Rudolph...
I also enjoyed the season finale of EUREKA, and WAREHOUSE 13 was good this week.
HARRY's LAW and CSI tonight. CRIMINAL MINDS and REVENGE on the DVR. SVU will be watched on Saturday on the reply on NBC...
First TV Update:
HAWAII FIVE-O - great
CASTLE - great
NCIS - great
NCIS: LA - great
Second episode of RINGER - enough to get me to watch a third.
BODY OF PROOF - Good
THE PLAYBOY CLUB - good, will at least give it a second episode.
UP ALL NIGHT - felt that they were trying to hard in the pilot. Will give it another chance because I like Christina Applegate and Maya Rudolph...
I also enjoyed the season finale of EUREKA, and WAREHOUSE 13 was good this week.
HARRY's LAW and CSI tonight. CRIMINAL MINDS and REVENGE on the DVR. SVU will be watched on Saturday on the reply on NBC...
To All Aspiring Couch Potatoes:
I have been told for a while that I should write a blog about my television and movie watching. Well tonight I have decided to do exactly that. I will, however, talk about all types of media. I will blog about television, movies, comic books, fiction, non-fiction, and other forms of media that I find interesting. I will try to write about television every day or every couple of days. If reading before watching a particular shows, please expect SPOILERS!!!
As I type this, I am watching the second episode of PAN AM. So far I am enjoying this so, but there may be too many main characters. LOST handled it alright, so I have good hopes for this show. I also finished the third episode of RINGER. This episode was better than the second, and we seem to have some direction with it.
I have also enjoyed the first season of AGAINST THE WALL. Good stories and good acting. It is on the Lifetime channel. CASTLE tonight. Will DVR HAWAII FIVE-O and will watch it tomorrow.
As I type this, I am watching the second episode of PAN AM. So far I am enjoying this so, but there may be too many main characters. LOST handled it alright, so I have good hopes for this show. I also finished the third episode of RINGER. This episode was better than the second, and we seem to have some direction with it.
I have also enjoyed the first season of AGAINST THE WALL. Good stories and good acting. It is on the Lifetime channel. CASTLE tonight. Will DVR HAWAII FIVE-O and will watch it tomorrow.
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