Archive for February, 2006
Prison Break
I gave Prison Break a chance. Honestly, I did. But I must say ‘no more’. This show was explicitly advertised as being about somebody wrongly sentenced to death and how his brother decides to spend spring break in jail with him and teach him how to par-tay! And yet, three episodes in, and they’re yet to even crack [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2006 under television.
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5.14 If There’s Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood
We open with TIAC having a shower, one of the textbook ways to grab the channel-hopping viewer’s attention. She toys with asking Lois to join her, but because this is not Pay-Per-View, there is instead a power failure and a spooky ghost attack.
Next thing we know, TIAC is crying ‘help me, help me’ to Lois, [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2006 under smallville.
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Mid Air Collision!
Mid-Air Collision!! That’s thename of the show I watched the other night. I’m rather certain the rationale behind Mid-Air Collision!!!! was “Gosh those disasters sure rate well when we coverthem, but isn’t it a bother that we never get any really good footageand have to rely on the amateurish camerawork of everydaynon-Union-affiliated members of the [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2006 under television.
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5.13 Who Watches The Watch, Men?
So Superlad’s in the barn, sulking because Bo’s still dead. Boring Old Ma comes in.
“What are you doing, Superlad?” she asks.
Superlad snorts. Why can’t Boring Old Ma ever read the opening paragraph? “Sulking because Bo’s still dead,” he says. “I thought for sure he’d be back by now.”
“Well he’s not. This whole coming back to [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2006 under smallville.
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The Boogeyman
Watched the 2005 horror movie The Boogeyman the other night. The most frightening part of the movie? The prospect that this deranged, mindless mish-mash of incoherent plot-free nonsense might someday spawn a sequel.
But here’s a tip: when your movie stars Lucy Lawless, you can use her as a promotional draw. Sure. That’s a totally Xenarifficâ„¢ [...]