Mar 22 2008

Jericho Canceled Again

Category: News,TV — velveetahead @ 7:34 pm

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The show was canceled last season, but after ardent fans bombarded CBS with peanuts (a shout-out to the last episode), they brought it back. It was renewed just for seven episodes, but they had hoped the ratings would improve enough that it would come back for a third regular season. The ratings this season were worse than they were last season, so it couldn’t be saved a second time. The show did prepare for this to happen by shooting two last episodes–one that left a cliffhanger in case it did come back for a third season and another one that wraps things up a bit, but not completely. Sorry Jericho!

Source: TV Guide 

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Mar 22 2008

Be Kind Rewind

Category: 2008,Movies,Reviews,ROFLMAO — velveetahead @ 6:12 pm

Be Kind Rewind

Directed: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover

Two video store guys have all their VHS tapes erased, but instead of buying new videos (or possibly upgrading to DVD), they make their own versions of the movies, hoping no one would notice.

What I loved most about this movie were the newer version of movies they created. I found them hilarious and the low-budget way they went about them was highly entertaining. They called these movies “Sweded” which is how they try to describe their technique of taking the basic movie plot and condensing it to about 20 minutes of goofiness resembling the original movie.

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Mar 22 2008

New Amsterdam

Category: Shows,TV — velveetahead @ 5:28 pm

New Amsterdam
Channel: FOX
Time: Monday, 9/8c
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zuleikha Robinson, Stephen Henderson, Alexi Gilmore

Synopsis: A guy has an immortal curse put on him that will not end until he finds his one true love. He bides his time as a homicide detective.

This show reminds me of Highlander except it isn’t as exciting. I enjoy the glimpses into his background and the various lives he led before. Trying to introduce himself to who he thinks might be his one true love is interesting. When he’s at his current job as a homicide detective, it is boring. The stories are simple and wrapped up easily so that half of the episode can be devoted to those back stories. I wish his job wasn’t given so much presence or he had another job where it can weave in and out of the stories, but not be half the episode. When he is on cases, it usually reminds him of something in his past, but other things can remind him since the cases haven’t been overly exciting.

I would not call this appointment television, but something to have on while you are doing something else.

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Mar 22 2008

Unhitched

Category: Shows,TV — velveetahead @ 5:20 pm

Unhitched
Channel: FOX
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:30/8:30c
Starring: Craig Bierko, Rashida Jones, Johnny Sneed, Shaun Majumder

Synopsis: Four recently single friends enter the dating scene again in their thirties.

After two episodes, I haven’t laughed once. Everything is juvenile and I don’t see how any of these people are friends. Rashida Jones should be on a better show. I’m giving up on it!

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