Television

Think About It, Won’t You?

29 September 2010

Take Grey’s Anatomy or The Practice or some other kind of soap-drama about pretty young professionals. Give the series regular cast giant robots that combine to make an even gianter robot. Air it Wednesdays at nine.

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My Two-Sentence Review of Nikita

10 September 2010

Nikita is a show about Maggie Q posing with guns in her underwear. Best new fall series.

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Angela Chase Talks About the Issues

28 June 2010

[Sometimes, we could all benefit from a glimpse at the modern political landscape through the eyes of self-absorbed teen heroine Angela Chase of MTV's short-lived series My So-Called Life.] The Nomination of Elena Kagan for Supreme Court Justice Can she, like, make those awful sweaters that Sharon always wears against the law? Are they going [...]

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5 Implausible Endings For LOST

24 May 2010

1. Everything, and everyone, explodes. (This one is my favorite) 2. With a shooter on the loose and the island in lockdown, all of the castaways are faced with the toughest crisis of their lives. 3. Sawyer and Miles evaluate life-changing career opportunities that will sunder their partnership and signal the end of an era [...]

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Why Jeff Watches V

21 April 2010

V reminds me of a Boo from a Super Mario Bros. game. I’ve been looking at it for months now and it doesn’t move an inch. I keep looking at it, though, because I know once my back is turned that it’s going to be all fangs and flurries of violent movement. The show has [...]

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Jeff Watches Harper’s Island

13 April 2010

We’re a few weeks away from the premiere of Happy Town, a new serial thriller about a bunch of murders in a sleepy town with a dark past.  Which puts me in the frame of mind to revisit another classic television thriller  about strange murders in a reclusive small town. Good guess, guys, but no. [...]

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31 Days of Terror – Killer Movie

2 March 2010

Hey, kids, want to satirize the reality TV craze a few years too late and miss the point of doing so entirely?  Yeah? Then you should watch Killer Movie as a primer in how to pull off such a terrible idea. Yeah! Making a horror film in and around the set of a reality TV [...]

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Lost 6.5: “The Lighthouse”

24 February 2010

You know what I love about a good Jack-centric episode of LOST? “Is it that you hate Jack so much that you revel in any opportunity to see him damage his own life and the lives of others, especially when he and his myriad dysfunctions are the prime focus?” Yes, Imaginary Reader I’m Having A [...]

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I’m Posting About Grey’s Anatomy Again

19 February 2010

Without spoilers, because I know not everyone is caught up on the current season, I have to say that last night’s flashback-laden ep was my favorite hour of Grey’s this season. Primarily because of stunt-casting guest stars J. August Richards (Gunn from Angel) and Sarah Paulson (of American Gothic and Studio 60 fame) as the [...]

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Five Awesome Things About The Super Bowl

8 February 2010

Go Saints, and all, but the really awesome things about last night’s game have nothing to do with football.  As anybody off the street knows, the real story of the Super Bowl is the ads, some of the most expensive spots on TV each year and the result of millions and millions of dollars in [...]

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