Category: Television

October 23, 2010

Mighty Isis

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I honestly thought this week was going to be drek. In an earlier episode, they showed the Amulet of Isis, and I knew they were going to go ‘there’: That absolutely terrible Saturday morning show ‘The Mighty Isis’. They were going to do a show on it… and I knew they were going to have Lois wear it and become Isis. That is the exact kind of crappy idea that ruined most of the previous season’s pacing and tone. Dumb filler episodes.

However… They pulled it off and made it one of the most memorable episodes in the series.

This is a comic book show, so outlandish ideas are par for the course. The good news is they did it with seriousness and a good dose of the actual Isis mythology, which tied into the character development with each of the principles of the show.

Oliver, Tess, Clark and Lois: each one is traveling in their own story arc about managing great love with personal fulfillment and growth… and in the case of Tess (and Alexander, the child clone of Lex Luther)…redemption.

Oh, and the ending was just about as good as it gets.

This, the last season of Smallville… is damn good.

October 19, 2010

Geekly Roundup

by Ganelon — Categories: Geekery, Television — Comments Off

The Fall season has started and there are a few notables in the roundup…

Smallville has finally become a show that is worth looking forward to every week, instead of dreading. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a Superman fan. As such, Smallville has always been a guilty habit for me, and quite frankly… the show has sucked for the most part… always tantilizing my fanboy nature with the potential of the source material, yet 9 times out of 10 giving me crap.

But this final season appears to be all about living up to the legend.

Supernatural is also back, but I’m not really sure why. There seems to be little point in the series. Don’t get me wrong, I love the show and don’t necessarily want it to end… but they have yet to justify why a new season is warranted after last seasons powerful ending. Also, there is very little of the Winchester vibe that made the show for me. Sam and Dean are simply not themselves and are not particularly interesting.

A new show that has me hooked is HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. IMO, it is a superior bit of entertainment and should be pursued if you have the premium channels.

Boardwalk Empire is an American television series from premium cable network HBO, set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era. Starring Steve Buscemi, the show is adapted from Nelson Johnson’s book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter of The Sopranos.[1]

July 11, 2009

Supernatural…a.k.a “I luv me some Winchester Boys”

by Ganelon — Categories: Review, Television — 1 Comment

What!? You haven’t seen Supernatural?! Christ, are you living in a f**king cave?!

I am a big time genre TV fan. B5, Trek(s), BSG, XFiles, Smallville,  Heroes, TrueBlood, Terminator and all things Whedon flows through my veins.

So, how did I miss Supernatural?

*sigh* I can only blame Smallville.

See, I have a love/hate thing with that show. I love the idea, but HATE 90% of the implementation. That 90% is pure WB/CW formula teen drama pap. And when I saw another genre show coming out of CW, I immediate thought “here we go again” and passed on what I thought was going to be a cheap knock off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

As seasons moved by, I noted that the show continued and never really got what I would call “bad” press from those places where reviews matter to me. Even so, I figured that if I am missing something, I am likely not missing much. Six months ago, an eFriend started pushing me toward checking out the show as something “I think you will like”. After much nagging on his part(and a fair bit of forgetfulness on mine), I put the show in my list of things to watch and finally got around to viewing it with SheGan.(who likes “creepy” stuff…me included, I assume)

After the first episode, I was blown away!

Seriously…it was probably the best pilot to a series I’ve seen since Lost. I was immediately hooked on the characters and meta-story… and couldn’t wait to see the next episodes. I was shocked something this good could have strolled out without huge fanfare…at least in the Geekly quarters. But here it was and I dedicated myself to watching as many episodes as I had time in the week.

I’ve recently caught up to the finale of  season 4 and now I want to talk about it a bit.

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August 8, 2008

Tapestry (ST:TNG)

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So I was surfing the channels, and what do I find?  Star Trek: The Next Generation.  But what is more then just finding an episode of that classic series, is finding one that is a favorite of mine: Tapestry.
“There are many parts of my youth that I’m not proud of… there were loose threads… untidy parts of me that I would like to remove. But when I pulled on one of those threads… it had unraveled the tapestry of my life.”

- Picard to Riker

The episode Tapestry is the 140th installment of ST:TNG, and is the 255th release of 726 total Star Trek Television Shows.  It is one of the episodes featuring the always intriguing Q.

The episode begins with Capt. Picard dying on the operating table from a phaser blast to the chest.  When Picard dies he finds that Q is God.

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