Posts Tagged ‘Fox’

24: Seasons 1 – 3

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

So, in the last three weeks I’ve managed to watch the first three seasons of 24 in its entirety. And I’ll be starting the fourth season either later tonight or tomorrow. This is reminiscent of when I started my LOST addiction, watching entire seasons over a weekend.

I’ve got to hand it to the writing team so far, they’ve kept me coming back for more. I love how no one, and I mean no one is safe. Thankfully towards the end of season three, my least favorite character was killed off.

One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about 24 so far is a lot of familiar faces, and a lot of actors that I like and never realized were part of the 24 universe. Actors like Tobin Bell (Saw), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Lou Diamond Phillips (Young Guns, Route 666), Dennis Hopper (Apocalypse Now), Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek), James Dale (The Black Donnely’s). It’s also nice to know that Henry Ian Cusick (Lost) and Michael Shanks (Stargate, Burn Notice, Eureka) will be in seasons that I have yet to watch.

So, I’ll be starting season four soon… then I’ll still have to watch five and six. Then next month a 2 hour TV movie 24: Redemption which bridges the gap between season six and season seven. Will I be caught up by then? Who knows… that really depends on a lot of things. I’d certainly like to be, but in the end I guess it won’t kill me if I’m not. — On the other hand, the wife might kill me if I am. ;)

There is one question that remains… how many more bad days can Jack Bauer have? Several, I hope.

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Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

In just a few hours is the premier of “Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles”. It’s a two night premier, tonight at 8 pm and tomorrow at 9 pm.

I’ve enjoyed the Terminator franchise, but I just cannot shake the feeling that this is going to suck. I Fox can prove me wrong. This is suppose to be a “reinvention” of the franchise set sometime after Terminator 2: Judgment Day. I think it’s safe to say that Arnold won’t be showing up this time around.

For the Firefly fans out there, you might be happy to know that the show stars Summer Glau (River). I’m sure she’ll be kicking ass again.

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Live Free or Die Hard

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Live Free or Die Hard (aka Die Hard 4), and was very happy to see it available on Comcast OnDemand. For the fourth installment in the series, it rocked! I didn’t think Bruce had it left in him.

The only thing I didn’t like about the movie was the street jumper that they had playing the bad guy. I found him bouncing around all over the place to be a tad bit annoying, though I enjoyed his death! :p Could we have another Die Hard down the road? After watching this one, I think they could make it work. Though it does bring one question to mind, how many more bad days can John McClane have?

I was thinking about this during the movie. While I’ve never seen 24, I think it’d be cool to have a cross over Die Hard – 24 season. Have Jack and John trying to save the day. It could happen, Fox owns both.

Fantasy moment aside, I really liked Live Free or Die Hard. I think it is the best since the original.

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The Simpsons Movie

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Finally got around to watching The Simpsons Movie yesterday evening.

Now, I’ve never really been a huge fan of The Simpsons, in fact I didn’t start watching it until I got married, as it just happened she loves The Simpsons. Sure, they can be funny at times, but it is no Family Guy. So, what’d I think about the movie? It was ok, to me it felt a bit long and drawn out in places. The story was decent, but nothing spectacular.

It was basically everything that you’d expect from an episode of The Simpsons, except this ran for an hour longer. As for the “special features” on the DVD, I found them rather unexciting. Overall, I’d say the movie was a 3.5/5, I’m glad I didn’t go see it in the theater.

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Writers Guild of America Strikes

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Not to be confused with the Film Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has gone on strike. If you watch TV, this is bad for you, and you might even see the impact starting tonight. With the writers on strike, there won’t be anyone available to write new scripts; The direct impact of this is the live shows (such as The Late Show, The Late Late Show, etc.) which record every day.

Our favorite shows like Heroes, Chuck, LOST, and the others will be ok for a while. Most of these shows have several scripts written in advance. Though, if a show doesn’t have enough scripts to make it to the end of the season, or even a mid-season,  then you can see one of several things happen. 1) The show could just end; 2) The show could see “scab” writers brought in, and if this is the case stories, plots, and even the entire show could suffer.

TV Guide has a nice writeup on some of the major things that this could mean for some of our current favorites. One thing it mentions in another article is Heroes.  The Heroes crew has gone back and reshot the Dec. 3rd episode. This episode was meant to tie up the “Generations” story arc, however if the alternate ending is used, it will be able to serve as a season finale.

Sadly, the writers for “Reality TV” type shows aren’t apart of the WGA. This means that if the strike goes on too long, we’ll see a large influx of crap across every channel. Yes, I know you thought it couldn’t get any worse.

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Add Another Once To The Canceled List

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Well, it looks like the string of good shows being canceled isn’t over with yet. FOX has canceled The War At Home. Come on FOX, This show was great!

You’re going to leave American Dad on the air, but get rid of this? Come on now, TWAH is as close as you can get to Family Guy without actually being Family Guy. How about you move TWAH back to its original time slot? You know… the place it was at when it actually did good? Sheesh. Are all of the media companies run by idiots these days (rhetorical question, don’t answer).

I’m about ready to give up on TV. So much for TiVo… everything good is getting the axe, nothing left that’s worth recording.

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