Tuesday, July 19, 2011

I don't feel like talking about real life, so ... (Greek & 24, ssn 7)

My significant special lady of interest girlfriend has taken like a fish to water to this show called Greek, an ABC Family original from 2007. There are four seasons.

The writing is good. The acting is good. The actors don't overplay their roles, and the characters aren't cut and dry good and bad. As my significant lady of interest girlfriend has said, "Shades of gray." It's important to have characters avoid caricature.

I sat down with a beerski while Megan was watching and I started to question the fact that two guys playing beer pong at a party means everybody stops and watches and cheers and such. But then I realized that questioning these parts of the show is a) useless and b) doesn't make the show any worse. Like, my pointing that out doesn't call the show out on anything. It is what it is, and it does it unflinchingly, and that's honorable.

Even though it is about sororities and fraternities. It seems like the creators wanted to challenge themselves by taking a group of people who aren't that interesting in real life and making a show about them work. Definitely going for a Gilmore Girls thing, too. Dramedy to the max.

My biggest problem with the show is that all the characters are sniveling little rich kids that don't deserve anything they have, but ... .

(sudden startling Jack Bauer voice) Shifting gears here.
My sudden special lady of lasting interest girlfriend and I are on season seven of 24. It is taking fucking forever to get through this show, but there's one reason we're sticking it out: IT KICKS ASS.

24 is a ride through some intensity! And always done respectfully, leaving no room for humor because the subject matter is so serious. There is always a body count. Every episode someone dies or gets shot. Pretty much. Hell, there are terrorist attacks on the country in every season.

Some shows lose it after the first couple seasons. You know, they get less interesting. But not this show, man. They've really gone through some severe changes, but have kept it right on track, and kept some awesome recurring characters that I always end up rooting for. Aaron Pierce. Tony Almeida. Jack Bauer. Bill Buchanan.

Janeane Garofalo really works well on the show. I also recently saw her on Greek. I liked her there too. Jon Voight, too.

I am still higly interested mostway into season 7. And I'm gonna be sad there's no more of it when I'm done watching season 8.

But now that buttshit Netflix is changing their pricing scheme to make you pay more for streaming is just a bastard of a move, and it's impetus for my special girlfriend lady interestingly enough to jet stream threouw the rest of 24 and then just do single dvds at a time, so's we can watch The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad season 3... o I drool.

#ButtshitNetflix.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Eddie Murphy and his Mercedes Benz-having characters are so relevant

I was watching this movie called Daddy Day Care. It's got Eddie Murphy and that awesome chick who played Wayne Palmer's sister in 24.

These characters begin arguing about who gets to drive the Mercedes Benz.

Megan sees what I'm watching, and says, "Wow, I really don't care about characters who argue about who gets to drive the Mercedes Benz." I hear what she says and it sinks in. Suddenly I don't care either.

So mom takes the car out after dad follows her out to the driveway telling her to drive careful and put the most expensive gas available in the car and other such rich people drivel. Then dad and son go inside the house after dad worriedly watches mom speed hurriedly away.

They're sitting at the table. Mind you, this son is something like 5 or 6 years old. Dad goes, "You potty trained?"

Like you wouldn't know whether or not your kid's potty trained by the time they're 5 or 6.

Daddy Day Care gets a zero star rating.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Nova: The Science of Babys is right tripping me out

The drool in almost every shot provides comic relief during a really, really trippy show.

Awesome. A scientific look at childhood development. The findings are astounding.

I love you Netflix instant streaming.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

24. Ssn 7, Prequel - Redemption

It's both resembling Resident Evil 5 and The Wire.

I love soon-to-be president Taylor arguing with soon-to-be ex-president Daniels about what to do about the coup in South Africa, whether U.S. involvement should be avoided because of a lack of resources and general value, or whether genocide should be averted. Sounds like a day in my Foreign Relations class.

Robert Carlyle is the shiznit. The man can sell a character.

Sutherland looks good with a beard. And wearing brown. He's always in dull tones. Earthen, now.

Everything is like a brick in the face, ESPECIALLY the tear jerker moments, like when he's hugging Willy before setting off to leave forever.

And of course he's gotta come back and help. I'm gonna stop typing and watch it now.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Kristen Schaal‬‏

YouTube - ‪Matt Clicks With... Kristen Schaal

Kristen Schaal is pretty and funny and just the right amount of quirky!‬‏ She was spectacular on Flight of the Concords, and I love her advertisement for something... on some other tv show. Her eyes were filled with lightning bolts.

I can't think right now. My baby has been crying all morning.