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June 2008

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24 Finally Stops Sucking Quite So Hard

June 22, 2008

Still watching Season 6 of 24, which has been torturing me with its badness (and lampcords, and plastic bags, and saline solutions designed to induce pain, and…). Seven hours of total suckage—and then a pleasant surprise with episode 8 (1:00–2:00 PM), which felt more like the good old days, all double-crosses and senseless violence and wacky political hijinks. I am totally not feeling Wayne Palmer, because he is a) a total wuss, and b) not a blonde white woman—OH WAIT, that was Hillary Clinton talking. SHUT UP, HILLARY. But seriously—no on the Wayne, and the No-Neck Republicans can off him for all I care. Also: maybe Jack Bauer would find a Twitter feed more convenient than calling CTU all the time.

ETA: Oh, okay. But how can he protect his Twitter feed when he can’t even protect his own FAMILY?

Canada Sucks

June 21, 2008

Apparently my Canada radar—let’s go with Canadar, shall we?—extends to TV shows as well as movies. Thank you for proving this, late-night Cold Squad reruns. (I swear it is something about the physical quality of the film—maybe they put maple syrup in their celluloid or something.)

Eleventh Hour Teaser

June 17, 2008

Details:
CBS / 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Genre: Drama

So there’s a show coming to CBS this fall called Eleventh Hour, which sounds like yet another dull crime/thriller/espionage/conspiracy/whatever drama. But I am going to watch it for three reasons:

1. It stars Rufus Sewell.
2. It involves deadly scientific experiments.
3. Someone might try to do a deadly scientific experiment on Rufus Sewell, which would render him naked. And vulnerable. And… naked.

There might be more reasons, but I can’t get past #3 without drowning in a puddle of drool.

When I first read the summary, it reminded me a bit of Dark City, with Rufus Sewell trying to stop evil scientists and all. And then I thought nah, because I am fully aware that not everything in the world is related to DC. BUT! Then I saw the trailer! And… it has clocks! Bluish-greenish clocks that tick ominously, with intercut shots of Rufus Sewell looking tense! It is so Dark City it hurts my brain.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get a mop before somebody slips on the growing lake of drool…

24: Season 6

June 17, 2008

Details:
FOX
Genre: Drama

I know I swore off 24 for good, but I heard a couple of weeks ago that Robert Carlyle was going to join the cast next season. Stupid 24—always sucking me back in with its awesome British guest stars. So I figured I’d get Season 6 off Netflix to catch up. And it’s… oy. I remember watching maybe three episodes at the beginning and then giving up in despair. The writing alone is painfully bad. Also: who decided to make Chloe sexy? The entire awesomeness of Chloe is contained in her social awkwardness and potato-like appearance. Do not sex up the Chloe, for that is just messing with perfection—at this rate, by Season 9 she’ll be hot enough for Jack to start taking a closer interest in her. (Oh, wait—that might just be the best thing ever.) The only good thing? Jack Bauer is all twitchy and broken after two years of Chinese torture… and I like my heroes tortured. *wicked grin*

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