tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post116074073536680331..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: What'd the mama tomato say to the baby tomato?Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160857888459369162006-10-14T16:31:00.000-04:002006-10-14T16:31:00.000-04:00I'm almost annoyed that Grey's was so good this we...I'm almost annoyed that Grey's was so good this week -- every time I'm tempted to give it up I get sucked right back in!<BR/><BR/>For once, they gave Izzie a decent storyline, and I'm interested to see what she does with her money. Perhaps her return to the hospital will be as a donor/administrative person, and not as a doctor? I'd like that better than seeing her buy her way back into the surgical program. I'm a bit nervous about where they're taking the storyline with Burke's hand, though. Cristina can't always be there to cover up for his difficulties.<BR/><BR/>I think McSteamy is going to be a good addition to the cast. The emotional distress he causes Derek is enough to make me like him (even if he is an ass), and I hope his presence shifts the show's focus to other relationships besides the Derek-Meredith one. I couldn't care less about Derek and Meredith. Just get them together already, yeesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160786466486282202006-10-13T20:41:00.000-04:002006-10-13T20:41:00.000-04:00Best Grey's of the season. Loved that the show off...Best Grey's of the season. Loved that the show officially categorises Derek as an ass, loved Meredith being high, loved the odd pairings (McSteamy with Callie, McSteamy with Alex), loved Addison's moment with Meredith, and <I>loved</I> the closing narration by Denny instead of the annoying lead.<BR/><BR/>(So, when is Shonda's new show gonna be ready? I'm looking forward to seeing JDM in a show where he's not killed in, like, five episodes.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great episode. My man Allan Heinberg did it again. And my other man, Drew Goddard, co-wrote the best Lost episode in quite a while, so it's a good week for me and my favorite writers.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160772102738995612006-10-13T16:41:00.000-04:002006-10-13T16:41:00.000-04:00Gotta agree with you on "The Nine." I think this ...Gotta agree with you on "The Nine." I think this show should be done like a backwards "Lost." Spend most of the episode showing us what happened in the bank, and make the current events the 'flashbacks.' I was very disappointed that they had a big banner on the bottom announcing it was "The First Hour," and then showed us maybe two minutes of that hour. It would be nice to see how the relationships developed over that hour...not just little tiny flashbacks.<BR/><BR/>That was very disappointing to me. <BR/><BR/>How the characters relate in the present is not nearly as interesting as it could be because we know hardly anything about how or why these relationships evolved. I hope they fix this soon, but I have a feeling they won't...<BR/><BR/>"Jericho" is hit or miss with me, but I still enjoy it. . Just wish there was some more realistic behaviors. As if the town would just allow two parentless teenagers to figure out on their own how to take care of themselves. They are both minors. If the town is so concerned about keeping law and order, wouldn't they have found temporary foster families to take them in? Or keep an eye on them? <BR/><BR/>The 'nerd' kid sort of adopted the store owner lady, but she hasn't formally said, "I'll be your mom now," or anything like that. <BR/><BR/>I also would like more believability in Skeet's character suddenly being in the center of things and the 'go to' guy. Why him? What makes him any better than anyone else? I would rather see him doing more behind the scenes and letting what's left of the police and the mayor to do the big decisions and actions. Or give us more background on where Jake has been all these years and why he has the background to take on this kind of role.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160768271254068762006-10-13T15:37:00.000-04:002006-10-13T15:37:00.000-04:00I thought the SP ep on Warcraft was hilarious, esp...I thought the SP ep on Warcraft was hilarious, especially when the kids got all fat and pimply while becoming better players. Well, Cartman just got fatter. Plus, it had Kenny's character dying in Warcraft and Kyle's female character delivering the standard reaction, which had me laughing loudly. The only part of the new ep I saw was Cartman accusing Kyle of being behind the 9/11 attacks.<BR/><BR/>If you want to talk duds and overused jokes, check out the new season the last two eps (not counting the new one last night) of Drawn Together. Was it always that lame, or has my tolerance for lame humor lowered?<BR/><BR/>Jericho has become a "background noise" show where I only pay attention if I hear Skeet or Hearst-lite pipe up (kind of like I do with Josh Duhamel on Las Vegas). The Nine, OTOH, is something I actually sit down to watch. I guess I liked the new ep more than you did, especially the stuff with Nick and Jack Bauer's Latest Lost Love. I can hang with the slowly unraveling events of the hostage situation a while longer, especially since Kidnapped won't be on against it any more.<BR/><BR/>Hurry up with your Survivor stuff, dude! I want to know what you thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160767978681753972006-10-13T15:32:00.000-04:002006-10-13T15:32:00.000-04:00oh, I thought the warcraft south park was pure abs...oh, I thought the warcraft south park was pure absolute genius. But it may just be that I know way way too many people who have been sucked into that game. it was definitely aimed at a certain part of their audience, which I suspect is a fairly large part of their audience.<BR/><BR/>-jenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160763207636686932006-10-13T14:13:00.000-04:002006-10-13T14:13:00.000-04:00UBM, I unfortunately don't have nearly as much tim...UBM, I unfortunately don't have nearly as much time for idle channel-surfing as I wish I did. Too many good ongoing shows to keep track of -- often in direct competition, to foil the value of my new dual tuner DVR -- plus I'm often not getting in front of the TV until well into primetime, plus I'm working as the solo critic these days, so on those occasions when I'm not watching something live in primetime, I'm watching a work screener. <BR/><BR/>It's hard. When I started this job back in '96, original programming on cable (at least, good original programming) was scarce, WB and UPN scheduled fewer nights (and were generally so lousy that they were barely worth covering), there were plenty of in-season repeats, little summer fare, etc., etc., etc. So it was easier to just surf around and find stuff. <BR/><BR/>Nowadays, if I have a free minute to mess with the remote, I usually stumble onto a movie I've already seen. That's the other thing: with onscreen programming guides now ubiquitous, I don't so much channel surf anymore as skim the guide, which saves time but also no doubt prevents me from accidentally seeing something I didn't realize I would like.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160761541460504282006-10-13T13:45:00.000-04:002006-10-13T13:45:00.000-04:00"And there wasn't even a good payoff to all those ..."And there wasn't even a good payoff to all those images of the fat loser player; how did he react to getting killed?"<BR/><BR/>I thought him just staring at his screen in disbelief was funny.<BR/><BR/>"The 9/11 episode, meanwhile, felt built on a strawman premise ('Ha ha! Look at all these idiots who don't think Al Qaeda caused 9/11!')"<BR/><BR/>How is that a strawman? People like that do exist (Loose Change, anyone?), and they're ripe for mockery. I thought it was funny, except for the Hardly Boys stuff after the first time. Yes, they're gay, we get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1160760674141019792006-10-13T13:31:00.000-04:002006-10-13T13:31:00.000-04:00If you'll indulge my curiosity, Alan, I'd like to ...If you'll indulge my curiosity, Alan, I'd like to ask you a general question. Given that your job (and your own tastes) requires you to stay on top of so many prime-time series, do you ever anymore just channel-surf and stumble upon something interesting and watch that? Or is that just not the way you interact with your machine?<BR/><BR/>Last night I stumbled across a Turner Classic Movies showing of an old "Dick Cavett Show." The guest: Groucho Marx. It was hilarious. It was wonderful. He was bawdy. He smoked a cigar. He sang "Lydia the Tattooed Lady." Pure accident that I found it.<BR/><BR/>What's the last thing you stumbled upon by accident on TV, and watched, and were glad you did?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com