Figured I'd brain spew a few comments since I hadn't updated since Friday.
And finally...
Tonight is a new ep of The Shield and another new Scrubs, so I can alternate laughing my ass off and being captivated by the most realistic crime drama on TV.
Battlestar was excellently awesome, as usual, and a nice, tense build-up to the 90-minute season finale this Friday. The President looks to be unsteadily on her way out thanks to upstart V.P. Baltar playing on her own "fear" and "security" angle to the rest of the colonial fleet, so the fallout should be tremendous. And I have a feeling Starbuck's newly re-found love is going to bite the dust, along with most of his surviving rebels still on Caprica. Just a hunch. Gotta start paving the way for the inevitable Apollo/Starbuck hookup actually happening somewhere along the line. All in all, still a great reason to stay home - or DVR, if you want a real life - on Friday nights.
Saturday Night Live is worth mentioning, only because Natalie Portman was the host. I usually only turn on the show based on who the guest is going to be any given week. The overall sketches just aren't that funny anymore, and some of the newer cast member just annoy me more than humor me. But Natalie was fun to watch. Her comedic timing is good, and she did great with what she was given. Her monologue, as she out-geeked the Star Wars geeks with expert answers to their questions was funny, but the highlight, of course, was her pre-recorded "gangsta rap" clip. I was ROTFLMAO. Completely hysterical, and seeing the autograph-seeking little girl dressed as Amidala getting harshly rebuffed was a nice touch. I would link a clip to the vid, but every host page I've come across has had issues with exceeded bandwith/broken links, etc. I'm sure you can find it on BitTorrent or Morpheus.
The Oscars were pretty ho-hum. I think the pretentious atmosphere of the Academy was more than obvious this year, as so many small, message-themed artistic films dominated the major categories, in spite of very lackluster public support (box-office-wise). Don't get me wrong, all of those films may be "quality" in their own right (of the best film/actor noms, I've only seen Crash and Walk the Line), and I have plenty of firsthand experience with knowledge of the box-office totals hardly reflecting what is or isn't "good". I just think not many "avergage" watchers really gave a shit about who or what was nominated. I thought there were way too many great films and performances of the past year overlooked for the more controversial, "hot-button" films that the media fawned over. But oh well. All of it's neither here nor there, as my opinions mean squat. But the show was one of the lowest-rated ceremonies ever, so perhaps this whole shindig was just the pat on the back Hollywood likes to give itself as a collective, for being so socially conscious and unabashedly progressive in its boundary-crossing. All I know is Clooney can eat me.
And finally...
I must say that 24 is one of the most consistent shows I have ever had the pleasure of keeping up with, with regards to how gripping the story continues to be, how interested I remain in the characters, and for always having the ability to make one's ass-cheeks clench many times over the course of a season - nay, a single episode, even. Last night's two-hour installment really amped up the crisis, and a regular character got offed, along with a recurring newbie. And the shit is literally hitting the fan now. I guess a plot-gripe could remain over the repeated intrusions into CTU headquarters over the course of the series (a little too often for such a supposedly secure facility), but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief to the point that the storylines are still plausibly entertaining and keep me on the edge of my seat for more. For anyone who has ever contemplated getting the prior seasons on DVD and marathoning their way through, I would highly recommend it. Just be prepared to take a break once in a while to let your adrenaline levels back off just a bit. Jack Bauer is one of my heroes.
Tonight is a new ep of The Shield and another new Scrubs, so I can alternate laughing my ass off and being captivated by the most realistic crime drama on TV.
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