If there's one thing this show has taught me, it's that hospitals should hire veterinarians as surgeons, because they can magically fix any horrific injury. "Normally there would be nerve damage, but I gave you a pill for heart worm, so you should be fine."
I stopped watching after the first episode back from hiatus, and I do NOT miss the show at all. It's just... bad. Really bad. And frustrating, but not even frustrating in the LOST way where I got enjoyable moments pretty consistently. I know that's some "duh aficionado magazine"-level analysis, but it's nice to be able to admit that and not try to convince myself the show is ever going to get better. It probably won't. The recaps here practically justify the show's existence, though.
The two best soundtracks of the year (Sorry, Drive) were done by two House/Electronica duos who were kind of popular around the mid-2000's and just randomly resurfaced (Basement Jaxx for Attack The Block and Chemical Brothers for Hanna).
Homeland had one of the best first seasons for a drama I've ever seen. I know it's on Showtime, which is a huge red flag, but it's not like any other Showtime series ever. Honestly! I've been trying to get people who are still clinging to Dexter's rotting corpse to switch to Homeland and for some reason they seem hesitant to do so. The first season of Homeland is better than season 4 of Dexter -- MUCH better. I really liked season 4 of Dexter. John Lithgow was so good! But unlike that show, Homeland doesn't have a bunch of dead weight supporting characters that just fill a certain amount of time and make you mad at them.
But, yeah, Homeland is great. Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, and Mandy Patinkin are all really, really good on it. Mandy Patinkin's performance is seriously Aaron Paul/Giancarlo Esposito/any other supporting character from Breaking Bad-level great. I can't think of a show that hinged on a female character like this one does, which is cool, and it covers politics, terrorism, and counter-terrorism with as much nuance and thought as 24 lacked. Find a streaming site and watch it NOW.
I just assume he was so disinterested in what he had to say that he delivered as unnaturally as possible. That or he was trying a super experimental, multi-rhythm talk flow for the voice acting. Hov is nothing if not an innovator.
Yeah, I understand. Considering the way I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when it happened, I think it was worth it, but I see the argument that it's a bit much. My counter: remember Danny Trejo's severed head on a turtle? That also exploded?
Herzog's villain is only a distraction from nature, which is far more subtle and cunning in its attempts to kill not just Tom Cruise, but all of mankind.
UGH WHY DOES THIS THEORY KEEP POPPING UP? Nevermind that Walt is WAY too narcissistic to even consider the connection between Brock and Jesse -- let alone give the kid a second thought -- the logistics of Walt doing this are IMPOSSIBLE. When, exactly could Walt have gotten the cigarette, slipped the poison to Brock (which takes days to show symptoms), and how could he possibly think that was a plan that would work? Plus, he'd be doing this while fearing for his life and trying to get his family to safety! I know Breaking Bad's thing is defying expectations, but this is BEYOND a reach! (sorry in advance for this, just had to let off some steam b/c people in the AV Club comments section were pissing me off with this shit)
/rantgum
"because Simon Pegg seems to be the best..."
*Dismynightmare tightens grip on picture of Ryan Gosling, looks down to see the picture has crumpled and sobs*
Ashton: "Goddammit, Jon. You fuckin' ASSHOLE! It's always a fuckin' travesty with you, man! And what the fuck was that shit about Vietnam? What the fuck does ANYTHING have to do with Vietnam? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
Jon: "Dude, I'm sorry. Fuck it, Kelso, let's go bowling."
I kind of liked New Girl? I thought Zooey was one of the weaker aspects of the show, but I was entertained and I thought the supporting cast was good. It's a pretty weak new TV season and the only other show that's particularly interesting to me is Up All Night, so maybe it New Girl just seemed better due to low expectations or something.
I honestly hope this came about because one of them disapproved of the other's stage parenting (I don't really know who pushed the kids more) and couldn't take it anymore. Even if you can realistically get your kids into show business, I've never understood why you'd want to fuck them up like that. Horrible, horrible parenting.
Sure, Patrick Swayze says, "pain don't hurt," and he's a lovable badass, but this makes Mitt a bad person? It's just a double standard is all I'm saying. (Paid for by the Counsel of Non-Sequiters for Mitt Romney)
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