Sunday, April 25, 2010
South Park “201” Review
This week’s South Park episode, titled “201” (Sorry, I can’t put a link to the episode because the creators didn’t post it because of the bleeps Comedy Central made in the episode), is the continuation of the episode titled “200.” In this episode, the Super Best Friends team up to fight the newly rebuilt Mecha-Streisand, who has been sent by the celebrities to force South Park to give them Muhammad. Meanwhile, Cartman attempts to uncover the mystery of who his father is, but is captured by the Ginger Separatist Movement.
I liked some things about this episode and I didn’t like a lot of things about the episode. The main thing I didn’t like about this episode was all the censorship they did in the episode. It would be one thing if they censored it for the episode, but it was really in response to the warnings made against Matt Stone and Trey Parker by Revolution Muslim . I really got annoyed when they censored the entire speech at the end which was about fear and intimidation and it didn’t even feature the word Muhammad. It was kind of ironic that they censored the speech about fear and intimidation because of fear and intimidation. The parts of the episode I did like was the parts about who Cartman’s father is and the return of Scott Tenorman.
That does it for me for this week, see you next week.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Erin Shines Through...
This episode features Erin, Ellie Kemper is a shinning role. I always thought Erin was an odd character to have because she never really contributed anything and didn't show who she is, but Ellie made her shine this episode. She really was funny and espiecially her facial delivery. When at lunch with Michael for Secretary's Day, she pulls her hair infront of her face when she finds Andy and Angela used to be engaged and says, "In the foster home my hair was my room." This scene cracked me up. She really did steal this episode, as she should have. Another solid episode from NBC and I can't wait for the next.
Until then though, stay tuned and stay posted.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
South Park “200” Review
Well, it was a trip done memory lane on this week’s episode of South Park titled “200.” This week saw the return of such celebrity characters as: Tom Cruise, Bono, Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, Mickey Mouse, and Stephen Spielberg. In the episode, all the celebrities who have been mocked by South Park residents in the past plan to file a class action lawsuit against the town. Tom Cruise promises to end the lawsuit if the town can produce the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
The episode itself was pretty good, although it was probably one of my least favorite of this young season. It was a lot of fun seeing all the characters from the past come back. It was also funny when they kind of made fun of themselves with the joke about rehashing material from the past. All the ways that they were trying to make sure they didn’t show Muhammad was really funny, especially Muhammad in the bear costume. I’m glad that they acknowledged that they actually have shown an image of Muhammad in the episode “Super Best Friends.” I’m psyched to see the return of Mecha-Streisand.
Well, that will do it for me this week, see you next week for the second part of the episode.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Picking Favorites...
My favorite characters are 1.Dwight, 2.Michael, 3.Andy, 4.Jim, and 5.Kevin. Dwight doesn't really need an explanation as to why he is my favorite. I think the fact that he carries the main jokes and is so blatant, really sets him above the others. Dwight says some of the weirdest, most random things I have ever heard but its in his delivery that makes the things he says gems. Michael is another obvious choice. His character comes off like a puppy who keeps doing bad things like digging through the trash because he doesn't know any better. It is so hard to stay mad at him though because at moments he'll show a human side and its hard not to root for him and become emotionally invested in him being as it seems like he means well. Andy is in my top 5 because I love Ed Helms facial expressions! He is by far one of the funniest people when it comes to delivery because he will say something with his mouth and then his face will say something that adds to his words. For example, the Evolution of Dance Dance used both. Jim has recently became more dull but he always has a one liner after Michael says something stupid. It's always witty and quick and makes you laugh for that extra second more. It may not seem like much, but in the life of the show he has been the most consistent character in terms of jokes and good humor. Finally, Kevin doesn't say much, but when he does he is really funny. The episode where I really realized this was "The Delivery" episode when he was hell bent on making Pam lactate by crying like a baby does at her breasts. He got so upset when he couldn't and later on finally got her to. Kinda disturbing but that's Kevin's humor, a little disturbing.(feel kind of bad it has taken me 6 seasons to start liking Kevin).
So those are my 5 favorite characters and my rational. Who are yours? List them in the comment box and we'll talk about it. There will be a new episode on the 22nd titled, "Secretary's Day". I am sure it is going to be a good one. So until next week, stay tuned and stay posted.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Everybody Loves Hugo
Illana found out the hard way that the dynamite was unstable. Looks like she will be joining Artz in the afterlife. They can talk about how they wasted their lives for nothing. I believe she died because she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing. Michael told Hurley not to blow up the plane, and as Hurley put it, dead people are more reliable than alive people. She was interfering and had to go... I don't think anyone liked her character anyway.
Desmond furthered his journey off island by destroying John Locke with his BMW. I assume to try and show him his other life. He also steered Hurley to Libby where he too saw his other life. This reminded me of when Desmond touched his constant and transfered to his on island life. Maybe this is related.
We saw our blonde friend FINALLY, who looks to be years older and now has brown hair. Could this be Jacob somehow? Locke suggested we should "ignore him." Sometimes I wonder if this is the writers cleverly telling us what to do. It just seems so ironic, as do many other lines in the show.
Desmond was thrown down the well by Locke and from the looks of the trailer might die next episode... At least in one life. The parallel universes are getting mighty confusing, even for us hardcore fans.
The writers also told us via Michael that the whispers are all the dead people trapped on the island. Although they seemed to tell us they were the "others" in a previous episode when Ben tells Rousseau to run when she hears whispers. I've noticed many inconsistencies with information Ben seems to have known, but now seems not to have known. Who knows if it will all make sense in the end?
Our episode ends with Hurley, Jack, Sun, and Lapidus arriving at Locke's camp. HOW CONVENIENT. He needs Hurley, Jack, and Sun to leave on a plane. They happen to show up together, willingly... oh yeah, and with a pilot. That's LOST for you.
Here's the trailer for next weeks episode "The Last Recruit." It uses one of my favorite vocal samples of all time, from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tunnel scene! ENJOY it, there will only be 4 trailers left.
Last thought... is it possible the losties are the ones who sunk the island, to prevent themselves from ever finding it in the first place?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Gotcha!
I may be being a little liberal with the B+ grade but I think the episode "Gotcha" was a good one.
If you remember "Gotcha" is the episode where Drama is set up for a practical joke show (Spin off of Punk'd).
Drama goes through the entire episode believe Chuck Liddell was going to beat him up over a parking spot dispute that he had with him earlier in the day. The episode was filled with Drama being nervous and scared to death of Chuck. At the end when Drama drops to his knees and begs for forgiveness is priceless. This is the one time Entourage keeps us out of the loop, the audience doesnt even know Drama is being punk'd.
Aright I have witheld my personal opinion on which character is my favorite and I am ready to unleash it on the world. I have battled with this idea ever since I started watching Entourage 3 years ago. I am now comfortable saying that without Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon) Entourage would not be what it is. He makes the dumbest, was absurd, most hilarious comments ever and puts himself in situations where only bad things can happen. I find myself captivated by his pathetic life from time to time.
PARKING SPOT DISPUTE DRAMA VS. CHUCK LIDDELL
Okay I have been taking some heat lately with people telling me my trivia questions are too easy so if someone can actually get this without cheating I will be impressed.
Trivia Question- When Drama Puts a lock on his bathroom what is the combination to it?
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Ten Best "The Office" Quotes...
10. This is from Season 2 in the Sexual Harassment episode.
Michael Scott: Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
9. This quote comes from season 4 in the episode, "Did I Stutter?".
Dwight Schrute: You know what? You knock fifteen hundred dollars off the price right now and I'll take it off your hands. It's gotta be now. Seal the deal. Let's do this thing. Three, two, one. Five, four, three, two, one. Now! Now! Now! Say it! Do it! Now! Do it now! Do it! Shake my hand! You will sell me this car. Shake my hand.
Andy: Yeah! Alright!
8. This is from a more recent episode in season 6, "Happy Hour".
Michael Scott: Hey! You embarrassed my friends in front of me and I'm gonna need you to go back over to the table and apologize.
Manager: Then I am sorry... That I didn't kick you out!
Michael Scott: I am here with my employees. I am here on a date. [waving across the bar] Hello!
Manager: Well, uh, I'm the manager here, sir--
Michael Scott: Well it just so happens that I'm a manager too. And the way I manage people is that I touch their hearts. And souls, with humor, with love. And maybe a dash of razzle dazzle! And I don't see that from you.
Manager: Is that how you do it?
Michael Scott: Yes it is. I am writing a book about it.
Manager: Really, how much have you written.
Michael Scott: I've written all of it. [pause] In my head. If you're really interested, it is called Somehow I Manage, and it is going to be a picture of me on the cover, shrugging, with my sleeves rolled up.
Manager: Huh. Have you read Lee Iacocca's? It's a classic.
Michael Scott: Read it? Own it! But no, I have not read it.
Manager: Dude! Tonight. You're not gonna wanna put it down, it's gonna make you wanna go out and buy a Chrysler tomorrow.
Michael Scott: I own a Chrysler.
Manager: Shut up.
Michael Scott: No you shut up.
Manager: What's your drink?
Michael Scott: Grenadine...
Manager: What?
7. This is from the "Moroccan Christmas" in season 5.
Jim Halpert: [about Dwight's doll-selling scheme] That's the Christmas spirit.
Dwight Schrute: I am simply punishing those parents that would wait until the last minute to give their child a gift. And such a genetically improbable one. Look at that [points to the doll's horn] How does that happen? King has sex with a unicorn? Man with a horn has sex with a royal horse?
6. This quote is from Season 4 in "Goodbye Toby".
Dwight Schrute: So what do we know about her.
Michael Scott: Well.. we know that Toby thinks she'll be great. So strike one, I hate her already.
Dwight Schrute: I hate her too.
Michael Scott: Why do you hate her?
Dwight Schrute: Because she... stinks. With her... ways. And her... head.
Michael Scott: You know Dwight sometimes... I donno I think you say things just to agree with me.
Dwight Schrute: Would that be such a bad thing?
Michael Scott: Yeah, it would! Just have a thought! Have an original thought. [pause] Although I will agree that her head is weird.
5. The Casino night episode in season 2 was one of my favorites.
Pam Beesly: [to Roy] Come on it'll be fun. And besides, I'm a roulette expert.
Dwight Schrute: Impossible. Roulette is not a game of skill, it is a game of chance.
Jim Halpert: I could always kind of win at roulette.
Dwight Schrute: Oh really. Mm-hmm, how would you do that?
Jim Halpert: Mind-control.
Dwight Schrute: Please, you can't be serious. Are you serious?
Jim Halpert: Ever since I was a little kid, like 8 or 9, I could sorta control things with my mind.
Dwight Schrute: I don't believe you. Continue.
Jim Halpert: It was just little things, you know? Like I could make some things shake or I could make a marble fall off a counter, you know just, little things.
Dwight Schrute: [scoffs] That's ridiculous. You know what? Uh, why don't you move that coat rack? Excuse me, everyone, attention in the office please. Jim is about to prove his telekinetic powers and he needs absolute silence. Go ahead.
Jim Halpert: Okay, I'll try.
[Pam moves coat rack with umbrella]
Dwight Schrute: Oh my God.
4. Getting close to the finale here with Season 6, "Scotts Tots".
Michael Scott: Now, I can't pay for your college. But you don't have to go to class, to be in class. Online classes are a viable option to a traditional college experience. [unzips suitcase] And the best way to access those courses is with your own personal laptop. Which is rendered useless, without batteries. And I have one for each of you.
[the entire room erupts with outrage]
Michael Scott: Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! Hold on.
[the room quiets]
Michael Scott: They're lithium!
3. Dwight has yet another rant in Season 6, "Koi Pond".
Dwight Schrute: Jim is my enemy. But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So Jim, is actually my friend. But, because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy so actually Jim is my enemy. But--
2. The runner up comes to us from season 2 in the episode, "Drug Testing".
Jim Halpert: I'm just saying that you can't be sure it wasn't you.
Dwight Shrute: That's ridiculous. Of course it wasn't me.
Jim Halpert: Marijuana is a memory loss drug, so maybe you just don't remember.
Dwight Shrute: I would remember.
Jim Halpert: Well, how could you if it just erased your memory?
Dwight Shrute: That's not how it works!
Jim Halpert: Now how do you know how it works?
Dwight Shrute: Knock it off, okay? I'm interviewing you!
Jim Halpert: No! You said I'd be conducting the interview when I walked in here! Now, exactly how much pot did you smoke?
[Dwight looks shocked]
1. And the number one quote from the show "The Office" is from season 3, "Product Recall." I am sure everyone remembers Jim imitating Dwight so here it is.
Jim Halpert: Question. What kind of bear is best?
Dwight Schrute: That's a ridiculous question.
Jim Halpert: False. Black bear.
Dwight Schrute: That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought--
Jim Halpert: Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight Schrute: Bears do not... What is going on?! What are you doing?!
Jim Halpert: MICHAEL!!!
Dwight Schrute: Oh real funny Jim...MICHAEL!!!
Well there you have it, my top ten quotes from "The Office." It was a daunting task but I toughed through it. If you disagree, send me a comment and let me know what I missed. Hopefully next week we can discuss the newest episode. Until then, stay posted and stay tuned.
South Park “You Have 0 Friends” Review
In my opinion, this season of South Park has been tremendous, I’ve read some reviews of some of the episodes that weren’t very good, but I completely disagree with them. The streak of great episodes continued this week with “You Have 0 Friends,” which maybe the best episode of the season so far. The main focus of the episode was on something that I particularly dislike, Facebook. In the episode, Kenny, Kyle, and Cartman make Stan a Facebook profile against his will and he becomes embroiled and frustrated with everyone asking him for friend requests. In addition to parodying Facebook, they also parodied CNBC’s Mad Money and Chatroulette and Tron.
Some of the best parts of the episode included: the skewering of older people who get on Facebook, the lonely kid Kip Drordy who had 0 friends, Cartman’s Mad Money show, Mad Friends, and Chatroullette, which is just a bunch of guys masturbating. The parts when Stan’s dad gets angry that he didn’t make him a friend or make his grandmother friend on Facebook is so hilarious. Also, the parts with Kip Drordy were both hilarious and so depressing at the same time. It was good to see the episode have a happy ending, it was a nice change.
That’s it for this week, check back here next week as South Park has its 200th episode.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
LOST- Happily Ever After
In the sideways reality, we find out our old friend Charlie saw his other life when he was dying on the airplane. He tries to show Desmond by driving his car into the lake, but it fails. He did however give Desmond a flash of his other life, which he pursues to find more about throughout the episode. One of the stranger moments in this episode is seeing Widmore and Desmond getting along great, after their more than rough relationship in the past. It was nice seeing many old references as well such as the the McCutchen, DHARMA stations, and also Penny and Desmond's relationship, which is in my opinion the best on the show.
Daniel Faraday also made an appearance, this time he is into piano, not physics. My hunch about this in a previous post seems to be true. One of the few predictions I've made accurately. Faraday does seem to still be important when he reveals that he made a complex quantum physics equation he saw in his dream. Who knows what this will lead them to, but they are looking for answers.
Hawking tells Desmond that he has everything he wants and he should stop searching for whatever he's looking for. She also tells him that it's a violation to do so. She clearly remembers her life with Desmond based on her reaction and speech she gives to him. This seems to have something to do with the "rules" which have been referenced for seasons now.
It's becoming more and more apparent that they shouldn't have changed things by setting off the bomb. This alternate reality wasn't supposed to exist. Another interesting note is that Daniel and Charlie reference "love" as what they experienced when they saw their other lives. Desmond also requests the manifest in his sideways reality, and says he wants to "show" the other people on the flight this "love". Who knows how this will end up seeing as the island is under water in their timeline.
Also, when Desmond touched his constant(Penny), it sent his consciousness back to his body on the island. Who knows if this connection is important, or why this happened. Now that he's back he finally realizes the importance of what is happening, and is ready to do something about it. This is good, but in a strange turn of events, he ends up with Sayid. Hopefully he doesn't help the smoke, but I doubt this will happen.
Next weeks episode is called "Everybody Loves Hugo". I hope to see more on island activity.
Two sneak peeks below.
One Day In The Valley
In the episode it is the opening weekend of Vinces new movie Aquaman. Vincie wants to see the movie with a live crowed so the guys make the trip to an out of the way spot in the Valley.
Throughout the episode the guys cling to hope that the movie will beat spider man as the largest movie opening in history. Blckouts from extreme heat threaten the movies opening. Drama is once again hilarious in this episode as he fears the valley's heat.
Dram: "North of Ventura Blvd. is hells waiting room"
The end of the episod is also clasic when the guys atend a highschool party. Personally I thought it was a great idea to show that Vince and the guys still know how to have a good time without all the high priced toys. In the end of the episode Vince gives his car to the two highschool kids asked hi mto coem to the party, a legendary move.
CLIP FROM THE HIGHSCHOOL PARTY THE GUYS GO TO
Trivia Question- What number did Vince guess that Aquaman would open at?
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
The Office Debate...
Sunday, April 4, 2010
South Park “Medicinal Fried Chicken” Review
Hello again for my review of this week’s episode of South Park titled “Medicinal Fried Chicken.” This week I’m going to try a new type of review and see how it turns out. Anyway, in the episode, the KFC in South Park is replaced by a medical marijuana store after medical marijuana is legalized in Colorado. After finding out that the marijuana is only available to those who have a medical need, Randy tries hard to contract cancer in order to gain a doctor’s referral so that he can buy medical marijuana. Overall it was a great episode which included a parody of Scarface.
Some of the best moments include:
· Randy in the backyard smoking and tanning while having x-rays performed on him.
· Randy and the other guys with testicular cancer bouncing around on their gigantic testicles.
· The scenes with Colonel Sanders including the hanging of the spy for Jamie Oliver.
· The joke about the Pope crushing the dreams of all those deaf boys.
· The decision that KFC is preventing the town from getting testicular cancer.
· The scrotum skin coat given to Sharon
That'll do it for me for this week, see you next week for my review of next weeks episode.Friday, April 2, 2010
LOST The Package
Who would have thought the Richard episode would be disappointing and a Sun and Jin episode so compelling?
Let's get down to business. Last week I had plenty of complaints and am still disappointed with the turnout on some of those issues. The writers have now stated that the storm that brought Richards ship in was just "later that day." This is an error on their part for this reason: When their boat is just offshore and it is sunny, they would have seen the statue and the island clearly. When they crash at night the men in the boat shout that they see land and that it is "guarded by the devil."(ie the statue) They would have seen the statue and a giant island sitting just off shore earlier that day. It doesn't effect the plot but the writers need to be more careful next time! We care about these things.
So what happened in "The Package?"
Desmond is back! Finally. It looks as if he didn't come willingly. (Refer to sneak peak # 2 below.)
Widmore is playing against smokey's team.
Jin saw his daughter Ji Yeon for the first time on Suns camera.
Mikhail lost an eye in the flash sideways. Looks like he was never meant to have that eye in any life.
We also see a number of references to "old" events including room 23, Shannon's inhaler, and discussion of electromagnetism and its effects on Locke, reminding us that the writers didn't just forget everything they've told us.
Still want to see our blonde friend again, and would like to see origins of the wheel. No word on "Wallace" either. Maybe these things are being saved for the end, along with the secrets of the statue, temple, etc.
SPOILER ALERT: Looks like we will see Libby and Michael next week! Thank you to the cast list on imdb.com
Next weeks episode is entitled "Happily Ever After." The promo gives us nothing new but is quite moving. I've included it and 2 sneak peeks below.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Entourage Cameos
(Tom Brady with Entourage cast)
- Mark Wahlberg
- Jessica Alba
- Lebron James
- James Cameron
- Hugh Hefner
- Lamar Odom
- Bob Knight
- Kanye West
- Martin Scorsese
- Tom Brady
- Steve Nash
- Bob Saget
- Matt Damon
- Michael Phelps
- Zac Efron
- Bono
- T.I
- Snoop Dogg
- Dennis Hopper
- Mandy Moore
These peoples appearances have ranged from bumping into the group of guys on the street to actually being in Vinces movies with him.
Trivia Question: How was Michael Phelps used in Entourage?
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Ever been on a date??
First, I would like to start by saying that Julie looks an awful lot like Michaels ex ex Holly! They both laugh at almost everything but I guess Julie lacks Holly's social awkwardness, but I digress. Ok so Michael, when he first started playing pool acted as normal as I have ever seen him. He was funny but not in his normal, offensive, and obnoxious way. He made her interested and seemed to be setting himself off for another relationship, or so I thought. When he soon realized he was on a date, everything went out the window. Here enters "Date Michael", basically Michael Scott in a normal type of situation except with many more obnoxious antics and no filter on his mouth. When you are on a date, how many of you would, when playing pool, hit a ball with the intention of completely missing any sort of pocket on the table?? How many of you would tie a knot with a cherry stem?? How old were you when you last did that? Ok if you have dont any of these things, here are a couple hints for you next date cause the last obviously did not work out: Do not every spin a pool stick around waitresses. This could knock the entire tray out of her hands and break glass at the same time. Also, do not play air-guitar, let alone on top of a pool table. This not impressive and in fact is quite embarrassing for everyone, including yourself. And finally, don't get your dating advice from reality dating shows, these will not help you and will actually harm your chances in the long run. Please take note of these and you will not end up like Michael. Although these exact tactics in a milder form did work on the manager, that was initially yelling at him. Well have to see where this ridiculous relationship goes. I have a feeling it will be funny.
Ok well I'm going to leave it here dor this week and until next week stay tuned and stay posted.
South Park “The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs” Review
After failing to see the outrageousness of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the boys set out to write the most profane book they can in “The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.”
The episode satirized the over analysis of pop culture, finding hidden messages in works that contain none. The episode also mocks the idea that books alone cause people to commit violent crimes, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the Kardashians. The mocking of over analysis was great and it often annoys me what some critics find in these works.
The throwing up throughout the episode made me laugh out loud several times throughout the episode but it started to get a little old towards the end. Butters as usual was hilarious, including him wanting to kill John Lennon and Ronald Regan, only to find out that they are both already dead. The mocking of Sarah Jessica Parker was great, especially when the boys brought her out to the forest wearing antlers trying to get her killed. Murder of the Kardashian family by a crazed reader of Butters new book was amazing.
Overall it was a great episode with many laugh out loud moments. That will finish it for me this week, see you next week for my review of next week’s episode.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ab Aeterno
Seeing as they are clearly not going to answer most of our questions unrelated to Jacob and the Smoke, we might as well focus on these issues. So tonight we are told that the island is sort of a giant cork keeping evil from entering and spreading into the world. Hell was referenced an awful lot considering the writers say it is not biblical.
Besides this, we now know Jacob and the Smoke are in some kind of disagreement over whether or not there is good in people. Jacob believes that people can understand right and wrong without his guidance, where the smoke monster believes people will choose evil over good. Jacob brings people to the island to prove him wrong... and has ended up killing all but a few that he has brought. So who is good and who is evil? Jacob's decisions have gotten tons of people killed, and we've seen many people die at the clutches of the smoke. Neither seems very good.
One thing that does seem to make sense is why Jacob let Ben kill him. He said in this episode he can't interfere with people's sins. He would have been interfering had he gone all kung fu on Ben like he did Richard in tonights episode. Jacob wants people to "help themselves" and choose the "right" path on their own, thereby proving smokey wrong.
What does this all mean in a larger context? It is clear that Jacob and the Smoke are not the highest powers, but we can assume that little blonde boy may be. Unfortunately they would rather show us commercials than any info on this. I'd like to think the Smoke somehow escaped from Hell but the island is acting as some sort of purgatory with Jacobs powers keeping him out of the real world... or maybe until he proves to Jacob there is good in him.
Final note. There is a major inconsistency in the show, but the writers couldn't have screwed up this bad, could they?
When Jacob and Smokey are sitting on the beach in the season 5 finale, the Black Rock is drifting slowly in the ocean and it is a sunny day. In tonights episode we see it crash on the island at night during a thunderstorm, smashing the statue. This one completely escapes me. I hope this is intentional or I think all Lost fans will be very angry with the lack of attention paid by the writers.
Hopefully next weeks episode gives us something worthwhile instead of trying to please "new" viewers that haven't invested 6 years of attention into the show. Suddenly ignoring all the details in a show which has survived on continuity and thick plot construction just to gain new viewers is bull shit. I hope that ABC realizes what they are doing.
No trailer or sneak peeks yet, but it's probably better that they don't bring our hopes up just to let us down.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Sundance Kids
After a season and a half it was nice for the guys to finally get out of L.A and run around in the snow. Drama and Turtle fighting over Shaunas employee was hilarious. Of course the fact that they had an incident in their threesome only added to the absurdity of the episode. One of the most underrated part of the episode was how in love Drama was with the foreign director. The greatest thing ever was Drama invites him to be his guest at Vinces movie just to try to get into his new movie. Only Drama would pull a move like that.
Vince continues to have women fall into his lap this time from shaunas two publicists. Sadly the girl who calls dibs on Vince is, in my opinion, not as good as the girl who ends up with Eric. Please let me know if you disagree, I have flip flopped this idea in my head many times.
Also it cannot be overlooked that maybe one if the greatest cameos ever in Entourage was in this episode: James Cameron (article on Camerons appearence). Doug Ellin ( the creator/ writer) used Cameron in a perfect way with havign him offer the movie Aquaman to Vince at the end of the episode.
Trivia Question: What time was Vinces lunch meeting with Harvey?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Lost Season 6 (Recon)
So what's new from this episode?
Sawyer is planning to leave the island, presumably with his friends while "Locke and Widmore are busy dealing with each other." I can say pretty comfortably that this will fail, or there wouldn't be much story left to tell. They spent so much effort and time trying to get back. Why would they turn around and leave? Also, if Widmore knows anything about the smoke, he certainly knows he can't kill it, so what is he doing on the island?
Ignoring the flash sideways, that is about all we got from this episode. I am more concerned about all the questions they raised at the beginning of the season, only to ignore them for the next 4 episodes. Again, who is the blonde boy in the woods? Who is "Wallace" as seen on the dial at the lighthouse? What is the wheel and who built it? What was going on when Walt used to show up in the woods with water pouring out of his mouth? Where is Desmond and what did it mean when he turned the fail safe key? Why was Libby in the mental hospital with Hurley?
I don't see how they will possibly tie all of this up, not to mention the hundreds of other questions they ignored for seasons on end. On the bright side, next episode is the first ever Richard episode. Our favorite character who we know virtually nothing about despite 6 seasons of story development. If we don't find out something groundbreaking I think we will all be very disappointed.
Trailer and "sneak peak" below. I put quotes because it's info we've known all season. See you next week.
"Where are the Leads??"
This episode was extremely creative and interesting. If you pay attention to The Office, you actually can learn a little bit about the business world. For example, this week Sabre contacted a marketing research company to get them leads for potential sales and they paid out $50,000 to have them. It all in term teaches you about different aspects of the business world. Shame Michael had to hand the leads to the wrong employees to piss off the sales crew and eventually they ended up in the thrown out in the dump. $50,000 down the drain!! haha
In conclusion, how funny was it that Andy and Erin's first kiss happened at the Scranton dump?? Ha it was awesome to see one of them finally make a move but it was hilarious where it happened.
Next week we will talk about the current episode and some funny parts. Until then stay tuned and stay posted.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
South Park “Sexual Healing” Review
I loved the episode and several scenes made me laugh-out loud. A particularly funny part of the episode was the new edition of Tiger Woods PGA Tour is not a golf game but a Mortal Kombat like game where Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, fight.
Another laugh-out loud moment was the death of Kenny, who accidently died while trying autoerotic asphyxiation in a Batman costume. Another great moment was when they were doing experiments on monkeys in order to find the cause of the sex addiction. In the scene, the scientists dump a bucket load of cash on a monkey, who then begins to go around and hump the other monkeys, until he is caught by his monkey wife and made a pariah by the rest of the monkeys. The ending is hilarious when Stan and Butters fighting the alien wizard, who is really just a right thinking SWAT officer that was tied up and made to wear a giant mask, who the men say is the cause of the addiction and Stan shoots the SWAT officer several times. The only thing I didn’t really like about the episode was the part where the SWAT officer tells everybody that there is no sex addiction and that wanting to have sex with multiple people is a normal part of being a male. I didn’t like this part because the moral of the story part is always done by one of the four main characters, usually Kyle, and to have a random character we hadn’t seen till this point do it just felt weird.
Well that will do it for me for this week, see you next week for my review of the next episode.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Megadesk ruins episode..?
I also wasn't very happy about the way they decided to go with the Erin and Andy date situation. It was frustrating to watch Erin and her foster "brother" being uncomfortably touchy-feely with each other while Andy is sitting right there in a kilt... haha (that part was kind of funny though). All in all, I felt this was an average episode and I thought they could have done so much more with it given the situations that their main characters were in. Oh well. Hopefully next week changes my bad mood. We're going to discuss the newest episode next week, so stay tuned and stay posted.
Top South Park Controversies
- Christian Controversies
South Park has created a lot of controversy with the Chrisian crowd for issues ranging from depictions of Jesus to the depiction of the Virgin Mary. In regard to the depiction of Jesus, Chrisitians have gotten angry over many aspects of the Jesus South Park depicts. Some of these aspects include: Jesus saying the word "goddamn," shooting and stabbing other characters, and being unable to perform actual miracles.
Another point of controversy with Christians is from the episode "Bloody Mary" which aired on December 7, 2005. The date it aired was the night before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic holiday related to the Virgin Mary. The episode revolves around the belief of society that a statue of the Virgin Mary that is bleeding from its rectum is a miracle. The Catholic League demand that Comedy Central apology and campaigned unsuccesfully to have the episode removed from the airing schedule and never be made available on DVD.
- Scientology Controversy
Undoubtedly the most controversial South Park episode ever was the episode that aired on November 16, 2005 titled "Trapped in the Closet." This episode trashed on Scientology, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and R. Kelly. The episode resulted in a whole lot of controversy. Comedy Central, a network owned by Viacom, pulled a rerun of the episode, supposedly under pressure from Tom Cruise, who was threatening to not promote his film "Mission Impossible III." The episode was eventually reaired many times. The episode also caused Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef and a practicing Scientoligist, to quit the show. This lead to the hilarious skewering of the Chef character in the episode "The Return of Chef."
- Steve Irwin Controversy
Shortly after the death of the iconic crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, South Park aired an episode titled "Hell on Earth 2006" in which Satan was hosting a giant Halloween party and Steve Irwin was one of Satan's guests. To make it even worse, he had a stingray barb sticking out of his chest. This sparked controversy as many people thought it was too soon after his death to do jokes about it. A friend of the Irwin family released a statement saying that the episode went "too far too soon."
Well that's all for this week. Join me next week as I review the season premier of season 14 of South Park.
Friday, March 12, 2010
LOST Season 6 Episode 6 "Dr. Linus"
After killing his father and hundreds of others in the Dharma Initiative, the serial killer we all love is on our side. This is good news to me. Ben has done so much wrong but he has finally faced up to it, and I think we all know there has been good in him all along. It still seems strange that he is on Jacobs side after he killed him.
We finally know that Richard came on the "Black Rock" ship we have seen since season 1, and we also find out that living forever has not been as great as it seems. Richard wanting to kill himself and Dogen's speech before he died lead me to believe there has been a lot of deception from Jacob and the Smoke Monster, which is interesting because one is pegged as good and the other evil. Beyond this, Richard says that "it's considered a gift to be touched by Jacob." So what does this mean for Jack, Hurley, Sawyer, etc? Do they have eternal life as well or do they get a different "gift"? We will find out soon enough.
Other food for thought:
Jacob touched all of the Losties before they went to the island. He touched Hurley after he had already been to the island when he met him in the cab last season. Is this significant?
What do the "flash sideways" have to do with anything? Is this just an alternate reality created by the bomb set off in last seasons finale, or will our characters somehow end up in this other reality or vice versa.
Things to note in the alternate reality:
Ben did in fact go to the island and cares for his father. How did the island sink and what caused Ben and his dad to leave before it occured?
Also, Locke says his father is invited to his wedding, so he clearly became paralyzed some other way. You don't invite the man that paralyzed you and stole your kidney to your wedding.
Last note:
Widmore is back to the island. Which team will he play for? I'm going to assume Jacobs because of his previous position with the "others", and also the fact that he wanted to protect John Locke in season 5. He may have known that the smoke would take him over if he died.
We still don't know who "Wallace" is unless it was a code for Widmore. We also don't know who the blonde boy is, nor where Desmond will come into play in the final episodes.
Next weeks episode is called Recon, and I can't say with any real certainty what is going to happen, they have continued throwing curve balls this season and your guess is as good as mine. There is a trailer and sneak preview below.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Jim, Pam, and Cecelia Halpert
I love the fact that throughout the episode Michael feels like he is entitled to be the most important part of this whole episode. The birth scene was well done and the funniest part was when Pam breastfed the other families baby by accident instead of her own. I about died of laughter. And let me be the first to say, It's about damn time Andy asked Erin out!!!! Geeze talk about beating around the bush. He finally came out and did it and it looks like we have a new romance brewing. This whole episode had everything I expected it to have and more. The most anticipated episode in The Office's history delivered big time. I just wonder what will happen next.
What do you think will happen next? Post it and let me know your thought. Next week we will talk about the newest episode and detail from it. So until then stayed tuned and stay posted.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
LOST Episode 6 SUNDOWN
The losties finally started picking teams this episode. Claire, Kate, and Sayid are all with the "dark" team. Sayid has a lot more blood on his hands after killing Dogen, Lennon, and essentially letting in the smoke which killed plenty of others. Jacob's team looks like it will have many more people we know including: Hurley, Jack, Miles, Ilana, Linus, and Lapidus to name a few.
It looks like we won't be seeing Hiroyuki(Dogen) anymore but he still has some importance. Lennon noted just before Sayid slashed his throat that Dogen was "the only thing keeping it out." It being or old friend John Locke. This seems like a video game reference where the smoke can't enter the temple until he defeats the temple master. Knowing the writers,JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, this could all be part of the "game" being played.
Where is Sawyer? He is not with the rest of his apparent "team" at the end of the episode, and he's been gone since we last saw him with "Locke" 2 episodes ago in The Substitute. Richard is also missing, and hasn't been seen since he talked to Sawyer then ran into the woods. He said he was going to the temple, so where is he? Jin is also missing.
Other questions remain... Who was the blonde boy the smoke couldn't seem to interfere with? The game master? He made it very clear that "there are rules." What is the significance of the alternate reality? Time will tell. Although as Daniel Fairaday put it in season 4, "Time is sort of a relative term." Unfortunately for us, time is running out for the show and based on the final episode titles I don't see a lot of older questions being answered.
For example: What really happened to Desmond when he turned the fail safe key? What was Ben doing when he drained the water in the tunnel and said "I'll be outside"? At the time we were led to believe he was summoning the smoke, but it's clear now that he had no connection to it whatsoever. Also, who built the wheel that moves the island? These and many other questions remain. The good news is we are finally starting to get some answers.
Next weeks episode is called Dr. Linus, there is a preview and sneak peak below.