LOST is back!!!

Tonight, the new season starts!!!

WOO HOOO

Battlestar Galactica

OK, it is back and better than ever!

What a start. The show was a bit on the depressing side, but not quite Platoon or Saving Private Ryan. The two surprises on the “who is a Cylon” front were awesome!

SPOILDER ALERT
Don' t read further if you taped the show and have not watched it yet

(why the hell have you not watched it yet????)











OK, Who is the 5th Cylon? Tighs wife Ellen or Starbuck? I don’t know where this is going to go but I can’t wait for the ride to start up again with the next show!

They set things up so Starbuck looks like a Cylon, she finds her crashed ship and body then destroys the evidence but is she Cylon? How can she be #5 if Ellen sees Tigh at the end and says they will be reborn. . . Talk about a great twist!

There are 12 Cylon models, so where does that leave Starbuck? Is she a 13th no one knows about or is she a hybrid too?

And do the “Earth Cylons” have a resurrection hub somewhere that they use? Can all the Cylons use it to replace the destroyed one?

This show brought out more questions than it answered. I can’t wait to see the rest of this series to see how they wrap it all up.

Battlestar Is Back

Tonight on Sci Fi Battle Star Galactica is back! Last 10 shows start tonight. Can't wait to see what happens. There is supposed to be a big surprise and twist so if you are a fan, don't miss it!

Majel Barrett has died. . .

From the Boston Herald:

NEW YORK - Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry, an actress who appeared in numerous "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, died Thursday of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air, Calif., her representative said.

At Roddenberry’s side were family friends and her only son, Eugene Roddenberry Jr. Gene Roddenberry died in 1991.

Her romance with Roddenberry earned her the title "The First Lady of Star Trek." A fixture in the "Star Trek" franchise, her roles included Nurse Christine Chapel in the original "Star Trek," Lwaxana Troi in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in almost every spin-off of the 1966 cult series. She recently reprised the voice role in the upcoming "Star Trek" film directed by J.J. Abrams.

T'is a sad day but she is now back with Gene so there is an up side. I have been a Trekie since I was a kid. . . What can you say but "Thanks for the memories" and Rest in Peace.

The Mentalist

OK, watched the new show "the Mentalist" last night. Not bad. I knew I was in trouble when it starts with a wife shooting her husband whom she thought killed their daughter. My one comment was "Nice Grouping" as she put three shots to the center of the chest. . . . .

I think I need to get to the range more often. . . . .

Robin of Sherwood

Found Robin of Sherwood at BJ’s (or rather my wife did. . .)

I remember this from when I was in High School. This was the 1984 show on Showtime with the classic Robin Hood figure with a bit of updating. They added some magic, Hurn the Hunter (an image of the pagan Horned God) as Robin’s mentor and shot it all in England.

I watched the first movie last night and wow how I remember it being much better filmed that it was. It is funny how the way they film something can just scream what time period it was actually made in cause boy did this look 80’s.

Overall it was a good trip in the wayback machine and I look forward to watching the rest of them. The DVD set is the first 14 shows and movies for the first two seasons which were the good ones anyway. I think it did make a third and maybe fourth season with a different character taking Robins place but they just were not as good (but still worth watching).

I love it when these old shows come back either on Cable or DVD but man did it get me feeling old. . . .

Moonlight RIP

Well it looks like another good show bites the dust. Nice of them to kill another show that required a bit of thought. I have had it with the TV networks. I will be doing my best to avoid getting into any new shows next year. As they kill off the ones I am watching I will get more and more free time to do something useful with myself or to watch the good shows they are now putting on the cable channels. Way to go guys! And you wonder why you are loosing viewers. . . .

To be honest it scares me to see how much they are dumbing down our entertainment. It seems that each season the shows that make it are getting what I call dumber and dumber and by that I mean they require little thought on the viewer’s part. It seems the days of shows that make you think are slowly coming to an end as the masses just don’t want to think any more, they want to be spoon fed everything. This is horrid for our country but I guess it is good for the government as the sheep will be easy to control. . .

Well Mr. Network TV guy if you are looking for me in the future check the cable channels or the book store. . . not that I think you will miss me. . .

Criminal Minds – More Women and TV

OK, must be the week for weak women on TV and guys with no guts. I usually like Criminal Minds but last night just pissed me off. It was a stalker case, and the woman was living with her fiancée. I was OK for most of it but two things really pissed me off.

First was one of the cops tells her “you have done all you can” then goes on to say how they will catch this guy. Well she and the hubby to be had not. First of all they were not packing heat of any kind, gun or otherwise. You have a stalker and you don’t get a weapon of some kind to defend yourself????

Second is the fiancée also was not doing anything to protect this woman. Maybe I am just an old fashioned gun nut but if my wife was dealing with a stalker you would not catch her away from me and I would have a pistol on me outside of the house and a rifle within reach inside the house. How can you just sit there and be a target letting the cops keep you safe??? But that is what the show wants to you do – you are helpless with out the cops, typical Hollywood BS. OF course she gets kidnapped by the bad guy and save by the cops but the whole time she was captured all I could see were the numerous places where she could have fought back, either with a gun or bare hands if she only knew how to take care of herself.

This is a sickening lesson to try to teach our kids. It scares me to think how many people go along with this image that they are not responsible for their own safety, it is up to someone else (the government) to keep them safe. My how far we have fallen. . .

Women on TV - NCIS

What is it about the main stream media that they can’t seem to handle a strong female character that can take care of herself? While watching NCIS last night I was horrified by what they did to Ziva. This is a character that killed her own half brother when he tried to kill Gibbs, (he was a terrorist). She also has been in a knife fight in another episode where I am not sure if she killed the attacker.

So why all of a sudden after she shoots a known killer while under cover would she suddenly crack and be all choked up about it? She is supposed to be a trained assassin. She has killed other folks on the show, and lost folks close to her without this issue.

My wife thinks it was to make her more human, but I don’t buy it. She has been acting fine all along. She shows feeling for her friends, and seems to be interested in Tony on the show but neither character admits they like each other. I think they are turning her into a wuss. I would much rather my kids see the strong character that takes care of herself and her friends instead of this thing that falls apart and needs to lean on a guy to get through it. They could have handled it so much better than making her start to look like the typical Hollywood female crying “help me help me. . .”

I hope they go back to the old Ziva in the next show. She was one of the great parts of the show and I hate to see them mess it up. Note to Hollywood – A strong woman who can take care of herself and cover her friends back is not something to fear. Heck, some of us actually find it an attractive trait in a woman that she can take care of herself.

Moonlight

Is Moonlight a goner?

This weeks episode ended with the comment that there are only two shows left. . . Do they mean for the season or forever? Has anyone heard if it got renewed for next year? This is a great show that has some nice twists in it. I hope it has not become the latest victim of dumbing down the TV. I swear with each show they kill I get more free time because the replacements are not worth my time. I figure in a few years I won’t really need a TV for much other than a few cable channels.

Jericho' s last show?

Just watched the tape of Jericho's last show. Man that was good, they have to pick this up on cable and run with it. I think it was great the way they showed the Chyan governments attack on the Second Amendment at the Constitutional convention said it all. As the mayor said getting off the elevator, disarm the populous and governing is easy or some such statement.

I also like the way the troops took the news from the Major. I think the troops would fight in a minute once the truth got out. I also think that if you spread the file around, you would find more troops joining the resistance than fighting it. Maybe I have too much faith in our troops but I think 99.99% of them would do the right thing if they had all the facts. . . .

This was a great episode. I think the liberals would hate the message the show sent out and maybe that is why I love this show so much. I hope Sci Fi channel is watching. You guys have been pushing the first year of the show, this is a great replacement for Battlestar and I will keep saying that over and over. PLEASE pick it up, this story needs to go on. . . . .

Save Jericho

Go HERE to see what is going on to save Jericho and get it moved to a network that will support it!

Jericho RIP

Well, tonight is the last night and I am sure it will be a cliffhanger as it was supposed to be the season finally, not series. . . Let me say it again, CBS sucks for canceling this show after a season that was screwed up by the writers strike. I will be doing my best to avoid getting into new shows at CBS as they have shown themselves to not really care about the view or quality TV with this move AGAIN. . . .

I hope the SciFI channel is watching. They have been running a lot of the first season of Jericho on there and I’ll say it again I think this would be a great replacement for Battlestar which ends this year after it’s 4 year run (I think 4). Come on Sci Fi channel, show us again how much cable is better than network TV for the intelligent views.

Jericho

They did it again – Killed off Jericho.

All I can say is CBS you suck! You folks had the writers strike mess up this whole season and now you say no one is watching so you will cut it? It is one of the few good shows left on TV.

All I can say is network TV is killing itself and thank God for cable TV, it is the only place you can find a good show these days. The few good shows left on network TV are all a few years old, nothing new. . . . I guess it is time to find a new hobbie as TV is dying a slow and painful death.

Sci Fi has been playing it a lot though so who knows maybe they can pick it up? That would be a great replacement for Battlestar Galactica which is ending this year.

The least they could do for the loyal fans is a movie to wrap up the loose ends over the summer. . . .

I need to learn to stop watching network TV, they keep doing this to me on the good shows. I guess I am too smart for TV. . . . .

Jericho

They did it again – Killed off Jericho.

All I can say is CBS you suck! You folks had the writers strike mess up this whole season and now you say no one is watching so you will cut it? It is one of the few good shows left on TV.

All I can say is network TV is killing itself and thank God for cable TV, it is the only place you can find a good show these days. The few good shows left on network TV are all a few years old, nothing new. . . . I guess it is time to find a new hobbie as TV is dying a slow and painful death.

Sci Fi has been playing it a lot though so who knows maybe they can pick it up? That would be a great replacement for Battlestar Galactica which is ending this year.

The least they could do for the loyal fans is a movie to wrap up the loose ends over the summer. . . .

I need to learn to stop watching network TV, they keep doing this to me on the good shows. I guess I am too smart for TV. . . . .

Jericho

OK, I am a few days behind because I tape it and watch it later (it is on past my bedtime. . . .) but I must say I am bummed there are only two shows left for this year.

I have loved it so far. They have done a great job with the story and showing that you need to question what is going on and stand up for what is right. It is nice to see this getting the air time with them being an armed group standing up for their rights and not just rolling over and waving signs in protest. Watching the Major as he realizes he is in a catch 22 was great! He played it well and you could see the confusion he is going through with his job vs what he knows is right. . . I really want to see where he goes with this as things go forward.

The characters have been great and I love where they are going with this story. I think it is going to be a long wait to see what happens with the government, the bomb and the characters. The only thing that helps is knowing that Battlestar Galatica will be starting in a few weeks to take Jerichos place in my TV line up of good shows I need to see each week. . . . Going to be a long wait for next season. . . .

Jericho

OK, a bit late but the last episode of Jericho was AWSOME!! Man did he have that coming or what? I loved it. All I can say is this series better get renewed for next year as this is getting good and is a great message about trusting the government too much. I loved the plot twists on this one and I can see Jericho and Newburn turning on the heat now. . . The big question is where will the Major go when it all hits the fan

Jericho

Damn that was a good episode this week. I am bummed out that they have started to kill off characters but that is the sign of a good show, they are not afraid of doing what they need to for the story.

I was so psyched to see Bonnie knock off a few of the bad guys, I thought she was going to get more of them than she did. I think the next war has started and I would not want to be part of J&R at this point. I think Hawkins has the military commander almost won over. . next step get him on the good guys side and start knocking off the rest of the J&R group. That last scene at the farm about said it all as to where this is going. I think the real Americans will step up and do what they need to to get the country back. One of the scariest parts of all this is even though I can’t see this happening in the real world it is just real enough to make you think “what if?” Kind of like Stephen Kings “The Stand” – real enough to make you think about it

This show has me totally sucked in. I hope it is doing well as I can’t imagine them not having a next season after we got cheated out of most of this one with the writers strike. They easily have another season worth of stuff going on now, I can’t wait to see where it goes. . .

Jericho

OK, this is getting good now. I didn’t think it would happen but I think it is even better than the first season. I like the fact that the military commander in town is not a bad guy and is starting to see what is going on. I also like the idea that they are pushing that you need to question what the government tells you and not just drink the cool aid.

Ravenwood is evil. . . at least the guys we have met from them so far. I will say it now, I think the "new" Ravenwood guy (yes, he has been on before without the clean shave) that came to town needs to get sniped. I also think someone will take him out before all is said and done.

Jake is turning into a great character and I think that him and the major will end up working together to expose what happened with Hawkens staying in the shadows. I think Hawkins is a good guy but you never know what twists will come.

I am even more sorry that this is a short season. . . . it is getting too good for only 5 more shows this year. .. . . . I can’t wait for next season already.

LOST

That was cool. I love the idea of the time slips and the islands involvement. . . . So much happened last night but it answered no questions, just added to the mystery. I hope they start to answer a few question soon. I like where the show is going but I wish there was a bit more solid story or answers coming each show, it more seems like we are building up again and I think it is time to start giving out some answers. My fear now is that the answers won’t live up to the hype. . . .