New Kind of Blog for Me

So as you can tell I'm not good at blogging. Mostly because I don't have much good to say. But I do spend an inordinate and probably unhealthy amount of time watching TV and/or Movies. So I thought I'd spend a few days and see if I can get a running tally of what I'm watching and what I think. These are just my opinions, you don't have to agree with them (and I welcome discussion.) Also, I'm going to be assuming you watched it too, which is probably a bad assumption, but if you see something you HAVE seen, my comments will probably make more sense. Also, since I watch just about 100% of my stuff on DVR (or downloaded, shhhh) I may or may not review something anywhere NEAR when it actually aired.

Last couple of days I've watched some TV. Monday I caught up on the Simpsons (Homer Simpson, This is your Wife) from Sunday and it was pretty good. Lots of funny shots at FOX and them stealing shows from other channels. Overall forgettable, though. After 17 years, they start to run together.

Family Guy (Sibling Rivalry) was also okay. Kinda weird with the whole fat sex thing. But I was a fan of the Stewie battle in the playground. Oh, I laughed hard when Peter knocked over the sperm, even if it was predictable.

Sopranos (Mayhem) on Sunday (also watched Monday) was pretty damn good. I like that they're back to wacking people and talking Mob stuff. Also, the dream/purgatory sequences weren't nearly as jarring as the last show. The look that Carmella gave Paulie and Vito in the elevator was gold. So far, she's a shoe-in for an Emmy for actress this year.

In Justice (Side Man) is the first show I'll talk about that you might not have seen or know about. So I'll tell you what it is briefly. It's a law/cop/procedural show where the Justice League (or something like that, I don't think that's right :)) take on cases of people whom they feel were wrongly convicted. This show is not very good, I don't think. It has moments (like a few weeks ago when they DIDN'T get the guy off death row) that it's really good, but other times it's just the same-old-same-old. I'll give it a few more weeks, it's a pretty good show for background noise. I think for this show to work they'll need to spend more time in the lives of the lawyers instead of just the cases. The cases are nice, but what makes you really LIKE a show are the characters themselves. A nice balance is needed.

Evidence (Pilot) - This is a new Cop/Procedural show that gives you all the evidence first, and then shows you how they find it all etc. It has Orlando Jones who I really like. Also, it was pretty funny, thanks in part to Jones. Must have really hurt the writers of this show when their big "reveal"/plot twist was done in C.S.I. a few weeks ago. Even though the evidence points a specific way, you don't really think one thing is going to happen until it does, which was nice. Another show I'll give a few weeks before deciding on. I hope they don't spend too much time on the one guys dead wife problem. I'm sure that's going to be part of his character but it's a story line I can see grow old really fast.

Daily Show (3/27/2006) - Funny as always but nothing that really stood out for me.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Past Tense Part 1 and 2) - In this episode Sisko, Bashir and Dax are transported back in time to the year 2024 where all the homeless or those without jobs are put into a Sanctuary District. Really nice piece of Social Commentary about ignoring the welfare problem and just letting the problem grow and grow. Reminds us of the need to help those who are in trouble instead of trying to ignore and separate them in hopes that the problem will go away.