TV RANTS AND REVIEWS
Well, my favorite show recently got canceled and I'm still seething over it. NBC pulled the plug on Journeyman just 13 episodes in. They let them air the full lot of episodes they produced in order to give the show some form of a ending so it would work if they got picked up for the following season or give some of the viewers at least a few answers to some of the questions the show produced.
I thought the show was great and had started with a sort of x-files direction with the introduction of a rogue FBI agent and then the sudden death of this agent, a professor who knew about time travel but acted strange whenever the main character Dan questioned him about what was happening. Then the last episode Dan meets another time traveller. I thought the storyline was really picking up and starting to stretch out from the standard "Quantum Leap" storyline and brought a much more humanistic feel to it. I'm told this was due to the producers from the West Wing working on this show.
I recently read an interview with one of the producers and you could tell he was upset over the fact NBC never properly promoted the show, which I believe. The time slot wasn't the best, and you never saw and promotions for the show during football games or on the weekends. To me, this was a biggie. Bda time slot, poor promotion = low ratings.
In any case, I hope NBC releases the rights to the show so another channel can pick it up and continue the series. I more pissed I really found a show I like on mainstream tv, and then it gets yanked. Brutal, just brutal.
The other thing which really puzzles me is how "Chuck" got picked up for a full season as well as "Life". I've seen Chuck a few times and the show seemed so one dimensional.
Geek has hot CIA agent and CIA sidekick. Geek saves the world every week after having an entire database full of information. The acting was lame, the dialogue was even worse and after a few weeks, it just seemed like the same show over and over again. No character development and nothing really exciting because you already knew how it would turn out. As far as "Life" goes, I have to admit I've never seen the show, but I thought the premise was cool - cop gets locked up for a long time, then gets out and goes back to being a cop, but never played by the rules - a little Dirty Harry if you will. Then I read the reviews and it just got torn apart by the critics. I just checked out and never watched it. Again, I'm surprised why it got picked up for a full season.
Keeping on my TV rant, let's try and tackle The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo. I watched the first season and it was like a train wreck. Arogant rich people, arogant rich
kids and all the "drama" which followed. The only thing which was interesting about the show was all the women had big fake boobs. Nearly every outfit they wore had plenty of cleavage. Beyond the low grade T & A, the family drama was pretty humerous for me. It was like I was routing for bad things to happen to t his rich, spoiled snobs. When things did happen, I was talking to the tv saying, "Serves you right you dumb mother fuckers."
One of the more interesting themes was the enpowerment of women on the show. A majority of the women were all very successful. The two who stuck out were Jeana and Vicki. Jeana was a real estate baron and Vicki was an insurance agent.
Jeana was successful enough to have purchased a house for each of her three kids. She married a pro baseball player who got beaned in the dugout (imagine that) which almost killed him and turned him into a surly, quick tempered husband. He was never on camera much, but when he was, it was funny. He was like the grumpy old man, cursing and yelling at everybody for no reason. Hilarious. In the new season, Jeana's now talking divorce. Then again, she was saying the same thing during the first season, so I'm wondering how much of this is scripted for the cameras.
In the first season Vicki's husband got laid off from Home Depot and in need of a job so this meant Vicki was the sole provider for her family. It seemed like it wasn't a big deal since Vicki had been so successful as an insurance broker. After he finally got a new job, it meant they didn't see each other very much and the dreaded "D" word was uttered. She was totally neurotic and really got on my nerves. Her voice was like hearing two cats humping in my back
yard.
This new season was a lot like last season. Jo and one of the other Blondies moved on and are no longer part of the show - thank god. Jo was a total gold digger. She wanted all the $$$$ and no responsibility and her boyfriend wanted some woman who stayed home with the kids, cleaned the house and humped him when he wanted it. Dude just didn't get she was still like 23 and needed to be out there and be wild and crazy when she wants to - she was no where near what "smiley" really wanted. it was funny to see her just walk all over him and then watch him cry when she would break up with him.
ANYWAYS, getting back to this season. More moronic kids and arogant a-holes who don't seem to appreciate what the value of hard work. I felt bad for the girls whose dad Lou died. He was the guy last year who got the girls set up to market their "OC Energy" drink. I guess his Thai mail order bride took off with all of his money and told the ex wife and kids to F off. NOW THAT was funny. Although the two daughters seem to be the only grounded kids on the show. I guess not having all the money and power will do it to you huh? Looks like Jeana strapped on about 15 pounds since last year. She looks like crap, her face is all puffy and youc an see she's packed on a few. At least her two sons are getting along and her daughter seems to have her head screwed on straight.
There's some new blonde on who has the fake rack and is in real estate and last episode landing two big clients and then took them out and then proceeded to act like awhore in front of them. It seemed rather scripted for the show, but she comes off like a stupid blonde.
Oh well, we'll see where this season goes, but I just thank the lord when I see these people I feel like I have a "normal" life.
This is all I have for right now. What a day, only about 15 mintues left and then its time for me to pack it in for the day.
I'm sure I'll be writing more now I'm transitioning out of my current job. I already made my numbers for the year and I'm going to coast till the end fo the year.
LATERS BRAH!!
RAMBLIN ON
Wow, its already been another month? Jesus time flys when you get old. There's been so much going on, I've just been riding the wave right now and trying to stay out of the fallout.
In a nutshell, here'e what's transpired in the last month at work:
Our department continues to expand and contract. We added four new positions. These "team lead" positions were just filled afew weeks ago and now they need to "backfill" the rest of the positions. This included around 11 open positions.
Here's where it gets interesting. . . .
I had the opportunity to interview for the position directly below the Team Lead, whcih would mean an increase in responsibility, an increase in salary and some other duties. I was also working on the training agenda and program for next year (which is a totally different story) but it's about to get shelved.
I decided to take another gig on another team and leave my nice comfy job I'm currently in. This will effectively end our training program because I'm really the only guy working on it and trying to get the materials together.
The new position is more programming oriented and I'll be doing a more developement stuff, which is what I'm really interested in. It's a lateral move, but next year I'll get another raise so at least the future looks bright.
I'll lament later on what a weird process it was for me to get the new job.
What else? Meh. Still arguing with the mother of my son about various things, including sending him to a military school, visitation and the cost of future traveling costs. I just wish she'd get a clue, wise up and actually compromise. I guess you can't win em all huh?
Man, I gotta change the station I'm listening to right now. My creative juices are lacking because I'm listening to the history of Howard Stern and its really confusing to try and recall everything that's happened over the past
month and be witty and thoughtful
when I'm half listening, half thinking about what to write. In any case, the show's been awesome
thus far. Lots of things I never knew about Howard and how his current show on Sirius is really
the evolution of something he's been working his whole life on. Its really cool.
I switched it up and am now listening to Trance music on my Sirius streaming player which at least has me able to concentrate better on what I want to say.
I guess over the next few weeks I'll have to post something witty about the year, review what's happened in my own life and what else is happening aroudn the world. I know I posted a cool timeline last year, so maybe I'll do something similar.
I think tonight I'll have some commentary on my United Red Devils, how I feel about NBC cancelling my favorite show Journeyman, ( I might have to re-do the link to Wikipedia or something because I'm fairly certain the show is canceled) and my thoughts on the new season of Housewives of Orange County.
Till then homies, keep your sticks on the ice.
