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FOX releases its fall schedule [Deadline]
- Very standard schedule from FOX, moving Glee to Thursday, Touch to Friday, and filling in the rest. Notably, no sci-fi, after Terra Nova and Alcatraz flopping this season.
Next season of 30 Rock will be the last [E! Online]
- Everyone saw that coming.
FOX gets Britney Spears and Demi Lovato for The X-Factor [Deadline]
- I normally don't comment on reality shows, but this move is hilarious. The X-Factor definitely underperformed this season, so Simon is trying to make up for that by bringing in notable celebrities regardless of credentials. At least with American Idol, you could say that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez have been in the music business for a long time. You argue the same for Britney, I guess, but Demi Lovato? Seriously?
Harry's Law executive producer apparently thinks TV By the Numbers is powerful enough to influence ratings. [TVBTN]
- Obviously this is untrue, but given the absurd things producers, actors, etc say about ratings, he might actually believe this and isn't saying that out of frustration.
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Smash's season finale wraps up an absurd season with more absurdity. The height of this comes when Ellis announces to Eileen that he was the one who put the peanut in Rebecca's drink. He gets fired, smiles, strolls off, and we don't see him for the rest of the episode. ???????? Do the writers even know what they want Ellis to be? Normally, bad television characters get disappeared. Smash writers, oblivious to everything, continued to write Ellis until there was nothing left to write. He was evil and was scheming, but he didn't accomplish anything and Eileen should be calling the cops on him. The rest of the episode was the same 'ol silliness like Derek hallucinating Karen was Marilyn. The next twist after Julia's pregnancy should be Derek's brain tumor, to explain why he sees thing no one, including the TV audience, sees.
House's series finale will undoubtedly be an unhappy affair, with House going back to prison and Wilson dying. The way House violated his parole was contrived, but it's pointless to complain when the show is over. At this point, I think everyone would agree that the writers missed out on almost every opportunity to do something with the characters beyond the mundane. Now with one final episode, we'll see the writers throw in the towel and make the characters unhappy.
How I Met Your Mother: Robin describes how Ted chooses to get involved with women he knows aren't suitable, and Ted realizes what she says is true. The same can be said about the way the writers dole out the plot. They simply refuse to commit to anything that the viewers would find truly engaging. Robin and Barney? I guess that could be okay, but the wedding twists was completely expected. And Victoria? The clues old Ted already stated seem to rule her out.
Well, that's the seventh season of Bones. The big problem with the season finale is that Palent isn't a good villain. Although he is a bland guy personally, he can literally do magic. Anything he wants to happen happens, and this leaves zero choices for the characters, which leads to Bones running off. The Palent characters feels more like a tool for Bones to run off and get that emotional impact at the end than a serious villain.
Even though soldiers are marching and ships are massing, Game of Thrones steps away from the war and really looks inward towards the characters with several personal conversations. We get Cersei lamenting what Joffrey has become, Tywin discussing legacies and his own, Jon explaining the Night's Watch to Ygritte, Robb and the nurse, and Jaime and his cousin Alton talking about their squiring experiences. It shows us that these characters are not just pawns on a battlefield, even if that's who they will become. They are living people with lifetimes of experiences and desires, and with war bearing down on them, there's nothing to do but think about what could have been. As far as major plot developments, there wasn't too much except for more trouble in Qarth and the Karstarks wanting to kill Jaime for trying to escape.
Book spoilers: Game of Thrones deviates more heavily from the book every week. This week jumbled everything around, tilting things towards the end of the season. In the book, Jaime doesn't proactively try to escape; rather, Tyrion hatches a scheme which almost succeeds. The changes in the show do two things: 1) It makes Tyrion seem less competent, which seems to be the general pattern this season. 2) It makes Jaime seem more bloodthirsty than he should be. Dany's story in the book is pretty boring, as nothing really comes of it in the end, but the show tries to spice things up with some internal politics. Jon gets captured before rejoining Qhorin and the others, which is a big change. In the book, it's Jon and Qhorin alone, fighting off wildings, until they are captured. Prior, Qhorin tells Jon to anything in order to spy on the wildings, leading to Jon killing Qhorin. I believe this will happen more or less once Qhorin is captured alongside Jon, but there won't be the big fight which I was looking forward to.
Betty has been the most problematic character of Mad Men, and is even more problematic in the fifth season when she's not in every episode, not married to Don, and January Jones is pregnant. Betty comes into the episode like a gust of wind, stirring everything up and causing trouble. After everything settles down, you can't help but think, "Well, that's Betty." She's an empty character, lacking the magnetic charms of the other women on the show, or even the patheticness Peter currently embodies. She's just Betty. The rest of the episode was a bit weird because it Ginsberg is set up to be Don's adversary this season. When did Ginsberg get so prissy about his work that he'd directly confront Don?
Fringe's fourth season finale is a test of how much "making up bullshit" you can stand. Objectively speaking, a vast majority of the episode comes from nowhere, with explanations and motivations flying from nowhere. William Bell, following his magical reappearance last week, turns out to be insane, but already not a very good criminal, so his plans go to waste. Walter, Peter, and Olivia save the day and everything turns out great--except for August's warning, referring to the coming invasion, again something not backed up by prior evidence.
Supernatural: I'm willing to buy the reappearance of the Alpha, I'm willing to buy the eventually Leviathan vs. Winchesters vs. Angels vs. Crowley battle, even if nothing has been developed particularly well. What I'm not willing to accept is how poorly the ghost Bobby story has been written. I just don't get it. It's been going on, and I can't grasp what the writers are doing. Okay, he's dead, he's a ghost, he sometimes helps the Winchesters, and now he's becoming a vengeful spirit. What's the point? I guess this question could be applied to the rest of the show. The writers have done a horrible job with the overall plot of the season, meandering from one idea to the next. While the first five seasons focused on demons and Hell, eventually leading to Lucifer and the Apocalypse, this season has gone nowhere. Yeah, Dick Roman is a Leviathan and taking everything over, and there are other factions who oppose him, but there doesn't seem to be a greater point to all this other than God being a bigger dick than Dick.
Common Law gives off this vibe that it's trying a little too hard to make Travis and Wes dislike each other. I mean, the underlying theme behind their partnership is that they are meant for each other. Besides that, the pilot has the spunk you'd except from a USA pilot. It's fast moving, presents the characters decently, and a crime gets solved. But there's nothing about the show that really makes it necessary.
In the penultimate episode of the season, Grimm sets up a situation where Hank and Juliette are poised to learn Nick's secrets. Hank sees the Wildermann change forms in front of him and Juliette discovers that the DNA of Wildermann isn't human or animal. Will the show actually pull the trigger, though?
Awake was canceled as expected, but as the show moves towards the season finale, it's clear the show is leaving before its time. Lots of twisty things in last week's episode, showcasing the potential of the dual reality format and the psychological effects.
Well, there's the last of The Finder, canceled as expected on Thursday. I, for one, am sad to see it go. The acting was solid and the writing was quirky enough to differentiate it from the multitude of generic police procedurals out there. If there had to be one thing that sunk the show, I would point to the Gypsy story. I think Willa as a personality is fine, but the random Gypsy stuff never really came together. It was always hanging on the sides of episodes and never made an impact on the show, other than when it explicitly affected Willa. FOX's failures to spin-off Bones follows CBS failure to spin-off Criminal Minds.
The Secret Circle was canceled on Friday, and I don't particularly mind. I probably would have watched the second season, but the writing never improved through the season and the finale contained many of the serious flaws seen throughout the season. The plotting is lax with characters running around the place to follow magical leads, which became the ultimate plot device, and the enemies were never that scary. On the character side, I'd say the biggest failure was in Dawn and Charles. The writers clearly had no idea how to use them, making them absent from most episodes and present only when they're needed, despite the glaring fact that the series began with Charles killing Cassie's mother.
The Vampire Diaries season finale, on the other hand, was all sorts of awesome. Twists came rapidly--Klaus dying, Klaus taking over Tyler's body, Damon meeting Elena before the beginning of the series, and finally Elena dying and becoming a vampire--mixed in with character moments--all the vampires preparing to die, Elena making a choice between the brothers, Caroline and Tyler.
The Mentalist: Red John poked a prodded Jane, showing him how little control he has, and Jane finally snapped. He's out of the CBI and it looks like he'll go even further in the season finale.
There was no chance in my mind that Parks and Recreation would not end the season with Leslie not winning the city council seat. She does win in the end, despite the writers trying to string us along for most of the episode. The decision to make her win was sitting on the table, an opportunity to advanced the show in new direction that simply could not be passed. With the very skilled way the writers have and continue to handle the show, I'm not worried at all where everything will go.
At the end of The Office's season finale, I wondered if that really was the season finale and checked Wikipedia to confirm. That's the kind of season it was. You can't really believe how ineffectual the show is at everything--the humor, drama, even basic plot structure. The season ends with Andy back as manager, Nellie possibly staying, and Robert California thankfully gone, and the show is where it was a season ago. The Robert California experience turned out to be a continuation of the DeAngelo Vickers story, a big name star playing an unscrupulous weirdo while the rest of the characters remained stagnant, save a few random twists along the way, which didn't amount to much.
Community again did the cool twist on the clip show idea, showing clips of things we've never seen before. It also did something that wasn't in the clip show last year, with clips of things we have seen, only reflected in the psych ward style. The characters being in Greendale Asylum actually makes plenty of sense, as the trampoline and paintball fight are too good to be true if this was real life. In the end, it was part of Chang's larger scheme, and the group, fine with what neuroses they have, is prepared to fight him.
I don't remember saying anything about The Big Bang Theory for a very long time, so I thought I'd say something about the season finale. We can expect by now that the show is static; nothing major will change, even if Howard and Bernadette are married. The show works as long as the plots aren't too ludicrous and the characters don't become too unlikable. In this sense, the fifth season was pretty good, with plenty of amusing moments and little cringeworthy moments.
Revenge: An episode consistently entirely of flashbacks needs to show something the viewers would not be able to construct on their own. There has to be something that is actually shocking, changing something viewers know in the present. Otherwise, there's no point and it's a waste of time. Revenge, unfortunately, spent an entire hour in the past telling us essentially nothing. We see the origins of Emily's quest, but there is nothing that's particularly unexpected. When we go back to the present, we see the symmetry that lies in New Year's Eve, but the flashbacks still weren't necessary.
New Girl turned out to be a good show that grew beyond the initial draw of the adorkable. The other characters became better known and by the end of the season, I looked forward to seeing what every character would do each week. The season finale sets it up so that Nick is going to leave their apartment, but it's a light-hearted comedy in its first season so of course he says in the end.
Remember when Glee made domestic violence a big issue in the previous week? I do, but not Glee writers. Once again, they show the world how dumb they are, diminishing an important issue by completely ignoring it. (Remember Karofsky?) The plot machinations to the prom plot were as bad as it gets, with the ridiculous lead-up to the anti-prom, Quinn needlessly becoming a psycho again, and then Quinn and Santana making Rachel prom queen.
House's series finale will undoubtedly be an unhappy affair, with House going back to prison and Wilson dying. The way House violated his parole was contrived, but it's pointless to complain when the show is over. At this point, I think everyone would agree that the writers missed out on almost every opportunity to do something with the characters beyond the mundane. Now with one final episode, we'll see the writers throw in the towel and make the characters unhappy.
How I Met Your Mother: Robin describes how Ted chooses to get involved with women he knows aren't suitable, and Ted realizes what she says is true. The same can be said about the way the writers dole out the plot. They simply refuse to commit to anything that the viewers would find truly engaging. Robin and Barney? I guess that could be okay, but the wedding twists was completely expected. And Victoria? The clues old Ted already stated seem to rule her out.
Well, that's the seventh season of Bones. The big problem with the season finale is that Palent isn't a good villain. Although he is a bland guy personally, he can literally do magic. Anything he wants to happen happens, and this leaves zero choices for the characters, which leads to Bones running off. The Palent characters feels more like a tool for Bones to run off and get that emotional impact at the end than a serious villain.
Even though soldiers are marching and ships are massing, Game of Thrones steps away from the war and really looks inward towards the characters with several personal conversations. We get Cersei lamenting what Joffrey has become, Tywin discussing legacies and his own, Jon explaining the Night's Watch to Ygritte, Robb and the nurse, and Jaime and his cousin Alton talking about their squiring experiences. It shows us that these characters are not just pawns on a battlefield, even if that's who they will become. They are living people with lifetimes of experiences and desires, and with war bearing down on them, there's nothing to do but think about what could have been. As far as major plot developments, there wasn't too much except for more trouble in Qarth and the Karstarks wanting to kill Jaime for trying to escape.
Book spoilers: Game of Thrones deviates more heavily from the book every week. This week jumbled everything around, tilting things towards the end of the season. In the book, Jaime doesn't proactively try to escape; rather, Tyrion hatches a scheme which almost succeeds. The changes in the show do two things: 1) It makes Tyrion seem less competent, which seems to be the general pattern this season. 2) It makes Jaime seem more bloodthirsty than he should be. Dany's story in the book is pretty boring, as nothing really comes of it in the end, but the show tries to spice things up with some internal politics. Jon gets captured before rejoining Qhorin and the others, which is a big change. In the book, it's Jon and Qhorin alone, fighting off wildings, until they are captured. Prior, Qhorin tells Jon to anything in order to spy on the wildings, leading to Jon killing Qhorin. I believe this will happen more or less once Qhorin is captured alongside Jon, but there won't be the big fight which I was looking forward to.
Betty has been the most problematic character of Mad Men, and is even more problematic in the fifth season when she's not in every episode, not married to Don, and January Jones is pregnant. Betty comes into the episode like a gust of wind, stirring everything up and causing trouble. After everything settles down, you can't help but think, "Well, that's Betty." She's an empty character, lacking the magnetic charms of the other women on the show, or even the patheticness Peter currently embodies. She's just Betty. The rest of the episode was a bit weird because it Ginsberg is set up to be Don's adversary this season. When did Ginsberg get so prissy about his work that he'd directly confront Don?
Fringe's fourth season finale is a test of how much "making up bullshit" you can stand. Objectively speaking, a vast majority of the episode comes from nowhere, with explanations and motivations flying from nowhere. William Bell, following his magical reappearance last week, turns out to be insane, but already not a very good criminal, so his plans go to waste. Walter, Peter, and Olivia save the day and everything turns out great--except for August's warning, referring to the coming invasion, again something not backed up by prior evidence.
Supernatural: I'm willing to buy the reappearance of the Alpha, I'm willing to buy the eventually Leviathan vs. Winchesters vs. Angels vs. Crowley battle, even if nothing has been developed particularly well. What I'm not willing to accept is how poorly the ghost Bobby story has been written. I just don't get it. It's been going on, and I can't grasp what the writers are doing. Okay, he's dead, he's a ghost, he sometimes helps the Winchesters, and now he's becoming a vengeful spirit. What's the point? I guess this question could be applied to the rest of the show. The writers have done a horrible job with the overall plot of the season, meandering from one idea to the next. While the first five seasons focused on demons and Hell, eventually leading to Lucifer and the Apocalypse, this season has gone nowhere. Yeah, Dick Roman is a Leviathan and taking everything over, and there are other factions who oppose him, but there doesn't seem to be a greater point to all this other than God being a bigger dick than Dick.
Common Law gives off this vibe that it's trying a little too hard to make Travis and Wes dislike each other. I mean, the underlying theme behind their partnership is that they are meant for each other. Besides that, the pilot has the spunk you'd except from a USA pilot. It's fast moving, presents the characters decently, and a crime gets solved. But there's nothing about the show that really makes it necessary.
In the penultimate episode of the season, Grimm sets up a situation where Hank and Juliette are poised to learn Nick's secrets. Hank sees the Wildermann change forms in front of him and Juliette discovers that the DNA of Wildermann isn't human or animal. Will the show actually pull the trigger, though?
Awake was canceled as expected, but as the show moves towards the season finale, it's clear the show is leaving before its time. Lots of twisty things in last week's episode, showcasing the potential of the dual reality format and the psychological effects.
Well, there's the last of The Finder, canceled as expected on Thursday. I, for one, am sad to see it go. The acting was solid and the writing was quirky enough to differentiate it from the multitude of generic police procedurals out there. If there had to be one thing that sunk the show, I would point to the Gypsy story. I think Willa as a personality is fine, but the random Gypsy stuff never really came together. It was always hanging on the sides of episodes and never made an impact on the show, other than when it explicitly affected Willa. FOX's failures to spin-off Bones follows CBS failure to spin-off Criminal Minds.
The Secret Circle was canceled on Friday, and I don't particularly mind. I probably would have watched the second season, but the writing never improved through the season and the finale contained many of the serious flaws seen throughout the season. The plotting is lax with characters running around the place to follow magical leads, which became the ultimate plot device, and the enemies were never that scary. On the character side, I'd say the biggest failure was in Dawn and Charles. The writers clearly had no idea how to use them, making them absent from most episodes and present only when they're needed, despite the glaring fact that the series began with Charles killing Cassie's mother.
The Vampire Diaries season finale, on the other hand, was all sorts of awesome. Twists came rapidly--Klaus dying, Klaus taking over Tyler's body, Damon meeting Elena before the beginning of the series, and finally Elena dying and becoming a vampire--mixed in with character moments--all the vampires preparing to die, Elena making a choice between the brothers, Caroline and Tyler.
The Mentalist: Red John poked a prodded Jane, showing him how little control he has, and Jane finally snapped. He's out of the CBI and it looks like he'll go even further in the season finale.
There was no chance in my mind that Parks and Recreation would not end the season with Leslie not winning the city council seat. She does win in the end, despite the writers trying to string us along for most of the episode. The decision to make her win was sitting on the table, an opportunity to advanced the show in new direction that simply could not be passed. With the very skilled way the writers have and continue to handle the show, I'm not worried at all where everything will go.
At the end of The Office's season finale, I wondered if that really was the season finale and checked Wikipedia to confirm. That's the kind of season it was. You can't really believe how ineffectual the show is at everything--the humor, drama, even basic plot structure. The season ends with Andy back as manager, Nellie possibly staying, and Robert California thankfully gone, and the show is where it was a season ago. The Robert California experience turned out to be a continuation of the DeAngelo Vickers story, a big name star playing an unscrupulous weirdo while the rest of the characters remained stagnant, save a few random twists along the way, which didn't amount to much.
Community again did the cool twist on the clip show idea, showing clips of things we've never seen before. It also did something that wasn't in the clip show last year, with clips of things we have seen, only reflected in the psych ward style. The characters being in Greendale Asylum actually makes plenty of sense, as the trampoline and paintball fight are too good to be true if this was real life. In the end, it was part of Chang's larger scheme, and the group, fine with what neuroses they have, is prepared to fight him.
I don't remember saying anything about The Big Bang Theory for a very long time, so I thought I'd say something about the season finale. We can expect by now that the show is static; nothing major will change, even if Howard and Bernadette are married. The show works as long as the plots aren't too ludicrous and the characters don't become too unlikable. In this sense, the fifth season was pretty good, with plenty of amusing moments and little cringeworthy moments.
Revenge: An episode consistently entirely of flashbacks needs to show something the viewers would not be able to construct on their own. There has to be something that is actually shocking, changing something viewers know in the present. Otherwise, there's no point and it's a waste of time. Revenge, unfortunately, spent an entire hour in the past telling us essentially nothing. We see the origins of Emily's quest, but there is nothing that's particularly unexpected. When we go back to the present, we see the symmetry that lies in New Year's Eve, but the flashbacks still weren't necessary.
New Girl turned out to be a good show that grew beyond the initial draw of the adorkable. The other characters became better known and by the end of the season, I looked forward to seeing what every character would do each week. The season finale sets it up so that Nick is going to leave their apartment, but it's a light-hearted comedy in its first season so of course he says in the end.
Remember when Glee made domestic violence a big issue in the previous week? I do, but not Glee writers. Once again, they show the world how dumb they are, diminishing an important issue by completely ignoring it. (Remember Karofsky?) The plot machinations to the prom plot were as bad as it gets, with the ridiculous lead-up to the anti-prom, Quinn needlessly becoming a psycho again, and then Quinn and Santana making Rachel prom queen.
TV News and Tidbits 5/15/12
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ABC releases its 2012 fall schedule [Deadline]
- Revenge moves to Sunday after Once Upon a Time. The oddest thing is Last Resort before Grey's Anatomy. Yeah, the trailer is awesome and Shawn Ryan is a great writer, but I'm not sure if it will work there.
Syfy announces dates for Eureka series finale, Warehouse 13 and Alphas premieres [TV Line]
- It looks like Syfy will be doing that split season stuff with Warehouse 13, airing 10 episodes during the summer and then 10 episodes some time later. Interestingly, there's no Haven which aired during the summer in its first two seasons, which may indicate it'll move to the fall when Sanctuary used to air. By now, I think it's safe to say Sanctuary won't be coming back for a fifth season.
Rules of Engagement talks coming down to the wire, The Mentalist moving to another night [Deadline]
- This story is mostly speculation, but it's good information nonetheless. If CBS produced RoE, it'd be renewed already, but since Sony owns it, we'll have to wait and see what happens. The Mentalist moving to Sundays would not surprise me.
What do we want from a TV finale? [AV Club]
- The Shield, I think, had the best season finale possible. Plots came together in roaring fashion, the roller coaster kept going up and down, then straight down, and the characters got what they deserved. It was truly an inspired episode of television, living up to the seven seasons before it. Of the controversial finales, I would give The Sopranos the biggest pass. It was never a plot-driven show by the series finale, all the pertinent plot developments being resolved. When the screen goes black, you can interpret it however you want. Some people think Tony gets wacked, others don't. The greater point is that the future, especially from the Sopranos, is uncertain, as we saw from the numerous characters who got blindsided over the years. However, these shows have a key difference with shows like Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and Fringe in that the latter three were science fiction and tried to create an elaborate universe where other higher powers were at work. The ambiguity of higher powers is nothing like the ambiguity of Tony's fate. People wanted definite answers: WTF are the angels doing in BSG and why would God care? What was the point of ____ on Lost? Unfortunately, these shows took trajectories that made these questions either unanswerable or undesirable to answer. While we're still waiting for Fringe's final, it's clear the show has taken a path different than originally imagined, leaving many questions of the earlier seasons unanswered.
- Revenge moves to Sunday after Once Upon a Time. The oddest thing is Last Resort before Grey's Anatomy. Yeah, the trailer is awesome and Shawn Ryan is a great writer, but I'm not sure if it will work there.
Syfy announces dates for Eureka series finale, Warehouse 13 and Alphas premieres [TV Line]
- It looks like Syfy will be doing that split season stuff with Warehouse 13, airing 10 episodes during the summer and then 10 episodes some time later. Interestingly, there's no Haven which aired during the summer in its first two seasons, which may indicate it'll move to the fall when Sanctuary used to air. By now, I think it's safe to say Sanctuary won't be coming back for a fifth season.
Rules of Engagement talks coming down to the wire, The Mentalist moving to another night [Deadline]
- This story is mostly speculation, but it's good information nonetheless. If CBS produced RoE, it'd be renewed already, but since Sony owns it, we'll have to wait and see what happens. The Mentalist moving to Sundays would not surprise me.
What do we want from a TV finale? [AV Club]
- The Shield, I think, had the best season finale possible. Plots came together in roaring fashion, the roller coaster kept going up and down, then straight down, and the characters got what they deserved. It was truly an inspired episode of television, living up to the seven seasons before it. Of the controversial finales, I would give The Sopranos the biggest pass. It was never a plot-driven show by the series finale, all the pertinent plot developments being resolved. When the screen goes black, you can interpret it however you want. Some people think Tony gets wacked, others don't. The greater point is that the future, especially from the Sopranos, is uncertain, as we saw from the numerous characters who got blindsided over the years. However, these shows have a key difference with shows like Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and Fringe in that the latter three were science fiction and tried to create an elaborate universe where other higher powers were at work. The ambiguity of higher powers is nothing like the ambiguity of Tony's fate. People wanted definite answers: WTF are the angels doing in BSG and why would God care? What was the point of ____ on Lost? Unfortunately, these shows took trajectories that made these questions either unanswerable or undesirable to answer. While we're still waiting for Fringe's final, it's clear the show has taken a path different than originally imagined, leaving many questions of the earlier seasons unanswered.
TV News and Tidbits 5/16/12
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CBS releases its 2012 fall schedule [Deadline]
- A few small, but significant, moves from CBS. Two and a Half Men move to 8:30 after TBBT and 2 Broke Girls takes Two and a Half Men's old slot at 9. Looks like CBS doesn't really care about The Mentalist anymore, sending it off after The Good Wife on Sundays.
Bill Lawrence not returning as Cougar Town's showrunner next season [Vulture]
- Cougar Town got a fourth season on TBS and now Bill Lawrence is departing, at least from his current position, as he'll probably still have input.
Newest Ask Ausiello [TV Line]
- He says there will be two deaths on Nikita, one significant and the other less so. My guesses: Sean and Roan. The Glee one is pretty funny. The first half of the slide reads, "Kurt and Rachel head to NYADA, where they live in a musically rich freshman dorm filled with spontaneous sing-offs and cutthroat competition for lead roles and solos."
- A few small, but significant, moves from CBS. Two and a Half Men move to 8:30 after TBBT and 2 Broke Girls takes Two and a Half Men's old slot at 9. Looks like CBS doesn't really care about The Mentalist anymore, sending it off after The Good Wife on Sundays.
Bill Lawrence not returning as Cougar Town's showrunner next season [Vulture]
- Cougar Town got a fourth season on TBS and now Bill Lawrence is departing, at least from his current position, as he'll probably still have input.
Newest Ask Ausiello [TV Line]
- He says there will be two deaths on Nikita, one significant and the other less so. My guesses: Sean and Roan. The Glee one is pretty funny. The first half of the slide reads, "Kurt and Rachel head to NYADA, where they live in a musically rich freshman dorm filled with spontaneous sing-offs and cutthroat competition for lead roles and solos."
Reviews 6/19/12 - 6/25/12
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The Newsroom is supposed to leave viewers misty-eyed at the end of the pilot, reminiscent of a bygone era when Americans could trust journalists to give them the truth every night of the week. In this regard, Aaron Sorkin succeeds. He is a master of drawing pathos out of nowhere, after all. The massive problems quickly arise, however, when Sorkin thinks he has good ideas--which is about all the time. He's not a deep thinker, someone who really understands anything at all, and yet his ideological bent is so present that an outside viewer, with no knowledge of Sorkin, may mistake the show for a parody. This begins in the pilot's opening monologue when the main character, a news anchor, rants about why America is no longer the greatest nation.
In full he says, "We stood up for what was right, we fought for moral reasons, we passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons, we waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men, we aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it, it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. We were able be these things and do these things because we were informed by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country anymore."
The first part about the past is, of course, a crock of bullshit by anyone who knows anything about history, and the second part about the "great men" is just dishonest pandering to the media elite. Fundamentally, Aaron Sorkin does not understand why America is the greatest country. Prior to the monologue, the main character rattles off America's rankings in various subjects, adding that the only thing America is first in is military spending. (Herein lies Sorkin's uncritical mind. More reasonable analysis would point out that America has by far the largest GDP in the world and that comparable countries spend a much lower share of their GDP on military expenditures. A statement like this would show that the US is indeed rich as fuck (the real reason for being #1) but also that perhaps the US does spend too much on the military. Stupid statements with no perspective, like pointing out that the US spends more than the next 26 countries combined, means nothing without context. (Journalists seem to love numbers--26, 40 quadrillion barrels, 100 thousand barrels--which hardly mean anything, and are adverse to percentages and comparisons.) But what do I know, I'm not a journalist.
The Newsroom keys in on broadcast journalism, and there are actually a few good moments in the pilot when everyone is scrambling after the Deepwater Horizon rig blows up and they are trying to figure out what happened. The tension in newsroom--the uncertainty of what happened and what's going to happen, whether the story will blow up in their faces--is exciting stuff. Unfortunately, it also shows what's wrong with journalism. Who are these journalists? Are they experts about anything? The answer, after seeing the characters interact for over an hour, is an emphatic no. These are regular people, spurned to action by proximity to computers with the AP wire, not education or special ability. Then they try to dig deeper. "Should government regulators have done more?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" We see the uncritical eye of journalist and the problem with the 24/7 newscycle. They look for a simple answers to problems, thinking there are never tradeoffs between things. Suppose the rigs have a 0.001% chance of exploding in a year, and suppose checking them once a month reduces this risk to 0.00099% (either by catching a problem or companies being more careful as a result), then is there a clear imperative that they should be checked each month? What happens when a serious fault is found? Is there an incentive through a fine/punishment so companies make sure there are no problems, even minor ones? Shouldn't this be important information for these "great men?" (Obviously I have no clue about any specifics, but that's the kind of information I'd like to know.) At the most basic level, these journalists should recognize that no one wants an oil rig to blow up and that the risk of explosion may depend on how much things cost, but apparently no one cared to find out these things.
There is instant reaction to developing stories, regardless of all the facts. Journalists are so eager to get the story out and they know so little that they end up going on air, spouting off a few choice facts, getting into the faces of interviewees, entertaining the public, and suddenly they're supposed to be revered. That's horseshit and apparently what Aaron Sorkin is promoting.
I caught up on The Killing in the past week, and if there's one thing that was clear to me after watching episodes consecutively, it's that you can't keep the tone and lighting of a show so gloomy for 26 episodes. It's not the story that bothered me (though a good story could have helped) so much as the sluggishness and overall feel of the show. By the end, I just wanted it to be over with. As for the eventual reveal of the real killer Terry, I thought that came together fairly well. I believe in my first review of The Killing, I predicted the killer would be Jamie, thinking his crazy political aspirations would lead him to kill. Close enough, I guess!
Falling Skies hasn't changed, unfortunately. This week's episode featured one of the stupidest moments on the series, Tom volunteering to join the Berserkers right after they try to kill him. This is somehow supposed to make sense, but it just makes Tom look either stupid or too boy scout. The rest of the episode is a tad more sensible. Jimmy gets killed off kind of randomly and a plane supposedly from Charleston arrives. In the end, the group heads south for Charleston where great promises await. The characters didn't seem to mind that it sounded far too good to be true, though. I guess that never happened in Tom's history books.
True Blood always starts seasons quickly, but this season is quite different, with the third episode essentially repeating everything in the second episode, which was already a bit sparse. We get different looks at the same situation, but overall it was a bit surprisingly to see the season proceed in this manner. Maybe this means the end of the season will be exciting for change. The stuff that is usually good remained good, so Pam's flashbacks were great, as well as the exploration into vampire history. Of course there was the usual bad parts with Tara and the pointless Terry parts.
I have been reluctant to comment on Continuum since it doesn't air in the US, but by the time it reaches Syfy, I'll probably have forgotten everything. The show continues to expand on the future and it also dived into time travel mechanics, namely what would happen if someone's ancestor was killed. As we saw in this week's episode, killing one's grandmother does nothing to that person. Huge implications for the future and whether Kiera can actually return to where she belongs.
Suits builds on the discord sown in the season two premiere with more drama and setup for the future. This time we see more Rachel and how she fits in to Mike's life. Mike wants to be with her and honest, but Harvey recognizes that more people should not know about Mike's secret, and since Harvey has more power, Mike has to comply. They haven't reached the stage yet where Mike would be willing to blackmail Harvey, but that's definitely a possibility, given their predicament.
Burn Notice seems to have gotten a second wind in its sixth season, although it's yet to be seen whether it lasts. With Fiona dealing with people in prison and Michael not thinking straight, there are more elements which actually matter than in previous seasons when there was a random big bad to contend with.
Wilfred is a puzzling show and the second season premiere may be the most puzzling episode yet. It drags us back and forth between Ryan's work and the mental institution, both equally crazy places, before settling in a world where Ryan is still a lawyer, albeit a very tired one, Jenna is still there but is with another guy, and the basement exists. At the end of the day, Wilfred is a show about a talking dog. It'll be delightful no matter what, regardless of the plot.
Dallas took a step down in the second week as we got to see how the show would go without the normal expository material. There is more of the shady dealings, backstabbings, and characters trying to control their feelings, but also a lot more of the clunky, juvenile science from the first two episodes. It's embarrassingly bad. Even the most seasoned actors wouldn't be able to make it sound believable.
Royal Pains is trying to go for more drama this season and I'm hesitant to say whether this was a good move. Admittedly, Hank and Evan fighting is more interesting than the usual storylines, but this constant sniping undermines their characters and makes them all look back, Divya included. One thing I'll say for certain is that the handling of Jill's story has been horrific. The writers drag out her leaving for a season, then abruptly has her job taken away right before leaving, and then in last week's episode gets a new, better job in Africa. WTF?
In full he says, "We stood up for what was right, we fought for moral reasons, we passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons, we waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men, we aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it, it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. We were able be these things and do these things because we were informed by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country anymore."
The first part about the past is, of course, a crock of bullshit by anyone who knows anything about history, and the second part about the "great men" is just dishonest pandering to the media elite. Fundamentally, Aaron Sorkin does not understand why America is the greatest country. Prior to the monologue, the main character rattles off America's rankings in various subjects, adding that the only thing America is first in is military spending. (Herein lies Sorkin's uncritical mind. More reasonable analysis would point out that America has by far the largest GDP in the world and that comparable countries spend a much lower share of their GDP on military expenditures. A statement like this would show that the US is indeed rich as fuck (the real reason for being #1) but also that perhaps the US does spend too much on the military. Stupid statements with no perspective, like pointing out that the US spends more than the next 26 countries combined, means nothing without context. (Journalists seem to love numbers--26, 40 quadrillion barrels, 100 thousand barrels--which hardly mean anything, and are adverse to percentages and comparisons.) But what do I know, I'm not a journalist.
The Newsroom keys in on broadcast journalism, and there are actually a few good moments in the pilot when everyone is scrambling after the Deepwater Horizon rig blows up and they are trying to figure out what happened. The tension in newsroom--the uncertainty of what happened and what's going to happen, whether the story will blow up in their faces--is exciting stuff. Unfortunately, it also shows what's wrong with journalism. Who are these journalists? Are they experts about anything? The answer, after seeing the characters interact for over an hour, is an emphatic no. These are regular people, spurned to action by proximity to computers with the AP wire, not education or special ability. Then they try to dig deeper. "Should government regulators have done more?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" We see the uncritical eye of journalist and the problem with the 24/7 newscycle. They look for a simple answers to problems, thinking there are never tradeoffs between things. Suppose the rigs have a 0.001% chance of exploding in a year, and suppose checking them once a month reduces this risk to 0.00099% (either by catching a problem or companies being more careful as a result), then is there a clear imperative that they should be checked each month? What happens when a serious fault is found? Is there an incentive through a fine/punishment so companies make sure there are no problems, even minor ones? Shouldn't this be important information for these "great men?" (Obviously I have no clue about any specifics, but that's the kind of information I'd like to know.) At the most basic level, these journalists should recognize that no one wants an oil rig to blow up and that the risk of explosion may depend on how much things cost, but apparently no one cared to find out these things.
There is instant reaction to developing stories, regardless of all the facts. Journalists are so eager to get the story out and they know so little that they end up going on air, spouting off a few choice facts, getting into the faces of interviewees, entertaining the public, and suddenly they're supposed to be revered. That's horseshit and apparently what Aaron Sorkin is promoting.
I caught up on The Killing in the past week, and if there's one thing that was clear to me after watching episodes consecutively, it's that you can't keep the tone and lighting of a show so gloomy for 26 episodes. It's not the story that bothered me (though a good story could have helped) so much as the sluggishness and overall feel of the show. By the end, I just wanted it to be over with. As for the eventual reveal of the real killer Terry, I thought that came together fairly well. I believe in my first review of The Killing, I predicted the killer would be Jamie, thinking his crazy political aspirations would lead him to kill. Close enough, I guess!
Falling Skies hasn't changed, unfortunately. This week's episode featured one of the stupidest moments on the series, Tom volunteering to join the Berserkers right after they try to kill him. This is somehow supposed to make sense, but it just makes Tom look either stupid or too boy scout. The rest of the episode is a tad more sensible. Jimmy gets killed off kind of randomly and a plane supposedly from Charleston arrives. In the end, the group heads south for Charleston where great promises await. The characters didn't seem to mind that it sounded far too good to be true, though. I guess that never happened in Tom's history books.
True Blood always starts seasons quickly, but this season is quite different, with the third episode essentially repeating everything in the second episode, which was already a bit sparse. We get different looks at the same situation, but overall it was a bit surprisingly to see the season proceed in this manner. Maybe this means the end of the season will be exciting for change. The stuff that is usually good remained good, so Pam's flashbacks were great, as well as the exploration into vampire history. Of course there was the usual bad parts with Tara and the pointless Terry parts.
I have been reluctant to comment on Continuum since it doesn't air in the US, but by the time it reaches Syfy, I'll probably have forgotten everything. The show continues to expand on the future and it also dived into time travel mechanics, namely what would happen if someone's ancestor was killed. As we saw in this week's episode, killing one's grandmother does nothing to that person. Huge implications for the future and whether Kiera can actually return to where she belongs.
Suits builds on the discord sown in the season two premiere with more drama and setup for the future. This time we see more Rachel and how she fits in to Mike's life. Mike wants to be with her and honest, but Harvey recognizes that more people should not know about Mike's secret, and since Harvey has more power, Mike has to comply. They haven't reached the stage yet where Mike would be willing to blackmail Harvey, but that's definitely a possibility, given their predicament.
Burn Notice seems to have gotten a second wind in its sixth season, although it's yet to be seen whether it lasts. With Fiona dealing with people in prison and Michael not thinking straight, there are more elements which actually matter than in previous seasons when there was a random big bad to contend with.
Wilfred is a puzzling show and the second season premiere may be the most puzzling episode yet. It drags us back and forth between Ryan's work and the mental institution, both equally crazy places, before settling in a world where Ryan is still a lawyer, albeit a very tired one, Jenna is still there but is with another guy, and the basement exists. At the end of the day, Wilfred is a show about a talking dog. It'll be delightful no matter what, regardless of the plot.
Dallas took a step down in the second week as we got to see how the show would go without the normal expository material. There is more of the shady dealings, backstabbings, and characters trying to control their feelings, but also a lot more of the clunky, juvenile science from the first two episodes. It's embarrassingly bad. Even the most seasoned actors wouldn't be able to make it sound believable.
Royal Pains is trying to go for more drama this season and I'm hesitant to say whether this was a good move. Admittedly, Hank and Evan fighting is more interesting than the usual storylines, but this constant sniping undermines their characters and makes them all look back, Divya included. One thing I'll say for certain is that the handling of Jill's story has been horrific. The writers drag out her leaving for a season, then abruptly has her job taken away right before leaving, and then in last week's episode gets a new, better job in Africa. WTF?
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CW its 2012 fall schedule [Deadline]
- The notable are Supernatural moving to Wednesday and of course the new shows premiering in October, not September as usual. Not exactly sure about female MD Tuesdays, but at least the settings are different. It's cool to see the network try out different dates for releasing new shows. It might make a difference, though the big worry is that other news shows will get so much buzz that CW's shows will be afterthoughts by October. CW's offerings seem pretty good this year, although execution is always the biggest problem for the network.
Breakout Kings canceled [Deadline]
- BK's ratings were quite a bit lower in the second season than the first. A&E can't seem to find a solution to scripted programming other than The Glades.
Unforgettable to cable? [Deadline]
- TNT seems like a much better fit for the show than Lifetime. Maybe moving to cable would mean a reduction in cost and usage of the ridiculous camera gimmicks.
Variety grades the upfronts [Variety]
- My impression is that NBC is trying to be as strategic as possible, knowing viewers don't tend to go to the network regardless of what's airing.
- The notable are Supernatural moving to Wednesday and of course the new shows premiering in October, not September as usual. Not exactly sure about female MD Tuesdays, but at least the settings are different. It's cool to see the network try out different dates for releasing new shows. It might make a difference, though the big worry is that other news shows will get so much buzz that CW's shows will be afterthoughts by October. CW's offerings seem pretty good this year, although execution is always the biggest problem for the network.
Breakout Kings canceled [Deadline]
- BK's ratings were quite a bit lower in the second season than the first. A&E can't seem to find a solution to scripted programming other than The Glades.
Unforgettable to cable? [Deadline]
- TNT seems like a much better fit for the show than Lifetime. Maybe moving to cable would mean a reduction in cost and usage of the ridiculous camera gimmicks.
Variety grades the upfronts [Variety]
- My impression is that NBC is trying to be as strategic as possible, knowing viewers don't tend to go to the network regardless of what's airing.
Drinking Made Easy Season 2 Episode 11 Newport, RI
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Drinking Made Easy Season 2 Episode 11 Newport, RI, Zane and Steve visit America's oldest tavern in Rhode Island, jump on board ship to do some rum running, and learn about the state's official drink. They finish it up on the court of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Zane and Steve head out to an apple farm to learn about hard apple cider. They visit a museum where sampling a flight of cocktails is a lunch-time activity, learn about the controversy surrounding Flying Dog Brewery, apply for the Jack Daniels Club, and make a bad decision.
Criminal Minds Season 7 Episode 10 The Bittersweet Science
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Criminal Minds Season 7 Episode 10 The Bittersweet Science, The BAU team investigates a string of brutal bludgeonings in Philadelphia and is led to the city's boxing scene in search of the killer. Also, Hotch makes a connection with an attractive runner as they both train for a triathlon.
The BAU team looks into the real reasons behind an apparent mass suicide of a small group of youths at a military academy. Also, Hotch and Morgan butt heads when a team member could be in jeopardy.
Survivor Season 23 Episode 14 Then There Were Five
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Survivor Season 23 Episode 14 Then There Were Five, The final five original Upolu tribe members are forced to turn on each other. At Redemption Island, Ozzy and Edna compete to see who stays in the game.
With Cochran voted to Redemption Island, it is Coach, Edna, Sophie, Albert, Rick, and Brandon are in it to win it. When Cochran makes a move in the challenge, it seems like the entire game is going to change. Three of the Six Survivors get to spend time with their loved ones and Brandon's father tries to do a little recon to see where things are at.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve, The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot's most important play of the season, the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant that illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasus and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.
It's Spike's birthday, and he's thrilled at all the great swag he receives from his friends. However, Spike's appreciation soon turns to greed, along with an all-consuming obsession to hoard everything available. Can the ponies make Spike resist his dragon heart's instincts before he turns into a full-fledged monster?
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Watch How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 7: How to Get Along With Your Boss’s New Girlfriend
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When Phil is departed choosing up Jerry’s slack at perform, he demands Bert to come on panel to offer as his new life coach, but easily understands he might have created a serious error.
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How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 7: How to Get Along With Your Boss’s New Girlfriend summary:
When Phil is departed choosing up Jerry’s slack at perform, he demands Bert to come on panel to offer as his new life coach, but easily understands he might have created a serious error.
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Watch How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 8: How to Upstage Thanksgiving. Did you miss the last episode of How To Be A Gentleman. If yes! Then here’s your second chance to watch their all new episode for Season 1 which is entitled How to Upstage Thanksgiving. This newest episode is will be schedule to air online at Saturday, June 23, 2012 exactly 8:30 PM on CBS. How To Be A Gentleman “How to Upstage Thanksgiving” is centers to; When Phil cuts out Christmas evening meal with his household to revive a connection with his ex-fiancee. See the complete episode summary below.
How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 8: How to Upstage Thanksgiving synopsis:
When Phil cuts out Christmas evening meal with his household to revive a connection with his ex-fiancee, Bert informs him of his new discovered member by displaying him the mistake of his methods.
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How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 8: How to Upstage Thanksgiving synopsis:
When Phil cuts out Christmas evening meal with his household to revive a connection with his ex-fiancee, Bert informs him of his new discovered member by displaying him the mistake of his methods.
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Watch How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 9: How to Be Shallow fans. Here we are again for another CBS best episode of How To Be A Gentleman all time favorite TV series that will on air this coming Saturday, June 23, 2012. Check out this newest episode of How To Be A Gentleman series entitled How to Be Shallow. Be sure to watch online at exactly 8:30 PM on CBS. How To Be A Gentleman “How to Be Shallow” is all about; When Phil is given to be able to ask out a style. See the complete episode summary below.
How To Be A Gentleman Season 1 Episode 9: How to Be Shallow summary:
When Phil is given to be able to ask out a style, he is required to understand that even a man can be superficial about some things. Bert finds that activities from his previous may be the purpose for his investment concerns.
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When Phil is given to be able to ask out a style, he is required to understand that even a man can be superficial about some things. Bert finds that activities from his previous may be the purpose for his investment concerns.
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Watch Tia & Tamera Season 2 Episode 1: Sister Secrets fans. Here we are again for another Style best episode of Tia & Tamera all time favorite TV series that will on air this coming Sunday, June 18, 2012. Check out this newest episode of Tia & Tamera series entitled Sister Secrets. Be sure to watch online at exactly 9:00 PM on Style. Tia & Tamera “Sister Secrets” is all about; The second season begins. See the complete episode summary below.
Tia & Tamera Season 2 Episode 1: Sister Secrets summary:
Tia having difficulties to be a regular mom and Tamera trying to divided her time between her Napa house and Los Angeles without effecting her profession.
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Tia having difficulties to be a regular mom and Tamera trying to divided her time between her Napa house and Los Angeles without effecting her profession.
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Watch Tia & Tamera Season 2 Episode 2: New York, New Image fanatic. Good news Tia & Tamera Fans for another Style best episode of Tia & Tamera all time favorite TV series that will on air this coming Sunday, June 18, 2012. The much awaited Season 2 is finally here with their all new episode entitled New York, New Image. This can be watch online at exactly 9:00 PM on Style. Tia & Tamera “New York, New Image” is all about; The ladies journey to New You are able to Town. Catch the full episode summary below.
Tia & Tamera Season 2 Episode 2: New York, New Image synopsis:
The ladies journey to New You are able to Town, where Tamera battles to existing a more evolved picture of herself to fashion-magazine authors. Tia places out to confirm to her sis that mothers know how to have fun.
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Tia & Tamera Season 2 Episode 2: New York, New Image synopsis:
The ladies journey to New You are able to Town, where Tamera battles to existing a more evolved picture of herself to fashion-magazine authors. Tia places out to confirm to her sis that mothers know how to have fun.
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Reviews 6/12/12 - 6/18/12
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The first season of Falling Skies was hit or miss--mostly miss. It has a cool idea, a band of humans fight back against aliens following a quick invasion, but the theme never realized itself into good television. The show tried, once in a while, to capture the post-apocalyptic feeling that should have been ever present given their horrible predicament; however, this would promptly be tamped by these mind numbing scenes when Tom strolls back into camp, has a reunion with his boys, and everyone is happy. Almost every episode ended with everyone happy, thinking that everything would be okay, and if all is well, then there's little tension from week to week. The cheese factor was far too high for any serious drama to exist. The second season premiere improves on these problems somewhat--I suspect, by virtue of plot density--and is more watchable than the previous season. Everything turns out fine in the end (this feature of the show is going to stay whether we like it or not), but at least there are several important difficulties which won't be resolved in next week's episode. There is actually distrust going on with Tom and his sons, and among them, and Pope isn't playing games anymore. On the mythology front, we learn that the skitters have this parasite/machine that can implant itself into people, bore holes in jars to escape, and fly back to a skitter and jump in its eye--that's it. The cliffhanger at the end of last season is mostly brushed away, with a tall alien giving out platitudes about surrendering and whatnot before letting Tom go and shooting the other prisoners. I'm hoping Falling Skies improves this season, but I love the idea behind the show so much that I'm sticking around for it no matter what.
Girls has been a very controversial show, and after watching the season finale, I think much of the arguing had nothing to do with the show itself. There is nothing about the show that warrants too much discussion. One side says something negative, the other feels compelled not only to heap unwarranted praise on the show (like saying the first season is the greatest thing ever) but also to start attacking the other side personally. From what I've read in the AV Club, negative discussion of the show would often end up in accusations of sexism...... because that's the only reason why you wouldn't like it. I mean seriously, is someone saying that Lena Dunham unattractive sexist? And is Todd VanDerWerff having a section on Glee's girls each week equally sexist? (The funny thing is, I clearly remember people complaining about it before but he and other gentlemen never cared. I suppose the lesson here is that objectifying not super-hot women gets a knee-jerk MISOGYNY cry while objectifying super-hot women does not.)You know what's sexist? The guy in India who cut off his daughter's head and paraded it around town. The Taliban poisoning the water supply of a girls' school. A ton of those Hollywood director who use the casting couch. You see these people white knighting on the AV Club, directing their vitriol random commentators to make themselves feel better, and it's pretty sad. Why not attack every show with a hot girl who can't act? Attack HBO for putting all that T&A in Game of Thrones.
About the show itself, Girls is a fun show, with enough unexpected events each week to keep viewers on their toes. But let's not pretend Girls is anything more than a quaint, quirky show that fits in with the rest of HBO's comedies. This isn't revolutionary or anything. The characters are unlikable, spoiled, and full of neuroses (a pleasant way of saying they're self-obsessed). Shoshanna isn't too bad, but her character seems to come from an NBC sitcom, not this warped reality. We never see them put effort into anything, nor are they particularly good people. Somehow, they manage to survive despite not doing anything of value. In this sense, 2 Broke Girls is actually more realistic. Girls tries to go deeper than purely work issues, to find something inside of the characters that viewers would be surprised to find inside themselves, but I think these glimmers of humanity never quite come through all the unlikable features, although there are some intersections. In the end, I like seeing what the characters do each week since the settings and situation vary so much, but there's nothing actually redeeming about any part of the show.
In week two, True Blood has already fallen into the trap of previous season--a couple interesting parts and the rest useless. The writers just love to keep 10 separate storylines, thinking each should be in every episode, when these protracted plots serve to make the episodes almost unbearable. (Is it too hard to do it Vampire Diaries style, putting off a couple plots for a a number of weeks, then bringing it back in full force, so viewers don't get bored?) Worse, the portrayal of the Authority leaves something to be desired. Although their rituals and religion are cool additions to the show, the Authority seems rather incompetent. They don't know anything about what's going on, or what Bill and Eric have been up to. For a group of seemingly powerful vampires, you'd think they'd have a massive database of information about every vampire, and spies everywhere. Instead, they're interrogating and getting nothing. And why would they need Bill and Eric to get Russell if they were so powerful themselves?
Suits is easily the most compelling drama on USA. I guess this isn't too much of a complement, considering how USA executives purposefully dumb things down, but I'd also say that Suits is more compelling than anything on TNT (maybe except The Closer). There is serious drama on the show--Mike lying about his education, Mike's girl problems, and now the other partner, Hardman, returning--and that USA slickness and carefree attitude we've come to know. All of this comes together in a nice package, and it makes Suits not only a good USA drama, but a good drama in general.
If you were to draw a string from one Burn Notice big bad to another, you'd notice something peculiar: it's one long chain. There's one big bad, then another, then another, each related only to the one directly before and after. It's this kind of storytelling which has driven Burn Notice for five seasons and is unlikely to stop, as Matt Nix basically admits that the network is the reason why the show is the way it is, if you read between the lines a bit. (Exact quote: For a lot of reasons, many of them having to do with how the show works on the network — and I’m not blaming anyone for this — our season premieres often have to hit the reset button fairly quickly.) It's a little different with Fi in prison for the time being, I'm guessing until the midseason finale, but the show can largely operate in the same way. Anson pops in once in a while, Jesse fills in for Fi, Fi has to survive in prison, and the rest of the parts fall in place.
I have a hard time caring about Royal Pains's ongoing stories. I barely remember what went down with Hank and Evan's father, and I've tuned out the Boris drama. But nothing irks me more than the Jill stuff. Since the very beginning of the show, Jill has been an ill-defined character, being part of the show only because she had a relationship with Hank. Slowly, this included Divya, but she's always been a pointless character outside of her interactions with the more important characters. The writers then tried to spice things up by having her take a position in Uruguay, and this dragged on for a season. But the writers hit a complete reset last week, having the job fall through. I get it, she doesn't have a job now and sets up a situation where she can help Hank with HankMed, but seriously, this kind of string pulling makes Burn Notice look good.
While the new Dallas isn't as bad as the recent Blue Lagoon remake on Lifetime (which is a serious challenger for the worst thing created in the history of forever), it's also not great television. The story is similar to the original, with JR, a billion years old, and his son John Ross scheming to no end while Bobby and his adopted son Christopher try to stay afloat. The first two episodes contain a multitude of twists, and by the end of it, we really get the sense that most of the characters are terrible people who have no morality and will stop at nothing to get what they want. One of the clunkiest parts of the show is when the writers are trying to be modern, bringing in this alternative energy angle. It's comes off as juvenile with discussion about Elena and Christopher's college degrees, as if an undergraduate education will be enough to compete with firms with millions of dollars who are hiring PhDs. Yeah, Elena can totally turn the tides of alternative energy!
Franklin and Bash is a silly, stupid show. Each episode has a court scene where everything goes bonkers and flies in the face of every other courtroom show. It's this kind of thing which sets the show apart from others and why I continue to watch it.
Girls has been a very controversial show, and after watching the season finale, I think much of the arguing had nothing to do with the show itself. There is nothing about the show that warrants too much discussion. One side says something negative, the other feels compelled not only to heap unwarranted praise on the show (like saying the first season is the greatest thing ever) but also to start attacking the other side personally. From what I've read in the AV Club, negative discussion of the show would often end up in accusations of sexism...... because that's the only reason why you wouldn't like it. I mean seriously, is someone saying that Lena Dunham unattractive sexist? And is Todd VanDerWerff having a section on Glee's girls each week equally sexist? (The funny thing is, I clearly remember people complaining about it before but he and other gentlemen never cared. I suppose the lesson here is that objectifying not super-hot women gets a knee-jerk MISOGYNY cry while objectifying super-hot women does not.)You know what's sexist? The guy in India who cut off his daughter's head and paraded it around town. The Taliban poisoning the water supply of a girls' school. A ton of those Hollywood director who use the casting couch. You see these people white knighting on the AV Club, directing their vitriol random commentators to make themselves feel better, and it's pretty sad. Why not attack every show with a hot girl who can't act? Attack HBO for putting all that T&A in Game of Thrones.
About the show itself, Girls is a fun show, with enough unexpected events each week to keep viewers on their toes. But let's not pretend Girls is anything more than a quaint, quirky show that fits in with the rest of HBO's comedies. This isn't revolutionary or anything. The characters are unlikable, spoiled, and full of neuroses (a pleasant way of saying they're self-obsessed). Shoshanna isn't too bad, but her character seems to come from an NBC sitcom, not this warped reality. We never see them put effort into anything, nor are they particularly good people. Somehow, they manage to survive despite not doing anything of value. In this sense, 2 Broke Girls is actually more realistic. Girls tries to go deeper than purely work issues, to find something inside of the characters that viewers would be surprised to find inside themselves, but I think these glimmers of humanity never quite come through all the unlikable features, although there are some intersections. In the end, I like seeing what the characters do each week since the settings and situation vary so much, but there's nothing actually redeeming about any part of the show.
In week two, True Blood has already fallen into the trap of previous season--a couple interesting parts and the rest useless. The writers just love to keep 10 separate storylines, thinking each should be in every episode, when these protracted plots serve to make the episodes almost unbearable. (Is it too hard to do it Vampire Diaries style, putting off a couple plots for a a number of weeks, then bringing it back in full force, so viewers don't get bored?) Worse, the portrayal of the Authority leaves something to be desired. Although their rituals and religion are cool additions to the show, the Authority seems rather incompetent. They don't know anything about what's going on, or what Bill and Eric have been up to. For a group of seemingly powerful vampires, you'd think they'd have a massive database of information about every vampire, and spies everywhere. Instead, they're interrogating and getting nothing. And why would they need Bill and Eric to get Russell if they were so powerful themselves?
Suits is easily the most compelling drama on USA. I guess this isn't too much of a complement, considering how USA executives purposefully dumb things down, but I'd also say that Suits is more compelling than anything on TNT (maybe except The Closer). There is serious drama on the show--Mike lying about his education, Mike's girl problems, and now the other partner, Hardman, returning--and that USA slickness and carefree attitude we've come to know. All of this comes together in a nice package, and it makes Suits not only a good USA drama, but a good drama in general.
If you were to draw a string from one Burn Notice big bad to another, you'd notice something peculiar: it's one long chain. There's one big bad, then another, then another, each related only to the one directly before and after. It's this kind of storytelling which has driven Burn Notice for five seasons and is unlikely to stop, as Matt Nix basically admits that the network is the reason why the show is the way it is, if you read between the lines a bit. (Exact quote: For a lot of reasons, many of them having to do with how the show works on the network — and I’m not blaming anyone for this — our season premieres often have to hit the reset button fairly quickly.) It's a little different with Fi in prison for the time being, I'm guessing until the midseason finale, but the show can largely operate in the same way. Anson pops in once in a while, Jesse fills in for Fi, Fi has to survive in prison, and the rest of the parts fall in place.
I have a hard time caring about Royal Pains's ongoing stories. I barely remember what went down with Hank and Evan's father, and I've tuned out the Boris drama. But nothing irks me more than the Jill stuff. Since the very beginning of the show, Jill has been an ill-defined character, being part of the show only because she had a relationship with Hank. Slowly, this included Divya, but she's always been a pointless character outside of her interactions with the more important characters. The writers then tried to spice things up by having her take a position in Uruguay, and this dragged on for a season. But the writers hit a complete reset last week, having the job fall through. I get it, she doesn't have a job now and sets up a situation where she can help Hank with HankMed, but seriously, this kind of string pulling makes Burn Notice look good.
While the new Dallas isn't as bad as the recent Blue Lagoon remake on Lifetime (which is a serious challenger for the worst thing created in the history of forever), it's also not great television. The story is similar to the original, with JR, a billion years old, and his son John Ross scheming to no end while Bobby and his adopted son Christopher try to stay afloat. The first two episodes contain a multitude of twists, and by the end of it, we really get the sense that most of the characters are terrible people who have no morality and will stop at nothing to get what they want. One of the clunkiest parts of the show is when the writers are trying to be modern, bringing in this alternative energy angle. It's comes off as juvenile with discussion about Elena and Christopher's college degrees, as if an undergraduate education will be enough to compete with firms with millions of dollars who are hiring PhDs. Yeah, Elena can totally turn the tides of alternative energy!
Franklin and Bash is a silly, stupid show. Each episode has a court scene where everything goes bonkers and flies in the face of every other courtroom show. It's this kind of thing which sets the show apart from others and why I continue to watch it.
Sons of Guns Season 3 Episode 3 Honey, I Blew Up the USS Kidd!
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Sons of Guns Season 3 Episode 3 Honey, I Blew Up the USS Kidd!, The crew restore a 20 mm Oerlikon cannon and a twin 40 mm Bofors antiaircraft gun aboard the USS Kidd ahead of an Independence Day show; Steph creates a ladies' line of rifles.
A Mark 19 grenade launcher and a dual mounted M240 Bravo machine gun are created for a sheriff's Gulf patrol boat; a WWII German Luger is restored; Kris has an answer for Will's ultimatum.
The Exes Season 1 Episode 3 Working Girl
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The Exes Season 1 Episode 3 Working Girl, Holly plays matchmaker for Stuart, but the result isn't exactly a success; Haskell fabricates a fabulous online profile of himself to show his ex-wife what she's missing.
Phil uses Hollys assistant to help him land a star jockey as a client, but hes got his eyes on a bigger prize. Haskell talks Stuart into selling sentimental mementos from his marriage but Stuart has trouble letting go.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve, The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot's most important play of the season, the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant that illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasus and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.
It's Spike's birthday, and he's thrilled at all the great swag he receives from his friends. However, Spike's appreciation soon turns to greed, along with an all-consuming obsession to hoard everything available. Can the ponies make Spike resist his dragon heart's instincts before he turns into a full-fledged monster?
The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room
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The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room, Julia and Billy DeMeo's family room lacks personality. Designer Sabrina Soto designs their dream family room, complete with a $25,000 price tag - but that's not in the DeMeo's budget. Sabrina then recreates the DeMeo's family room, piece by piece, for their $4000 budget.
Sabrina Soto helps the McNaught family surprise their mom, Kathy, with her dream living room for Christmas. First, Sabrina creates a luxury dream design by borrowing from her top design contacts but it cost $30,000. Using her design know how, she then recreates her design, piece by piece for the Mcnaught's $5000 budget.
21 Haziran 2012 Perşembe
Hot In Cleveland Season 3 Episode 3 Funeral Crashers
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Hot In Cleveland Season 3 Episode 3 Funeral Crashers, Elka teaches the ladies how to go funeral crashing to find the dress lost by Melanie's dry cleaner; Elka has a reunion with a man (John Mahoney) from her past.
Victoria brings Joy, Melanie and Elka along for the ride when she's a guest speaker on a gay cruise, where Melanie has a surprise reunion with her estranged sister (Laura San Giacomo), and Victoria and Joy's lesbian facade could come crashing down when they meet the ship's handsome captain.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Season 9 Episode 12 Rhodes Family
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Season 9 Episode 12 Rhodes Family, The Rhodes family is tight-knit, hardworking, loving and joyous, and have lived in their neighborhood for more than five generations. The Rhodes have always put family first. So when Grandpa James and Grandma Jackie's (also known as the neighborhood's beloved "Big Momma") adult daughter, Makia, was diagnosed with a potentially deadly brain tumor, leaving her unable to work and in need of daily care, they did not hesitate to take Makia and her kids into their 941-square foot home.
Now there are seven people living in this small dilapidated home, and although Makia has made progress, she's still experiencing mental delays and difficulties - so she relies on her parents' support every day. Despite the very cramped quarters and difficult conditions, the Rhodes still manage to exude joy, laughter and love in an inspiring example of family devotion and sacrifice.
Grimm Season 1 Episode 7 Let Your Hair Down
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Grimm Season 1 Episode 7 Let Your Hair Down, A mysterious homicide deep in the woods leads to Nick and Hank reopening a long-aborted missing persons case. When Nick suspects this abducted person might be a feral creature, he asks Monroe to help remind this wild child of her human nature.
Eddie is caught in the middle when an old flame arrives in town to investigate the death of her brother. Meanwhile, Nick is on the trial of the killer, and realizes that he has a good reason for his bloody rampage.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve, The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot's most important play of the season, the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant that illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasus and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.
It's Spike's birthday, and he's thrilled at all the great swag he receives from his friends. However, Spike's appreciation soon turns to greed, along with an all-consuming obsession to hoard everything available. Can the ponies make Spike resist his dragon heart's instincts before he turns into a full-fledged monster?
The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room
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The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room, Julia and Billy DeMeo's family room lacks personality. Designer Sabrina Soto designs their dream family room, complete with a $25,000 price tag - but that's not in the DeMeo's budget. Sabrina then recreates the DeMeo's family room, piece by piece, for their $4000 budget.
Sabrina Soto helps the McNaught family surprise their mom, Kathy, with her dream living room for Christmas. First, Sabrina creates a luxury dream design by borrowing from her top design contacts but it cost $30,000. Using her design know how, she then recreates her design, piece by piece for the Mcnaught's $5000 budget.
20 Haziran 2012 Çarşamba
Chuck Season 5 Episode 6 Chuck Versus The Curse
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Chuck Season 5 Episode 6 Chuck Versus The Curse, Chuck and Sarah race against time to take down a dangerous computer virus, pitting them against Robyn Cunnings (guest star Rebecca Romijn), a ruthless spy who will stop at nothing to get what she needs. Meanwhile, Ellie and Awesome's date night takes a dangerous turn and Morgan is sent on a special mission to recover Chuck's P.A.N.T.S.
A mission to track down a computer super virus leads Chuck to return to his roots as a hacker -- and to call on his biggest competition, Gertrude Verbanksi (guest star Carrie-Anne Moss), for help. Elsewhere, a new Buy More employee (guest star Danny Pudi) complicates Jeff and Lester's friendship.
Flying Wild Alaska Season 2 Episode 8 Top of the World
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Flying Wild Alaska Season 2 Episode 8 Top of the World, A group of world-renowned rock climbers arrive in Unk and Jim must fly them deep into the remote Brooks Range. Luke flies a Barrow whaling crew over the sea ice in search of a site to hunt the Bowhead whale so that they can feed their hungry community.
A late winter storm menaces operations; Ben deals with icing conditions while Erik employs drastic measures to ship medicine to a snowed-in village.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve, The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot's most important play of the season, the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant that illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasus and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.
It's Spike's birthday, and he's thrilled at all the great swag he receives from his friends. However, Spike's appreciation soon turns to greed, along with an all-consuming obsession to hoard everything available. Can the ponies make Spike resist his dragon heart's instincts before he turns into a full-fledged monster?
The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room
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The High Low Project Season 1 Episode 14 The DeMeo's Dream Family Room, Julia and Billy DeMeo's family room lacks personality. Designer Sabrina Soto designs their dream family room, complete with a $25,000 price tag - but that's not in the DeMeo's budget. Sabrina then recreates the DeMeo's family room, piece by piece, for their $4000 budget.
Sabrina Soto helps the McNaught family surprise their mom, Kathy, with her dream living room for Christmas. First, Sabrina creates a luxury dream design by borrowing from her top design contacts but it cost $30,000. Using her design know how, she then recreates her design, piece by piece for the Mcnaught's $5000 budget.
Bizarre ER Season 3 Episode 7 Barbecued Bottom
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Bizarre ER Season 3 Episode 7 Barbecued Bottom, A man barbecues his own buttocks; a builder impales his thigh with a metal pole; a soccer player's kneecap turns the wrong way; and a surgeon reattaches a farmer's arm by first stitching it to his crotch.
A man sticks his hand in boiling tar; a gardener loses his leg in a lawnmower accident; and a surgeon's hand is rebuilt using part of a severed foot.
19 Haziran 2012 Salı
Book Review: Cheaper by the Dozen
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One summer I was hanging around my high school with my friend Ben waiting for my mom to pick me up from football practice. Near the offices we found stacks and stacks of boxes filled with books. One of our old teachers saw us poking around and told us that everything in the boxes was being discarded, so we could have anything we wanted. We each availed ourselves of a 1988 edition of the Merriam–Webster Dictionary. I also picked out a copy of The Virginian and a copy of this book. That was around 1995, so it's been over fifteen years since this book came into my possession and I only just now got around to reading it.[1]
My verdict: I had no idea this was biographical. Ostensibly it's the autobiography of the whole Gilbreth family, but in execution it's a partial biography of the father.[2] He occupies the narrative for many of the chapters. Even chapters that are about other members of the family or even about times spent without him are indelibly stamped with his personality. A major part of his personality is his pioneering of a management technique he called motion studies.[3] These days we would call such a person an efficiency expert. Gilbreth, Sr. is a fascinating character. The way the narrative plays out, it sounds like it might be fun to be in such a quirky family. But who could ever know except the Gilbreth children themselves? They certainly seemed to experience all the angst of other children, plus possibly some unique sources of frustration and discouragement due to their father's unique charisma. Gilbreth, Sr. innovated several things, including therbligs [4] and the practice of having a nurse (or assistant) stand by and hand a doctor (or dentist) the tools they need so they don't break eye contact with what they're doing. The prose is easy to follow and keeps the stories interesting, though they overuse the word roar to indicate that their father (and his sister, their aunt) spoke loudly. The novel ends exactly where it should.
Notes:
[1] This is no surprise since I own hundreds of books that I haven't read, yet.
[2] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Bunker Gilbreth.
[3] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time and motion studies.
[4] I'll post more about therbligs in the future. For now, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therblig.
Image attributions:
Frank Gilbreth, Sr., is by Walter Hines Page and Arthur Wilson Page and currently exists in the public domain. It can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frank Bunker Gilbreth ca1916.jpg.
One summer I was hanging around my high school with my friend Ben waiting for my mom to pick me up from football practice. Near the offices we found stacks and stacks of boxes filled with books. One of our old teachers saw us poking around and told us that everything in the boxes was being discarded, so we could have anything we wanted. We each availed ourselves of a 1988 edition of the Merriam–Webster Dictionary. I also picked out a copy of The Virginian and a copy of this book. That was around 1995, so it's been over fifteen years since this book came into my possession and I only just now got around to reading it.[1]My verdict: I had no idea this was biographical. Ostensibly it's the autobiography of the whole Gilbreth family, but in execution it's a partial biography of the father.[2] He occupies the narrative for many of the chapters. Even chapters that are about other members of the family or even about times spent without him are indelibly stamped with his personality. A major part of his personality is his pioneering of a management technique he called motion studies.[3] These days we would call such a person an efficiency expert. Gilbreth, Sr. is a fascinating character. The way the narrative plays out, it sounds like it might be fun to be in such a quirky family. But who could ever know except the Gilbreth children themselves? They certainly seemed to experience all the angst of other children, plus possibly some unique sources of frustration and discouragement due to their father's unique charisma. Gilbreth, Sr. innovated several things, including therbligs [4] and the practice of having a nurse (or assistant) stand by and hand a doctor (or dentist) the tools they need so they don't break eye contact with what they're doing. The prose is easy to follow and keeps the stories interesting, though they overuse the word roar to indicate that their father (and his sister, their aunt) spoke loudly. The novel ends exactly where it should.
Notes:
[1] This is no surprise since I own hundreds of books that I haven't read, yet.
[2] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Bunker Gilbreth.
[3] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time and motion studies.
[4] I'll post more about therbligs in the future. For now, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therblig.
Image attributions:
Frank Gilbreth, Sr., is by Walter Hines Page and Arthur Wilson Page and currently exists in the public domain. It can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frank Bunker Gilbreth ca1916.jpg.
How to Fill in Transparency in a Hugin Panorama
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After I started using Hugin [1] to create panoramas, I quickly ran into a problem where I wanted to keep certain parts of the original photographs in the panorama, but because of the way everything lined up, they either had to be cropped or empty (transparent) areas had to be created in the image. The other graduate student in my lab, Ryan, showed me a video that showed a new feature in the latest version of Photoshop, called Content Aware Fill.[2] Basically it analyzes the surrounding pixels and creates similar content to fill in the target area. I didn't feel like forking out hundreds of dollars for Photoshop CS5, so I went looking for a way to do the same thing using the GIMP.[3] I found a plugin for the GIMP called Resynthesizer.[4] As it turns out, this feature has existed for GIMP longer than it has for Photoshop—and the Photoshop tool is derived from the GIMP tool! Now, let me show you the magic:
Last fall I took some pictures on the south end of Utah Lake, while birding with Leann and Lillian [5], that I wanted to make a panorama with. Above are the original component pictures.[6] All three had undesirable lens flares.
I used Hugin to stitch them together. But, as you can see, there were some problems. Along the bottom is a big stretch of transparency. There's also a spot in the grass that is transparent. This happened because I used masks in Hugin to get rid of the lens flares in the first two photos. And there's a flare in the top right (from the third photo) that I didn't remove with Hugin.
I first fixed the transparent spots by choosing from the drop-down menu: Filters, then Enhance, then Heal transparency... I set the Context sampling width to 100 pixels [7] and the Filling order to "Outwards from center". It's almost hard to believe that the view didn't originally look like that!
That still left the one lens flare, so I removed it. To do that I drew around the target area using one of the Select Tools then I chose from the drop-down menu: Filters, then Enhance, then Heal Selection... For this project I set the Context sampling width to 100 pixels and the Filling order to "Inwards towards center". Voilà ! It's gone.
Since our camera has a tendency to make things look gray, I also adjusted the color levels. From the drop-down menu choose Colors, then Levels... Move the little triangles under the part of the window that says Input Levels until it looks the way you want it (be sure the Preview box is checked). And there you have it: a panorama with the transparency fixed, lens flares removed, and the color enhanced.[8]
Notes:
[1] See my post Make Your Own Panorama.
[2] You can see that video here.
[3] See my post Raster Graphics and Vector Graphics.
[4] You can download an older version by following the steps listed here, or the newer version by following the steps listed here. Both of these sets of instructions are for Windows. If you want the newer version of Resynthesizer, you'll have to first uninstall GIMP before following the instructions at the website I linked to. Be sure to follow them all! You can install the latest version of GIMP (here), but be sure not to install later versions of Python.
[5] See my post Lillian's First Birding Trip.
[6] They're not exactly the originals. Because Blogger has a limited amount of image and video storage, I've reduced their size and converted them to .png files.
[7] The default, 50 pixels, is usually sufficient. But for some reason 100 pixels gave me a better result for this project, so that's what I used.
[8] I have no explanation for this, but on Macs the retouched image looks oversaturated and washed out, while on others it looks just fine.
Last fall I took some pictures on the south end of Utah Lake, while birding with Leann and Lillian [5], that I wanted to make a panorama with. Above are the original component pictures.[6] All three had undesirable lens flares.
I used Hugin to stitch them together. But, as you can see, there were some problems. Along the bottom is a big stretch of transparency. There's also a spot in the grass that is transparent. This happened because I used masks in Hugin to get rid of the lens flares in the first two photos. And there's a flare in the top right (from the third photo) that I didn't remove with Hugin.
I first fixed the transparent spots by choosing from the drop-down menu: Filters, then Enhance, then Heal transparency... I set the Context sampling width to 100 pixels [7] and the Filling order to "Outwards from center". It's almost hard to believe that the view didn't originally look like that!
That still left the one lens flare, so I removed it. To do that I drew around the target area using one of the Select Tools then I chose from the drop-down menu: Filters, then Enhance, then Heal Selection... For this project I set the Context sampling width to 100 pixels and the Filling order to "Inwards towards center". Voilà ! It's gone.
Since our camera has a tendency to make things look gray, I also adjusted the color levels. From the drop-down menu choose Colors, then Levels... Move the little triangles under the part of the window that says Input Levels until it looks the way you want it (be sure the Preview box is checked). And there you have it: a panorama with the transparency fixed, lens flares removed, and the color enhanced.[8]
Notes:
[1] See my post Make Your Own Panorama.
[2] You can see that video here.
[3] See my post Raster Graphics and Vector Graphics.
[4] You can download an older version by following the steps listed here, or the newer version by following the steps listed here. Both of these sets of instructions are for Windows. If you want the newer version of Resynthesizer, you'll have to first uninstall GIMP before following the instructions at the website I linked to. Be sure to follow them all! You can install the latest version of GIMP (here), but be sure not to install later versions of Python.
[5] See my post Lillian's First Birding Trip.
[6] They're not exactly the originals. Because Blogger has a limited amount of image and video storage, I've reduced their size and converted them to .png files.
[7] The default, 50 pixels, is usually sufficient. But for some reason 100 pixels gave me a better result for this project, so that's what I used.
[8] I have no explanation for this, but on Macs the retouched image looks oversaturated and washed out, while on others it looks just fine.
Movie Review: Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon
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As a youth a lot of my creative fiction was derivative of books or movies that I enjoyed. Sometimes I simply borrowed whole concepts (e.g. I once drew a fantasy map that included Shannara, Mordor, and Narnia along with several imaginary countries of my own design) while others fell squarely into the realm of fan fiction (e.g. I once started writing a "spec script" for a Jurassic Park sequel which involved all of the embryos in the canister dropped by Dennis Nedry combining together to form a giant mutant dinosaur which then wreaked havoc à la Godzilla [1][2][3]). I also came up with several adventures for the Indiana Jones franchise, one of which involved the discovery of El Dorado in the Grand Canyon. So when I saw the title of this movie I was curious to see how much it overlapped with my story even though it had really poor reviews.[4]
My verdict: This film deserves its reputation. All of the characters were lame except for the “bookie type” (played by Michael Shanks) and the acting was deplorable (again, except for Michael Shanks). The costume and set design were deplorable—even by SyFy standards—and it was surprisingly gory for a TV-14 movie. There wasn’t really any point to having the film set in the Grand Canyon—especially since most of the shots of the canyon were poorly-done CGI. The Quetzalcoatl (which every one of them mispronounced) looked quite ridiculous. The quicksand scene was also ridiculous. In short, this made-for-television movie isn't worth watching until RiffTrax takes a shot at it.[5]
Notes:
[1] If you've seen the official sequel, Jurassic Park: The Lost World then you know I at least got the Godzilla scenes right.
[2] One thing that really disappointed me about both the book version of The Lost World is that it never addresses the herd of Procompsognathus that escaped into the Costa Rican jungle.
[3] Even though I didn't pursue a career in screenwriting, Jurassic Park still had an influence on my final career choice.
[4] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon#Reception.
[5] Rifftrax is the successor to Mystery Science Theater 3000 (to read some of my MST3K reviews, see here and here). Rather than record their commentary over the movie (which requires them to purchase distribution rights), now they just record their audio commentary and you play it while watching the movie. You can read my review of the movie Twilight and its accompanying RiffTrax here.
Image attributions:
Puebloan Granaries in the Grand Canyon is by Drenaline, available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nankoweap.JPG.
As a youth a lot of my creative fiction was derivative of books or movies that I enjoyed. Sometimes I simply borrowed whole concepts (e.g. I once drew a fantasy map that included Shannara, Mordor, and Narnia along with several imaginary countries of my own design) while others fell squarely into the realm of fan fiction (e.g. I once started writing a "spec script" for a Jurassic Park sequel which involved all of the embryos in the canister dropped by Dennis Nedry combining together to form a giant mutant dinosaur which then wreaked havoc à la Godzilla [1][2][3]). I also came up with several adventures for the Indiana Jones franchise, one of which involved the discovery of El Dorado in the Grand Canyon. So when I saw the title of this movie I was curious to see how much it overlapped with my story even though it had really poor reviews.[4]My verdict: This film deserves its reputation. All of the characters were lame except for the “bookie type” (played by Michael Shanks) and the acting was deplorable (again, except for Michael Shanks). The costume and set design were deplorable—even by SyFy standards—and it was surprisingly gory for a TV-14 movie. There wasn’t really any point to having the film set in the Grand Canyon—especially since most of the shots of the canyon were poorly-done CGI. The Quetzalcoatl (which every one of them mispronounced) looked quite ridiculous. The quicksand scene was also ridiculous. In short, this made-for-television movie isn't worth watching until RiffTrax takes a shot at it.[5]
Notes:
[1] If you've seen the official sequel, Jurassic Park: The Lost World then you know I at least got the Godzilla scenes right.
[2] One thing that really disappointed me about both the book version of The Lost World is that it never addresses the herd of Procompsognathus that escaped into the Costa Rican jungle.
[3] Even though I didn't pursue a career in screenwriting, Jurassic Park still had an influence on my final career choice.
[4] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon#Reception.
[5] Rifftrax is the successor to Mystery Science Theater 3000 (to read some of my MST3K reviews, see here and here). Rather than record their commentary over the movie (which requires them to purchase distribution rights), now they just record their audio commentary and you play it while watching the movie. You can read my review of the movie Twilight and its accompanying RiffTrax here.
Image attributions:
Puebloan Granaries in the Grand Canyon is by Drenaline, available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nankoweap.JPG.
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