Category Archives: Entertainment
Showtime Programming: Have You Ever Actually Met a Person?
I’m going to cover several of Showtime’s comedy-dramas in a single gasp, because in my mind, they are all very much woefully the same. Showtime is all of a sudden obsessed with ludicrous, not even partially believable, bullshit fake edge … Continue reading
Game of Thrones vs. New Year’s Eve: The New Hollywood
I feel bad comparing Game of Thrones to a film which is the poster child for all the current problems the film industry faces, but these two works are a perfect example of how the aspirations and quality of the … Continue reading
Damages: The Beauty of Destruction
I have been sidetracked with other posts in the past few days, but let’s return to reviews of acclaimed serialized dramas with the celebrated FX/Audience thriller Damages. This series focuses on a seasoned, ruthless litigator in Close and her ambitious … Continue reading
Mad Men: Maybe Something Happens in Season 30
This review may cost me some friends, as nearly every human being on the planet I have encountered absolutely adores this show. It came highly recommended to me, and after having watched two seasons, I could not have been more … Continue reading
Breaking Bad: Derp or Gold?
Another critically acclaimed show that has come highly recommended to me is the AMC program Breaking Bad. This show came very well advertised, and I was keenly aware of its existence when it originally aired, but I have waited until … Continue reading
Sons of Anarchy: Working Title, “The Dukes of Haphazard”
Our next program up for analysis is the FX show Sons of Anarchy, an hourlong drama about a motorcycle club in the small California town of Charming. I have survived watching two seasons to date, and will only finish out … Continue reading
Downton Abbey: The Lowest Stakes Show of All Time
Contemporary television has entered an unprecedented era of quality these past 10 years. Premium networks in the United States, and creators in the UK have clearly hooked into the idea that serialized storytelling which is well-produced can very much replace … Continue reading
Pro Bowl: List or Flag, Period
Everything about the Pro Bowl is wrong. The entire rationale for it, aside from one more opportunity to squeeze cash out of the American viewing public like were all a collective $9B sponge, is flawed and stupid. The Pro Bowl, … Continue reading
The Reference Bank
I used to think it was just me. And to the extent that I abuse this phenomenon, it pretty much just is me. But I’ve noticed something in the past couple years interacting with friends of mine. Sorry, more specifically, … Continue reading
Glasses and a Ponytail
Hollywood creates a problem for itself with its standards for physical attractiveness to play certain roles. In real world terms, it doesn’t deal with fives, or sevens. They deal with tens, and they deal with non-tens, who are always singled … Continue reading
