Fall TV Snap Judgments Part II: Modern Family, Community, The Office, and others
Up All Night: The second episode was light years funnier than the pilot. Congratulations Christina Applegate and Will Arnett. You are safe from elimination from my DVR. The X Factor: American Idol, The Voice, and America’s Got Talent were a monolithic Voltron character, it would be called The X Factor. Modern Family: The best season...
A Finer Week: Revisiting ’21 Jump Street’, Spader Enters ‘The Office’, Felicity is Preggers
- Some photos from the modern adaptation of the BEST high school cop drama, 21 Jump Street surface. Jonah Hill? Channing Tatum? This could possibly be the best cop duo ever — and it’s a redux that I actually don’t mind. [ComingSoon.net] - Harry Potter (a.k.a. Daniel Radcliffe just says no to butter beer. [EW.com]...
Three Things That Require Your Attention: ‘The Voice,’ ‘Hesher,’ and Michael Scott’s Farewell
I really could care less about the actual Royal Wedding — but I do care about adding a Kate/William commemorative plate to my collection. Nonetheless, here are a couple of things that I do care about — and you should to: The Voice: Question — Who in the hell needs another vocal competition show? Answer–...
Quote of the week
R is among the most menacing of sounds. That’s why they call it “Murder” and not “Muck Duck.” - said by Dwight Shrute (Rainn Wilson) on The Office episode titled “Mafia.”
Asian pop culture tally as of September 24, 2009
The tally went off the charts this week… Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is the ‘joy’ of ‘Fame’ Anna Maria Perez de Tagle: The tween starlet plays Joy in Fame. Valerie Tian can be spotted in Jennifer’s Body (she was also the abortion protester in Juno, also a Diablo Cody scribed film) How did I...
Short attention span television
There are so many television shows out there and seeing as though I watch a lot of TV, I watch a lot of said shows. But like the rest of the Twitterfied public, I have a short attention span. I get obsessed with a show and then my interest wanes. The reason for the waning...
