television
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Once Upon A Time
It’s entirely possible that I could have my “man card” revoked over this. But here goes…
There’s a television show on ABC (Sundays at 8:00 pm) called Once Upon A Time. And I like it. A lot.
It’s about a character from Boston named Emma Swan who gets the surprise of her life when Henry, the son she gave up for adoption 10 years ago, shows up on her doorstep. Emma immediately wants to return Henry to his adoptive mother in Storybrooke, Maine. But Henry complicates Emma’s plan when he reveals a stunning theory: everyone in Storybrooke is a fairytale character under a curse, and Emma - the long lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - is the only one who can save them all. The story unfolds by interweaving scenes of the drama in the sleepy New England town and the inhabitants’ past lives in the world of fairy tales.
Have you seen it?
{extended}Thursday, May 05, 2011
Man crush
In 10 seasons of American Idol, I could count on 2 hands the number of shows I’ve watched.
And most of those have probably been, like, the finals.
But a couple of weeks ago, I saw this YouTube video of a performance by one of the current contestants named James Durbin. And it rocked my world.
James was diagnosed with asperger syndrome and tourette syndrome as a younger child. However, you’d never know it when he sings.
I’m gonna lay it all on the line and say that I think James will win it.
I also think I have what could be my first man crush.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
My frown turned upside-down
I started watching Lost back in April. Not on network television but on the ABC website.
I was hooked from the very first episode and watched the shows in perfect, chronological order… through season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4.
With some sense of sadness, I prepared for season 5 which was the current season that had just wrapped in May. Once season 5 was over, there would be no more Lost for many months. Sniff.
But… when I surfed to the season 5 page… I was quickly dismayed.
Of the 17 episodes from season 5, only 6 were online.
It wouldn’t have been quite so bad had the first 6 episodes been online. But that wasn’t the case. The last 6 episodes were online and the first 11 episodes were missing.
That made abso-stinkin-lutely zero sense to me. N-o w-a-y was I going to skip the first 2/3s of the season.
So I waited. And I waited.
For 2 months I peeked at the ABC website almost daily… holding tightly to a slim ribbon of hope that episodes 1-11 would graciously appear.
For 2 months I was disappointed.
Then last Friday… oh man… last Friday, my frown turned upside-down. For you see, season 5 - in it’s entirety - is finally online.
I’m already sleeping better at night.
{extended}Monday, April 27, 2009
Why did I let myself get sucked in?
Neither Carmi nor I watch a lot of television. Certainly not network tv shows. Most of what we watch is on TLC, the Travel Channel or HGTV.
But I’ve heard so many people talking about this show called Lost on ABC. If you’re not familiar with it, the show follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles crashes somewhere in the South Pacific.
The ABC website streams all the episodes from the very first 2-hour pilot back in 2004 to the current episode.
So last night, after the children were safely tucked into bed, I sat down and watched the first hour. Just the first hour. And now I think I’m hooked.
Why oh why did I let myself get sucked in?
Do you watch it?
{extended}Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Forbidden City Revealed
Tomorrow (Wednesday, December 17) at 6:00 am EST (I know, ugh…set the DVR), the History Channel is broadcasting a 60-minute program called Forbidden City Revealed.
View the mysterious world of China’s Forbidden City as IBM and the Chinese government unveils an exact replica of Beijing’s Forbidden City in a fully immersive, totally interactive, web-accessible, virtual world. Visitors will be able to explore, in minute and photo-accurate detail, one of the greatest royal palaces the world has ever known. Discover a fascinating blend of history, technology and human drama.
{extended}Friday, August 08, 2008
Opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics
We just finished watching the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics.
If we weren’t saying “Shhhhh!” to try and keep the girls quiet, Carmi and I were exclaiming “Man!” or “Wow!” for the entire 4 hours.
I certainly believe China has raised the bar and set a standard that won’t be surpassed for quite some time.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Star Trek on demand
Back on December 21, 2006, I shared with you my most favorite Christmas present. The gift came from Mom and Dad and was associated with Star Trek.
I’ve never really outgrown my infatuation with the original Star Trek series. It’s cheesy but I like it.
So imagine my surprise yesterday when I discovered that CBS is now streaming on demand every episode of Star Trek from their website. It was like Christmas all over again.
Eliana’s curiousity piqued and she climbed up in my lap to watch an episode with me. I might add that she was more than a little miffed when dinner was ready and we had to close the browser. She’ll be a Trekkie much to Carmi’s chagrin.
Great…like I need another reason to sit in front of the computer monitor.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Who Wants To Be A Superhero?
Not since the first 3 seasons of MTV’s Real World in the early 90’s has reality television possessed any socially redeeming value. Each new reality show tries to outdo the utter stupidity and depravity of all previous shows and I thought I had truly seen it all until last night.
While channel surfing, I landed on the Sci-Fi Channel and paused long enough to be sucked in by a very bizarre program called Who Wants To Be A Superhero?.
The host of the show is Stan Lee, creator of major comic book heros such as Spiderman, Hulk, The Fantastic Four, Daredevil and X-Men. From thousands of
hopefuls, Stan Lee chose 11 finalists who moved together into a ‘secret lair’. There they began their transformations and their competition for the opportunity to become real-life superheros.
Each week, these aspiring heros are challenged with competitions designed to test their true natures. No one is asked to perform feats of impossible strength but they are tested for courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion, and resourcefulness � all traits, of course, that every true superhero must possess.
The winner of this six-week competition will walk away with their character immortalized in a new comic book developed with Stan Lee. And that’s not all - the winning character will also appear in an original Sci-Fi Channel movie!
The contestants are a mix of buff guys, beautiful women and…Nell Wilson. Nell is a 42 year old single mother whose superhero persona is known as ‘Fat Momma’ and needs doughnuts to fuel her super-powers. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I wanted to.
Now I loved comic books growing up but after last night, I’ve been turned off to spandex forever.
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