September 2007
Interview with a Vampire, Blade, Underworld, Angel, Buffy ... vampires are a popular subject and CBS is trying to bring a new take on that subject into our living rooms with the premiere of Moonlight. Which could have just as easily been called Sunlight, since our heroic bloodsucker can tolerate all kinds of light without even breaking a sweat (though he does get a tummy ache apparently). Do vampires sweat? Either way.
Premiere week has brought us a lot of big, loud, frenetic dramas, which is fine. But what a pleasure to slip back into the more contemplative world of Mad Men for an hour.
I think I may have a case of the TVBs -- the TV Blahs.
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"That's the kind of dirty that don't wash clean." Amanda about the fact that she slept with Daniel who could be her half-brother on "Ugly Betty."
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Robin and Michelle were the first to recognize (be traumatized by?) David Gallagher, Simon on "7th Heaven," as the ex-con who blackmailed Horatio's son on "CSI: Miami."
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Just call them "Desperate Businessmen." I was all prepared to hate this show and be tortured by nearly every moment of it. Maybe that's why it didn't suck as much as I thought. The show wasn't terrible but I wouldn't call it great either. As a
conissour of cheesy TV and film, there were parts of the show I really
did enjoy and others that, well, were less than ideal.
You just sit right back, I'd like to tell you a tale. A tale of heartache and woe. A tale of a man who became something less than a man... and something more. A tale of prisoner 28301-016, and his name is Jean Valjean, or Earl, whichever you prefer.
While I welcome the return of The Office with open arms, I have to say that after the season premiere, I'm not sold on the idea of opening the season with four straight one-hour episodes. Thursday's season opener was filled, as usual, with brilliant moments, but it didn't hang together quite as well as some past efforts have.
Oh. My. God. Ohmygod. OMG. (Deep breaths, deep breaths.) Okay. Phew. So. I told myself over the summer that Grey's and I were through. That it went way, way downhill last season (true story), and that I would only watch it critically, with appropriate detachment and probable mocking this season. And now? I'm kind of sucked back in. Sigh. This was so predictable. Does anyone else hate themselves a little for still getting into this show?
