I stayed up last night to watch Revolution, NBC’s new drama about a world without suddenly and inexplicably without electricity. I was intrigued by the premise, OK? Also, I wanted to see some cool CGI scenes of Chicago overrun with vegetation. Unfortunately, the premise and the fleeting CGI stuff are about all there is. […]
So long, Mike. Been good to know you
Today I’m still kind of bummed out over the untimely death of Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad. I guess I saw it coming, but still. Mike was a bad hombre with his own hard integrity and only one weakness — his little granddaughter. He also had a wit as dry and abrasive as the […]
And now for something completely different
Until Tuesday, my only TV viewing on this trip was about 8 minutes of channel surfing at a Super 8 in Alma, Nebraska. Then Tess sent word that she’d just bought the new season of Breaking Bad on Amazon. That night I put on the headphones and watched episode one, “Live Free or Die,” […]
Seen any ancient films lately?
Lately we’ve been watching really old movies, streamed through our really old Wii to our really big TV. Old movies — black-and-white ones that mostly seem to star Barbara Stanwyck — are about all we have left. We’ve gone through all the good shows on streaming Netflix and Hulu Plus, then through the OK […]
Killing time with “The Killing”
The way we watch TV these days, it’s possible that quite a few people haven’t yet seen Season 1 of AMC’s The Killing, even though it aired last year. Me, I just finished it via Netflix, and I see iTunes and Amazon are both offering it along with the first half-dozen episodes of Season […]
‘Mad Men’ gets off to a very slow start
Has Mad Men lost its mojo? Maybe too early to say after one episode, but that premiere really didn’t do anything for me. It played pretty much like what it was: an hour-long episode padded to two hours. Matthew Weiner said the extended premiere was intended to gin up enthusiasm — or maybe just […]
‘The Bachelor’: That’s a line I won’t cross
You know, since I dropped eight bucks on a set of rabbit ears and started getting free HD television, I’ve done a lot of viewing I’m not proud of: CSI: Special Victims Unit. Judge Judy. Reruns of The Rifleman. American Idol. Until tonight, I thought there was really no limit to how far I […]
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