West Wing ends run
So yesterday was the end of the West Wing. I had gotten really into this
show over the last 4 years. The last 2 seasons focusing on the Santos vs.
Vinnick presedential run really point out how ridiculous running for office
must be. But more importantly showed us 2 candidates that made you feel
you could vote FOR either of them rather than AGAINST them. I realize it's
a fictional show, but I can't remember the last time I can recall not
getting a mouth full of bile at the mere thought of voting FOR one of the
candidates. I hated Kerry. I thought he was a worthless, no talent
assclown and would ruin this country if he got in office. But I voted for
him because 1) I didn't want to waste a vote voting libertarian and 2) as
useless as I thought he was, I hate Bush even more. And I can't see how it
could have been possible for a brain dead chimp with a crack addiction to
have done worse than Bush. And we still have more fun to come from Bush in
the next couple years. Ugh. Could we
PLEASE have some worthwhile candidates in 2008? Please? No Jeb Bush. No
Hillary Clinton. And no John McCain, which bums me out, as I used to
really respect the guy and WOULD have happily voted for him. Now he's
turned into a blog-hating, Jerry Falwell loving nutjob. Argh.
Anyway, I really wanted West Wing to continue, so that was pretty much
it's death knell. Scrubs was renewed, but not given a timeslot, again. As
was Crossing Jordan, which was moderatly entertaining, even with how
ridiculous it was. So I assume, we'll get more shows with judges, or
jackasses eating disgusting stuff. I'll bet House is cancelled or put on
hiatus too. Why keep the good shows on the air? Convicted lasted about
as long as L&O: Trial By Jury, although I didn't really care for Conviction
much, it was still better than most crap on the tube.
One bright spot is that NBC did
pick up a new Aaron Sorkin drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
SportsNight, West Wing, American President. This guy can write a show.
Matthew Perry was the only bright spot on friends, and his on screen
chemistry with Amanda Peet was great in the Whole Nine Yards. Let's
hope NBC gives it more than 2 airings before pulling it for more reality
show crap.
Posted: Monday, 12:22pm |
Topic: /TV
Mon, 15 May 2006
Tue, 17 May 2005
Set Phasers On Diet, Number One
Well, I finally watched the series finale of Enterprise last night and boy did it suck. Off the top of my head, the number one thing that ticked me off was the writers complete change in character for T'Pol. Did they forget that she was a Vulcan and supposedly supresses her emotions? Tripp also seemed very out of character when he makes the decision to kill himself to save Archer. It's in the nature of an engineer to look for a way out of a problem, but the writers opted to just say "Screw it, let's kill off a main character, and worry about how to do it later." Very dissatisfying episode. Just rude to have the final episode basically be a throw-away TNG episode rather than a proper Enterprise episode. Meh. Hopefully the series will live on in books as DS9 has.
And man, at the risk of being the pot calling the kettle black, Riker and Troi seemed to have put on a little bit of weight. Those TNG uniforms aren't very forgiving.
Posted: Tuesday, 4:32pm | Topic: /TV
Well, I finally watched the series finale of Enterprise last night and boy did it suck. Off the top of my head, the number one thing that ticked me off was the writers complete change in character for T'Pol. Did they forget that she was a Vulcan and supposedly supresses her emotions? Tripp also seemed very out of character when he makes the decision to kill himself to save Archer. It's in the nature of an engineer to look for a way out of a problem, but the writers opted to just say "Screw it, let's kill off a main character, and worry about how to do it later." Very dissatisfying episode. Just rude to have the final episode basically be a throw-away TNG episode rather than a proper Enterprise episode. Meh. Hopefully the series will live on in books as DS9 has.
And man, at the risk of being the pot calling the kettle black, Riker and Troi seemed to have put on a little bit of weight. Those TNG uniforms aren't very forgiving.
Posted: Tuesday, 4:32pm | Topic: /TV
Mon, 16 May 2005
NBC Cancels Trial By Jury
Argh. NBC canceled Law & Order: Trial By Jury, one of the few decent TV shows on the air. Unlike the newest CSI (the NYC version), TBJ was a worthy successor to the franchise. The characters were well-writen and the stories weren't too bad. They strayed from the original formula of focusing on the jury portion of the Trials and moved towards being a clone of the original, but the stories kept it from being dull and I really liked Bebe Neuwirth's character. At least they kept West Wing on the air, although it's been moved to Sundays. So I'm sure that will get killed during the middle of the season without us knowing who the new President will be. (Either Vinnick or Santos would be lightyears better than Bush or Kerry. Ahh, the magic of fictional television, presidential candidates that DON'T suck.)
ABC canceled Blind Justice, which I tried to like as a show to replace NYPD Blue, but in general kinda sucked. Something about Ron Eldard just always struck a sour note with me.
And of course, Enterprise is now gone too. Just when it was getting really good. (Except for the last episode, I guess. I haven't seen it yet.)
I swear the TV Execs are smoking crack when they decide what to let continue and what to cancel. I'm half surprised to see that Scrubs is coming back, since it's a good show. I thought the networks only cared about reality show crap. Basically, I think it works like this: Is it good? Cancel it. Does Chris like it? Cancel it REALLY quickly. Is it mindless shlock that only people with an IQ of under 50 like? Renew that crap! Of course I guess that's the majority of the country though...
Posted: Monday, 12:17pm | Topic: /TV
Argh. NBC canceled Law & Order: Trial By Jury, one of the few decent TV shows on the air. Unlike the newest CSI (the NYC version), TBJ was a worthy successor to the franchise. The characters were well-writen and the stories weren't too bad. They strayed from the original formula of focusing on the jury portion of the Trials and moved towards being a clone of the original, but the stories kept it from being dull and I really liked Bebe Neuwirth's character. At least they kept West Wing on the air, although it's been moved to Sundays. So I'm sure that will get killed during the middle of the season without us knowing who the new President will be. (Either Vinnick or Santos would be lightyears better than Bush or Kerry. Ahh, the magic of fictional television, presidential candidates that DON'T suck.)
ABC canceled Blind Justice, which I tried to like as a show to replace NYPD Blue, but in general kinda sucked. Something about Ron Eldard just always struck a sour note with me.
And of course, Enterprise is now gone too. Just when it was getting really good. (Except for the last episode, I guess. I haven't seen it yet.)
I swear the TV Execs are smoking crack when they decide what to let continue and what to cancel. I'm half surprised to see that Scrubs is coming back, since it's a good show. I thought the networks only cared about reality show crap. Basically, I think it works like this: Is it good? Cancel it. Does Chris like it? Cancel it REALLY quickly. Is it mindless shlock that only people with an IQ of under 50 like? Renew that crap! Of course I guess that's the majority of the country though...
Posted: Monday, 12:17pm | Topic: /TV
