Quest to Nowhere

I just caught up on season 2 of Castle, and I’ve concluded that it is my favorite show on TV right now. I started watching it originally as it started airing earlier this year, and then had fallen in watching it as the second season started earlier this fall.

Now when it started I mainly chose to watch because it was starring Nathan Fillion (aka Captain Hammer, aka Malcolm Reynolds.) Also the concept of a mystery writer working for the police seemed interesting, and I’m usually a sucker for stories about writing or making comics (see future … Continue Reading

When 30 Rock originally started I didn’t really like it at all, but after the Emmy’s this year I decided it might be time to give it another chance. I like Tina Fey’s work, and it seemed like a show I should like, but for some reason I didn’t like it back then. I think that was mostly due to my love of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which I think was one of the best shows ever on TV, and 30 Rock’s success was probably one of the reasons why it was canceled.

So anyway I gave 30 Rock … Continue Reading

As the title says I watched the Emmys last night, but unlike other years or other award shows I’ve tried to watch, I actually watched the whole thing. All 3 hours.

I think this was in no small part due to Neil Patrick Harris, who was hosting. It didn’t feel as serious as other years, or award shows. The tone was set pretty early that things were going to be funny. It wasn’t so much the canned dialogue from the presenters, as it was that people were generally pretty funny during the acceptance speeches.

Toss in the occasional sight gag like … Continue Reading

One of the reasons I wanted to start this blog was actually so I could talk about this show Stoked, that I happened to catch a marathon of on Cartoon Network a few weeks back. However with my classes starting back up and some other things I sort of forgot about it, but then I was reminded of it today when I happened to catch another episode on TV.

Anyway the show is about some kids who go off to work at a surfing resort in Western Canada for the summer. It generally doesn’t sound too interesting, and I honestly only … Continue Reading