March 2, 2006

TV intake and commentary

As in: Media

NOTE: since I TiVo and get behind, some of these observations are late in coming.

  • I don't know why I'm obsessed with The Office. My cousins visited last week and we watched a couple episodes (of the British one). I had to fight the urge to re-watch the entire series again. Tim's resigned depression is so brilliant. My favorite line from this watch-through is when he's talking about a themed nightclub called Henry the Eighth's. He says "There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about that club."
  • Boston Legal had more metatextual shenanigans:
    Denny: I'm tired of my Mad Cow being a storyline.
    Allan: This isn't your story, Denny.
    What's next, Gary Shandling-esque glimpses of the camera?
  • Smallville: They killed his dad? Come ON! I'm so tired of the Clark/Lana/Lex love triangle. Come ON! Chloe is right there! CHLOE!
    On the bright side, Lionel continues to be a total badass.
  • Lost season one disc four sits smoldering by our DVD player, waiting in its Netflix envelope. We hesitate to play one episode because that's committing to playing all four.
  • I already miss Arrested Development. The Judge Reinhold show was inspired, as was the house band: Hung Jury. Brilliant.
Posted by briley at March 2, 2006 6:44 AM