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Fringe

Sep 10

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If you watch Lost or Alias then you know the genius that is J.J. Abrams.  Last night I watched the newest show in the Abram’s line, Fringe.  The show is about a team lead by FBI Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) who investigate events involving “Fringe” science –highly speculative research about what may be possible no matter how improbable. Mind control. Teleportation. Reanimation.  The showed already looks very promising and can best be described as a ménage à trois of X-Files, House, and Alias.  I’m sure some people will be turned off on the show based off its X-Files type back ground, but if you watched any of Abram’s shows before then you know he isn’t afraid to use the seemingly impossible within the context of his shows.  I really hope this show can keep the momentum going because the acting and directing was top notch.   Check it out; Tuesdays on Fox at 7 CST.

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Entourage – Season 5 – Episode 1

Sep 09

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Entourage had it’s season 5 premiere on sunday. Let me say that it was FAN-tastic.  For the first time in a season and a half, I think Entourage is finally headed back to its roots.  The episode starts with critical damnation of the yet to be released Medellin.  The episode then truly begins with Vince and Turtle hiding out in a Mexican paradise with plenty of hot women, food, and alcohol.

Back on the home front of Los Angeles, Erich is now representing an up and coming comedian played by Bow Wow, but hears through an ecstatic Ari that Producer Carl Ertz wants to offer Vince a role in a new action movie called ‘Danger Beach’.

Johnny Drama’s Show 5 Towns has aired 50+ episodes and is still very popular.  His relationship with his french love Jacqueline is in full swing via a webcam connection on his Macbook Pro. Drama’s fame seems to have started going to his head as he wont let a photographer shoot him from the right side.  This ‘drama’ (no pun intended) is ended when erich calls Johnny to find the location of Vince’s Secluded Paradise.  Johnny quickly bolts to his aid saying, “Baby Bro is in trouble?”

Ari, Vince, and Drama fly to Mexico to convince Vince to come back to the states and meet with Ertz.  After the interview, it is revealed that Ertz just wanted to meet with Vince in order to get another actor to drop his price.  

The episode ends with Turtle and Drama driving up to the producers house, busting out a 5 Iron on his Mercedes window and Drama leaving a dead fish on the hood.

“Aquaman’s back!” – Drama

I’ll say it again.  The way the characters were interacting with eachother felt more like the classic episodes of the first two seasons.  I really think each character is back in their element.  Minus Drama, each character is having issues they must overcome.  This should help develop the dynamic the cast lost in season 3 and 4.  

My issue with Entourage is always the same.  The episodes are way to short.  Thats why I love waiting for the DVD’s.  I want to watch a block of 2 or 3 episodes of entourage at a time.  24 minutes of the show, once a week, is not enough!

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HBO’s True Blood – Episode 1

Sep 08

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I’ve always been a fan of vampires.  I don’t know why, but ever since I was a child, I was intragued by the legend of vampires.  I love both Underworld movies and most other similar films.  Needless to say, when I heard HBO was going to be making a Vampire series, I was completely stoked.  

The premise for True Blood is pretty outlandish from the start.  Some Japanese firm has made a product called TruBlood.  Upon the creation of this new synthetic blood, Vampires decide that it is now safe to reveal their exsistence to the world.  I am not kidding.

The show is based in Louisiana and follows a telepathic waitress named Sookie played by Anna Paquin.   And her facination and first encounter with a vampire.

There are other ovbious subplots, but all in all, the first episode really was disappointing.  The acting was suspect.  The flow seemed very uneven.  And I didn’t get attached to any of the characters.  I really have no interest in following the show any further.  I probably will keep up with at least one or two more episodes since they block in entourage in the sunday night line up.  But for now, I am quickly losing interest in this once promising new series.  Maybe it was just a bad pilot, but I really don’t know what to expect.

Here’s the website True Blood.

Entourage – Season 5 Premiere: September 7th

Sep 03

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::UPDATE::  Episode 1 review here

So, In case you haven’t heard.. there’s this little show about these guys who live in Los Angeles.  One of them is kind of famous and the others basically live off of him. 

One thing is for sure. HBO knows how to make a television series.  From Rome, to the Sapranos, they make great TV!

ENTOURAGE IS COMING BACK ON SUNDAY!

 The show, created by Mark Wahlberg, follows a Hollywood Star named Vince Chase and his boys around.  At the end of Season 4, we got to watch Vince’s Passion project, Medillin, completely flop at Cannes.  This event is expected to have major implications on the cast, since Vince invested everything he owned into his film about  Pablo Escobar.  

So far, there are 12 episodes scheduled.  HBO may order more however.  (lets hope they do)

There are a lot of rumors about what is going to happen this season, but we do know that Vince and Turtle will start the season in Mexico.

Other rumors include:

- Dom (Domenick Lombardozzi) returns.  I personally hope this isn’t true.  I hated the character when he was introduced in season 3 and I don’t think that there is any way they could repair the damage that the character has received.  I think the fans spoke correctly the first time and I was glad when he left.  Bringing him back, temporarily or as a permanent fixture, would be a bad move. 

- Saigon is back.  I think this would be awesome. I loved the Saigon / Turtle subplots.  They really developed Turtle’s Character and brought him into his own.  I think the return of Saigon in some form or fashion would be a great way to give Turtle some extra attention.  I also really liked Saigons songs so that will also be a plus. 

- Sloan will be back for at least one episode.  The fact that she’s played by Emmanuelle Chriqui is hot.  This chick exudes sexiness, so any screen time she gets is fine by me.  Hopefully they work her into a great relationship plot with Eric.

- Eric will have a new client.  His name is Charlie, an up and coming comedian, that will be played by the rapper Bow wow.  I really don’t have an opinion about this.  It could go either way. I like the idea of Eric getting new clients as long as it doesn’t sway too far from keeping the crew in tact.  They did a great job with Anna Faris, so who knows how this will go. 

- Johnny ‘Drama’ will continue to have success with his show.  He will also find a relationship and a break-up.  and will have a huge blow up on the T.V. show the view in front of Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Whoopi Goldberg.

- Other Cameos confirmed: T.I.  Mark Wahlberg, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Bennet, Phil Mickelson, and many more.

This looks to be an exciting season with a ton of action.  I will post weekly roundups after each episode.

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