1 Oct 2008
Right now you’re asking yourself who the f*ck is Kevin O’Connell? Well he is the little known third string quarterback for the New England Patriots who obviously likes to remind himself of his tiny member during practice? Apparently, the Boston Globe editors missed this little piece of gold before publishing the picture to the left in the Sunday edition of the paper. Good job guys!
1 Oct 2008
For an episode that started so strong, it ended very weak. I don’t know what to think about this weeks episode. According to IO9, Heroes is suffering from budget short falls. The epic scenes that should have included Claire, Hiro, and Peter, were all cut back due to budget constraints. Read more about the budget cut backs here.
The first draft of the script, from a production standpoint, was very big. It had the bank robbery more-or- less as it currently exists. It also had a Claire/Meredith scene, which currently occurs in a cargo container. This scene originally took place in a deserted warehouse where Claire was surrounded by fire. The Hiro/Ando/Daphne scene, which currently occurs in a German movie theatre, originally took place on a train traveling through India, complete with Hiro and Ando on the roof of the train and Ando nearly falling out the side of a baggage car.
Personally, I loved the first draft of this script. It was a great, incredibly exciting read. I loved the way the bank robbery was written, and the idea that Sylar was to become HRG’s new partner blew my mind. The entire component parts were great – but, collectively, it was also, obviously, too big to be affordable. Beyond that though, the choices we producer’s faced of how to get the budget down became very subjective. The bank robbery was the obvious thing that had to stay because it drove the central story and the key recurring stories for the series– For me, the scripted moment where time freezes and future Peter appears was a key event (it sent a chill down my spine when I first read it.) So the Claire story and the Hiro story were what had to be attacked.” – Beeman
The episode just really fell off from the first two chapters of this season. Bennet got his new partner, who turns out to be none other than Sylar. (yeah wtf?) Granted, I really like Sylar’s character, so it’s cool to see a flipflop. Can he be trusted? of course not. Anyway, Bennet and Sylar are sent after the four villains that escaped from level 5. let me remind you, these villains are suppose to be hardcore. They shouldn’t be easily stopped and I thought that they would be major pieces of the plot this season. I was wrong. Apparently, these villains are just push overs when it comes to the brute strength of Sylar.
(Future) Peter is still trying to fix all the damage he caused, so he goes to the bank heist and releases (present) Peter and tells him about everything that is going on. The special effects were pretty cool, but nothing special really happened here.
Claire skips school with her real mom and goes to some abandoned Semi truck so she can learn how to fight. Claire’s mom just uses her ability to remove all the oxygen from the room so Claire can realize she’s still scared of Sylar.
Hiro and Ando travel to Germany to confront the speedster and they run into the Haitian.
Boom. that’s it.
Very disappointing episode. I hope they were just closing the initial chapter so they can introduce some actual polt elements next week or this will be a short and boring season for heroes.
NBC airs Heroes every monday.
You can watch episode for free at NBC.com
30 Sep 2008
.. True Blood knows how to do it. After a subpar third episode, True Blood comes back in true form. The fourth episode of these new series was fantastic. Right when I think i’m going to give up on the series, HBO shows my why they are still the best cable network around. This episode, in my opinion, finally set the tempo that the rest of the season should follow.
Jason is once again a suspect in the murder of a beautiful Bon Temps resident. (Why do they kill off all the hot girls?) Sookie’s grandmother asks her to use her abilities and try to find out who the real killer is in order to clear her innocent brothers name. Jason, who is arrested while carrying V (vampire blood drug) secretly drinks the entire vile and begins suffering dire consequences. Bill agrees to take Sookie to a vampire bar known as Fangtasia in order to investigate these murders further. She is then introduced to Eric (Alexander Skarsgård), the oldest vampire in the region. Sookie makes a good impression on eric by accurately telling him that the bar is about to get raided. Sookie and Bill escape but are pulled over by a cop. Bill uses his mind control to scare the hell out of the officer and they are allowed to leave.
That is a fast paced episode. I hope they keep the pace up for the remainder of the season, i’m tired of this slow episode / fast episode lineup. Give me action! I hope the next episode can keep up the pace.
HBO airs True Blood sundays before Entourage.
30 Sep 2008
::UPDATE::
As per your requests, I have added a section including my favorite tracks. I am also proving a link to all of the Jack’s Mannequin lyrics. You can read and post your opinions for all of his songs at songmeanings.net
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I’ve been a huge fan of Jack’s Mannequin for a few years now. ”Everything in Transit” the band’s first album was amazing. Their mix of piano and electric guitar struck perfect chords in many of the bands songs on the first album. Needless to say when I heard that Andrew McMahon was coming back to do a second album, I began jumping with glee.
Jack’s Mannequins second album “The Glass Passenger” was released today September 30th, 2008. In anticipation of this album, Andrew and Co. released two EP’s including The Glass Overview and In Valleys. You can read my respective reviews of the Ep’s here and here.
So far, The Glass Passenger is a great album. It’s still a little early to give it the lead on Everything in Transit, but from what I’ve heard I’ve really enjoyed. In listening to this album, you can actually hear the differences of what is going on after Andrew’s bout with cancer. The focus has shifted in the music from many of the negative and lonely connotations implied in the band’s first attempts. Don’t get me wrong, many of the elements are similar, but there definitely is a shift.
Currently, the lowest professional review of the album is an 88%, which is fantastic. I hope that this album begins bringing Jack’s Mannequin the same type of success Andrew enjoyed as the frontman of Something Corporate.
As I listen to the album more, I will let you guys know my favorite songs. Right now, I’m listening to The Resolution the most. you can listen to it on my myspace page here.
I’d Give the album a 4/5 stars.
I have included a list of the tracks in order (From wikipedia)
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