Terminator – Dumbest hero ever?

Posted by Bob Weber on Oct 5th, 2008 in TV | 0 comments

I’ve been watching Teminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and I must say, the writing has been suffering this year. Don’t get me wrong, the overall story is great, the effects are awesome and Summer Glau does such a stellar job as a Terminator that hs been sent back in time to protect John Connor. The problem I have is with the two main characters, Sarah Connor and John Connor.

After watching this, it’s no wonder the rest of the world is thinks America is full of morons. In the series John is in high schools (16). The major storyline seems to be centered around John’s inability to listen to his mother, and Sarah’s inability to control her son on any level. I’m continually amazed that John can’t seem to understand that scary future robots are trying to KILL him. He constantly runs off by himself, doesn’t follow protocol on predetermined code words and is generally a moron. I’m also flabergastted that Sarah is doing such a poor job of preparing John to be the savior of the human race. She communicates poorly with him, not telling him when he is actually in danger which prompts him to run around and do dangerous things. She also isolates him from all other human contact, not really a great method to train him for his future role as leader of the human resistance.

Fortunately the enemy Terminators also seem to be equally incompetent by encorporating elaborate plans (inspiried, I’m sure, from vintage Batman TV Villans) to stop the Connors, rather than going for a straightforward well planned approach. Appearantly the all knowing Skynet doesn’t need tactical ability in it’s drones.

If the writing doesn’t get better soon, I may drop this off my Tivo schedule…

The Office – My apartment is flooding

Posted by Bob Weber on Apr 11th, 2008 in Humor, TV | 0 comments

Last night marked the return of The Office.

Honestly, I’ve got to hand it to the writers of the show. This was one of the funniest episodes yet. I particularly like the dynamic with Jim and Pam. As we all know, two main characters hooking up often kills the show. The sexual tension drains out and takes most of the comedy with it. Not so with The Office. I think Jim and Pam are funnier and better as a couple than they were individually.

The best scene in last night’s show was when Jim tried to fake a call from his landlord, ditch Michael’s dinner party and ultimately ditch Pam:

Jim Halpert: You’ll never guess. I just got a message from my landlord. Apparently my apartment flooded. Something with the sprinklers.

Jan: Oh no!

Jim Halpert: Pam we should probably get going to see the damage.

Michael Scott: Well you don’t need two of you to do that.

Jim Halpert: [pause] That’s… true, um. [pause] Dinner sounded delicious. Pam, see you at home? Thank you so much.

Pam Beesly: Oh Jim I don’t think you’re going to abandon this party here all by itself.

Jim Halpert: No, ’cause everything I own is there.

Pam Beesly: You can buy new stuff but you can’t buy a new party!

Michael Scott: That’s true! That is a great point. Come on down here. Sit down, on the couch. We’re your friends and we’re not going to let you think about all your stuff being destroyed alright?

Wish I could find a youtube clip of that scene, it was classic. The look on Jim’s (John Krasinski) face when he decided to bail on Pam (Jenna Fischer) was classic. Her comeback was even better. “You can buy new stuff, but you can’t buy a new party!” is going to be a catch phrase for a long time.

If you want to read more quotes from last night shows, www.theofficequotes.com is a site dedicated to just that.

Writer’s Strike Finally OVER!!!

Posted by Bob Weber on Feb 13th, 2008 in TV | 0 comments

Looks like the writer’s strike is over I can stop Tivoing the Sleuth channel… maybe.

Sounds like most of our shows won’t be back. Chuck, the awesomest new show in 5 years, probably won’t be back until fall. 24, the awesomest show EVER, may miss the 2008 season completely. At least Leno will have better jokes, and Conan won’t be doing any more ring spinning. I guess that’s something.

Jack Bauer – 1994

Posted by Bob Weber on Jan 31st, 2008 in Humor, TV | 0 comments

This one is for all you bored people out there that have nothing to watch during the writers strike.

A rare find, the original pilot for 24 from 1994. Enjoy

New Bionic Woman

Posted by Bob Weber on Aug 29th, 2007 in TV | 0 comments

NBC is bringing back the classic 70′s TV show, The Bionic Woman. For those of you too young to remember, the Bionic Woman was a spinoff of the AWESOME Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors (one time husband of the AWESOME Farrah Fawcett) as Steve Austin. The Bionic Woman was a creepy, dark, angst driven 70′s series, more about the independent feminist Jamie Somers (played by Lindsay Wagner) than it was about the cool gadgets she had. My memories of that series consist of inside shots of Jamie in her Ojai, California home, the super scary Fembots and the ultra cool Oscar Goldman.

Anyway, the new series looks to be much more fun, except for the annoying deaf sister angle. Here is a trailer, but a spoiler warning, this appears to comprise most of the pilot episode.