I’m sure a lot of people think Kristen Bell is adorable. Count me in that camp. Well…I think she is just plain hot rather than adorable but what are you gonna do? Anyways, she pulled a bit of actress I’m sure in this clip on the Ellen show, but that doesn’t stop most people from believing it is genuine.

I think it is just an attempt at either a parody, or to get a new meme floating around, and it has most definitely worked. This is one of the top stories of the day and most talked about so it definitely worked by getting her some extra press. Sure she can now afford that pool fence arizona to keep her privacy now with all the extra dough.

I am pretty picky about what I watch on TV now. Once I started taking TV dramas more seriously, and began to watch cable shows I find most of what is on broadcast passing for drama to be very subpar. When you can watch shows like Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, etc. over shows such as Terra Nova it becomes clear quite quickly that it is time to move on from such broadcast shows.

Doesn’t mean I don’t give a few a shot every once in a while. Mostly because cable shows run short seasons that air all over the place. 13 episodes in the summer, or whenever ends very quickly. So a good portion of the year there just isn’t one of the best shows on to watch so I must watch something I guess.

So far this year I have watched 2 shows I believe from the start. Terra Nova, and Once Upon a Time.

Terra Nova is absolutely awful. The CGI is hilarious and the dialogue is just as funny, BUT I watched it so what does that say about me? Mostly that I had nothing to watch. Especially with the massive breaks this year for shows like Fringe, which seemed endless. If Terra Nova gets renewed I doubt I will watch it longer. Just not that interesting overall, but as a filler show you could probably do worse. Not much, but probably. Rather buy maternity clothes shopping think now than watch it. The writing and dialogue is really what I disliked about the show because I love dinosaurs and semi-sci fi if that is what it is. Just really don’t like how the show is done by using the family as the main characters and focusing the show through them. Very cheesy teen romances, and family time that just wastes a lot of time. The “Sixers” who I suppose are the big bads of the show for the most part are just laughable.

Once Upon the Time on the other hand I slightly enjoy. The premise being that a bunch of fairly tale characters get cursed and end up in modern times in a town called StoryBrook. They all forgot who they are so some random kid has this book that he believes tells him who they all are from the stories. They do flashbacks to the fairy tale lands and show the characters living in this town without knowledge of it. Part of it is them remembering, which frankly is the most uninteresting part of the show and the sooner they figure it out the better.

Not saying the show is fantastic because it isn’t, but I definitely like it a lot more than Terra Nova at this point. I don’t think the show will stick with me though since it is still not a high quality drama by any stretch. It’s more of a guilty pleasure for now. I find myself less inclined to discuss the show the last few weeks, which tells me that I am just not that into anymore.

Sherlock I mentioned the other day on BBC was another I started which is superb, but only 3 episodes a season and is through season 2 now. 90 minutes, but worth watching for sure.

OTher than that everything else is over and on cable like Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, and The Borgias. All shows I am looking forward to the next season. Game of Thrones is April

IT’s really no surprise that Sherlock Homes tales have lasted as long as they have. While being great stories, they have a certain mystery solving about them that intrigues most readers of the CoSir ARthur Conan Doyle libraries. Sherlock Holmes is one of th e most portrayed storybook hereoes of all-time and with the blockbuster movies out now CBS obvioulsy wnats on board. Of course…the movies aren’t actually the main reason I am guessing, which is really what my main intent was for introducing this subject.

BBC has produced a phenomenal rendition of the Holmes legacy the past couple years that is probably one of their more well known shows over the eyars. At least it is one of the only that I can remember that many Americans watch as it airs rather than hearing about it years later when someone else copies it. It is simply titles Sherlock, and each episode runs approximately 90 minutes. So far they have complete 2 seasons of 3 episodes each. At 90 minutes this is a typical season length (Brits call a season a “series” in case I screw up somewhere you know what I mean) for a British show equal to about 6 episodes.

Sherlock portrays Homes in modern times and utilizes his investigative skills in modern police work. The show is very good at keeping true to the original stories, however. They just do it all in modern times and make the necessary changes to fit it in. For instance, Watson instead of writing short stories in books runs a blog. Sherlock is actually becoming well known in the world and is sort of a media sensation of sorts. Problems arise from this of course, but it doesn’t make the show any worse for it. The writing is top notch and this show is by far one of the best shows running right now. Highly recommend you watch if you are a fan of Homes at all.

Why I said it’s not surprising that many jumped on the bandwagon is that Holmes is a very unique character. Debuting way back in the 1800′s he was already using many forensic science methods for solving crime. So to have him in modern times seems to be a very easy stretch really, and quite an interesting one. His use of forensic methods in those times seems quite a ways a head of the times, and to see him demonstrate his amazing abilities in current times is no surprise.

CBS is planning to run a show in which Homes moves to New York City. I’ll hold off on any judgments until it is on. They run the hell out of CSI shows so they probably have a plan on how to do this, although living up the the BBC version will be very tough to do. Maybe he’ll find Mrs. Hudson doing house cleaning services raleigh nc.

BTW…if you don’t know the Holmes stories…shame on you, but you might know of someone who is exactly like him. That would be House. Gregory House is loosely based on Homes and you can tell very easily if you are familiar with both characters. House even has the same address as Homes does. 221B.

The television show Mythbusters, which is dedicated to performing science experiments to debunk myths and rumors had a close call this past week. While using a homemade cannon at a police shooting range the project went all wrong.

Travelling in excess of 1,000 meters per second their melon-sized cannonball missed everything in their safe zone and careened off into dangerous territory. It missed the water, tore through a cinder-block wall, skipped off a hillside and flew some 700 yards east, right into the Tassajara Creek neighborhood, where children were returning home from school at 4:15 p.m., authorities said.

There, the 6-inch projectile bounced in front of a home on quiet Cassata Place, ripped through the front door, raced up the stairs and blasted through a bedroom, where a man, woman and child slept through it all — only awakening because of plaster dust. PRobably grabbed a couple wine chillers right afterwards to calm down.

It exited the house, leaving a perfectly round hole in the stucco, crossed six-lane Tassajara Road, took out several tiles from the roof of a home on Bellevue Circle and finally slammed into the Gill family’s Toyota Sienna minivan in a driveway on Springvale Drive.

The show has been put on hold for the time being pending an investigation.

Even though the finale of Season 5 was quite pathetic, the season overall was entertaining enough not to just constantly complain about it. It had a few interesting characters at least and some decent plots overall. Season 6 on the other hand…horrible.

From the very first episode this year we were in trouble. Knowing that they basically showed us with the Season 5 finale that the show was just going to reboot itself every year with Dexter never having any real scares this season may have already been doomed. I’ve never read any of the books on my kindle ebooks, but I can’t imagine they are this played out. It still didn’t have to suck this bad though did it?

The writing this year is bad even for Dexter. IF you watch shows like Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, etc. and take TV serious enough to want great dramas like The Sopranos and Six Feet Under you have already decided that Dexter doesn’t fall into the same realm. You just watch it with a bit of that in mind and still try to enjoy it on a less serious level of quality.

This season is just so cringeworthy. The dialog in the last episode made me laugh out loud when it wasn’t intended several times. Especially all the interactions with Travis and Dexter, or his blog, or Travis and anyone. All his lines seemed to have been written for a comic book. Short and very cheesy. I was a big fan of Hanks in the comedy show that got cancelled last year on Fox called The Good Guys, but Dexter is making him look bad. HE really has nothing to work with so I can’t blame him all that much.

This is the least I have cared about the major prey of Dexter in a season. Travis is nothing but forgettable, and these Doomsday killings are a laughable cliched plot that we’ve seen hundreds of times before. The “twist” of Gellar being dead was figured out by most people I know that watch the show by the 2nd, or 3rd episode. I mean a guy walking around town when his face is plastered all over the front page and standing next it? Never touching anything? Come on people you ahd to know this was coming.

The show got 2 more season already too. At least it has an end date now. Maybe they can finally make a non-filler season next year instead of trying to do it every year and forgetting everything that happened before.

Being a bit under the weather I took the opportunity to lay in bed and watch a ton of TV that I had never watched before. New shows that I didn’t jump on the bandwagon with at their start, but felt it was time to see what all the fuss was about.

If any of you are like me and fans of dramas on TV rather than comedy and reality brainspew you may do similar in watching several episodes in a row in a day. When I am sick I may watch an entire season of a short season show (12-13 episodes from cable series). I actually watched 3 shows up to date in the last 14 days. Mostly during the time I was sick. I wonder how these eyelash growth products fare against laying in bed for 4 days .

First show I jumped on was Boardwalk Empire. One of the most critically acclaimed shows, and actually still running in Season 2 as we speak with a few more episodes left. Brilliant show with an amazing cast and characters. I actually can’t think of a character I am not interested in.

For those of you that know nothing of the show it is based in the prohibition days of America in the early 1900s. The lead is Nucky Thompson played by Steve Buscemi. He rules Atlantic City controlling all the flow of illegal booze, and everything else. He plays a role like a mobster, but is not underground. He holds public office and runs the city by networking the hell out of things.

Surprising to me Al Capone as a young idiot, and Lucky Luciano are also portrayed on the show. I wasn’t expecting any of these guys on the show thinking it was purely fictitious going in, but alas these guys play roles. Al Capone’s portrayal is quite interesting from most I have seen. He’s young and childish. He’s not the legend that is usually shown.

The second show I latched onto was The Borgias, a drama from Showtime. This show is very well directed and produced. My interest in the show was sparked by being somewhat familiar of the family from documentaries and of course the Assassin’s Creed video game series.

The Borgias first season starts with their first acquiring the position of Pope in the Catholic church through less than ethical means. The Catholic church politics of those times has always been interesting to me. Completely unethical, and even coming to murder to achieve the ultimate power that the Pope holds. God bless religion eh?

Lastly, and probably most fortunate, I saved my favorite for last. Game of Thrones. OF the 3 shows this might be the one that I was most disappointed when it ended. Not because it ended badly, but because it was so freakin’ awesome.

This is another show that reminds me a bit of a video game series. Dragon Age, and in some ways Elder Scrolls. Some of the stories from those games are similar to the actual show. Especially Dragon Age: Origins in my opinion with the Grey Wardens and the whole dragon thing.

Game of Thrones is epic in scale with dozens of characters to keep tabs on. Families fighting for the crown like all crowns are won. With dirty secrets and backstabbing. This show is too good to spoil at all. All I will say is that honor is not a quality that wins the Game of Thrones. Now I have to wait until APRIL to see it again.

Highly recommend all 3 shows.

Found a pretty fascinating program the other day while browsing around Youtube for some blue whales videos. Inside Nature’s Giants popped up and I immediately was amazed by it.

The premise of the show as the ittle suggest is that they look at the biggest animals on the planet. Not just look at them, and study their behavior like most animal shows do, but they do AUTOPSIES on these animals. I have seen giraffes, elephants, giant squid, whales, and even Great White sharks on the show.

The show also takes a mindset of evolution in explaining and searching through these beasts. They show actual evidence firsthand of how some of these animals evolved as well as some of the oddball ticks these animals have that are poorly constructed.

This show is just beyond amazing, and incredibly educational and fun to watch. I am not sure where this show is from but I think it is on a UK channel somewhere. If you plug in your ekg machine you might be able to pick it up, but I do know it is on Youtube from several uploaders, and their channel page is here which I believe has most episodes.

I haven’t paid any attention to what happened in the end of the Charlie Sheen vs. Two and a Half Men fiasco. To be honest with you I can’t even remember who replaced him on the show. My memory is getting real bad.

It appears that they killed him on the show then? AT least this is what I gather from all the headlines today that say stuff like ‘TWO AND A HALF MEN’ The FAMOUS Funeral Guests.

Is the show even on yet? I have no idea. All I know is that there are people like John Stamos showing up for some funeral for Charlie, who apparently died on the show. I guess they better take advantage with it and bring in a bunch of celebs because I’m guessing that most of the people workign on the show will be more likely to be seeking payday advance loans than any sort of contract renewal forms after this season.

Kind of tuned my mind out for a couple months anytime I heard “Charlie Sheen”, or “Two and a Half Men” for obvious reasons. It was just so asinine. Today though I overheard that Ashton Kutcher was replacing Sheen and like most probably did I laughed.

Funny thing is, I have only seen about 2 episodes of this show anyways so I have no idea if Kutcher would actually be good, or not on the show. All I ever think of him is Kelso, or some model doing stuff like blackhead remover ads.

This show is one of the most watched around the country, yet every time someone says something about it to me they claim it is the worst show on TV. That t is too low brow and for idiots. I wonder how I just happened to run into the 10% of people that aren’t idiots in the country.

In recent years it seems like every new show that came out during the past television season ends up on the chopping block. I have never looked into it, but I have to guess that much fewer than 25% of these shows gets renewed. Even those that do seem to be getting gutted in their 2nd season. You don’t need an online it degree to figure this out.

For me, I learned a few years ago that I will not invest in anything during its first season. Only a couple times in the last few years have I done so. Chuck I watched, Walking Dead last year, and I started The Event which sucks, and “V” since I remember the original.

Instead I wait a couple years, and in some cases I just wait until the final season is announced and then just marathon the entire show over the summer so I can watch the final season live and discuss with other fans if the first season is worth it. Other times when I hear about a show and start in the middle I continue to watch if the show is high quality, but am usually careful that it is one that I think will have an actual conclusion.

This year I was quite worried that Fringe wouldn’t get renewed, but against all logic, Fox went a head and gave it a 4th season and it is glorious. House I watch and had no worries about it getting renewed. Mad Men I didn’t either.

All the comedies I watch on occasion like The Office, 30 Rock, etc. could come and go and it wouldn’t bother me. I take TV much more seriously now and watch really good dramas mostly like Six Feet Under, Breaking Bad, House, Fringe, Lost, etc. Something with actual depth rather than idiot box shows. This year my shows all got renewed and things are good. My online it degree is going to have to wait another year .