If you’re even a passing fan of anything Joss Whedon has done (Buffy, Firefly, the upcoming Dollhouse series, etc.), you’ve probably already heard of his latest project. It’s a little ditty called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And it looks like it’s going to be a tremendous amount of fun. Of course, it’s a musical. Even [...]
Swingtown Starts With Fireworks
June 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
After being horribly disappointed by the Thursday night show I actually watched in real time, I was slightly hesitant to queue up Swingtown on the DVR. Very quickly, that hesitation turned to elation. This show could be really good. Yes, sex and swinging was a sizable part of this introductory episode. But it was done [...]
Nothing to Fear in Fear Itself
June 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
I won’t say I had high hopes for NBC’s Fear Itself, but I did have moderate ones. And still, I’m disappointed. After a promising beginning, the first installment of the new anthology series, The Sacrifice, quickly degraded into a melange of same-old, same-old flat characters and sad excuses for plot twists. We won’t even talk [...]
New On Thursday: Fear Itself and Swingtown
June 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Celebrity Circus
Tonight, NBC premiers it’s new “reality” show, Celebrity Circus. I, of course, won’t be watching it. (I’ll be watching a much more worthwhile “reality” show, Ghosthunters.) Here’s the thing about what I’ve seen of this show just from the previews–I’ve already seen a better version of this a decade or three ago. It was called [...]