Sunday
Aug052007
I have all the answers
Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 02:29AM
I've taken the last few days to lay low and hang out with the girls. It's been great. Friday was Alison and my 5th wedding anniversary. Very cool.
Also on Friday, I got some staples and assorted other goodies removed from my neck. Good reports: All is well. The lump was totally benign and I don't have to go back in for any more checkups. Thanks for your continued prayers and e-mails. They meant more than you can know.
Anyway, long story short, and because I have a two-year old, Friday night I ended up in a very fancy restaurant with a Curious George band-aid on my neck just barely covered by the collar on my shirt. What can I say? I'm just a classy guy.
Normally, a few days with the family would involve a lot of playing outside, but I'm still recovering from the surgery AND it's freaking hot outside. Too hot, actually, for human life to exist. I'm fairly certain.
SO we stayed inside. And I looked at a lot of gear on the internet. My favorite three eHaunts were G&L guitars, Cascade Microphones (I bought a "FatHead"), and Karma mics.
I also watched the movie Serenity, which was the major motion picture finale to the series "Firefly" that I watched while I was laid up last weekend. I've decided that I wish more shows, at least the action/adventure/mystery type, would get cancelled early on, and then get the chance to make a movie. "Alias" was good, then it got awful. "LOST" has teetered. I've heard that "X-Files" was that way, too.
I think that TV shows that build up their own mythology can be so awesome, but it's easy for them to crash under their own weight. With "Firefly" they had just enough to get the questions going, though one more season would have made it better, then they got the time and money to sew it all up and with big special effects and the ability to kill off major characters. Win-win.
Well, at least Win for the audience. Not so much the actors and writers and crew. But we get closure without the convolution. "Heroes" should do this. One more season then a movie.
Trust me, people. I'm in Caedmon's Call; I'm always right.
And "Freaks and Geeks" should just come back on for ten more years.
Also on Friday, I got some staples and assorted other goodies removed from my neck. Good reports: All is well. The lump was totally benign and I don't have to go back in for any more checkups. Thanks for your continued prayers and e-mails. They meant more than you can know.
Anyway, long story short, and because I have a two-year old, Friday night I ended up in a very fancy restaurant with a Curious George band-aid on my neck just barely covered by the collar on my shirt. What can I say? I'm just a classy guy.
Normally, a few days with the family would involve a lot of playing outside, but I'm still recovering from the surgery AND it's freaking hot outside. Too hot, actually, for human life to exist. I'm fairly certain.
SO we stayed inside. And I looked at a lot of gear on the internet. My favorite three eHaunts were G&L guitars, Cascade Microphones (I bought a "FatHead"), and Karma mics.
I also watched the movie Serenity, which was the major motion picture finale to the series "Firefly" that I watched while I was laid up last weekend. I've decided that I wish more shows, at least the action/adventure/mystery type, would get cancelled early on, and then get the chance to make a movie. "Alias" was good, then it got awful. "LOST" has teetered. I've heard that "X-Files" was that way, too.
I think that TV shows that build up their own mythology can be so awesome, but it's easy for them to crash under their own weight. With "Firefly" they had just enough to get the questions going, though one more season would have made it better, then they got the time and money to sew it all up and with big special effects and the ability to kill off major characters. Win-win.
Well, at least Win for the audience. Not so much the actors and writers and crew. But we get closure without the convolution. "Heroes" should do this. One more season then a movie.
Trust me, people. I'm in Caedmon's Call; I'm always right.
And "Freaks and Geeks" should just come back on for ten more years.
Reader Comments (20)
You don't have Veronica Mars on your list, so you're clearly not always right. ;)
As an X-Files fanatic, I'll second that notion. A full season with no Mulder? What were they thinking?
you're in caedmon's call?? do you know derek webb???
Happy Anniversary!
In regard to your bandaid story, that's better than the time I came back from a client meeting only to realize I had a strawberry shortcake sticker on my behind.
Classy.
My nephews Spider Man bandaids got a few laughs at work.
i vote to start a "freaks and geeks" petition.
Re Serenity - It really bummed me out that they killed off Wash. It makes me all depressed again just thinking about it. That just wasn't right. Otherwise, it did wrap things up pretty well.
or you can be like the highlander series... make five good seasons and end it with a horrible 6th season. Then wait 3 years, make a movie with lots of series continuity errors... wait 7 more years, then try and make another movie, which is so terrible, no one will even release it in theaters...
all this to say, tune in to the Sci Fi channel on Sept. 15 at 9:00PM Central Time for the premier of the sci fi original movie "Highlander: The Source"
firefly was genius...the acting and writing was so spot on...
X-Files had 7 amazing years...which were more than worth the last couple bad ones
Lost more than made up for a so-so second season with season 3
and Heroes is vastly overrated...but still only my second stop down of the week...after LOST, Heroes is the only other show I regularly watch
Heroes was a great show up until the season finale. The finale was pretty disappointing.
Congrats on the lump. Did you name it?
Dude, you seriously think lost is teetering? I mean, I agree that it suffered during season 2, but that season 3 finale still has me sick at my stomach, freaking out about how far away January is.
I'm really excited for season 4 of Battlestar Galactica precisely because I know it's going to be the last one.
What did you like about the Cascade Fathead?
I totally agree- especially with "Heroes." remember a show called "The Pretender?" One season too many, but it would have made a great movie. We should do thing british style- 10 episodes that people watch for like 100 years :). Heroes movie would be the best!!!
firefly : brilliant. my wife is still not over the death of wash, though...
lost : weakish season 2, but 3 charged ahead. can't wait until 4
battlestar : if you're not watching this, you should be severely punished. best drama on tv, scifi or otherwise...
pretender : so... alex was the other fan. i knew there was another one out there. nice to finally meet you... (the guy who played his brother has an entertaining show on usa called burn notice...)
two that haven't been mentioned yet :
dr who : the latest version of dr who is in season 3 and is quite campy and loads of fun... even my wife likes it...
farscape : anyone else see this besides me? i have 3 of the 4 seasons and the final wrap-up miniseries on dvd... hope to get season 4 for my birthday... loved it. my favorite scifi tv show ever. great stories, great writing, great acting, great muppets... no... seriously... jim henson's company made several of the characters... no no... not muppet show... think "the dark crystal"...
Yep, loved Farscape. When my dog Ripley dies and goes to that great doggy heaven in the sky, I'll have to get a male dog so that I can name him Crichton. Or D'Argo.
To my knowledge Heroes is built around going 4-6 seasons and then doing a movie. After that, it's being left up to how popular the show is at that time. I really don't see the show going for a long period of time, but I get this bad feeling NBC will do everything in it's power to whore out the show, ie "Heroes: Origins," since it was basically the network's only new show with a pulse last year.
One not mentioned so far, but highly recommended, The 4400. Think Heroes + Scientology. Weeding through season 2, and enjoying it a lot so far. I'll probably be caught up to season 4 in the next couple of weeks. Season 1 is only 5 episodes so you aren't out much if you don't like it.
I'm still hacked that they didn't make a movie out of Designing Women. That would have been great.
Delta Burke 4 Life.
I knew you would like Firefly, we told you when you were in Omaha. Who would have guessed a space western could be done so well?
The latest canceled series on DVD I am into is Joan of Arcadia, it is surprisingly good. You should check it out if you haven't yet. After all, if it got canceled after a couple seasons, it must be pretty good.