The quality of the 1 hour episodes of "The Office" has always been a little hit or miss. A good deal of the time they feel like half hour episodes with a bunch of filler tossed in, or stuff that was close to good enough, but probably should have ended up on the cutting room floor. This season's premier of The Office was 100% gold, however. It seemed like every single scene had a laugh-out-loud moment. It's the season premier and already the writers are on the top of their game. Amazing episode.
Oh, and beware the dangers of technology: I somehow forgot to re-add a season pass for Heroes when I set up the new Tivo, so I completely missed the premier. Thank god NBC was rerunning the premier this weekend. With any luck I should be caught back up by the end of the weekend.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
I am exceptionally bad at blogging.
If I thought I had any readers, I would apologize for my lack of posts in the last... uh... 8 months. As it is I'm mostly disappointed that I couldn't get enough momentum going to keep updating throughout the year.
However, a new TV season beckons and I have the urge to blag again. There's not a lot of new shows this year due to the writers strike, but it's good to see my favorites back (most of them, at least... RIP Journeyman & Jericho), and a few of the new shows have promise. True Blood on HBO, after 1 episode at least, seems like an interesting take on the modern vampire.
I'm most excited by Fringe, though. I'm currently watching episode 2, and if anything, it surpasses the promise of the excellent pilot. A little horror, a little sci-fi, a little conspiracy, some fascinating characters... I like it. I'm also digging the short commercial breaks but I'm hoping I don't get too used to it because figure it can't last forever.
The other thing that has me excited for this TV season is some new TV equipment:
Samsung 46" Series 5 LCD: $1800
Refurbished TivoHD: $180
1 HDMI cable from an online vendor: $5
Watching an entire room of nurses recoil in horror at the thing they just pulled from a woman's womb in glorious HD: Priceless
If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
However, a new TV season beckons and I have the urge to blag again. There's not a lot of new shows this year due to the writers strike, but it's good to see my favorites back (most of them, at least... RIP Journeyman & Jericho), and a few of the new shows have promise. True Blood on HBO, after 1 episode at least, seems like an interesting take on the modern vampire.
I'm most excited by Fringe, though. I'm currently watching episode 2, and if anything, it surpasses the promise of the excellent pilot. A little horror, a little sci-fi, a little conspiracy, some fascinating characters... I like it. I'm also digging the short commercial breaks but I'm hoping I don't get too used to it because figure it can't last forever.
The other thing that has me excited for this TV season is some new TV equipment:
Samsung 46" Series 5 LCD: $1800
Refurbished TivoHD: $180
1 HDMI cable from an online vendor: $5
Watching an entire room of nurses recoil in horror at the thing they just pulled from a woman's womb in glorious HD: Priceless
If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
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