Hey, did you know that if you mention Ellie Kemper in your blog it will give you a very noticeable spike in traffic? Yeah, so umm…ELLIE KEMPER!
Got some brand new TV addictions this week, which is a good thing because I’m just not sure I’m watching enough television these days. I have found two new shows that have already sucked me in, and both earn the Big Stinkin’ Seal Of Approval. First…
Justified. Tuesday nights on FX. Ho-Lee Shit! I think we’re only about six weeks into the series and this thing might have already hit its stride. It stars Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, US Marshall. After gunning down a thug in Miami (a killing which Raylan says was “justified…” get it?), he finds himself transferred back home to Eastern Kentucky. It turns out things really don’t get that much easier for him, as he is now a big fish in an exceptionally small pond and everyone has heard about the Miami killing. Also, a potential murder suspect wants to bone him, his dad’s a prick (but he’s played by Raymond Barry, so that’s awesome), and his buddy from about 15 years prior has now become a big muckety muck in the world of White Supremacy!
This show is pretty badass. There is a never ending line of people who need to be shot, and I’m pretty sure FX told them they could say “shit” as much as they want as long as they don’t use any other swear words. It’s actually kind of funny, the language isn’t all that bad (especially by cable standards), but every other word on the show is “shit.” I don’t dare critique the dialogue too hard as some of it is lifted directly from Elmore Leonard. You should be watching this show.
Also, I ended my streak of 47 years without watching Doctor Who. I’ve never really watched it before, but I know that the stuff they’ve done the past few years is supposed to be pretty good. I can’t personally vouch for any of it other than to say that if the first two episodes (I’m American, remember?) of this season are any indication, then this is the best bit of sci-fi on television. By a mile. I don’t know where they found Matt Smith, but this guy is phenomenal and the same can easily be said for The Doctor’s companion Amy Pond, played by Karen Gillan.
I know that no one will need a newbie to tell them the backstory of The Doctor, so I’m not even gonna try. This season’s second episode (the one with the Starwhale) reminded me of the glory days of The Next Generation, and I mean that in an incredibly flattering way. I’ve always liked it when sci-fi goes just a bit beyond ray guns and flying saucers and that is The Doctor to a tee. Seriously, I can’t wait to see what happens next week, especially with -SPOILER ALERT- Winston Churchill and the DALEKS!?! Yeah…this Yank is converted.
And it has one of the coolest themes ever…
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