I tried to read that book (written for that series I guess) and it was garbage, the liberal version of those bullshit right-wing pundit-written books that depend upon pseudo-facts, bullshit facts, and an unquestioning mindless partisan audience to complete this echo chamber.

So I guess the season finale for GOLDEN BOY was tonight, now series finale since the show got cancelled after one season.

I think the core reason for why it failed (despite getting hell of a lead-in from CBS heavyweights NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles) was the whole premise that this guy will someday be the youngest police commissioner in NYC history 7 years from now, see how he did it.

Yeah OK whatever, but why should we consider that an interesting premise? Why should we care? Didn't help that the lead character, this future badass or whatever, is just bland and uninteresting.

If you did a prequel series for Norman Bates or Superman, yeah that can work because we know what and who they'll become and thus "The Early Years" might actually be interesting to invest yourself into.

Looks like the 2013-2014 television season will be a rebuilding year for SNL.

An unnamed source at NBC has confirmed to the New York Post that longtime castmember Fred Armisen has decided to exit the sketch show after 11 seasons. That same source tells the Post that SNL veteran Jason Sudeikis will “probably” leave the show as well this year. NBC had no comment, and reps for Armisen and Sudeikis didn’t immediately respond to EW’s inquiries.

The great Jim Henson passed away 23 years ago today
Love this picture.

Caught the new STAR TREK. Like the earlier movie in this rebooted franchise, its good summertime spectacle entertainment. Not as much chunky and convoluted storytelling getting in the way of the narrative as that one had. Several spectacular sequences from the opening on that alien planet to the debris field, good stuff.

And yet afterwards my enthusiasm for this faded away. Mind you its still worth seeing and I recommend it, but I just think it lacked that extra 'umph' to be truely a remarkable movie of this kind instead of just simply good. (Abrams has the talent to be a great popcorn entertainer this side of Spielberg and Nolan, but something keeps him back and I don't know what it is.)

Of course this movie rehashing the climax of WRATH OF KAHN, derivative with lesser returns.

So I was watching tv last night and there wasn't much on. I happened to notice that HBO was airing, "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter." (the concept just makes me laugh). I missed the first few minutes and fell asleep an hour into it. Not a terrible movie from what I did see (I hope to catch the rest some time soon)but really unusual. Never thought of mixing politics AND Vampire hunting, especially associated with a famous American president.


TIS

I was searching for info on the next Godfather broadcast and came across this site. I'm not sure if this is the proper thread for this. In any case, be prepared; it's not a pleasant site:

http://niggermania.net/forum/showthread.php?34311-quot-Godfather-give-the-drugs-to-the-ni**ers-they-re-animals-anyway-quot

Attention "Star Wars" geeks: Mark Hamill is guesting on this week's two part season finale of "Criminal Minds." They've been very quiet about it, but I have a feeling he's going to turn out to be The Replicator (the team's unknown nemesis this whole season). It's on Wednesday at 9 (EST).

"Criminal Minds" used to be a must see in our house, but I can honestly say I haven't watched one episode this season. It just seemed to be getting wackier and more violent with each episode. Now I'll feel compelled to tune in!

All you have to know is that "The Replicator" is a serial killer who replicates the crimes of other serial killers. And he's also been taunting the team on a personal level all year.

One really good thing about having "On Demand" is I can watch favorite shows that I miss (usually cause I fall asleep)

I missed Mad Men, Hawaii Five O and yesterday Bates Motel. Since we are mostly in repeats, I may wait til tonight to watch the three shows. Just sayen....



TIS

I recently saw a later episode of the Andy Griffith Show. It was in color and Don Knotts had left the show. Aunt Bea was selected for jury duty and was the lone holdout in a burglary trial where the other members of the jury were pressuring her to convict the defendant (a premise that has been used by a few sitcoms). Of course, she held out and hung the jury before it was discovered by Andy that the crime was committed by someone else.

What was interesting was that the minor role of the defendant was played by a young Jack Nicholson.