Valentine’s Day is always a tough holiday for singletons. I guess. I never really experienced the pervasive bitterness that a lot of singles seem to go through, which - if this latest episode of “The Office” is to be believed - puts me in a very small minority. And no, I’m not sure why a Valentine’s Day episode didn’t air until March. I don’t make NBC’s schedule! Although I wish I did, because I’d just show the first two seasons of “30 Rock” over and over.
Lately, it seems ABC’s “Lost” has been driving some people crazy. It has, after all, been dragging on for a very long time. And no matter how many things are explained, a few of the show’s enduring mysteries just won’t go away. And to make matters worse, we can’t even trust the show creators to be honest with us: in the past, they roundly denied that time travel was/would be going on. Now, people are jumping through the decades in every episode. Give yourself a break from all that headache-inducing confusion with our new Lost character quiz!
It’s been a handful of episodes since Jenna had much of a plot. Maybe it’s that her self-centered antics have worn thin, or maybe they’ve just realized that people are really here to watch “The Liz and Jack Show.” She finally had a few significant moments in the last episode, desperate for attention on her upcoming birthday. But it’s the “B” plot, of course, as Jenna always is. The “A” plot is all about a pregnant teenager.
This season, all of Bret and Jemaine’s songs were written before the show began. I’m sure it was tempting to tailor all of the songs to the events in the show, rather than doing what they did in the first season - clumsily, awkwardly working in musical numbers at random points throughout. But they didn’t. The awkwardness is here to stay. That might not sound like a positive thing, but when it comes to Flight of the Conchords, awkwardness is the main source of comedy.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR RECENT EPISODES OF “BIG LOVE.”
Now that Big Love’s third season is coming to a close, one begins to wonder: where, exactly, is the Henrickson family headed? It seems they can’t take a trip to the store or wash a window without getting embroiled in some major scandal that threatens their way of life. Maybe that’s just the way it goes for polygamists trying to integrate into mainstream Mormon society.
Anime’s popularity has surged in the United States over the last few decades, but it can sometimes be hard explaining to people sometimes that anime isn’t a genre, it’s a medium. It’s not all doe-eyed schoolgirls and giant robots. (Admittedly, a lot of it is, but that’s beside the point.) In this post, I’m going to break down some of the top-level genres in anime and occasionally point out how they differ from Western popular entertainment.
When it comes to anime, there’s a few characters that seem to pop up again and again. With a little help from Wikia, TVTropes and Mrs. Briggs and Meyers, I’ve set up a Kwanzoo personality quiz to help you figure out which one you most resemble. Descriptions and examples of the various types appear are below the cut. Enjoy!
With the proliferation of cheap broadband Internet, there are now some truly remarkable things you can do to your television. As another demonstration of the Kwanzoo personality quizzes, we set up a widget to find out which one is right for you.
If I had to pick one word to describe the majority of the 66th Annual Golden Globes, I’d have to go with “drab.” There were a few surprises, and very few “sure things” in any category - even so, there was very little to get excited about. Blogger Nick Plowman of Fataculture put it thusly, in his Globes prediction article:
After its unavoidable departure into actual redundancy last year, there is no doubt in my mind that this year the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association] are going to suffuse their telecast with as much star power as is physically possible – which is the only reason one ought to watch it in the first place. It doesn’t help, however, that this year’s awards race is blindingly mundane even though it is very much an insecure deal.
It’s here, kids! It’s finally, finally here! The new year’s T.V. premieres we’ve been waiting for all this time - since the writer’s strike, in many cases - have either happened, or are happening soon. Here’s a rundown of the shows you should be watching instead of doing something productive.
Nip/Tuck (FX) - January 6th
Knowing little of Nip/Tuck besides its latest advertising campaign, I assume it involves a lot of dancing sex symbols from different eras. And Kanye West.
