We’ve seen plenty of actors using Twitter for promotion or communication with fans. Brent Spiner may be the first one to use it as a minimalist novella.
Novella might be the wrong word for it, but I’m having a hard time coming up with the right one. What do you call a fictional autobiographical account of a washed up actor whose only gigs are Bar Mitzvah appearances as his old character Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, who is also getting embroiled in some kind of noir-tinged murder mystery, which is told 140 characters at a time?
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Maybe you should be.
A couple of weeks ago, Adult Swim started airing Series Three of The Mighty Boosh, one of the strangest television shows to come out of Britain, which is no small order. Like other AS shows, it’s also going up for free on their website.
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This is an important reminder that season 3 of The Venture Bros. is now out in stores. Not much can top the total awesomeness of the Season 2 box art, but making the DVD and Blu-Ray boxes look like the packaging of an old Atari game comes pretty close.
So, what kind of bonus features can you expect on the third installment of Venture?
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Remember that episode of Family Guy when God decided to smite Peter for stealing his thunder? I seem to remember that Brian had absolutely no issue believing that 1) there was a God, and 2) he was pissed. Since then, despite the fact that God himself has made several appearances on the show - and not just in cutaway gags either, the guy seems to exist in Quahog - Brian has become a militant atheist.
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If I didn’t know better, I’d think that “The Office” was actually gearing up for a big change. It looks like Michael is really leaving, for good. Really starting his own paper company. The industry is “hurting” in the show’s universe, which I assume is based on reality, although you’d think even failing industries would still need to buy some paper occasionally. I wish him great success, although I don’t believe for a minute that they’re actually going to stick with this storyline.
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So, this is the series finale of Flight of the Conchords. Maybe. Bret and Jemaine don’t seem sure, and neither does anyone else. It certainly felt like the end, and if they wanted to do another season, they’d have to find a way for the guys to re-enter the country despite their status as illegal aliens.
As the title implies, this episode opens with the guys being evicted from their apartment. As it turns out, they owe years of back-rent for having paid the previous rents in checks made out in New Zealand dollars. They’re unable to afford it, and so must leave. Homeless and desperate, they move into Mel and Doug’s house. This leads Bret to have an inexplicable fever dream in which he, Mel, and Doug are all trapped on a boat in vintage navy uniforms and turn to cannibalism to survive. As it turns out, Bret and Jemaine’s presence is too much of a strain on Mel and Doug’s already failing marriage, and the two decide to separate, working out a custody arrangement with the guys.
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“Big Love” has set a fascinating precedent for its next season. It’s not often that show’s season finale creates a true hunger for the next episode, but I can’t wait for more. Unfortunately no one seems to know or care when the show is coming back, despite the fact that it’s been rapidly gaining popularity all around. At least there will be a fourth season, no question there.
Okay, where do I start? Apparently, Margene is a capable saleswoman. I’m not sure in what parallel universe Big Love takes place; there don’t appear to be any tangible issues with the economy that would prevent people from spending $50 on a silver bracelet from a shopping channel. I have a feeling that Marge’s business venture is eventually going to come back around to bite her, because this is “Big Love,” after all. But it’s still nice to see her being successful and proving herself to the family.
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Don’t get me wrong: I like that “The Office” can get serious and do it effectively. It is, in my book, the mark of a truly great comedy. If, even through all the hijinks, you can get people to truly feel compassion for the characters and become attached to them - that’s just great art.
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There are a handful of TV shows that I think almost everyone could like, if they gave them half a chance. “Kings” isn’t one of them. I could never be angry with someone for disliking “Kings,” because it is…bizarre. NBC’s last big action/drama success, “Heroes,” at least had the kind of premise that really holds its own. When you try to explain “Kings,” you always find yourself wanting to apologize.
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For a while now, HBO’s Big Love has marketed itself as a show about secrets. This became quite meta when the show’s writers decided to portray - quite accurately, it would seem - the most sacred and the most secret of all rituals in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Though it has been incorrectly identified as a “sealing ritual” in some articles, what the show actually portrayed was an “endowment.” In this ritual, members of the LDS church are anointed with a sort of priesthood (or priestesshood, as may be). Brigham Young said of the ritual: Read more…
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