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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twelve
An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times: Seinfeld, “The Marine Biologist” In my previous post, I wrote about how The Simpsons influenced me. In the same vein, I would say Seinfeld is a close...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Thirteen
Favorite Childhood Show: Batman: The Animated Series Batman: The Animated Series is one of the first shows I fell in love with and remains a favorite. I can remember other shows that I enjoyed (Ninja...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Fourteen
Favorite male character: Tony Soprano Tony Soprano is the inimitable protagonist of HBO’s gargantuan hit-series The Sopranos. Portrayed by James Gandolfini, Tony is the manic depressive don of New...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Fifteen
Your favorite female character: Liz Lemon (30 Rock) Liz Lemon is a woman after my own hear; she’s a professional writer, Star Wars aficionado, and chronic stress eater. Portrayed by Tina Fey, Liz is...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Sixteen
Favorite Mini-series: Band of Brothers According to the official schedule, today is supposed to be “Guilty Pleasure Show” but I couldn’t think of something good so I skipped ahead to the next to avoid...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Seventeen
Favorite title sequence: Mad Men Mad Men is critically acclaimed for a number of reasons: narrative, characterization, performances, etc. However, the series’ greatest strength is its style. Set and...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Eighteen
Best cast: Arrested Development To say Arrested Development is one of the best sitcoms television has ever seen is beating a dead horse. It’s exciting that a fourth is being developed by Netflix. Not...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Nineteen
Favorite Kiss: Moss and Roy, The IT Crowd It’s been awhile. As I’ve said in previous posts, I’ve been very busy with other projects, etc. and would have to take a break from the TV challenge. Well, on...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty
Favorite Relationship: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, Sherlock Like Moss and Roy, we have yet another great bromance. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are well-trodden territory. Ever since Arthur...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-One
Favorite series finale: Lost Oh, LOST, where to begin? Throughout its run, LOST was like a spruce goose; audiences were never sure whether it would splash around in the water, flailing its clumsy...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-Two
Most Annoying Character: Skylar White (Breaking Bad) I could probably sub out just about any other female character from Breaking Bad here, or perhaps even AMC for that matter. For all intents and...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-Three
Best Pilot Episode: The Walking Dead I’m not necessarily convinced “Days Gone By” is the best pilot ever, but it is brilliant and worth talking about. The reason why I picked it is because it set such...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-Four
First television obsession: Dragon Ball Z When I was a kid, my friends and I were really into Dragon Ball Z. This was the late 90s/early 00s, before torrents, streaming, Netflix, and YouTube. In...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-five
Guilty Pleasure: Coach’s Corner I left this one a few categories ago promising to revisit it. I struggled because I’m not on board with the concept of a “guilty pleasure”. Why be ashamed of something...
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30 Day Television Challenge: Day Twenty-six
Current Obsession: X-Men (A point of clarity before I continue: when I italicize X-Men it means I’m talking about the 90s cartoon, when I don’t italicize X-Men it means I’m talking about the universe,...
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Mad Men: “The Doorway”
With the new season of Mad Men starting up again, I’ve decided to do a weekly post reviewing each episode. Well, not really a review so much as a critical consideration. Well, not really a critical...
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Mad Men: “Collaborators”
*Spoilers Everywhere* I guess “Collaborators” is technically the third episode, and the premiere was considered the first two. That’s stupid because the premiere was a complete story unto itself not...
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Mad Men: “To Have and to Hold”
*spoilers* I enjoyed “To Have and to Hold,” but I was surprised by the direction it took. I was expecting something a little more Peggy-centric, what with the Heinz account, etc. Instead, we got a lot...
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Mad Men: “The Flood”
*spoilers* I was initially tempted to blast “The Flood” for looking at the Martin Luther King assassination purely from a white perspective. If there were ever a chance for Mad Men to finally tackle...
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Mad Men: For Immediate Release
*spoilers* What struck me the most about “For Immediate Release” was its tempo. A lot of people have been complaining that season six has been going too slow. Well, this episode really took the pacing...
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