When did I start watching so much TV?

[rms10]

Lately I've only had the patience to re-read books that are in either diary or epistolatory format. This might be partly because I haven't paid my big library fine yet. But apparently I can watch plenty of TV.

1. I am so into LOST this season. I'm not sure I entirely know what the hell is going on, but I love the time traveling.
   
   
2. I'm getting tired of Chuck. Partly because I think Jeff and Lester are more likable than Chuck and Morgan, and partly because the preview for next week gleefully promised lots of "TORTURE!" If I wanted to watch "TORTURE!", I'd watch 24. But I don't, and I don't.
   
   
3. I must confess to watching The Real Housewives of New York City. In my defense, last year when Doc was very ill and the eeee! was out of town, a marathon of it ended up being a good distraction. So I have a bit of a soft spot for the show, even though I don't particularly like anyone on it.
   
   
4. I think the field pieces on The Daily Show are pretty uneven -- maybe even more than they were ten years ago when no one knew who they were. But the latest one, with Jason Jones and the Antichrist and Hitler, was awesome.
   

   Jason Jones: Do you think before you speak?
   Pastor: I think very carefully and long about what I'm gong to say. I even thought long about whether I was going to do this interview with you.
   JJ: I don't think you thought long enough.
   

   
   
   
5. Oh, I was so disappointed to see Carla falter tonight. But as soon as she went with Casey's suggestion to sous vide the beef, I knew it was over for her. Alas! Carla, trust your instincts!
   
   
6. Edited to note that I'm unsure about the possible return of Futurama. I adore Futurama, but I think the series ended on a high note, and I'd hate for it to come back only to die out slowly. I've been underwhelmed by the two movies since then, mostly because the writers can't seem to put together a 90-minute plot. Maybe they still have some good 22-minute stories in them?
   

On a non-TV note, I really enjoyed this essay by Zadie Smith on language and Obama and Shakespeare. Obama's family could have stepped right out of a Zadie Smith novel, so I really loved her perspective on him.

Comments

[glass-half-full.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there on Top Chef. I was totally rooting for her and I just knew sous vide-ing (how would one say that?) was a baaaadddd idea. Ah well, the judges definitely said she does know how to cook and you could tell they were disappointed, too.

I have TV problems too. Lately it's been NCIS and to a somewhat lesser extent, House. This embarrasses me. But, I've gotta have some way to unwind, no? And my West Wing DVDs get too much play, too, but the parallels I can pull out now are just too much fun to stop.

[rms10.livejournal.com]

Unwinding is essential!

[vja2.livejournal.com]

re: Chuck, the only thing that bugs me about Chuck is they constantly see-saw between "OMG, Chuck finally realizes that Sarah is a spy, only to forget it in the next episode" and "OMG, Sarah finally realizes that she loves Chuck, only to forget it in the next episode."

re: Futurama, the movies were actually aired as ~20 minute episodes (you can practically pick out the commercial breaks); I think they work much better in this format than in the 90 minute movie format. The stories dragged on a bit, which I think they wouldn't have if I'd been watching them weekly.

[rms10.livejournal.com]

I am so tired of the Chuck-Sarah "romance" crap. I'd much rather see them as friends.

We just bought the Futurama movies on DVD, so I hadn't thought of them as each being 3 episodes. Still, you could watch "Roswell That Ends Well", the first brains episode, and "The Why of Fry" in a row, and it would tell a more cohesive story than either of the movies did.

("I did do the nasty in the past-y!" Love.)