Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Walking Dead

I love zombies and I was so excited for zombies to finally make a weekly TV appearance. Season 1 didn't disappoint. The first episode of season 2 however, did.
1. Not one, but two talking to the jesus statue scenes. Almost three minutes of talking to jesus. I'm not sure what was said because I fast forwarded those scenes, but come on now. Do we really need any more than thirty seconds of talking to jesus?
2. The stupid kid: I'm not a big fan of kids doing stupid things to ruin things for everyone. This whole episode was plotted around a stupid kid doing something stupid, leading to an episode that was....wait for it.....stupid!

If you want to see how kids should behave in a zombie world, read the first two chapters of an upcoming zombie novel at: grayskins.com

How To Be A Gentleman

I write this blog after the show has seemingly been cancelled. It had potential though, but it dropped the ball...big time. Kevin Dillon is definitely my favorite Dillon and I'll give any show he's on a chance. What would have made this show better? Make it crazy and stop trying to inject so much heart. If you continue to read my blog, you will see that "heart" in sitcoms is the bane of my existence. Seinfeld was the greatest sitcom of all time, namely because the writers rid the show of all heart. Kevin Dillon should have forced the proper character to act outside of his comfort zone which would have led to the two getting involved in crazy situations every week. For example: Take what may have been the last episode of this show ever to air. The show ends with a wedding brawl. Awesome! Exactly what I was talking about. But no, they cut off the crazy after about ten seconds and it was just a fantasy sequence. Insert two minutes of heart and erase all pretense of humor and laughter. That is why this show sucks and that is why this show was cancelled. Now imagine if the wedding brawl actually happened. Imagine a crazy two minutes of chaos. Now that would have been funny. Now imagine something like that happening every week.

Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is consistently one of my favorite sitcoms. Not at the top of my list, but on my list, near the bottom of my favorites. So what I'm saying is that I like the sitcom, so now that we got that out of the way, lets discuss the problems:
1. The running gags have grown tiresome over the years, and it's time to grow some of the characters.
    a)Raj: He can't talk to women unless he's drunk. It was funny for a season, maybe even two, but it has gotten really old and predictable. If I wanted predictable laughs, I'd watch Two and a Half Men. Maybe they can start small with him. Have him develop a comfort with one or two females. Since he's spent so much time hanging out with Penny, I think she would be a good place to start. 
    b)Howard: Again, predictable laughs with the mother bit. It just doesn't make sense to me that Bernadette would give up a beautiful apartment to move in with Howard and his mother. It would make even less sense if she stayed there after they get married. Unless of course the writers want to continue the predictable laughs; then it would make perfect sense.
2.Sheldon: Great character, but tread carefully. Too much Sheldon leads to an annoying episode. Just the right amount of Sheldon is a great episode. 
3.Penny: I wasn't a big fan of this show in season one, but I watched because Kaley Cuoco is so hot. Her screen time has been declining and I don't like that at all. Last season it seemed that they cut her screen time by 75%, a figure I don't like at all.