Fall TV Lineup

Kym:

We're continuing our break from new movies for the moment, because Contagion was 'okay, but dull'...


Rob:

And we weren't exactly sure how to stretch thee words into a full page.


Kym:

Exactly, so instead we're going to take a look at some of the new TV shows that have come out this season, staring with...





Kym:

The Playboy Club!


Rob:

Which was already cancelled!


Kym:

So very cancelled!


Rob:

Basically, they took a format for a female focused drama, put them in supposedly 'skimpy' dresses, and then get terrible writers to create everything.


Kym:

Yeah, it just wasn't very good at all. Although I thought you'd like all the girls, in a 'Hooters Waitress' sort of way.


Rob:

Meh. Bunny outfits weren't exactly revealing. I've seen co-workers in skimpier outfits at work. R-I-P-B-N-Y.





Rob:

Now here's a show that gets the same formula right. It's another female focused drama, but it's smart, and the female stars are all remarkably sexy in their flight attendant outfits, without showing barely any skin at all.


Kym:
So far it's a well crafted story, and it's not just about the female characters. The guys are funny and interesting as well. They also did a really good job recreating the time period, and the great jets.


Rob:

Also, it stars Christina Ricci, rocking a Mary Tyler Moore haircut, who's never looked better.


Kym:

Why do guys always obsess on how the female characters look? Noticing and mentioning is one thing, but sometimes it's all you guys talk about.


Rob:

Fine! The male characters are hot too! Happy?



Kym:

Much bet...wait, what?





Rob:

Nevermind, we're already on to the next show, X-Factor: AKA American Idol!



Kym:

American Idol is new?


Rob:

It is if we change the name, and replace the black judge who wears glasses with another black guy who wears glasses!



Kym:

Uh...no it isn't.


Rob:

I guess you're right, it isn't. Disqualified!






Kym:

This is my personal favorite new show of the fall season! It's a good old fashioned revenge story...


Rob:

That's not a figure of speech, either. It is a good old fashioned revenge story: the Count of Monte Cristo. It's not a rip-off though, but an homage. I also really enjoyed watching Emily VanCamp get her terrible revenge week after week.



Kym:

I like how the story is slowly unfolding, with every person who wronged her family each getting their just desserts.


Rob:

Kind of makes me wonder how they plan to make the series last more than a season or two. Oh well, here's to hoping that it does well, so we can find out.



Kym:

Not going to drool over the female cast members?


Rob:

Another meh. Most of the actresses on the show need sammiches. The only exception is the evil Matriarch 'Victoria', played by Madeline Stowe. She's like a cross between a Disney evil stepmother, and a Playboy model. I approve. All in all, I'm going to keep watching, even though it's not really a show targeted toward men.



Kym:

What do you mean? I think guys will like it too.


Rob:

Come on, it's being advertised as the 'dishiest' show on television. I don't even know what that means! No man does!



Kym:

Well I disagree, but we'll move on.





Kym:

We may be a little prejudiced with this one. You see, a while back Fox cancelled a very good show called 'Lie to Me', starring Tim Roth, and replaced it with the X-Factor...


Rob:

American Idol 2: This time, it's exactly the same.


Kym:

...and this show, Terra Nova. Still, I'm willing to give any show a fighting chance. Basically, the future sucks, and there's a time portal that leads 85 million years into the past, where the characters start a new life.



Rob:

Which is annoying, because I found the crowded, dirty, dis-utopian future quite interesting, and the special effects creating it were pretty good.




Kym:

Yeah, but in the past we have dinosaurs! Not exactly Summer Blockbuster quality dinosaurs, but they look alright for a TV show. From there we have survival, warring camps, and overall a cross between 'Lost' and 'Land of the Lost'.


Rob:

Honestly, I wasn't very impressed with it at all. There was very little drama, very poor chemistry...


Kym:

And way too many 'angsty teenagers in love' sub-plots.


Rob:

I also had trouble believing how many problems the people from the future were having. For starters, why do they have supply problems? Can't the future just send them more? And why are the guns so ineffective against the dinosaurs? I mean, we have guns in real life that will tear a T-Rex to shreds in seconds, but their laser guns merely piss the dinosaurs off?



Kym:

I should have expected my fiance to have some 'nerd rage' concerning the show.


Rob:

Also, all the walls around their fort look like crap! Is that the best the future has? We have time portals, but not secure fences? And what's with the slowly moving gate into town? With killer dinosaurs around, you'd think they'd close quickly...


Kym:

So anyway, the show isn't that impressive. I like the special effects, but there just isn't much interesting here. I'd much rather watch 'The Walking Dead', which gets the survivalist genre down much better.


Rob:

...and where the hell are the computers? And shouldn't the people in the future already know how well things are going? Aren't there fossil/archeological records of their fort? If the future still sucks, aren't they guaranteed to ultimately fail? And what happens when primitive man comes around and...


Kym:

Sigh...I think we should just take a break now, and let my future hubby get the geeky ranting out of his system.



Rob:

And the diseases! Don't even get me started on all the ramifications of...


Kym:

See you next week!