So, I have a whole weekend to myself. I love my wife & kids, but I'm a major introvert. I need quiet, alone time to recharge, and my sainted wife was kind enough to let me have it.
So what did I do: try to catch up on my TV/DVD watching.
First disappointment: I've been taping Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis for two years now. I tried SG-1 a few years back, and it just wasn't for me. But two years ago, they added the fantastic Ben Browder to the cast. Dude ruled in Farscape, so I was happy to finally see him back to work in a major role. Only, the show was still pretty basic. I know it's got a big fanbase-- and is also the longest running science fiction show EVER-- but I just wasn't enthralled. It happens: but I've got about 20 shows on tape I haven't gotten to yet, so I can't spend it on either Stargate series.
I just wish I wouldn't have recorded the show for TWO FREAKIN' YEARS before I started watching it. My bad.
The second disappointment: ECW on Sci-Fi. Okay, I was P.O.ed that rasslin' was on the Sci-Fi Channel in the first place, but the channel has been rapidly getting rid of the Sci-Fi for years now.
Now that I don't think wrestling is a waste of time. I was into it pretty well until two-three years ago. I stopped watching completely a year ago. But I decided to give ECW a try since it was only an hour long-- and The Olympic Champion, Kurt Angle, had defected to ECW (which is still owned by the WWE-- don't ask). Plus, it was EC-F'in-W; who knows what'll happen?
But the things I stopped liking about the WWE were there on this show, too. Constant promos of the PPVs and other shows, recaps of earlier events of the night. The show is ONE HOUR LONG! How many people would have forgotten that RVD got jumped by Edge in the span of a half-hour? They trot out their super-hardcore 5-time champ Sandman every episode to wail on a guy no one's ever heard of (who is also the "comedy relief"-- just not funny). The jobber (a guy destined to lose) comes out, Sandman appears in the crowd, slams a beer, comes to the ring, whacks the jobber with a stick for 30 seconds, pulls another beer out of his pocket, slams it, and then leaves-- to the raucous cheers of the sheep in the audience.
And while I'm a raging heterosexual, I just don't get off on seeing the valets/divas/ECW's vixens stripping on TV. Maybe it's because I know I'll never see "anything" since it's basic cable, or maybe it's just because the WWE has forced titillation on fans since Sable. You've only got an hour, why not have another match?
And my favorite wrestler of all time: Kurt Angle? He doesn't get any promos, and certainly not any of the comedy bits he excelled at just a few years ago.
Ah well, one less show to record every week...
Disappointment number 3: Bravo's Outrageous and Contagious Viral Videos. How cool is that? I don't have the time to scour the web for them myself, so it's cool to have them in a handy TV format. Only, it's not that cool. The narration sucked, hardly any web addresses were mentioned (just in case you may want to see it again), and many videos were cut. I watched four episodes/ two hours. Blah.
Upside to the weekend: I started watching Deadwood Season Two. Now that's good TV. It's not for everyone due to the crazy amounts of vulgar language and the no-holds-barred violence, but it has restored my faith in television.
The other big show of the year I fell in love with, Prison Break has its first season DVD set drop on Tuesday. Check it out. Preposterous at times, but a heck of a ride...
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