Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Hardcore Lego Captain America

I don't think Smilin' Stan would approve...

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Premieres and Notables: March 19-25, 2012

Monday, 3/19

Dancing With the Stars; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family. 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 3/20

The River (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Little Couple (TLC; 9 pm CST).  Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 3/21

Bent; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Amanda Peet is the single mom who hires David Walton to renovate her home. 
Both have done some decent comedy in the past, but NBC is pretty much just burning the episodes off this spring, so don't get too attached.


Thursday, 3/22

Touch; Fox. 8 pm CST. (Sort-of) Series Premiere.
Fox aired the pilot a few weeks ago, and they're calling this the "World Premiere" as it lands in its normal timeslot tonight.

Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Archer (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
So, four days after Walking Dead  closes its season, the increasingly-great Archer signs-off. 
Thank God Community is back (NBC; 7 pm CST) or I wouldn't have any shows to really look forward to every week.


Friday, 3/23

Sweet Home Alabama (CMT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 3/25

Mad Men; AMC. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

Luck (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Walking Dead Finale Tonight

Saw this pic and decided to post it because it pretty much sums up what tonight's ep (AMC; 8:00 pm CST):
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I read what could be a real plot synopsis of tonight's season finale, and if half of it is true, it'll be the wildest episode of this show so far.  As we've seen the past two weeks, this show is not afraid to kill-off characters, and there should some more graves needing to be dug as the zombie hoard descends on the farm.

EDIT [after watching the finale]:
Okay-- that's how you end a season.  The spoilers I read were dead-on, but actually seeing the two Season Three set-ups (that were pure catnip for comic book nerds) were still cool.  The mysterious stranger (who comic readers know) with the unique weapon and companions-- and that last camera pan up to reveal the setting for the third season. 
Damn!  October is a long way away...

Ruin (short film)

Cool chase scene.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Community-Prometheus Mash-up

A littlte late, but I just saw this.

(It helps if you've seen the Prometheus trailer.)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

What if Star Wars Episode I was good?

Some interesting changes proposed by this dude.

I knew it had issues, but seeing it again recently reminded me just how bad it was.

Premieres and Notables: March 12-18, 2012

Monday, 3/12

The Bachelor (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hoarders (A&E; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tuesday, 3/13

Fashion Star; NBC. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Fashion design goes to a major network!
And if the commercials are true, we'll be able to buy the designs-- in store!-- the next day!
Oh hellz yeah!


Wednesday, 3/14

Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis; Bravo. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bad economy my ass. This is, what, Lewis' third show; the second since the housing bubble burst?

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Unless this show actually gets funny again this season, I'm out.

Good, Better... Best; DIY. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jeff Devlin hosts this series where contractors pitch their remodeling ideas to homeowners.

Restaurant Stakeout; Food Network. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Willie Degel, the "toughest steakhouse boss" in New York, brings hidden cameras into steakhouses and then busts the poorly behaving staffs.

Ugly Americans; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Mid-season Return.

Monster Man; Syfy. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Special effects propmaster Cleve Hall and his team is featured in this new series.


Thursday, 3/15

Missing; ABC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ashley Judd stars as an ex-CIA agent who heads to Europe to find her kidnapped son.

Community; NBC. 7 pm CST. Mid-season Return.
The smartest, craziest, most unpredictable comedy on TV returns-- finally.  Check it out.

Here's an awesome trailer to get you in the mood (Super-sized because this show deserves it):


The First 48: Missing Persons; A&E. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Sweet Genius; Food Network. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Friday, 3/16

Fairly Legal; USA. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

North Woods Law; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The game wardens of Maine are examined in this docu-series.

In Plain Sight; USA. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
The final season begins here.


Sunday, 3/18

Frozen Planet; Discovery Channel. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
The team that brought us Planet Earth and Life takes us on a trip to the world's coldest regions.  Four years-- and 60 expeditions-- in the making.  Highly recommended.

The Walking Dead (AMC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
After a slow-paced first half of the season, the show has really brought it lately (even killing-off a major character last week), and this finale should be even crazier.  At least one other major death, and a big shit-hitting-the-fan plot that sends the group in different directions by the end should make this a great one.
Creator (and finale co-writer) Robert Kirkman promises "big zombie action" for this ep-- but I wonder if the biggest death(s) will come from zombies-- or one of the humans.

Utah Jazz birthday blooper

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Manning Cat Commercial

This cat goes the distance for its master.

Thursday, March 08, 2012

David Lynch directs a Pabst commerical

I haven't seen Blue Velvet, but I think this parody speaks for itself.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Feels good, man

Sometimes you just gotta get it on...

Sunday, March 04, 2012

History for History (Channel)

Premieres and Notables: March 5-11, 2012

Monday, 3/5

The Lying Game (ABC Family; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 3/6

Breaking In; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Jane By Design (ABC Family; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.


Wednesday, 3/7

My Crazy Obsession; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 3/9

The Ultimate Fighter 15; FX. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Ghost Adventures; Travel. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Portlandia (IFC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 3/11

Bob's Burgers; Fox. 7:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Coming Home; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Friday, March 02, 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Premieres and Notables: February 27-March 4, 2012

Monday, 2/27

The Haney Project; Golf Channel. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Adam Levine is this year's project subject.


Tuesday, 2/28

Parenthood (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

White Collar (USA; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 2/29

America's Next Top Model; The CW.  8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Top Chef: Texas (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Psych; USA.  9 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.


Thursday, 3/1

Awake; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jason Isaacs stars as a detective who wakes after a car crash and finds he's living in two realities: one in which his wife died, and another in which his son died.  He doesn't know which is real and which is a dream.
I caught this pilot last night (OnDemand, Hulu, and iTunes all are offering it), and it's really good.  I'm not sure if the premise will hold up week after week, but I'm completely willing to watch to see how it does.
And, if the plot or the premise hadn't hooked me, Isaacs had a fantastic scene near the end where he explained how he's going to process not knowing what's real and what's a dream with this therapist. It showed, right there, what kind of man we're going to be watching.


Saturday, 3/3

DC Nation; Cartoon Network. 9 am CST. Programming block premiere.
The Green Lantern animated series and the return of Young Justice anchor this block, but scattered throughout will also be animated shorts and DC Universe news.

The Aquabats! Super Show! The Hub. 12 noon CST. Series Premiere.
This live-action show features five costumed kids who fight crime-- with rock and roll.

The Essentials; TCM. 7 pm CST. 12th Season Premiere.
Drew Barrymore picks the films for this run.

Oddities (Science; 9 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.


Sunday, 3/4

Army Wives; Lifetime. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

GCB; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Based on the novel Good Christian Bitches, comes this soapy show just in time to take-over for the departing Desperate Housewives.
The commercials have made this look like a lot of fun (and I am fully aware that doesn't necessarily mean anything), and the cast is pretty good.
And one of the characters is named "Carlene Cockburn"...
You just have to give the show a shot with a name like that.

Breakout Kings; A&E.  9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
And the ads are promising that "one will fall".

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012

Rob Liefeld... Not a very technically good artist

I ran across this recently, and it had me laughing so much, I had tears in my eyes.

I don't really want to perpetuate the beating this dude gets, but I also don't feel too awful about it. I mean, he's got more money than Tony Stark, so he can afford to take an art class or ten...

And, no, you don't need to be a comic book fan to enjoy this.

...But it helps.

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Summer Girl Fails 2011

Since it's been cold outside for a while, why not a vid with women in bikinis?

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Premieres and Notables: February 20-26, 2012

Monday, 2/20

Jake and the Never Land Pirates; Disney Channel. 7:30 am. Season  Premiere.

Degrassi; TeenNick. 8 pm CST. Mid-season Return.


Wednesday, 2/22

Royal Pains (USA; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 2/23

Monsuno; Nicktoons. 7:00 and 7:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.

Wipeout (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, 2/25

Being Human; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012

I cannot wait for summer

I'm soooo trying this ...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Premieres and Notables: February 13-19, 2012

Monday, 2/13

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network; 6:30 pm CST). Season Finale


Tuesday, 2/14

Cougartown; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Grayson pops the question.

Top Shot; History. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 2/15

Survivor: One World; CBS. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
It's men vs. women-- and they all live in the same camp.

Elizabeth Shue begins her tour of duty on CSI (CBS; 9 pm CST).

Hot in Cleveland (TV Land; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.


Thursday, 2/16

Hook, Line & Dinner; Cooking Channel.  7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 2/18

Pit Boss (Animal Planet; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 2/19

The Amazing Race; CBS. 7 pm CST.  Season Premiere.

The Celebrity Apprentice; NBC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
The commercial for this season was funny.
I doubt Trump had anything to do with it.

Masterpiece Classic (Downton Abbey) (PBS. 8 pm CST.)  Season Finale.

Eastbound and Down; HBO. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Rumors are out there that this is the last season...

Life's Too Short; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (you know, the geniuses behind The Office, Extras, and An Idiot Abroad) bring us this series based on an idea from Warwick Davis about his trials as a dwarf actor.  If Davis is half the actor Matt LeBlanc was by playing an extreme version of himself (on EpisodesI, this should be awesome.

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Premieres and Notables: February 6-12, 2012

Monday, 2/6

Smash; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
You've probably seen the commercials. Heck, I DVR everything, so I can FF through commercials, and I've seen too many commercials for this one.
It's a musical-drama based on the behind-the-scenes goings-on at a Broadway production of the Marilyn Monroe story.
NBC has pushed the crap out of this, but it looks like it could be a winner.


Tuesday, 2/7

The River; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A nature-show host disappears while filming in the Amazon, and a crew of rescuers go on the hunt to find him.
Sounds like they'll find a lot of weirdness and mysteries...

Doomsday Preppers; National Geographic. 8 pm CST.  Series Premiere.


Thursday, 2/9

Swamp People; History. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 2/11

Parking Wars; A&E. 8 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Sunday, 2/12

The Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST.  Mid-season Premiere.
I'm no W.D. apologist; I'm very aware there are some problems with plot-lines and characters. Or pacing; the first part of the season was pretty slow.
But after the last ten minutes of the mid-season finale with the Holy Shit conclusion of that episode, I'm really looking forward to see what's going to happen next.
This show hooks me for a solid hour every week, and it's a rare show that can do that nowadays.
Check it out.
And if you've missed anything, AMC will air the first seven eps of the season right before the premiere, so you can catch up.

And at 11 pm, Talking Dead continues its look at the aforementioned series.  It's not necessary, but it has its moments-- and the show scores some good guests.

Comic Book Men; AMC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
This reality show is set in Kevin Smith's comic bookstore in New Jersey.
I think there can be some good stuff here, but I can also see this devolving into a mess with ludicrous clerks or customers that make fun of comics.
Some of the best times-- and conversations-- in my life happened at my local comic store in college, so I'm giving it a shot.  But I also know that crazy sells, so I'm not expecting much in the way of thought-provoking situations.

Full Metal Jousting; History.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Didn't we just have a reality show about modern-day jousters on some other cable network last Fall?
Is this really a "thing"?

Slug Invasion

Slug Invasion from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Premieres and Notables: January 30-February 5, 2012

Monday, 1/30

Fear Factor (NBC; 7pm CST). Season Finale.

RuPaul's Drag Race; Logo. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 1/31

Tosh.0; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Key & Peele; Comedy Central.  9:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Two of my favorite Mad TV performers (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) get their own sketch comedy.


Friday, 2/3

Who Do You Think You Are? NBC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 2/4

Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal; OWN. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 2/5

The Voice; NBC. After the Super Bowl (approx 9 pm CST). 2nd Season Premiere.

Gordon Ramsey explains how to make love

This is fantastic. Incredible editing...