Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Live Blogging - Kid Nation Style

I know, I know, this is a Grey's Anatomy blog, but, seriously, Kid Nation has a little Meredith in training in Taylor, and all the previews show Taylor crying quite a bit, and a possible ouster of her, so, we have to watch.

I refuse, out of spite, to type in anything about the recap, it is just a way to waste time before the show actually starts, and allows them to get on or two commercials on in place of actual show. I hate that, so, there was a recap, and, it sucked. Other than a whole new town council, made up of the four oldest kids in town.

7:01 pm, we get the episode title, "I Just LIke The Recess Part." No doubt referring to the fact that today, we get the kids in school, because, after all, they are supposed to be at a camp, not filming a television show under New Mexico law.

7:03 pm, The Kids starts killing chickens again, 10 of them, for one big feast. The chicken killing is great, and our girl Taylor is mad that they told her to shut up, even though she has told people to shut up for what seems like at least 100 times this season. The older boys try to get the chickens, the younger girls become human shields, and the COMMERCIALS!

7:08 pm, we are back from commercial, and Sophia, our 14 year old girl, who won a gold star in week 1, and would NEVER win one now, figures out the solution. Let the kids pick which 10 chickens would die. So, Taylor gets to save the brown chickens that she likes, and 10 others go to the slaughterhouse, all The Jungle style. Taylor saves chickens by killing others great.

7:10 pm, the nerdy kids talk about the numbers of pi, and life on mars, pretty much the shit I talk about every day, yeah, I was a nerd.

7:12 pm, the new council goes to find their directions from the producers, i.e. the town journal, and find out they should start a school in Bonanza City, and in a rare smart move, the kids figure out that the showdowns, where they can get prizes for their town, usually have to do with their task, so, they want to use school to get ahead. Of course, some kids, like our girl Taylor, are totally against learning, or doing anything, that could help her town.

7:14 pm, the different teams break off to learn everything, and Sophia, who seems to be gunning for a second gold star, came up with an ingenious way of learning the crap in the books, ACTING it out. Much like these kids are teaching us about ourselves by ACTING it out, oh, wait, it is reality t.v., never mind, no young actors here. Oh, and Taylor, still not doing shit, she is playing with her brown chickens, and the town council tells her they are pulling her reward, and she is to the point of tears.

Now, as an aside, I have concerns about Taylor. She does seem a bit spoiled, and she was on the town council on Day 1, and got voted out, so, I can see her resenting them. But man, she might really break down this week, and I do not think that would be good. Anyway, commercial break, again.

7:19 pm, he kids are all running to the showdown, which, in an amazing twist, has to do with the study materials. Now, in these showdowns, the kids compete to get easy jobs for nickels ( I am not kidding) and if all the districts get it done, with a lot of ammo left, they get a big town reward.

Pop Quiz Results: After the longest, most horrible sling shot use ever, the teams finished in the following order:
Green got upper class
Blue got merchants
Yellow got cooks
Red got laborers

But god, it took forever, and at one point, they actually stopped showing us the questions, because they were so boring, silly, and the kids would just miss and miss and miss.

7:29 pm, the kids poor all their ammo in a jar to see if it fills it up, to get the big reward. They finally got one, and it was a choice, between books for a library, OR a video aracrd with Dance Dance Revolution, Hockey, pool, I mean hell. This is such an easy choice, especially since there are only 8 days left, so, arcade wins out, and the kids will be playing DDR for a LONG time.

7:32 pm, Taylor is told VERY clearly, that she does not get to use the arcade at all, and she threatens to hit people. I really am conflicted about her, she is sort of a brat at times, but I don't think she should have gotten denied arcade priviledges. Then, of course, commercial.

7:36 pm, the kids remind Taylor , again, that she doesn't get to go to the arcade. Meanwhile, Sophia, for some reason, is going to build a library in a tent, rather than actually play in the arcade.

7:39 pm, Red Team revolt! rather than do their jobs, two of them decide to go play in the arcade, and the red team leader looks sort of weak, as he is not getting listened to, at all.

7:41 pm, Zach attempts to get Taylor on his side, for, apparently, a yellow team coup attempt that may happen later. But, Taylor, god bless her, starts doing dishes, a lot of dishes, and works, actually does real work, for hours at a time, and I guess she did it all day, and she got to go to the arcade, escorted by the older boys.

Good news, Taylor learned to work, and the kids go their dishes done, bad news, she may get the gold star, and that would suck.

7:46 pm, Sophia, who is NOT a cook this week, rails on the Yellow team for not cooking breakfast, but instead is gambling on pool in the arcade. Oh we got trouble, right here in Bonanza City, it begins with T that rhymes with P that stands for POOL! Then Commercial!

I have to say, I am not surprised by the kids all living in the arcade. You have 36 8-14 year olds, who, for 32 days, have had nothing to do. Then, they get a FREE arcade, honestly, what did you think was going to happen? They wouldn't play free DDR? Hell, I am 28 years old, and I would LOVE free DDR. Speaking of, I may break out my game cube, and play some tonight.......

7:50 pm, town meeting, without first showing us who is in gold star consideration, so this could be a big shock. The Council decides that they are going to only allow the arcade if all the dishes and work are done first, and they made Sophia the mistress of enforcement. That will be great.

7:52 pm, the $20,000 gold star is up for grabs, and the winner is Hunter, from the red team. I don't really know much about him, so I don't know if this is good or not. Apparently he is a hard worker, so, I guess that is good.

7:55 pm, as we fade to black, we get to see a red team member sneak in, and play DDR one last time before the rules get set into place.

Pretty lame episode, really nothing happened.

SAD.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Visually Stunning, and remarkably strong.

The symbolism and all in all amazingness of last night's Grey's was unreal.

First off, in Bitch watch, Meredith was,in no way, Bitchy last night. This was sad, as I think she is at her best when she is at her most terrible. I could make a point about how she acted on the way to the meeting with Dr. Sloan, but, I think it was more annoyed than Bitchy, so, I won't do that.

Lexie left a lot to be desired this week. I mean, why is this a common plot device in t.v.? Girl likes boy, other girl shows up, says she likes boy, first girl, without talking to boy first, gets pissed and goes and talks to Seth Green about it. Actually, I think this exact plot happened in Buffy, but I am not sure.

Also, I am not sure Lexie has a right to be that mad, you don't get to pull the "I'm not talking to you card" then , get pissed about random Jane Doe who shows up and claims she is with Kerev.

Kerev, I mean, he could have saved his ass, briefly, by going and explaining to Lexie that random girl was here, and talking to her about it, a bit, but he didn't, so, that was a dumb choice.

Ok, relationship stuff aside, again, great episode for Dr. Bailey. She had to deal with a white supremacist, who may not still be one, but whatever. People can change, which is fine, but, I want to know where a person is at in their life when they get such a horrible tattoo on their stomach. The best visual of this series so far was that image of Dr. Bailey cutting into that tattoo. Wow.

This is a two part episode, where Seth Green may die because Lexie made him laugh, I can't wait till next week.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Heroes, finally getting good.

As I have previously stated, Veronica Mars is considered by me to be one of the best 5 shows ever to appear on television. One of the reasons for its awesomeness lies in Kristen Bell, and her portrayal of the titular character. As incredible as Miss Bell was in Veronica Mars, I believe her bat shit crazy playing of Elle in Heroes is even more amazing.

The way she blew West out of the sky, wow, great shot Elle.

Here is the thing with Heroes, the beginning of the season plodded along so slowly, and was messed around so much, because there were too many new people, and they just didn't have time, and blah blah blah. Lots of media types have commented on this, so I will not go back into it.

There were some big reveals last night, first off, the "duh" moment of Adam/Kensei being the one who killed Sulu, that made sense, people have predicted that for a while, and it was nice to see it.

I also liked the definition given to Claire's power, and Kensei's, that, at some point, she will just stop aging. The power of God's is right.

I am, all in all though, upset with the show and how it just LOVES blood. Kensei's blood, Claire's blood, Mohinder's blood, I understand the subtext that Blood is life, and all that stuff, but, honestly, let's get some better writing, or better twists. Jesus. I do like that blood brings people back from the dead, I am hoping and praying that DL and Linderman are gonna get some blood work soon.

I am looking greatly forward to next week, when Hiro takes a sword to Peter's neck. Should be awesome.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bat Shit Crazy

First off, the above is my favorite new phrase, honestly, use it in everyday life, trust me.

Today, we will use it to describe the bat shit crazy Dr. Sydney who went on a fake (or was it real?) date with Dr. Shepard. That girl, wow, way too happy all the time. This show has such well written strong females, such as, Dr. Hahn. I can't get over her, what a great replacement for that shitty Addison, who is on a show I have now given up on, Private Practice.

The bus tragedy was interesting, in that, when a bus got tossed off the road in Veronica Mars, my third favorite show of all time, it was a season long mystery, here, Grey's makes it a one night in the ER type of fun time.

I will take an aside to describe my top five shows of all time, this list can always change, but I doubt it:
1. Star Trek: DS9
2. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
3. Veronica Mars
4. The Amazing Race
5. Battlestar: Galactica

This list is perfect, and do not try to dispute it!

Speaking of Buffy, Principal Green guest starred today, and Miranda was checking him all sorts of out. Not only was that sort of joking, but, really, the whole thing was kind of fun fun joking. I don't know, early on, weird. I don't like Miranda ever looking weak, especially because of a man that is not her husband, and especially because i do not like her being all giggly.

Thatcher Grey apologized to McBitchy, in a drunken stupor. It is good to find out where McBitchy gets her propensity for the booze, however, she seems like she can handle her booze better than that.

I honestly could care less about George and Izzie. Really, they are ridiculous. I mean, if George can't get excited to have great sex with her, seriously. I really feel bad for the actress who plays Izzie, she never gets a chance, in any project to dating an attractive person at all. One of the reasons I do not buy her and George is because she is 10 levels above him on the "dating level" chart. It is sad.

I have to say, I don't know who the nurse from OR 2 is, but I like her. She's the right kind of sass, seemingly age appropriate for McDreamy, and, unlike perky doctor, actually seems like she could be real competition for McBitchy, her name is ROSE! I already love her.

I am glad that Lexie stood up to Meredith, that was awesome, way to call McBitchy on her McShit. What the fuck was that hyperventilating shit? She was pretentious to her sister, tried to be all caring and condescending about it, and Lexie called her on it. All in all, it was awesome. More people should tell her where to go. ps - Kerev rocks, again, and Bailey was great in the end, god, I love her.

The music on this show continues to be very good too, always appropriate and top notch. But the band stuff, I don't know about that stuff at all, I mean, in my high school, they were sort of cool, much cooler than the book nerd that I was. They went on trips, and got a lot of play with each other. Honestly, they might not have been the coolest group, but they were certainly cooler than me, and my group.

I feel it important to mention that the writers strike, will, in all probability, negatively cause problems for this blog. I will continue to update it as in frequently as I do now, even after we run out of new shows to watch. The good news is, we should have lots of reality t.v. to complain about it, which will be great. Also, in February, Battlestar Comes back, perhaps McBitchy will be revealed as the 12th Cylon.

Monday, November 12, 2007

I don't, I don't care, that she hates apples.

I apologize, so much, for not updating till now.

But wow, Kerev, he is so fucking great. Telling McBitchy off when she was down right terrible to the Sexy Lexie, that was so great. Here is the thing, I understand that Lexie is sleeping with Kerev, but she is totally innocent. All she knew was that McBitchy and Kerev were friends, she did not know, at all, that they lived together.

Meredith is just, I mean, she isn't even constructively mean about it, she is just awful to her, and her heartfelt speech to that guy who was losing his wife, god, that's shit.

I have to say, good think Torres got the boot, Bailey has been carrying her ass since the season premiere, just totally carrying her, and she deserves that job.

Sorry, not much else happened, and, really, Meredith just needs to stop with the hating.

God I love Lexie Grey, she needs a spinoff.