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A Week Later: The Walking Dead

By
Chris Scott
– December 13, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

Once upon a time I collected comic books. Wednesday’s were a special day for me as I would head to my comic shop home and pick up my rather obnoxious collection of books for the week. Sadly time and monetary constraints forced me to alter my reading habits and ultimately stop reading comics nearly all together. However one book that I have kept up with is The Walking Dead, albeit via trade paperbacks and not individual issues, and you can imagine my excitement when AMC announced that the zombie comic would be getting a television adaptation.

When I sat down seven weeks ago to watch the series premiere on a cold Halloween night, I prepared myself for the worst. After all as a film and television viewer I have watched a great many media properties be adapted for the big or little screens only to see them amount to nothing more than broken dreams. However my fears were quickly allayed as the premiere episode was not only a great piece of horror television but a great piece of television in general. The next five episodes, while never quite as well put together, only amplified my feeling that this was the show I have long been waiting for.

The history of horror television is somewhat of a joke, nothing in my 32 years has stood out as fantastic horror storytelling. Sure singular episodes of The X-Files were great and other shows, be it Supernatural or True Blood, have done good things with the genre, I would not call any of them serious horror shows as there always seems to be a tinge of “isn’t this so absurd?” floating behind it all. The Walking Dead though pulled no punches, it was serious, made for adult type horror.

Where The Walking Dead succeeded is exactly where the book succeeds, the show is about the people struggling to survive. The show is not about the flesh eating zombies, they are just a catalyst for the situations. This was evident throughout the season from the much ballyhooed sequence in the premiere to the final episode where Dale sits with Andrea as certain doom approaches and it is exactly why I will be tuning in next season. Because even after only six episodes I am invested in these characters and I want to see where they are heading.

As a fan of the book, part of me was upset that I knew where the show was going to lead and that the surprises would be lost. Luckily the show moved in a different direction very early one. Sure things are still somewhat on the track set forth by writer Robert Kirkman but enough has changed that The Walking Dead television show feels like its own entity.

No one episode is going to please everyone and the season finale was no exception. I’ve heard the usual complaints (too predictable, too melodramatic, etc…) but those people are never going to be satisfied no matter what happens or how it plays out. For the most part the season finale was a solid piece of television. Did things get a little melodramatic with the unheard message passed by the crazy Dr. Jenner to Rick? Sure but it fit (and for the record my money is on Lori being pregnant and not by Rick).

As the final episode closed we are left to wonder what the future holds for the survivors just as they themselves must be wondering as they drive into the unknown. For me it was the prefect ending to a near perfect beginning. I can not wait for more.

5 out of 5

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A Day Late: The Walking Dead Episode #5

By
Chris Scott
– December 2, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

So I’m two days late but well, those are the breaks some times. Episode five, titled “Wildfire”, is the penultimate episode in the first season of the show and what a wildfire it is. Written by series creator, Robert Kirkman, this episode steers the television adaptation in a completely different direction than the comic book and honestly it has made me even more excited about the continuation of this show.

Up until this episode the liberties taken with the series have been marginal, branching storylines that could have happened inside the main story arc. “Wildfire” changes all that, it takes the existing storyline from the source material and veers wildly off the road making the series something completely different. Yes, there are still zombies and characters bearing the names of those in the comic book are still present and accounted for but there is also something new and unknown now to explore and for someone who has read the books, it is fantastic.

Most of the episode was spent bouncing between characters dealing with their losses from the recent attack on the camp. For the first time in the series the focus shifted more prominently to people not named Rick and Shane as the episode mostly revolves around two secondary characters, Andrea and Jim.

The scenes involving Andrea, as she watches over the body of her deceased sister are gut wrenching. At first it isn’t clear what her intentions are and she seems to have cracked but once those intentions are determined her emotional vigil is near tear inducing. On the other end of the spectrum we have Jim who was bitten by a walker in the last attack and we watch as he become ostracized and then pitied after it is revealed he is infected. Rick vows to save him but there is only so much a body can take and Jim knows it. The decision Jim ultimately makes is fitting for his character, although the execution of it all came off a bit hokey.

However, where Andrea and Jim were the major stories for the episode, it is the tension between Rick and Shane that is fueling these last few episodes and it will be interesting to see how it all resolves itself. If you’ve read the book, you know how it was done there but the ending of this episode really shows that Kirkman and series producer, Frank Darabont, are forging a new path for the series, so at this point I think just about anything could happen.

There is one episode left now. That kind of saddens me a bit but I’ll be there with bells and whistles next week to send it off on its long hiatus.

4 out of 5.

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A Day Late: The Walking Dead Episode #4

By
Chris Scott
– November 24, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

Only four episodes into the series and I already see the stylistic pattern that the show is going to take. It is a relatively traditional pattern that shows such as The X-Files have employed with great success. For every episode of plot related, character driven drama there will be an action oriented pallet cleanser that keeps both sides of the show’s viewership engaged on a week to week basis. So after an episode that was filled with high tension human drama, The Walking Dead’s fourth episode sways to a more action oriented tilt.

The first more action oriented episode, the second of the series, was criticized by a vocal group of dissenters that felt it was too predictable and reliant on ordinary genre conventions. And even though I heartily enjoyed the second episode, it is hard to argue that point. Going into the latest episode of the show I was expecting another fun yet predictable episode and what I received was an action packed thrill ride filled with unexpected twists and turns that was in my estimation the best episode since the premiere.

The episode starts off with the main group once again being separated. While Rick and his small group of rescuers are looking for Daryl’s brother, Merle, and the guns Rick lost when he first entered the city, Shane continues to exert force to show his authority as the leader he has deemed himself to be. As could be expected things do not go so well for Rick’s group but it is not the undead horde that is causing the problems.

Anyone who has ever seen Lost knows that there are others out there. The world of The Walking Dead is no different so of course there are going to be pockets of survivors and each is going to support their own hierarchical structure. Honestly I was not expecting another group to show up so early in the show’s progression but that is exactly what happened with this episode. Instead of fending off the undead, Rick and company are forced to rescue Glenn from another group of survivors.

It was a tense sequence of events and the resolution was unexpected to say the least but the real fun of the episode comes during the climactic final minutes where the show finally lays out the fact that nobody is safe in this series. The unexpected conclusion was gut wrenching and on par with Rick reuniting with his family in the previous episode. It was just great drama through and through. The concept that anybody could be the next to die is something that is laid out very early on in the comic series and while I have been expecting the revelation with show, I was expecting it two episodes from now.

Each passing episode of the series has pushed down a little harder on the accelerator and after this episode I have great confidence that the season is going to end on a very high note.

5 out of 5.

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Smallville – S10E8 (Ambushed)

By
Ryan Kenward
– November 17, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

*** SPOILER WARNING! ***

This episode was definitely the weakest in this season, I was very disappointed.  That being said, I’m a huge Smallville fan; I own seasons 1-9 either on DVD or Bluray.  I’ve watched every episode to date and I have some valid gripes on this episode.

I’m not going to go down the, “wah it’s not like the comic book, wah” route; because the people who say that are morons.  Superman has so many story archs as it is, I just think of Smallville as it’s own arch and it doesn’t need to answer to anyone.

That being said, the whole “let’s make a subpar episode and people will eat it up if we start with Lois & Clark and end with Lois & Clark” – I’m not buying it.  I do like seeing their relationship grow, and Home Coming (S10E4) was by far one of the best episodes ever, but enough all ready with the cheesiness!

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Aren’t you supposed to resolve things?!

Here’s what bothered me the most about this episode – there’s an evil old lady training a bunch of cryptonite powered babes that beat Clark and Tess’ ass yet Clark ends up just grabbing Tess and making a run for it.  What about those bad guys Clark?  Really?  Just going to leave them and act like it didn’t happen to get your Lois shot in the end.  Right, figured you might do that.  *Sigh*

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Lutessa, possible sex change?

Or how about the strained attempt to make Tess out to be a half sister of Lex.  I forget if it was season 1 or 2, but we clearly know the missing child was a boy.  That was the whole, Clark is my son story because Lionel Luther and Pamela Jenkins shacked up.  I’d guarantee it was a boy if she thought that was though, she should able to identify a penis even if she only held the baby for like, 2 seconds.  So that is issue number one, with this story angle.  Issue number 2 – didn’t Lex and Tess like… uhhhh… do it?  That makes the Luke and Leia kiss like Donnie and Marie Osmand.  I’m pretty sure it has been insinuated more than once that Lex and Tess “got – it – on.”  So what gives?

There were a few enjoyable moments in the episode though.  It was nice to see Jor-El and Lara-El in their holographic message thing, good morale boost for Clark.  Though I disagree with the whole, Lois going to the fortress and just talking to the walls until “Jor-El” does something.  The fortress of solitude is not voice activated, it is crystal activated… that has always been a little pet peeve of mine.

Here’s hoping for a better episode next week.

-Ryan

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A Day Late: The Walking Dead Episode #3

By
Chris Scott
– November 17, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

The strength of The Walking Dead comic series is human drama, while the zombies are the catalyst for events that happen, it is the relationships between those struggling to survive that drives the series forward and makes it better than standard genre fare. This was supremely evident in the premiere episode of the series but the series took a detour with the second episode, delivering an exciting, if somewhat predictable, episode. I for one didn’t mind it but there was a slight outcry from some fans about the change of tone from the first to second episode and the perceived dip in quality.
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Well those vocal dissenters can rest easy as the human drama returned to the series in spades in “Tell It To The Frogs”, the third episode of the series. Rick finally and quite emotionally reunites with his wife and son and his arrival, or revival as the case may be for Lori and Carl, will have far reaching implications for the rest of the season. There are secrets and lies that will need to come forward over the next three episodes and it won’t be pretty.

As fascinating and tense as the love triangle is right now only Rick, Lori and Shane are portrayed as anything more than one dimensional. While the show is obviously focused on Rick, this episode begins to introduce us to the rest of the survivors and we begin to see that they are more than just zombie food to satisfy our bloodlust. Character development is going to play a large role in the success of this series and the viewers getting to know the rest of the group is vital in keeping people vested in the ongoing struggle.

However as important as developing some other characters may be like it or not, The Walking Dead is primarily Rick’s story and so the writing is on the wall for a couple of characters and it is not hard to distinguish who at least one of them is. This is after all a drama that uses zombies as a catalyst for strife and tension and people will die.

Speaking of zombies, there was not much in the way of the actual walking dead in this episode as it focuses more on developing the tension between the three primaries. Don’t take that to mean that the episode was devoid of any action. The series continues to push the boundaries of what is acceptable on television in a brutal group beating scene where the survivors bludgeon a wandering zombie that is devouring a dead deer and a scene involving Shane going a little crazy as he breaks up a domestic dispute.

All in all “Tell It To The Frogs” is a good episode and it continues the high quality standard the series has set for itself. Going forward the plot needs to advance more than baby steps but I have a feeling (and an unfair knowledge) that big things are just around the corner for the series. Next Sunday can not come soon enough.

4 out of 5.

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A Day Late: The Walking Dead Episode #2

By
Chris Scott
– November 9, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

Last week The Walking Dead took television audiences by storm. It was the most watched cable premiere of the year and it had the internet buzzing about nearly everything in the episode. However the second episode of a new series is always more telling of how the show will do in the long run and the second episode of The Walking Dead was once again a massive success, retaining nearly 90% of the premiere episode’s audience.

But how did the show stack up to the epic premiere? Well the answer to that is, quite well and one of my biggest concerns with the first episode was rectified. The episode, entitled “Guts”, veers off course from the original source material and this is something that I was hoping Darabont and company would do. As much as I love the comic, I don’t want to know everything that happens. “Guts” takes some creative liberties with the story and it made for an entertaining episode that helped us to get to know Rick Grimes better while also enhancing and explore relationships that will come in to play very shortly.

The episode kicks off with Rick’s wife, Lori wandering into the woods surrounding the survivor encampment to look for berries. It becomes quite clear though that Lori is looking for some other types of berries when Rick’s ex-partner Shane surprises her and the two get right down to business. Meanwhile Rick is trapped inside the tank and is being guided to escape by a mysterious bystander over the radio. The mysterious bystander, named Glenn, turns out to be part of a larger group of survivors who are searching for supplies and because of Rick alerting the horde they are all trapped in a downtown department store. While the episode gives us glances into the life Lori and Shane are living in the survivor camp, it mostly focuses on Rick and the survivors as they generate plans to escape to safety.

It may have just been me but I felt there was less tension in this episode than there was in the first and the tension that was built up felt extremely manufactured and somewhat cliché. For example, there is a scene where Rick and Glen, covered in zombie guts (hence the name of the episode), are wading through zombies as they attempt to make their way to a construction yard to get a vehicle. Whereas this should be a tense, nail biting scene I could only think to myself, it is going to rain and they are going to have to make a run for it barely making it to the construction yard. And guess what happened? Yep. Maybe it is just my years of watching horror films but I hope that other big set pieces do not turn out this way in the series.

Tension issues and predictability aside though, The Walking Dead episode two was a solid follow up to the stunning premiere. It is a shame we are already a third of the way through the season because, at least for me, this series is the most compelling and promising new show on television. Fortunately AMC has announced that there will be a second season, so there is still plenty more zombie goodness to look forward to.

4 out of 5.

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[Insert Classic 80's Rock Anthem Here]

By
VTV Staff
– November 6, 2010Posted in: Blogs, Heather's Blog, Reviews, TV Shows

Sorry to come to you all a little late this week. I wrote two different articles and was beaten by Chris S. on both Saw 3D and The Walking Dead. After reading his… which were far superior… third time is the charm! =)

Anyone who watches Supernatural on the CW will understand the title of this week’s blog. I LOVE this show. I only just started watching it last year. I remember watching an episode or two of the first season way back in high school but I fell off the bandwagon pretty quickly. Then, after being convinced to watch it again, I came back with a vengance. I think I watched the first four seasons in a matter of a few weeks to be up to date by the time season five premiered. I could not get enough! Oh man did I pick the best time to get in on this awesomeness. Season 5 was by far the best season to date. All I have to do is think of that scene with Dean and Death at Pizzeria Due in Chicago and I get all giddy like a little schoolgirl! OMG I can here Jen Titus’ “O Death” in my head now.

WARNING: SPOILERS

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Supernatural, season six, is more than a few episodes in and it deff picking up the pace. At first I was a little weary… it was such a slow start. Also, to be perfectly honest, after:

  • Tracking down your missing father, only to have him die shortly after
  • Learning that you are part demon and have physic abilities due to this
  • Dying, then being brought back because your brother sold his soul to a demon
  • Hunting down and killing the yellow-eyed demon, finally avenging your mothers murder
  • Attempting to kill the super demon Lilith, in order to save your soul from Hell
  • Going to Hell despite all efforts
  • Being rescued from Hell by a fallen Angel
  • Battling a demon blood addiction eventually leading to the release of Lucifer
  • Finding out you are the vessels for Michael and Lucifer to have their ultimate battle royale
  • Having an Arch Angel banish you to Heaven… and having to escape
  • Fighting the four horseman of the apocalypse, securing a way to lock Lucifer back in his cage, avoiding the destruction of all mankind and earth
  • Having no choice but to jump in a Hell pit after allowing Lucifer to possess you.
  • Overcoming countless baddies throughout the duration

What could you possibly do after all that to keep people enthralled? Apparently CW has the answer. The last few episodes have deff been impressive and now we’re getting glimpses of where this season is heading. Sam has been mysteriously rescued from Lucifer’s cage. We have also learned that the reason Sam has this new “I don’t give a shlitz” attitude is because he doesn’t… his soul was not rescued along with the rest of him from hell. That information along with the weapons being stolen from Heaven and all the Civil War going on up there deff gives some promise for a great season. They have a lot of different directions to go, leaving room for guesswork and multiple story lines. I would love to see Castiel in a more pivotal role, I love his character! The episode, “Weekend at Bobby’s”, was great too. It would be nice to see more of him.

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I am a little worried… the show runner, Eric Kripke, stepped down after last season because he always meant the show to be five seasons. He is still working with the show on the writing aspect and gets producer creds, so he hasn’t disappeared completely. After season five CW execs thought that they could still get some bang for their buck, so they renewed for one more season. While its not quite official, all signs point to this being the last season. This is a bittersweet thought. Kind of like when the hottest person in the bar is on their way out… you hate to see them leave but LOVE to watch them go.I would love for the show to continue on like this forever but creativity is running low and you can only do so much. I don’t want it to overstay its welcome and lose quality.

So hopefully they keep going in this upward direction throughout the season and end on a high point. If this is the last season, let’s see it go out in style!

Until next time,my fellow media addicts, remember: Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to indulging!

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A Day Late: The Walking Dead

By
Chris Scott
– November 2, 2010Posted in: Reviews, TV Shows

Two days removed from what was the biggest non-sports premiere on cable television this year and the biggest premiere in AMC history, I sit here contemplating my thoughts on the The Walking Dead. At this point everyone else has already given their opinion of the premiere but well, who’s to say there is not room for one more.

The Walking Dead, based on the ongoing comic series by Robert Kirkman, probably seemed like a gamble at the time it was green-lit. After all, a prime-time series starring zombies? Really? The fact is zombies, especially the representation of them today, are not your typical subject matter for cable television. I myself was a bit skeptical, albeit highly optimistic at the same time, but as nearly anyone who watched the premiere can attest, AMC hit it out of the park.

The first episode introduces us to the primary character of the series, Rick Grimes, a police deputy who wakes up in the hospital only to find hell walks the earth. Grimes is played fantastically by Andrew Lincoln. Grimes as a character is likeable, a strong quality to have in a genre where fans are bloodthirsty for more gore, and I have a feeling people are going to fall in love with him over the course of the series because as likeable as he is, he is also fallible and that makes him more human.

What makes The Walking Dead so intriguing, as both an ongoing comic and a potential ongoing television series, is that while zombies are the catalyst for the events, the series actually is focused entirely on the living. The premiere set the stage for the character interactions to come and as someone who has read the first 54 issues of the series, I can attest that if they stay as true to the source material as they did in episode #1 then fans are going to poop their pants.

Often times I am more than happy to allow a film maker to adapt the source material to their own medium but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the great writer/director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, etc…) stuck very close to the source during the premier and that it worked perfectly. If I have any complaint about the episode at all, it is that because I have read the series, I already knew the plot. That said, even though I already know most of what is to come in the series, I am eagerly anticipating the next episode.

Darabont has a fantastic ability to convey tension on the screen, he also has an artistic quality to his work that many other just don’t have, so I am a little tense for episode two which will be directed by Michelle Maxwell McLaren. I hope that the tone and vision set forth by Darabont in this first one. That said, one couldn’t have asked for anything more from the first episode than what was delivered. It was tense, gory, and ultimately what horror fans have been wanting on television for years, a mature and serious horror show.

5 out of 5

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Intriguingly Disappointed: Dexter’s Fifth Season

By
VTV Staff
– October 22, 2010Posted in: Blogs, Heather's Blog, Reviews, Staff Blogs, TV Shows

Hola, fellow junkies…

No, I don’t speak Spanish (fluently, anyways), but I come to you this week half loopy off cough syrup thanks to a killer cold I am fighting off so… please don’t give me a hard time for thinking I can speak an additional language here and there. Also, no need to thank me for the “no holds barred” attitude and additional entertainment!

Tonight I talk Dexter… and let me start with this contradictory little phrase: intriguingly disappointed.

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I am a loyal Dexter follower, but thus far, I must say, the series is slipping. I continue to defend the show against naysayers who are already giving up this season because I believe in giving each show it’s fair chance to go through a downward slope and come out on top… after all, that is what being LOYAL is about (I learned this from being a Chicago sports fan, YAY!). When you consider that the Showrunner, Clyde Philips, left Dexter after the whopper that was season 4 of course its going to take a few episodes to get everything back in check. After all, new showrunner Chip Johannessen (previously responsible for genius works such as: Beverly Hills 90210, Millenium, Dark Angel, and 24) had some big shoes to fill with a bad guy like the awesomely creepy John Lithgow as Trinity and the cliffhanger of Rita dead in a bathtub. It’s going to take a lot to pull off a premiere that addresses all those issues and provides a whole seasons worth of story lines.

All that aside… The writers on Dexter seem to be forgetting that what made us all love him in the first place was the fact that he represented that little piece (some bigger than others) inside all of us that could relate to the guy who couldn’t relate. Yes, I realize that’s a lot to take but re-read and swish it around a little bit… it makes sense, I swear! They seem to be trying way too hard to make him more like a “regular person”, which he is obviously not!  I understand that all people, even serial killers, have similar emotional tendencies and it would be fine, if his character had been developed for this in the past. Unfortunately, for Dexter, this doesn’t feel like character development… it feels like he’s been made a victim of bad writing! Make up your minds… either his emotional involvement is stunted or it’s not.

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After all that disappointment it’s time to move on to intrigued! In all the seasons of Dexter there has been one big bad on top of all the other bads that Dex has had to square off with. Season one was the Ice Truck Killer aka Big Bro. Season two brought us Doakes and the obsessive but seductive and steamy Lila. Season three also centered around two big bads Miguel Prado and The Skinner. No one could ever possibly forget the late great Trinity Killer portrayed by the brilliant John Lithgow in season four. This season we haven’t seen a glimpse of what could be the big bad yet. Dex hasn’t had anything to do with the decapitations and with Boyd already the first victim it would seem that ship has sailed. Perhaps Dexter has become (in the words of Lit) “My Own Worst Enemy”… he is making mistakes, ignoring Harry’s advice, bringing Harrison into the serial killer mix, and sort of on a run away train overall. Maybe he’s going to take a turn into a downward spiral with himself. I wouldn’t exactly love to see that happen but I prefer the show to go out with a bang than allow the writers to slowly sabotage one of my favorite characters of all time.

Seriously, they can’t honestly expect us to see Detective Quinn as intimidating as Doakes… first, they’ve already been there, done that; second, Quinn’s drunk, Irish, spray tanned, dirty cop, creeper vibe can’t honestly do better than Doakes’ black ops and overall intimidating aura. Now if that is the case Dexter has shifted into the comedy genre. Never mind that Deb is again hooking up with someone who is invested in taking Dex down… again been there, done that. Batista and Laguerta are getting old fast too… drama, drama, drama… who cares if your new wife has 200 G’s in a bank account (SCORE!)… get over it. And, shouldn’t you be happy if your new hubby defending your honor… I know I would.

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My favorite line of the premiere: “I imagined her naked plenty of times… but not like this.”

Mazuka says this as he is CSI’ing Rita in the tub. Always count on Mazuka to deliver the perv humor at the worst times. Aside from Dex he is most def my favorite character. I never tire of his unapologetic jokes!

As Dex figures out where he is going to go from here I can only hope that the writers make up they’re minds quick. Not everyone has the patients to stick it out while they hash it out… and I would hate to see Dex be laid out on his own table! You can bet on seeing a follow up to this later on in the season when more develops!

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Until next time,my fellow media addicts, remember: Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to indulging!

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Media Fiend: Hello my name is Heather… and I am a media addict.

By
VTV Staff
– October 17, 2010Posted in: Blogs, Heather's Blog, TV Shows


As a willing victim of technology, media plays a pretty BIG role in my life. I am an addict and I have no hope or desire to reform! I can’t really think of any point in the day when I don’t have at least one form invading my cerebral cortex. At work and in the car I have music on. During meals I’m watching TV (yes, every single one… isn’t that what meals are for?). At night I usually watch a movie while I do any computer work. Computer work is usually followed by a few hours of gaming (I usually have music on while I game). After all of that I usually catch up on my DVR. I generally turn on a movie to fall asleep to and leave the TV on overnight. That doesn’t even include Sundays when I gather with friends and family around a 65″ TV surrounded by four 42″ TV’s to watch five football games at once or my iPhone which is just a constant stream of media.  Wow! I’ve never really laid it out on digital paper like that before but that is a lot! It’s a wonder why I haven’t found myself writing a blog like this sooner… Better late than never!

Fall is here everyone… whether you are ready or not. This is indicative of a few different things, some good and some bad:

  • Summer is over **tear** and those of us in the Chicago land area are in for a long 5-6 months of hell.
  • Football season is in full swing (Go Bears!).
  • Leaves are turning brown and falling.
  • Halloween decorations and scary movies are everywhere (woohoo)
  • Fall lineup is up and running.

With hell swiftly approaching, activity choices greatly decrease… after all, who wants to go bar hopping in two feet of snow? Not me! So TV, movie, and gaming time increase by about tenfold. OK in my book!

I wish I could grovel at the feet of the person who invented the DVR… my life would be incomplete without this little slice of technological heaven. When I think of all the TV I watch and try to figure how much I actually watch live, I think 99% of everything I watch is pre recorded. My heart hurts at the thought of how much money I would lose if I had to schedule work around my shows. Yes, I had that sentence correct, work would be scheduled around TV… I’m hardcore. Anyways, this blog is going to mainly be dedicated to discussing TV shows past and present – in every aspect. I will dissect, analyze, criticize, praise, etc., etc.… you name it; I’m going to do it. Of course, I will be throwing in a few games here and there as well as movies. I’m looking forward to this journey and hope you can all help me by making comments about what you think and what you would like to hear about!

Here is a short list of what shows you can expect to see discussed in the coming months:

Dexter
Boardwalk Empire
Super Natural
Weeds
Big C
Teen Mom
Jersey Shore
Vampire Diaries
Spartacus
The Tudors
Firefly
Battle Star Galactica
Point Pleasant
The Event
Buffy
Angel
Charmed
Simpsons
Family Guy
Aqua Teen
Venture Brothers
Nip/Tuck
True Blood
Smallville

Until next time,my fellow media addicts, remember: Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to indulging!

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