January 2009
18 posts
XLIII
I don’t know who’s going to win the Super Bowl this year. This one should be a layup. On one hand you have the Steelers, which has the best defense in the league and is possibly one of the great defensive teams of all time. They have an experienced big game quarterback who has a Super Bowl ring. They have an excellent young black coach in the year where black people took control of...
Lost - Jughead
What I Liked: —I did think how they slowly revealed the group had traveled back to 1954, and the revelation of the young Charles Widmore, was extremely well done. I’m excited to see where this goes and how it relates to everything that happens in present day. —Locke telling Sawyer that he’ll give them a 10 minute head start to save Farraday, and walking fearlessly through...
Super Bowl Lines
Fun fact: Only 11 underdogs going into the Super Bowl have won outright. III - Jets 16 Colts 7 (+18) IV - Chiefs 23 Vikings 7 (+12) XV - Raiders 27 Eagles 10 (+3) XVII - Redskins 27 Dolphins 17 (+3) XVIII - Raiders 38 Redskins 9 (+3) XXII - Redskins 42 Broncos 10 (+3) XXV - Giants 20 Bills 19 (+7) XXXII - Broncos 31 Packers 24 (+11) XXXVI - Patriots 20 Rams 17 (+14) XXXVII - Buccaneers 48 Raiders...
Say it ain't so
There was a time when I wished that Joe Torre was a part of my family. In many ways, he was. I grew up with Torre as manager of the Yankees. When he was named manager, I was an 8th grader who drank sacramental wine at church because that was the only way I could get some booze. When he left in November 2007 after turning down a $5.5 million contract, I had a steady job and I stopped going to...
24 - 1-2
This hour starts with FBI boss Moss giving a recap of the recap that they play before each episode. He is still holding out hope that Walker is still alive. It turns out she was wrong, that. But somehow, Chloe and Buchanan are able to teleport from the secret CTU bunker and ressurect her from the dead. They explain the situation with Tony and Jack to her, and reveals that she needs to pretend...
Lost
I wanted to write a serious analysis of Lost, but when I watch it, all I can think of is “AHHH THEY TRAVELED THROUGH TIME!” and “AAHHH I’M SO GLAD I CAN WATCH SAWYER COME UP WITH FUNNY NICKNAMES AGAIN!” and “AAHHHHH NO HURLEY! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT HURLEY!” I have no critical or analytical skills from 9:00-10:00 on Wednesday nights. I would make a funny...
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the...
Let’s pretend you’re in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. You’re looking at potential nominees, and one movie is:
the biggest blockbuster of the decade and the second biggest of all time
the second most critically acclaimed movie of the year
One of the American Film Institute’s Top 10 films of the year
One of the National Board of Review’s...
Oscars
My predictions for tomorrow’s nominees in the Top 8 categories. I’m also including an alternate to hedge my bets, plus crazy out there no guts no glory prediction. If it either of them do happen and I’m going to pretend that wrote the previous sentence as a joke. BEST PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog...
24 - 12-1
This week’s hour opens with Emerson (the mercenary in charge of the operation Jack/Tony are infiltrating) torturing Matobu’s (the African President) aide, only to find out what we knew all along, that the sealed room that Matobu and his wife are hiding in can only be opened from the inside. Emerson promptly threatens to shoot the aide in the face if Matobu doesn’t open the door,...
“It’s been a great ride. But I know how quickly these fads can pass. You all remember the pet rock, the mood ring, Howard Dean.” —President Barack Obama
Goodbye
“”I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” —President George W. Bush
THE BUZZSAW
“The Cardinals beat the Eagles…but they’re both beautiful birds.” —Dad
24 - 10:00 and 11:00
So it turns out that Tony is not a villain, and is working deep cover in an anti-corruption organization with a surprisingly frisky looking Chloe and Buchanan. As a veteran 24 watcher, I can tell that means that it will likely eventually be revealed that he is working deep deep cover with the terrorist organization that he infiltrated, and will be revealed as a bad guy. However, it will turn out...
Kate Winslet has a nice pair of Golden Globes
Kate Winslet won two Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, meaning that she will likely take home at least one Academy Award this year. My prediction is that Winslet will probably lose Supporting Actress, but win Best Actress award for Revolutionary Road, which was a bad episode of Mad Men at best. Regardless, she’s still one of the best actresses of this generation, as evidenced by this classic...
The following takes place between 7:00 PM and 8:00...
Last night was the first night in the two night season premiere of 24. This season (DAY SEVEN!), CTU has been shut down, Jack is under investigation from Congress about everything he has done in the name of fighting terrorism. Jack gets grilled from by a Senator who will probably end up being a terrorist sympathizer, and refuses to apologize for what he has done in the name of protecting the...
We'll always have Super Bowl XLII
I’m horribly disappointed that the Giants lost in this postseason, to the fucking Eagles at that. But at the beginning of the season, I told myself and everyone that anything that happened this season was just icing on the most delicious cake ever. And that still stands. We’ll always have last season’s Super Bowl, and there is always next year.
The Most Important Post Ever
It’s a question that many have been asking for decades, centuries even. It’s a contest that is long overdue, a tournament that needs to take place. It’s the most important discussion that anyone can have. I am talking about, of course, what is the best letter in the alphabet? A lot of time and research and study has been put into this. I think it’s safe to argue that...
Funball
When it comes down to it, not even Jesus got as much of a pass from the media as Brett Favre does. Even Michael Jordan got razzed for his ultimately failed comeback with the Wizards and his gambling and marital problems. Barack Obama has Fox News breathing down his neck. Brett Favre stabs the Packers in the back with his fake retirement, he joins the Jets and leads them to the biggest collapse...