Archive for November, 2008

Thank you, Shawn Ryan, for 7 years of bar-raising television

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Tuesday night saw the series finale of The Shield.  It’s place among my top five television shows is secure for a very long time. The pilot episode of The Shield was magnificent.  Following that mighty start, the conclusion of just about ever season (number six being the exception, due to interruption from the writers’ strike) [...]

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changes to my watchlist

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Samantha Who? becomes appointment television. Until recently, my opinion has been that Samantha Who? functions primarily off of the charm of Christina Applegate.  I’m only up to the third episode in the second season, but that third episode, “The Pill” was fantastic television.   Finally the show included some real chemistry between Samantha and her supposed [...]

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Repo! trailer: unstoppable force vs. immovable object

Monday, November 10th, 2008

So currently in limited release is Repo! The Genetic Opera. I can’t tell whether I should see this movie.  I mean, some reviews imply that it’s one of the more original artworks to come along in years.  Meanwhile, the presence of Anthony Stewart Head, especially if he’ll be singing, makes this Buffy fan immediately vow [...]

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My predictions

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Here are my guesses for today’s results, light colors being the places where the candidate carries the state by 3% or less.  I sure hope I’m right. Meanwhile, today finally sees Obama go off the charts at RealClearPolitics.com, according to their aggregate tally of national polls:

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