Veronica Mars “officially dead”.
Category Archives: Nattering About Television
Please Don’t Tell Me the Punchline
June 11, 2007 – 8:17 am
Because of the baby, we aren’t current on The Sopranos. Please don’t spoil it for me by talking about it. (I’m looking at all of you Early Morning News Programs.)
My New Religion
June 10, 2007 – 11:14 am
The week before Liza was born my mom took pity on us and came out to save our sanity. While she was here the first Sunday night, she asked if she could watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I laughed because I thought it was a bad reality show but said we could Tivo it so [...]
Confidential to Peter Petrelli
May 21, 2007 – 10:00 pm
Caution: partial spoiler for the finale of Heroes Season 1.
Heroes and Scruff
May 1, 2007 – 7:07 pm
Hey, let’s talk about Monday night’s episode of Heroes and listen to my wild theories. The next bit is spoiler cut for your convenience.
Nostalgia for the 1950s
February 26, 2007 – 10:01 am
Here’s something for you to discuss this Monday: in the US, why is our nostalgia overwhelmingly for eras beginning with the 1950s? Commercially I can think of plenty of 1950s-themed restaurants, but almost none from the 1940s or 1930s. When Marty McFly lept back in time, it was to 1955. Even now, fifty years after [...]
Medicating People on Heroes
February 7, 2007 – 4:24 pm
A random thought about the TV show Heroes for your Wednesday: I hope Niki never has to take prescription medication. I can only imagine what would happen when Jessica forgets to take it at the right time or, worse yet, doesn’t know that Niki already took the medicine and so takes an extra dose.
Why Project Runway is Superior to Top Chef
January 18, 2007 – 12:17 pm
Early on, Misty and I didn’t watch a lot of reality TV. We watched the first season of Survivor and part of the US version of Big Brother, but after that brief flirtation, we were done.
Bravo changed that. Project Runway snagged both of us in large part because its contestants have to make clothing. The [...]
Qualities of Experience and Logical Consistency
December 6, 2006 – 10:40 pm
Bruce Baugh:
I’m catching up with Battlestar Galactica and Heroes from the last few weeks, and reading some weblog and forum comments on them. I’m struck by how disconnected I feel from what it is that seems to most concern the posting fans. Specifically, I find that I genuinely just don’t care how well some things [...]
Veronica Mars Should Always Take Backup
November 29, 2006 – 2:59 pm
Misty and I have been grooving on Veronica Mars since right after the first season. The combination of a noir outlook and a spunky-yet-troubled teenage heroine has proven irresistible. Each of the first two seasons started with a mystery that was solved by the end of the season. This year, since they weren’t picked up [...]