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Info on a Justice League Movie and more.

2010-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:00

From Comicbookmovie.com and Comic Book Resources information from DC and Warner Brothers are coming from Geoff Johns panel at the New York Comic Con. The highlights included that with the end of the Harry Potter movies Warner Brothers will be filling the void with two comic book movies a year.

With the releases of Green Lantern next year, and Batman 3 and the reboot of Superman in 2012, there hasn't been much news in the way of anything else confirmed. There has been rumors of a Flash movie, as well as a Wonder Woman movie, but one movie that, as of now, is not in the plans,is a Justice League movie. From Geoff Johns, "I'm going to speak frankly: I think our characters are bigger than Marvel's." He said that he'd rather spend time building each character on his or her own rather than "smashing them together."

Cover via AmazonSo I guess that's that, and as always we'll have to just wait and see. Good news is that DC will be ramping up its production and development of its characters, and the first trailer for Green Lantern will be played before the new Harry Potter in November.

New Green Lantern Character teased!

2010-10-09T04:32:00.000-07:00

For the second wave of Green Lantern figures, revealed by Matty Collector, comes more figures from the comic book, but one shown just as a silhouette is called a "Green Lantern Movie Preview Figure."

Green Lantern will be hitting theaters June 17th 2011 starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan.

From previously leaked concept art, this silhouette pretty much confirms G'Hu as the character for the movie.

October 8th Movie Releases! And Trailers!

2010-10-08T13:47:00.000-07:00

Secretariat

Rating: PG
Runtime: 1hr 56min
Production Budget: $35 million
Studio: Disney
Director: Randall Wallace

Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) is a self-described housewife who agrees to take over her ailing father's stables, despite her lack of horse-racing experience. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), she ultimately fosters the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.

The Official Site

Life as We Know It

Rating: PG - 13
Runtime: 1hr 52min
Production Budget: $38 Million
Director: Greg Berlanti
Studio: Warner Brothers

Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident. Starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

The Official Site

My Soul to Take

Rating: R
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Production Budget: $25 Million
Director: Wes Craven
Studio: Universal

A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest. Starring Max Thieriot, John Magaro, and Denzel Whitaker.

The Official Site

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 1hr 41min
Production Budget: $8 Million
Director: Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Studio: Focus Features
In Limited Release

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. Starring Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, and Zach Galifianakis.

Captain America: Super Soldier Trailer

2010-10-07T18:22:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Superhero Hype:

Coming in 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Wii and Nintendo DS

SEGA announced Tuesday it is developing video game Captain America: Super Soldier for release in 2011:

SEGA® of America, Inc and SEGA®, Europe Ltd. today announced they will bring Marvel Entertainment’s famed Super Hero franchise Captain America™ to video game systems in an original WWII adventure, Captain America: Super Soldier. The title is scheduled for release in 2011 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP®(PlayStation® Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.

Players will become Captain America as he faces the Red Skull and his army in an epic third- person action adventure set in the darkest days of World War II. Wielding Captain America’s legendary shield, gamers will engage in free-flowing combat and acrobatic platforming to infiltrate Hydra’s mysterious castle and battle the infamous Iron Cross, the forces of Hydra, and a host of nefarious enemies serving the Red Skull. As the First Avenger himself, players must defeat the evil scientist Arnim Zola and his wartime experiments, combining powerful melee combos and shield attacks to devastating effect.

Captain America: Super Soldier combines a highly athletic combat system with fluid platforming and a highly tuned suite of shield attacks, as Cap explores a massive castle turned military installation. His shield can be employed in numerous ways: taking out multiple enemies at once, deflecting incoming fire back at enemies, solving puzzles, and scaling walls. Players will be able to launch shield-first into the fray with the superior force of the world’s first Super-Soldier at their fingertips—and they’ll need every bit of that strength to overcome a castle that’s both an acrobatic playground for the Captain’s physical prowess and a house of mystery with enemies and danger at every turn.

More of this article can be read here at Superhero Hype where there are many more pictures.

Community The Psychology of Letting Go

2010-10-07T18:01:00.000-07:00

The Psychology of Letting Go
　
　
We start with the death of Pierce’s mom where he takes it surprising well, and Troy was taking it pretty hard. Everybody is concerned with Pierce as an argument about religion breaks out and Jeff uses one of his speeches to calm the situation. Pierce continues to get worse though, as he buries himself into a crazy cult like religion.

With Professor Baur (Betty White) on a leave of absence, do to the incident with Jeff, Professor Duncan is forced to take over the class, which he has no idea what he is doing. This also sets up a great little story between him and Chang that stems from a mutual hatred and restraining order.

Paton Oswald guest stars in this weeks episode as the clinic’s nurse where Jeff goes into for a routine physical, and finds out that his cholesterol is a little high. Jeff doesn’t take this very lightly as he claims he is a perfect specimen. Overreacting about his test results Jeff becomes very cynical about life, and only upsets the group with his comments.

I was worried at the end of last season that Ken Jeong’s character would be phased out since he was no longer a teacher, but instead as a student it has given him more opportunities to use his comedic charm. I like the ongoing story of him trying to prove himself to the group to become a part of it, and the little moments where he goes a little crazy.

The great thing about this show is that is doesn’t have to focus on Jeff as the main character, instead it has a great supporting cast that in any episode can have the feature story arc. This episode is one of those cases, where Jeff is there, but is the secondary story line. This episode didn’t have that much of Troy and very little Abed, and hope that isn’t a trend that will continue. The pop culture references from Abed always add to the show because they are always well done. The scenes, especially the last one, between Annie and Britta were also very entertaining, and it looks like Alison Brie will continue to be a bigger part of the show.

Once again, I cannot stress this enough, this show is great, everyone must watch and tell there friends to watch. Do it, now, don’t wait!

Teaser poster for Green Lantern: The Animated Series!

2010-10-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of TV Guide, coming in 2011 to the Cartoon Network is the Green Lantern Animated Series. If you are lucky enough to get to go to the New York Comic Con you'd be able to see a sneak preview as well as a signed teaser poster.

The series will compliment the feature film hitting theaters June 17th 2011!

Running Wilde 103 Oil and Water

2010-10-07T11:43:00.000-07:00

Oil and Water
　
　
Steve’s continues to try to impress Emmy at the same time trying to find ways to get Andy out of the picture. One way is to convince Andy to go to Alaska to “uncover” a conspiracy about big oil and the Wilde Oil company. To impress Emmy, Steve promises to quit his job at Wilde Oil to earn her praise, but finds that being at the office is fun. Emmy gets back to her cause a little bit here, as she uses Steve and the company to get information to bring down said company.
　

It seems that people are still unsure about this show, but as far as new comedies of this season I am entertained. Some things still bother me about it, I do not like the butler, he is too cartoony for my liking, and I’m not totally sold on Keri Russell. I am starting to come around on Steve’s man servant and the chemistry between Steve and Puddle on screen is great. Steve’s friend/nemesis Fa’ad has also become a great character. The things that I do enjoy is Will Arnett being Will Arnett, so far the act that he has been doing works fine a the leading character.

　
I also didn’t mind the KFC commercial in the show, immediately followed by one to start the break. I understand and am perfectly fine with it.

Raising Hope get full season order.

2010-10-07T11:13:00.000-07:00

With so many shows debuting this fall it is hard to know which ones will make it for a full season. So far only two shows have been cancelled after only a few airings. One on Fox, Lone Star, after great critical hype and a good deal of promotion, the show was quickly pulled after two, but really decided after the first weeks disappointment. The second was ABC's My Generation, that was up against some good competition on Thrusday's at 8pm, got the ax after two weeks as well.

The news last night comes down that FOX's Raising Hope is the first to get its back 9 episodes picked up, giving it a full season at 22. “With 'Raising Hope,' Greg Garcia captures a smart take on the working-class family with a great mix of wild comedy and a big dose of heart,” FOX president Kevin Reilly said in a statement. “The show is running like a Swiss clock, and we’re very happy with how well audiences have responded so far – so we’re confident it will build an even bigger audience throughout the season.”

It's a fun show, glad to see it is getting the full season treatment.

Raising Hope 103 Dream Hoarders

2010-10-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

Dream Hoarders
　
　

Jimmy accidentally teaches Hope how to crawl, then realizes how unsafe the house is and is reminded how dangerous it was for him growing up. While trying to but some things in the shed, out of reach of the baby, Jimmy also needs to convince his mom that she is a hoarder and needs to get rid of things. While making a trip to the grocery store to pick up baby proofing items, and to attempt to get closer to Sabrina, Hope uses her new skill to get her self lost. Virginia’s hoarding issue becomes a problem as Hope’s new favorite place to crawl is in the shed.

The show is beginning to hit its stride as it now has a real sense of direction. The characters are becoming more likeable. The heart felt moments still fall a little short, but the misuse of commonly known phrases has its charm. I do enjoy the nice wrap up of things and the lessons learned to finish the show. Each week it is nice to see the progression of the characters and the growth of them as individuals.

Do you like Cake?

2010-10-06T07:36:00.000-07:00

Good news everybody! If you like Cake as much as I do you will be pleased to find out that their latest album is now available for pre-order! Bam! Expected release date is 01/11/11, that is seven years since their last album, Pressure Chief, has been released.

Getting the pre-order here has many options for you as the following list will show:

The Ultimate Pre-Order that includes:

Authographed "Showroom of Compassion" Vinyl LP
"Showroom of Compassion" digital download
Limited Edition "Sick of You" 7-inch vinyl single
Pre-order exclusive American Appreal t-shirt
Instant mp3 download of the hit single "Sick of You"

CD + LP includes:

Signed CD
Signed Vinyl LP
Digital Download on release day
Instant mp3 download of the hit single "Sick of You"

Vinyl + 7" includes:

Signed Vinyl LP
Digital Download on release day
Limited Edition 7" Vinyl single "Sick of You" and "Italian Guy"
Instant mp3 download of the hit single "Sick of You"

CD and Shirt includes:

Signed CD
Limited Edition American Apparel 'Monkey Puppet' T-Shirt
Instant mp3 download of the hit single "Sick of You"

CD includes:

Signed CD
Instant mp3 download of the hit single "Sick of You"

Here is the track listing for the new CD Showroom of Compassion:

Federal Funding
Long Time
Go to Move
What's Now Is Now
Mustache Man (Wasted)
Teen Pregnancy
Sick Of You
Easy To Crash
Bound Away
The Winter
Italian Guy

From the samples they have on the pre-order page of their site, the CD sounds like typical Cake greatness, I am very much looking forward to the release of this new CD and have already pre-ordered it myself. Hope this information finds you well.

DVD Releases for October 5th 2010

2010-10-05T13:27:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaThe first week in October is typically a big one for DVDs, and is when Disney temporarily opens the vault for one of their classics. Here are the major releases for today and some that are interesting:

Beauty and The Karate Kid A Nightmare on Elm St.
The Beast

The Secret                   The Human                      Splice
of Kells                        Centipede

Here are some of the TV Series coming to DVD this week:

Bones Season 5         Caprica Season 1       SGU: Stargate
                                                                    Universe Season 1

Wonder Woman getting the small screen treatment.

2010-10-04T19:22:00.000-07:00

A little late on this news that broke Friday, but I thought it was worth repeating. News coming from Deadline.com that writer/producer David E. Kelley will be creating a television series starring Wonder Woman.

Some of the shows that David E. Kelley is know for are Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, and most recently Boston Legal, and has also written the screenplays plays for Mystery, Alaska and Lake Placid.

Not many details is known other than the series is a go, and this does not necessarily hinder the prospects of a future feature film starring Wonder Woman.

DC Universe Online Delayed Until Early 2011

2010-10-04T19:06:00.000-07:00

Announced this morning was about the delay was this following statement from Sony Online Entertainment via Super Hero Hype:

"SOE is dedicated to delivering the highest quality game experiences possible," says John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment. "'DC Universe Online' is the first game of its kind, and a truly massive undertaking -- the first action MMO set in the DC Universe, the first MMO on the PlayStation 3, and the first time the entire DC Universe will be accessible to the millions of fans who are eagerly anticipating its release. As the game heads into external beta testing, this extra time will allow us to address community feedback in a meaningful way. When we get deeper into external beta, we'll be able to share more information regarding the new launch date."

SOE has also revealed new details regarding the beta program. Players with VIP key cards and those having registered at the DCUO website will receive access on a priority basis starting as early as next week. As an added thank you, everyone that has already pre-ordered the game, and those who do so by November 15, 2010, are assured access to beta by November 30 (North America only).

Anyone pre-ordering the game after November 15 will gain beta access one week prior to the launch date and will be able to participate in the special beta ending event entitled Battle of the Legends with the rest of the beta participants. As an additional bonus, all beta participants will be recognized post release with a special emblem for their character when the game goes live. Beginning October 7, 2010, instructions on how to qualify and receive your pre-order beta key, visit: http://www.dcuniverseonline.com/en/beta/.

Those wishing to register for beta without pre-ordering have until 11:59pm PST tonight. This is a general queue and does not assure access.

Lastly, due to overwhelming demand from the community, SOE is pleased to announce that a Collector's Edition for the PlayStation 3 will also be released (North America only), which includes the same items contained in the PC version announced earlier this year - the DCUO Batman statue, the limited edition Art of DC Universe Online art book, the DCUO Legends Issue #0 comic book with a Jim Lee variant cover, the DCUO Prestige comic presentation of the DCUO back-story and the limited edition Jim Lee-drawn poster Version of the Issue #0 comic book variant cover.

Chuck Versus the Cubic Z

2010-10-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

Chuck Versus the Cubic Z
　
Morgan is now the new store manager of the Buy More, and is getting the store ramped up for a big new video game release. This week features Stacy Kiebler as the new Greta.
　
Chuck and Sarah had a very romantic mission planned in Monaco, but it is abruptly cancelled when a transport vehicle breaks down and the prisoners need to be directed to Castle. Sarah is relieved to hear this as she is hesitant about where the relationship with Chuck is heading after he mentioned last week about the future and possibly having kids.
　
The prisoners that will be staying at Castle are non other than Hugo Panzer (Stone Cold Steve Austin) and Heather Chandler (Nicole Richie), two foes of Chuck and Sarah’s past respectively. We saw Hugo as the bad guy in Chuck’s first solo mission on a flight to Europe, and Heather was an old classmate turned evil spy and nemesis of Sarah.
　
Chuck flashes on Heather and finds out she may know information on his mother. They have bigger problems as the discover Hugo is on the lose in Castle, and he is after Heather, and revenge on Chuck will be a bonus. Heather gets under Sarah skin by putting doubt in Chuck’s head about the relationship.
　
After some hand to hand combat, and some gun fight, the convicts get detained again, and Heather starts to talk about what she knows about Frost, which isn’t much, but it is a lead. Chuck and Sarah finally get to have their chat, and they come to the agreement that they need to take things slow. Until something happens….a teaser for next week.
　
Once again I think the Greta character is a waste, and would like to see a little more than just a nerd nod. Relationship problems once again is too much of the focus, I would prefer more search for Volkoff and for Chuck’s mother. It was also unbelievable that the Buy More would only have 6 copies of a very popular game, and that they only new that shortly before launch date.
A pretty good show, nothing too remarkable about it. An average episode among another above average season. Not as many funny moments as in the past two episodes but I am glad to see Big Mike back.

Zack Snyder Confirmed for Superman

2010-10-04T17:28:00.000-07:00

Yes it is finally confirmed, Zack Snyder will be directing the new Superman reboot from Warner Bros. Pictures coming to theaters in late 2012. Zach Snyder, director of 300, was originally offered the job for Superman Returns but declined the opportunity to take on the super hero at that time.

With a script from David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan I look forward to seeing another Superman film.

Zack Snyder currently has Legend of the Guardians: The Owl of Ga'Hoole in theaters and his next film Sucker Punch opens March 25th 2011.

At Deadline.com Snyder confirmed the report in this statement:

"I've been a big fan of the character for a long time, he's definitely the king of all superheroes, he's the one. It's early yet, but I can tell you that what David [Goyer] and Chris [Nolan] have done with the story so far definitely has given me a great insight into a way to make him feel modern. I've always felt he was kind of awesome. I'll finish 'Sucker Punch' and get right at it."

Learn about The Social Network in less than 2 minutes

2010-10-04T14:51:00.001-07:00

Box Office Results for October 1st-3rd 2010

2010-10-04T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the top ten movies for the past weekend, domestic gross:

This Week             Movie                     Weekend Gross       Total Gross        Budget       Week Number

      1            The Social Network              $23 Mil.                $23 Mil.           $50 Mil.            1
      2          Legend of the Guardians:        $10. 85 Mil.           $30 Mil.           $80 Mil.             2
                     The Owls of Ga’Hoole
      3                  Wall Street:                     $10.1 Mil.              $35.8 Mil.        $70 Mil.             2
                      Money Never Sleeps
      4                The Town                         $10 Mil.                 $64.3 Mil.        $37 Mil.             3
      5                   Easy A                           $7 Mil.                   $42.4 Mil.       $8 Mil.               3
      6                You Again                         $5.55 Mil.              $16.4 Mil.        $20 Mil.             2
      7                   Case 39                          $5.35 Mil.              $5.35 Mil.        $26 Mil.            1
      8                Let Me In                         $5.3 Mil.                $5.3 Mil.          $20 Mil.            1
      9                     Devil                             $3.67 Mil.              $27.4 Mil.           ?                     3
      10          Alpha and Omega                $3 Mil.                   $19 Mil.              ?                     3

The Social Networ k opened at a reasonable $23 million doing better in bigger cities, but the word is expected to catch on and should have a solid week. On the other hand Let Me In was a dissappointement, opening in 8th place with $5.3. Another light weekend with little to excite movie goers.

Coming up this weekend is Disney's Secretariat, My Soul to Take, and Life as We Know It.

The Social Network!

2010-10-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

This is the story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook, starring Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland) as founder Mark Zuckerberg and Zachary Garfield (Spider-Man Reboot, Never Let Me Go) as co-founder and CFO Eduardo Saverin. Screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, West Wing, Sports Night), and the film was directed by David Fincher, who directed some of my favorite movies, such as Fight Club, Se7en, and Panic Room. He most recently directed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and is currently working on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) and Rooney Mara (The Social Network, A Nightmare on Elm St.) and is currently scheduled for release on December 21^st 2011.
　
The Social Network already has some Oscar buzz surrounding it as we get to that time of year when the nominating committee tends to start paying the most attention. To get as close to the most accurate story, Fincher and Sorkin took their story from three separate points of view. The movie develops as a story told through the depositions of two separate and simultaneous lawsuits that were brought against Mark Zuckerberg.
　
It started with Mark getting dumped by his girl friend Erica Albright, played by Rooney Mara. As he is drunkenly badmouthing her through his blog, he comes up with a program that takes pictures of two girls from the surrounding schools and has people rate which one is hotter. The pictures he obtained were through hacking different college student directories.
　
Impressed with his work, the Winklevoss brothers ask him to develop a private social network only for Harvard students. Agrees to do so, but never actually works on it, instead Mark decides to work on his own social networking site with his friend Eduardo while pretending to work on the other site. After the launch of Facebook, realizing he didn’t work on theirs, and after the site starts expanding rapidly, the Winklevoss’ decide to sue Mark Zuckerberg for his first suit against him.
　
As CFO Eduardo wants to start monetizing the Facebook and starts to set up meetings in New York with advertisers. Mark has zero interest in doing this as he feels it cheapens the brand. Only one meeting got Mark excited and that was with Sean Parker, founder of Napster, played by Justin Timberlake (Friends with Benefits, Alpha Dog). With the advice of Sean, Mark moves to California to expand the site to even more schools, and gets some big time investors. Eduardo and Mark start to have a falling out and Eduardo is eventually squeezed out where he then files the second lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg.
　
Overall I give it a 4.5 of out 5. I must say I love this movie, I always enjoy movies that are compelling and that are based on true events and that are pretty near how things actually went. This will definitely be near the top of my end of the year rankings. The acting was great, there is much hate for Jesse Eisenberg, many for his close likeness to Michael Cera, and one is enough of him. For me I believe there is enough distinction between them to enjoy them both. A great choice of actors for the characters.
　
It has a style of writing that I always love, that quick back and forth, and the smooth flow of conversation. A style that you seen in one of my favorite TV shows, Sports Night, and one of my top 3 favorite movies, A Few Good Men, both written by Aaron Sorkin. Not to pile on too much, but music from Trent Reznor, who is from my favorite band, Nine Inch Nails, is the score to this film, and is excellent as well. I would definitely recommend this movie to all.

Community Accounting for Lawyers

2010-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

Accounting for Lawyers

Rob Corddry guest stars on tonight’s episode as one of Jeff’s former colleagues, Alan, that is there for a narcotics anonymous meeting. Drew Carey also guest stars as the head of Jeff’s old law firm.

Greendale is celebrating Oktoberfest again this year but adding a twist, they are having a pop and lock contest, and the study group wants to join, but as always, Jeff is reluctant. Chang is apparently a pop and lock genius, and knows that Jeff won‘t do it, so he uses this opportunity to get in the group. The group is late, but shows up to save Chang who has survived to the end. When the stop moving to have a heartfelt hug, they get disqualified, since they didn’t win, they still didn’t let him in.

Jeff is blowing off his study group as he continues to hang out with his old buddy, and misses being at the office. Annie recognizes him from their meetings and heard Alan confess that he got Jeff disbarred, but he doesn’t believe them, and instead just insults them.

Alan takes Jeff to an office party where he tries to use him to talk him up to his boss to make him a partner. The whole study group crashes the party with an invite from Allen, they use Annie to get into his office so they can find proof of the email he sent to the state investigators. Even after the proof, Jeff still doesn’t care because he still says that he is a good lawyer, not a good friend, and to do that you mustn’t care. Jeff decides not to let Alan know he knows the truth, but wants to use it as leverage, and realizes he needs his friends at Greendale.

The quick conversation in this show allows for quick hits in its comedy timing, and the bumbling nature of Pierce is hilarious because of context and delivery. It was weird seeing Drew Carey so skinny as compared to his days on his old ABC show where he must have been about twice as big. I was caught a little off guard, it kind of made him look a little old, at least older than I imagine him to be. The scene with Annie, Troy and Abed as they get caught in the office is one of the funniest moments I can recall in the show. This was a great show, many great moments, this show must be watched by all!

This is a great little video trailor remix from DJ Steve Porter. Enjoy!

The new full trailor for Skyline

2010-09-30T16:34:00.000-07:00

As strange lights descend from the sky onto the City of Los Angeles, as aliens threaten to wipe out mankind. Starring Eric Balfour (24), Scottie Thompson (Trauma, Star Trek), Donald Faison (Scrubs), and Brittany Daniel (Joe Dirt, Club Dread). Looks like a pretty entertaining movie, set to hit theaters on November 12th 2010.

Running Wilde 102

2010-09-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Into the Wilde
　
　
Steve Wilde continues to struggle with that the fact that Emmy has little no regard for the lifestyle that he lives, while Emmy struggles with that fact she has too missed the conveniences of modern civilization. By living in the tree house with her daughter Puddle, Emmy it trying to keep her distance while still making a point, but is slowly falling back ways and feelings she had for Steve when they were children.

Jealous that his neighbor and rival Fa’ad is going on vacation with his family, Steve, probably unknowingly, tricks Emmy into taking Puddle and going with him. Excited to go, and to be going with Steve, Emmy’s boyfriend Andy (David Cross) shows up at the tree house unannounced. With this unwanted guest, the trips gets cancelled.

Andy has a plan to hold Steve for ransom without him knowing, and Steve has a plan to pretend to be nice to Andy to get closer to Emmy. This brings them to plan a trip to Steve’s cabin together, where they quickly get tired of pretending to be friends. Walking through the woods, they realize that they were following each other to the cabin that neither knew how to get to. Emmy tracks down Andy that has become sick, while Steve is still looking to help. Emmy confuses that she likes Steve, and that they are friends.

Chemistry between the characters, said to be one of the problems with the pilot, is starting to heat up. Growing on me quickly, the flaws in the first show are being smoothed out, as the show finds its way. The writing in this episode shows great improvement over the redone pilot. I am enjoying the back and forth between Emmy and Steve, and the confusion and twisting of words that continues to happen. I really enjoyed this episode, and I hope that it can keep it up.

Human Target Season 2

2010-09-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

Human Target is a FOX drama based on the comic book of the same name in which a security expert goes undercover impersonating his clients in order to eliminate the threats against them.

Origially supposed to return for its second season in October has been moved back and will now premiere Wednesday November 17th at 8/7c. The move is partially prompted by the cancellation of Lone Star, which in its first two weeks had very disappointed numbers. The move also leaves FOX with a void in its Fridays "Action" line up.

Raising Hope 102

2010-09-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

Dead Tooth
　

Needing to go back to work, Jimmy has to find some kind of daycare for his child. While still afraid to ask out Sabrina from the grocery store, his mom interrupts to ask if she baby sits, politely declining, she offers up her cousin that runs a daycare. Her cousin Shelly, play by Kate Micucci (UCB, Garfunkel and Oates), is a girl that Jimmy promised to call back after a night of making out, but couldn’t bring himself to it, due to her dead tooth.

Disappointed to find that Sabrina has a boyfriend, Jimmy also tells Shelly that he isn’t interested in her, because he likes her cousin. Because Shelly is the only person that his daughter seems to like, she agrees to continue watching her, but now he’ll have to pay $60 a week.

The one thing that I do admire about Jimmy that he is attempting to take reasonability. No longer is he running around with his dumb friends doing dumber things. His efforts in trying to raise his child are
unwitting at best, but his willingness to try is admirable.

I always enjoy when Kate Micucci pops up in shows. More familiar with her from the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates than her acting so far, but her star is still raising as I see her in more and more things. The songs that her and Riki Lindhome play are very funny and entertaining, I suggest checking them out here.

Lone Star gets cancelled

2010-09-29T11:15:00.000-07:00

The minor miracle that was needed to save the critically acclaimed Lone Star fell short. On Tuesday FOX decided to pull the plug on what was my favorite of the new shows this fall after only two episodes.
For it’s premiere on September 20^th Lone Star lost more than half of its lead in audience from House and settled for 4.1 million viewers, a huge disappointment for this highly anticipated program. The hopes that after the hype of NBC’s The Event and the return of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars subsided, Lone Star would see a bump in ratings. A very small improvement was not nearly enough as Dancing with the Stars continued to dominate Monday nights.

I was very disappointed to hear that this show preformed so poorly in it’s debut, and that it would more than likely not make it past its second episode. It was a very interesting show with a good premise. I was looking forward to seeing how things were going to develop. With most new show I find myself not caring about the characters and not connecting with their story, but Lone Star I was immediately taken in. It is sad to see original ideas turned aside so quickly.

Lie to Me starring Tim Roth in its third season will debut this coming up Monday in the 9pm slot. Lie to Me is about a body language experts that assist law enforcement in their investigations.

Chuck Versus the Suitcase

2010-09-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

Chuck Versus the Suitcase
　
This week Chuck and Sarah go undercover to Milan for Fashion Week to seize a high-tech weapon, while Chuck discovers a flaw in his relationship. Guest stars continue in the second episode of the season with Lou Ferrigno (Incredible Hulk, King of Queens) as the model’s guard.

A little disappointed that Olivia Munn was underutilized in the first episode as Greta, and just like that she’s out and Isaiah Mustafa (Old Spice Guy) is in for this weeks Buy More CIA Special Agent.

Karolina Kurkova plays an arms dealer working for Volkoff that uses these fashion shows as means to meeting her clients. Chuck and Sarah are sent to Milan to seize what are known as “smart bullets”. After returning home they find that what they recovered were fakes, but after a new lead, Chuck and Sarah return for the last day of the show, before the model is able to escape with the micro chips for the bullets.

Chuck and Sarah relationship continues to be a little tenuous as Chuck is concerned with Sarah’s packing habits, that is, while still living together, she has yet to unpack.

Morgan starts to worry how well run the Buy More has become, now that it is completely controlled by the CIA. Captain Awesome is bumped by how well the Buy More is run and suspects that Chuck is still involved with the CIA.

After pointing out the obvious flaws, General Beckman agrees, and allows Morgan to recruit. This leads to the return of Jeffster to the show. Outlaws and on the run after their suspected involvement in the destruction of the old Buy More, Jeff and Lester are tracked down by Casey and Morgan and persuaded to return to their old jobs. Morgan successfully gets much of the old Buy More employees back and the CIA is very pleased as they make Morgan the new store manager.

Sarah finally settles in and accepts Burbank and Chuck home, but Chuck can’t stop himself, and unknowing starts what will test the relationship further.

The show focused way to much on the unpacking issue, and seems to like there always being a little bit of tension between Chuck and Sarah. I am enjoying the guest stars, but I worry that they are taking away from the story a little. The little nods to the geek fan base is quite entertaining as I enjoyed the quick funny little cameo by Balki (Pronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers).

The show has another spy vs. spy fight involving Sarah and another female spy, this time taking it to the catwalk where everyone just thinks it is two models fighting. I also enjoyed the continuation of skimpy outfits and the occasional bra and panty scenes with Sarah and other female spies. This show really knows how to pander to its audience, and does it well.

The show didn’t deal much with the search for the Bartowski’s mother, but it deal with Casey and his unease with getting to know his daughter Alex. Overall all it was another solid episode, but then again I don’t think that I will be disappointed very often in a show that I am quite biased over.