tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16062666064275237432026-04-02T21:30:59.329-04:00Some Random Ramblings about Whatever I Come Up WithARRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955144407388625449noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606266606427523743.post-25284962282208826032015-10-27T11:09:00.001-04:002015-10-27T11:09:16.227-04:00

I turned 27 this past May. During my 27 years, I have rooted for 4 teams, one in each of the 4 major American sports leagues: the Mets in the MLB, the Jets in the NFL, the Knicks in the NBA, and the Islanders in the NHL. If you know a bit about sports, you may realize that none of those sports teams have won a championship in my lifetime. The Jets won their one and only Super Bowl in 1969, 19

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Here are my 2015 Emmy predictions. My original plan was for each major category I would list why each actual nominee will win, and why they'll lose, who I want to win, and who I think will win. But Blogspot failed to save a bunch after I wrote them, so now I have that for the series categories, and brief, general thoughts and picks on each series acting category, and picks of who will win the

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Supporting Actor in a Drama Series ActorShow 2013-14 Nominees Aaron PaulBreaking Bad Jim CarterDownton Abbey Josh CharlesThe Good Wife Peter DinklageGame of Thrones Mandy PatinkinHomeland Jon VoightRay Donovan 2014-15 Predictions Jonathan BanksBetter Call Saul Jim CarterDownton Abbey Peter DinklageGame of Thrones Mandy PatinkinHomeland John SlatteryMad Men Jon VoightRay Donovan If the 2% Rule

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Well folks, here we are again. For the fifth time in the past few years, I've ranked episodes and characters from a series I love. Mad Men follows 30 Rock, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and Parks and Recreation, and was by far the most difficult list. First off, all the episodes ranked (I've put the two two-hour episodes each as one ranking spot, but counting as two episodes). Do you

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Over the past two years, with the finales of 30 Rock, The Office, and How I Met Your Mother, I have done a variety of lists. With the finale of Parks and Recreation airing tonight, we reach the end of the road of long-running, live-action, network sitcoms (the new #1, as of last Thursday, is The Big Bang Theory. Mike & Molly is the fourth longest tenured!) To celebrate, here's my

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Well here we are. For the fourth year in a row, I saw all the Best Picture nominees, as well as a handful of the other nominated films this year. Let's get started with my personal preferences in the Big 8 Categories. I have not ranked the nominees I did not see. Best Adapted Screenplay 1Damien ChazelleWhiplash 2Graham MooreThe Imitation Game 3Anthony McCartenThe Theory of Everything

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Below are my picks for several of tonight's Emmy Awards, both who should win and who will win, as well as the picks of friend of the blog Brett Alazraki, and for comparison several TV writers and experts. Drama Series Comedy Series Drama Lead Actor Drama Lead Actress Drama Supp. Actor Drama Supp. Actress Comedy Lead Actor Comedy Lead Actress Comedy Supp. Actor

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Emmy nominations come this week, so here are my predictions in the ten major categories: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Last Year's Nominees: -Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad -Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire -Jim Carter, Downton Abbey -Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones -Mandy Patinkin, Homeland -Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad This Year's Picks: -Josh Charles, The Good Wife -Peter Dinklage, 

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A bit more than a year ago, perhaps when 30 Rock was wrapping up, I said on Twitter that when How I Met Your Mother ended, I would make 100 top 10 lists about the show. A bit later, I also said I would rank all the episodes. Then I said I'd do the 100 lists, all the episodes, and also the top 100 characters, like I did for 30 Rock. Today is the final episode of HIMYM, and all I've got for you

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For the third straight year, I watched all of the 9 best picture nominees, as well as a couple other nominees (this year only cinematography/sound mixing nom Inside Llewyn Davis and original score nom Saving Mr. Banks). Still, that means I saw all but three of the nominees for the big 8 awards (August Osage County with nominees Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, Blue Jasmine with

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In 2012, I made what I called "completely baseless Oscar nomination predictions," having seen only 1 or 2 films in award consideration. Last year, I upped it to "somewhat baseless Oscar nomination predictions," having seen 5 films in consideration. This year I've seen six, so we're only bumping it slightly to moderately baseless. I'll predict the 5 nominees in each of the big 8 categories, plus 1

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My Golden Globes picks for tonight are in bold. Links are from Wikipedia. Apologies to song, score, animated, and foreign film. Best Motion Picture DramaMusical or Comedy 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena Rush American Hustle Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska The Wolf of Wall Street Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ActorActress Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12

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Last year, with my Emmy picks, there were fancy pictures with nominees and last year's winners and expert picks. I also went only 6/14 on my picks. So this year, you're just getting text. Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Last year, it was: Game Change This year, it should be: Top of the Lake But it will be: Behind the Candelabra But watch out for: Political Animals And a nomination should have

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Only qualifications were that the season mostly aired between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013, so shows like Orange is the New Black or The Bridge were not eligible for these lists. Episode list is limited to one per series and is alphabetical. First, here are episode honorable mentions. The new series and series lists are ranked 1-10, with 5 honorable mentions listed

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Hey all. I haven't thought these out as well as I would like do to bar studying, and it's possible I'll have some nominee picks that didn't submit themselves (I did look at the list when it first came out), but here you go, on the big 10 categories, with nominee picks alphabetized: Drama Series Breaking Bad Downton Abbey Game of Thrones Homeland House of Cards Mad Men But It'll Probably Be

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It's time for end of the season top ten lists, but with the bar exam dominating my life, those won't come until August. Instead, here are 5 top ten lists related to The Office which, ideally, would have been posted around the time that finale aired, but what can you do.

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My 2012 predictions did not go very well (spoiler alert- neither Brian Wilson nor Mariano Rivera led their respective leagues, or teams for that matter, in saves) but that doesn't mean I won't try again. Here we go: NLEast1. Nationals2. Braves*3. Mets4. Phillies5. MarlinsCentral1. Reds2. Cardinals3. Brewers4. Pirates5. CubsWest1. Giants2. Diamondbacks*3. Dodgers4. Rockies5. Padres*

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Like last year, I saw all of the Academy Awards best picture nominees. I also saw a number of other movies, which left me missing only three of the films nominated in the big eight awards (Best Actress nominee Naomi Watts' The Impossible, Best Supporting Actress nominee Helen Hunt's The Sessions, and Best Writing- Original Screenplay nominee Moonrise Kingdom). To start off, here are my

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As you may no, I have done some statistical work for ThisWasTV.com including the creation of a stat called AIRS. You can learn more about AIRS here, but for now I'm looking at possibly adding another element to it, which is a public ranking. There are two poll questions below (which you can also fill out using your full browser screen here). The first question asks you to rate 500 shows

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An admission- I didn't watch 30 Rock when it started. In fact, I was a Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip partisan. For Chanukah 2008, my parents got me the DVDs of the first 2 seasons of 30 Rock. I watched them all within a week (second admission- I watch both seasons again in their completion this past Friday through Sunday). While it has certainly had its ups and downs, I strongly believe

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The Golden Globes are this Sunday. There are 25 categories in film and television, and with apologies to Original Score, Original Song, Animated Film, and Foreign Language Film, here are my picks for 21 of them! Film Motion Picture- Drama Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables

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I wrote last month that 1998, the season I became a baseball fan, was also the year the team I root for traded for Mike Piazza.  Today the Hall of Fame voting results were announced, and Mike Piazza, along with every other player, did not receive the requisite 75%. Here are some thoughts: -Mike Piazza is my favorite player ever, in any sport. He is the greatest player I have ever

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Last year, I made "Completely Baseless Oscar Nomination Predictions." This year I've actually seen 5 of the likely nomination-heavy films, so they're not quite as baseless. So here we go. Again, there will be 5 nominees in each of the acting categories, and between 5 to 10 best picture nominees. Supporting Actress My Picks: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Sally Field, Lincoln Amy Adams, The

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Now comes the most serious of lists, the top ten hot actresses of television in 2012. Joining me in objectifying television stars is Wesley Ambrecht who you can follow on Twitter here and read (very occasional) blog posts from here. Some rules: -To pick an actress, you have to, at least occasionally, watch the show. -Every actress picked is of age. A couple play characters still in high

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Here we are, the final tv top ten list of 2012, best series. The top episodes list is here, and the top new series list is here. REMINDER: Lists are subjective. I ranked what I like. I don't watch Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones or The Good Wife or Boardwalk Empire or The Vampire Diaries or Downton Abbey. I don't watch any Fox Animated

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