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NCIS - THE TIVA CHRONICLES

2015-01-02T09:14:00.003-08:00

TIVA : TO BE OR NOT TO BE

One of the most watched shows on TV today is NCIS and with good reason going from strength to strength from season one and no airing season 11, NCIS has brought us tear-jerking moments, outright gory and violent moments and moments that leave us with shock and awe.

But none of those moments compare for me to those with Tony and Ziva and those up close and personal moments where you as the viewer can hope for nothing more that Tony to reach over and kiss Ziva with all the love you can see in his eyes whenever he looks at her. So I guess I want to give a brief rundown of this romance that never happened and saddens me to no avail.

Tony the forever playboy and Ziva the eternal tomboy with the romantic side that would make most people blush. We have seen both characters date and get close to numerous beau's but you never quiet see the same spark or emotional vulnerability in these other relationships than what you see in just a smoldering look that they throw each others way.

Look at when Ziva went missing after leaving on the Damocles, and Tony was the one that eventually gathered the wagons and led the team to trace her whereabouts and rescue her. His montage spoke to something in me, maybe it was the fact that he did it all for the girl irrespective of the consequences or that the entire team is a like a family and work so well and I guess that is something I have always strived for. His willingness to do what ever it takes for the girl is what drove me to fall in love with this match-up.

When Ziva's father, Eli David was assassinated it was Tony that was there for her. When she went to Israel and went missing for a while again it was Tony again that put everything aside to find her, and their final goodbye had me in tears.

I guess this is something we all wish we could find, now most of us would act on these feelings and the fact that they never did leaves us with that unfinished business feeling but that was the right move for the show and the characters at the time. With the departure of Ziva from the show I am still feeling that emptiness, and even the fact that they replaced her with Emily Wickersham still does absolutely nothing to fill that void.

After Kate's death, I was skeptical that they would be able to find someone to replace her, but Ziva from the get go was able to more than make up for Kate's departure and unfortunately Bishop just is not doing the same job.

For me you can not go wrong with a tried and tested method, bring Ziva back and for goodness sake can she and Tony get together, or even write Tony out and have him meet up with Ziva wherever she is so they can silence their unrequited love. I would appreciate such an ending to the story far more than trying to watch something that does not feel right.

The team is not the team, Gibbs is boss and will always be, Abby and McGee the reliable ones , Ducky the wise one and Tony and Ziva should be Tiva, but I can't figure out who Bishop should / must be, that is just the right way for it to be. But hey that is just the rambles of a #1 fan that has religiously watched NCIS from the get go, what would I know

Let's hope something drastically happens when the show starts up in 2015

THE NEW YEAR - THE YEAR OF AWESOMENESS

2015-01-01T23:57:00.001-08:00

Welcome everyone,

I apologize for being away from the blog of awesomeness for so long. Life just happens and in the last year I have gone from a sad and lonely fat man, to having met some very awesome people who I am proud to call my family and have lost 43 kilograms (to date) to boot.

I have decided to keep at the blog, as it is just sometimes necessary to get some things out. But unfortunately I don't go around blogging about my personal life, I use the TV shows and movies that I blog about to tell my story for me. There is a hidden meaning and a snippet of my own life in each review or post.

All I can say on a personal level is that I made a wish upon a wishing well, and went into the new year with more confidence and motivation than ever before. I can see what I want, and through a bit of patience and temperance the chess moves of the last year will slowly but surely move into place for the checkmate that I am fantasizing about.

I hope you all have a brilliant year and I hope there are a few more comments and suggestions this year, tell me what you like and don't and I will see what I can do to assist

Yours truly

Captain Awesome
Robbie

GLEE - R.I.P FINN HUDSON THE QUARTERBACK

2013-10-14T03:58:00.002-07:00

FINN HUDSON - THE QUARTERBACK

We all heard about the death of Cory Monteith the actor who plays Finn Hudson in one of our favorite shows GLEE. And as the death passed, we all knew that Glee would do a tribute episode to Finn in the new season. Please note this has spoilers if you have not watched the episode - do so before continuing on with the post!

The show opens on Kurt giving us a voice over - depicting the happenings the last three weeks. The funeral has happened and now everyone was heading back to Lima, Ohio for a special tribute Mr Schuester has planned for Finn. One thing that stood out during the first couple of minutes was what Kurt said - "everyone wants to know how he died, but who cares?", which is powerful in itself. Everyone dotes on the fact that the actor died from drugs - but that is irrespective! We should be mourning the fact that such a great talent and person has been taken from this earth at such a young age!!

The song selection was moving, and loved the fact that so many of the old characters came back to pay tribute. But there were definitely some people missing - where was Quinn, Lauren and Brittany! I kept on thinking how could they possibly miss this! And Rachel was missing for most of the episode and I was like where's Rachel and then she shows up for the last song in the last five minutes! Wow!

Jane Lynch and Naya Rivera were amaze-balls in this episode! There were Santana takes on Sue because of her wanting to take down the memorial was long overdue! And in the second confrontation were Sue breaks down and talks about her feelings with Santana, was a definite break through for the character and definitely made me like her even that much more!!

I was moved by the episode, two scenes had me wiping away tears. There where Finn's mother Carole broke down in Finn's room while sorting his things - wow! That was a moving scene and I was totally feeling her pain which was unreal! The second scene was after Santana sang her song to the club, broke down, cried and ran out. There where Kurt found her in the auditorium and she read him her tribute to Finn, showing us her soft side had me balling!!!

OK, now for some not so good things! Firstly Puck - his acting was terrible, we all know he's sad and might not be at the top of his acting career, but damn, you could see from space that whatever he did was put on for show! Secondly, Rachel only sang one song and it wasn't even that amazing of a song! Thirdly, Kurt did not sing a song - what the hell!! And Tina was just irritating in this episode - complaining about wearing too much black, who does that?!!

I would have ended the episode with Kurt and Rachel in the front singing their harts out to Finn, with the rest of the guys sitting around like in the first season finale, when they were singing about the Glee club ending. Yes it was nice to see that Mr. Schuester eventually cried about Finn, but that was not the way to end the tribute episode.

My heart goes out to everyone who was close to him, especially Lea and we all hope that everyone can bounce back from this devastating loss!!

Good episode but could have been better 7/10

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

2013-07-09T05:34:00.003-07:00

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

Right off the bat this movie kicks off strong - that is even before watching it. With an ensemble cast of Butler, Eckhart and Freeman you know it can only be good.

The action sequences were not over done, the acting was strong and there's just a whole mess of violence going on. This in one of those movies you can watch over and over again without getting tired of it.

Dylan McDermott as the redeemable bad guy was kind of obvious -but never the less you still hate him when he turns. His acting is kind of on the same par as always with no new exceptions. And we all feel his remorse when he aid Butlers character and we flinch when he dies - definitely a solid performance

The tragedy at the beginning of the movie is expected - creating the sub-context we all have come to expect from these kinds of movies. But it's not really on the sad level as we don't really see any of the characters grieve, so we just accept it as a plot twist to create the backstory

The plot of the movie is this - Mike Banning a former Secret Service Agent returns to the White House after it has been infiltrated by an army of terrorist, to rescue the president from the hands of the bad guys. He has to battle the terrorists on the inside as well as the politics coming from the outside all the while trying to stay alive. Simple concept with a whole lot of fun.

For all the haters of this movie out there - go suck a plum! If you didn't like this movie you have no sense. It embodies all there is in action movies and brings it to life in a burst of violence and CGI enabled carnage! This is an action movie for goodness sakes not a Emmy nominated chick flick - watch and enjoy!

I really enjoyed the whole idea and the genius that went into the creation of this movie - the aircraft attacking the White House first then the army of troops taking out the Secret Service and taking control of the White House. It almost felt like Air Force One - except it was the White House and the president didn't take out the bad guys. The whole movie felt so real. Where the Secretary of Defense was beaten to get her code - it was as if I felt her pain and cheered her on in her quest to defy the terrorist.

Gerard Butler was superb in his role as Mike Banning - it almost felt like I was Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard movie. The fight sequences were not over done and the movie ended on a high note.

Just want to add - would kind of have sucked to be a Secret Service Agent in this movie - they kind of get their asses handed to them right from the beginning!

Awesome movie 8/10

Getting to the BONES

2013-01-03T01:09:00.003-08:00

THE BLOOD IN THE BONES

Over the last 8 seasons we have all grow to love all the wonderful characters on the amazing hit show Bones. Special Agent Seeley Booth, Forensic Anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan, Coroner Dr Camille Saroyan, Artist Angela Montenegro, Entomologist Dr Jack Hodgins and FBI psychologist Dr Lance Sweets are all characters that we have embraced and love!

With the overall cast and the supplement cast with the squinterns appearing every week create a feeling that the show is constantly moving forward and does not stagnate on the old. I have noticed the plaque that was put up in the lab in honor of the lost squintern. At the moment I have finished every episode that has aired and cannot wait for the next installment. I have to mention my favorite episode of season 8 would have to be the Patriot in The Pod and the episode with the comedian being murdered. The Comedic styling of the squintern Fischer was brilliant and just what was needed to create that light-hearted environment that works for this show because it tries to draw one away from the gruesomeness of the murder victims and plays more on the awesomeness of the characters that have been built over the last 8 years.

From season 1 to 6 we can feel the sexual tension between Booth and Brennan, and we all sighed a sigh of relief once they found each other, only after crying because what brought them together was the death of a beloved character, Mr Vincent Nigel-Murray. But even though his death was sad, that episode also meant the beginning of a new life, that of Christine Angela Brennan - Booth.

We all gasped when Booth was blown up, shot, stabbed or when Brennan was kidnapped or when anything else happened - because this show is just that good. We wept when Nigel was murdered, laughed at Booth in the tub with his Comic books and concentrated just as hard as any squint trying to solve the murder every week.

My favorite character was Zack Addy, maybe because he reminds me so much of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory and the parallels that are draw between brilliant men becoming serial killers etc. I have to admit I have a new favorite - Dr Lance Sweets, his dry humor gets me every time! Also I just have to state this - Booth reminds me so much of Tony DiNozzo from NCIS, that cool demeanor and the attitude he has is making him fast become a overall favorite.

I for one cannot wait to see what comes next for this amazing show!!!! 8/10

To Glee or not to Glee

2012-12-27T01:33:00.000-08:00

TO GLEE OR NOT TO GLEE

I have always been a staunch supported of the arts, and Glee is a brilliant embodiment of how the world perceives most of us that are not of norm. I have watched Glee from the get go and will continue to do so until it's course runs dry, even though I do not care for the new characters.

From the get-go I have loved the trials and tribulations of Finchel, Puckleberry and all the rest of the hook-ups, match-ups and mash-offs! The songs that are sung, the relationships that were built, the life lessons taught and the fights won all build up to an awesome experience that I would trade for no other.

Now I have to admit that I really don't like the new kids, I feel all territorial, and if I had it my way would have ended Glee after season 3. But then we would not have had the awesomeness of Kate Hudson, the ASS KICKING of Dean Gayer or the weird and wacky styling of Sarah Jessica Parker to entertain us.

And Rachel and Kurt have just gone from power to power - I mean Rachel's singing during the NYADA competition actually gave me goosebumps.

From the beginning of Glee, all the characters meshed together quite well and the entire styling of the cast was done so you had no choice but to fall in love with Rachel, feel sorry for Kurt during the bullying, revel in the awesomeness of Santana, laugh at Puck and Brittany or model yourself after any of the characters. The new "New Directions" just seem laughable - carbon copies of the old "New Directions" and I'm sorry but none of them can hold a candle to Rachel, Kurt, Santana, Finn, Mercedes or Quinn.

With so many awesome covers done by these amazing artists it's no wonder they top the Billboards more than anyone else. I for one will keep watching Glee till I'm old and grey and will get my kids to enjoy it and learn from it, just as I have

A Gleek forevermore!!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - NOT SO HIGH

2012-08-01T03:12:00.002-07:00

If I had to describe this movie in one word it would be - PREDICTABLE. The entire flow of the movie could be summed up from the first 15 min and leaving the audience with no real sense of wonder.

A fitting end to the revamped trilogy it does not disappoint on the action side of things with brilliant camera work and fight scenes, though the hand to hand combat between Batman and Bane seemed to be overdone and during the second time they fight no new moves come into play to make you believe Batman would be able to win.

I honestly cannot see how it could have beaten The Avengers in the opening stance - it was an entirely overdone movie not even coming close to the brilliance and hilarity of The Avengers. And I can confirm that even after watching multiple times - it still stays an average movie.

But let's break it down a bit more - the inclusion of CatWoman aka Selena Kyle was good, nothing like Anne Hathaway in a catsuit to get the blood pumping but unfortunately her "innocence" shines through and dims the actual essence of what CatWoman should be. Though I would have liked to see more action sequences with her in it - kicking bad guy butt, seeing her on Batman's bike was good enough (brought back flashbacks from Transformers 2 with Megan Fox on a bike).

Bane was a good villian - not as good as Heath Ledger's The Joker but good in his own right. It was transparent to everyone with a brain that the real villian was Miranda and they would try to kill everyone in Gotham. A really nice surprise was Liam Neeson reprising his role as Raz Al Gul - Batman's mentor.

A quick recap - the movie takes place 8 years after the last one, with Batman having disappeared and Bruce Wayne becoming a recluse. A new villain terrorizes the city from the underground - Bane, and the police seem reluctant to stop him. After a run-in with Selena Kyle in his mansion Bruce decides to venture out into the world again to find her and find out why she stole from him. During this he looses all his money and Bane steals most his toys. During his first encounter with Bane, Batman gets his arse kicked and gets thrown into the same prison Bane was brought up in.While Bruce tries to recover Bane takes over the city of Gotham with the threat of a atom bomb, only to have Batman return and save the day.

And for those of you that did not realize - the cop that Batman befriended becomes Robin the plucky side-kick! Muhahahaha!!

Overall a standard move - wouldn't give it more than 5.5/10

TWILIGHT - WORSE THAN .... WELL THERE IS NOTHING WORSE

2012-07-24T05:35:00.002-07:00

TWILIGHT - SUCKS!

I recently made a deal with a friend, to read all the Twilight books if she reads all the Harry Potter books. I knew I would do it and sincerely hoped she would hold up her end of the bargain as I know that everyone that treats themselves to the brilliant world that Jo Rowling created would be instantly drawn into the fantastic reverie that is Harry Potter.

However I forgot about what I was putting myself through and throughout the entire series all I was doing was hoping and praying that it all ends soon. The mindless dribble that is Twilight is seriously rotting my brains. The descriptions of the vampire lead from the perspective of a horny teenage girl just further cements my dislike for this franchise. It seriously is a story for love-struck teenage girls who don't know their knobs from their bobs.

From the feminine descriptions of dangerous creatures to the build up of a dangerous element only to have a inexperienced writer blow it all away as a silly child would. I at one stage actually had high hopes for the second book, where the lead started interacting with the werewolf Jacob but that also just about fizzled out.

I am an avid fan of Chuck and the way chuck is written, and as all fans of that show would know, what makes Chuck special is his feelings and that he has to talk everything out, to the annoyance of his fellow spies. Now imagine having to read all his thoughts and the efforts he has to put into all his ways - not so bad hey? Now imagine having to read the diary of a stupid teenage girl who falls in love with a mythical creature (which is supposed to be awesomely cool) and keeps on describing him in ways that would make even gay men shudder.

I have noticed that I get really excited whenever Bella get herself into one of those dangerous situations, hoping that that would be it - death!! But then she pulls through and I go into another depression!

But weirdly enough - this I just have to share, Alice the hot, petite blonde sister vampire from the books made a appearance in one of my many fantasy dreams last night, played by none other than Alisson Mack, so I don't know if it is that I have the hots for the vampire from the book or Allison is just doing it for me since I watched Smallville not too long ago!

Here is some commentary I found on wikipedia and just thought I'd share:

"Many have divided the series as poor writing. While comparing Stephenie Meyer to JK Rowling, Stephen King said, "the real difference [between J. K. Rowling and Meyer] is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer, and Stephanie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."^[63][64] However, King understood the appeal of the series, adding, "People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephanie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."^[64] Laura Miller of Salon.com wrote that "the characters, such as they are, are stripped down to a minimum, lacking the texture and idiosyncrasies of actual people", and said that "Twilight would be a lot more persuasive as an argument that an 'amazing heart' counts for more than appearances if it didn't harp so incessantly on Edward's superficial splendors."

Oh, and on a last note and I know many have said it before but vampires don't fucking SPARKLE!!!!!!!!!

But none the less lets hope this crap ends soon before my mind melts!

Here are some pics I found and though I would share - absolutely Brilliant!!!!

CASTLE - Genius!!

2012-06-25T23:37:00.001-07:00

At first I thought just another police procedural drama – and didn’t even bother watching it. I mean a writer working with cops to help solve murders, seriously? It wasn’t until someone I regarding as having sound taste recommended it as she was at that time working through it and was enjoying it. So I decided to give it a go, with only 10 episodes in the first season I thought “if only ten episodes the ratings couldn’t have been so good”. And surprise, surprise!! What a great show, with everyone on the cast delivering as they are supposed to and no scene being under developed its turning out to be one of my all time favourite shows.

I find myself prowling the web for more information, trying as every other major Castle fan to decipher the riddle of who ordered the murder of Johanna and Kate Beckett. And I seem to be getting very defensive about “my” show. My room mate is one of those that if a show is not funny he will not watch it, so watching a cop show is seriously not for him, and the comments he makes – man I wanna slap him! So I have resorted to watching Castle late at night and early in the morning or whenever he is not around – I feel like a naughty school child sneaking around. But after three weeks and four completed seasons – I have done it.

From the first episode I knew that Castle and Beckett would hook up – I mean come on, everyone saw the chemistry on screen between these two (and I would not blame them for some “off – screen” action either) and the perfect culmination of action and intrigue led us to the end of season 4.

Lets be honest – we all would love to be Castle. The women, the cars, the money, the great family and friends who would say no? I think Nathan Fillion plays Castle to the tee, and Stana Katic embodies the sensuality and passion that Beckett is all about. But you know everyone goes on about the main characters, but very few seem to recognize the supporting roles! Lanie nudging Beckett on her quest to “get” Castle, Ryan and Esposito always there when they are needed and Castle’s mother and daughter there to keep him on the straight and narrow. Without these characters the show would never have gone this big.

And then adding the continuing drama and intrigue surrounding Beckett’s shooting and her mother’s murder and you get one big pile of steaming golden glowing stuff. It’s just that good.

And now in the last episode of season 4, everything that happened at once, I was literally sitting at the edge of my seat. I couldn’t get enough! Beckett facing off with the shooter “Cole Turner” and getting her ass kicked and thrown off a building and then hearing someone call her name and her thinking it was Castle – awesomeness!

Side note – I figured out it was not Castle as I saw the hand that grabbed her, with the wedding ring on it! And then her and Castle hooking up at the end – no surprises

I have heard a few good graduation speeches in my time – e.g. Rory Gilmore’s graduation speech from Gilmore Girls, and then Alexis Castle’s graduation speech which was just as good. I have decided to put in on here as well for all those fans who would like to remember it with me

“There is a universal truth we all have to face whether we want to or not. Everything eventually ends. As much as I’ve looked forward to this day, I’ve always disliked endings. The last day of summer, the final chapter of a great book, parting ways with a close friend. But endings are inevitable. Leaves fall, we close the book, you say goodbye. Today is one of those days for us. Today we say goodbye to everything that was familiar everything that was comfortable. We’re moving on. But just because we are leaving, and that hurts, there are some people who are so much a part of us they’ll be with us no matter what. They are our solid ground, our north star. And the small clear voices in our hearts that will be with us. Always.”

— Alexis Castle

Finally the Mr. Smith angle, I always suspected that he knew Roy on a personal level and it seems strange that it took the “big bad” so long to figure it out, but I guess our former Captain could hide some secrets.

I think the new season is going to have us reeling, the writers have us just where they want us and with all the information they dumped on us in the last episode – we are just wildly speculating which is going to bum us out for the next season when it doesn’t reach our expectations.

My view for the next season – Mr. Smith kills “Cole Turner” and gets rid of the body, somehow it’s found and is tied back to Kate and Castle. With her having resigned from the NYPD, she and Castle go renegade and try to solve it. Ryan and Esposito are no longer talking to each other, even after Esposito comes back on active duty. But through it all they reconnect when one has to save the others life. Kate and Castle can go two ways – happy couple or awkward moments after amazing sex! Either can work so lets stay tuned and see what happens!!!

Wrath Of The Titans

2012-04-04T00:51:00.001-07:00

Howza guys,

Another post coming to you live from the wonderful city of Cape Town. I know it's been a while - but I feel the need for some writing, so here goes!!

I went to the premier of Wrath Of The Titans this weekend, and even though it did not live up to my expectations or the previous movie, it was enjoyable enough!

The movie revolves around Perseus, half-god son of Zeus the king of the Olympian gods, being called into action by his father to help stem the tide of monsters being released from Tartarus. When Perseus rebuffes Zeus, he turns to his brothers, Hades and Poseidon and other son Ares the god of War to help him. Unknown to him Ares and Hades have joined forces with their trapped father Kronos in order to capture Zeus and drain him of his godliness so Kronos can be released.

Once Zeus is captured and Poseidon murdered, it is up to Perseus and Poseidons lost son, Agenor to rescue Zeus and stop Kronos.

With the introduction of three new gods and half-gods the action picked up but was very believable. Sam Worthington recently did an interview where he stated that they created their own myths for the movie and only used the characters to create a story, and that people might not enjoy the created versions.

I feel that when using the myths of the Greek gods there is so may routes you can take and so many vibrant characters you can bring to life, that the poor result delivered by Wrath of the Titans was just that - poor! I feel if they made use of a few more Olympians the story could have been made a lot more interesting, instead they state in the movie that the last of the gods fled in fear of their lives and me having studied and read alot of the Greek myths cannot believe that they would do something like that.

Overall a good movie but could be better I give it a 5.5/10

Abuse Video

2011-11-02T06:27:00.000-07:00

TOP 10 NEW AND RETURNING TV SHOWS

2011-03-21T01:59:00.000-07:00

ONE HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

TWO GLEE

THREE BIG BANG THEORY

FOUR CHUCK

FIVE SUPERNATURAL

SIX THE MENTALIST

SEVEN SHIT MY DAD SAYS

EIGHT TWO AND A HALF MEN

NINE GREEK

TEN THE CAPE

REMINDERS OF OUR YOUTH

2011-03-21T01:34:00.000-07:00

Good gracious guys, it has been a while since my last post. I have just been so hectically busy at work and no longer working nightshift puts a damper on my writing schedule.

This weekend I went through my old external and I found quite a few gems - that have been long forgotten and brought back tears to my eyes (ok I know what you are thinking, but it was an episode with the death of one of my most beloved characters) - so it was manly tears.

How many of us remember the old days, ok so I'm only 24 and my old days are not so old but remember the shows from way back when, when tv was still funny and entertaining.

I caught an episode of Angel one of the most watched cult classic shows which ended in 2004 - the episode - number 12 of season 5 "You're welcome" Cordelia makes her return after season 4 and puts Angel back on track. The entire episode I was like - awesome Cordy's back and at the end she's gone, and you feel the pain and sorrow - and now I ask you which new show has given you the same kind of sorrow? The answer - none! Because there are none.

Grey's Anatomy was awesome - I watched the first three seasons and then it dropped off the radar, after the death of Denny they could do absolutely nothing else to top that and as such I have tried watching it again but it falls flat every time.

Now I'm not saying all the old shows are better than the new shows but you cannot argue that Cheers is way better than Arrested Development or that Seinfeld and Frasier are better than Beverly Hills 90210 or Melrose Place! But there are some exceptions to the rule, look at shows like, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Mentalist, Chuck and Supernatural and there is no comparison.

There are so many shows that have been created - but only for one season and then cancelled because of a fickle audience! Look at this new show called Endgame - a genius chess player becoming a detective with agoraphobia! All I can say is - SEEN IT! Remember Monk?

Lately it has become so bad for me - I don't watch any show on tv - I only watch either dvd's or downloaded shows as there is nothing good on tv!

et's hope some of the old rubs off on the new and tv becomes a lot better!

HARRY POTTER & DEATHLY HALLOW PART 1 MOVIE

2010-12-02T00:41:00.000-08:00

Wowza,

I went to watch HP two days after the big release and and have only now decided to put my disgust into words for the world to read.
What an utter bunch of crap - this was the worst HP movie, as it differed from the book the most. I am and will always be a true Pottonian and believe that with the right producer the movies could have been a major success. If these movies had to stand on their own without the book in the background - they might have succeeded but I believe it is only because of the genius of the book that everyone fell in love with them and did the movies become such a success.

Let's begin at the beginning - wow, it was such crap I can't even remember the opening scenes. Let's start with the seven Potters - this was comedic and at least the same as the book but what followed was disgusting. The death of Mad-Eye Moody, one of the most beloved characters was brushed aside as if it was nothing - in the book you felt the pain of everyone sitting around, drinking Fire Whiskey and Harry trying to boost moral in the time of crisis, but I guess it was too much to ask from the movie version, and then while still on the Mad-Eye topic - when the trio infiltrated the Ministry, where was the part where Harry took Mad-Eye's eye out of Umbridges door and buries it in the woods?

Onto Bill Weasley - wtf? He looks less than nothing like he is described in the book - an exotic curse breaker for Gringotts my arse - he looks like an Alfalfa more like. And what is up with the weak ass scar on his face? Did he accidently cut himself shaving?

Overall the film had a few comedic elements but in the most it was a bust - some of the things in the film just didn't clutch for me and for most of the Pottonians as well. Looking at all the deaths in the movie - it was as if they just breezed over the deaths as if the person/s meant nothing. Some might say the way Hedwig died was more dignified but I feel cheated - the fact that Harry had to blow up his sidecar with Hedwig dead inside created that bit of extra pain for Harry but I guess we should be lucky it was not so in the movie as Daniel cannot pull off the emotional vibe to save his life. Dobby's death was at least the same as in the book - which standardized it but the voice of Dobby was wrong and Daniel's emotion did not catch that wave of anguish it reaches in the books.

Now one of the biggest irritations in this movie was when Harry and Hermione danced a jive after Ron left - WHAT THE FUCK?!!!! She is supposed to be so emotional that the does not eat or sleep - just cries for days on end. This is one gievious error that I cannot forgive.

As for the actors - Daniel went from bad to worse but the chemistry between Ron and Hermione was undeniable and entertaining. Both Rupert and Emma steal the show as well as carry it most of the time but sadly enough in my eyes it is not enough to truly create the magic that is Harry Potter!

Let's hope the final installment won't dissapoint, but I have a sinking sensation when watching the previews so I will not be holding my breath!

My rating: 4/10

HELLO

2010-11-19T23:19:00.000-08:00

Hey guys and gals,

It's been a while since I have been on - but my muse has left me and I feel the tinge of sadness and regret in all I write lately. It is asif my inspiration left and it's crazy because I actually have so many things running around in my head.

I cannot wait for the end of the year - it is like the beacon of hope at the end of a long dark tunnel of which my life has become! At the end of november I will be getting 35 days worth of overtime pay and then the 11th of December its my birthday and then it CHRISTMAS! After Chirstmas a major new years blow out (because I had to abandon my friends last year for work) and then helping my grandparents move out of their house where they have lived for the last 12 years then helping my mom move out of our old house and then I AM MOVING TO CAPE TOWN at the end of January!

At this point the fact that I will be abandoning everything I have going on up in JHB and moving to Cape Town is the only thing sustaining me through the 12 hour shifts I have to work at my current place of employment everyday! But as they say "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" so let it be!

Hope all enjoy their weekend!

Ciao

SHIT MY DAD SAYS - SEASON 1 EPISODE 1

2010-10-17T06:33:00.000-07:00

SHIT MY DAD SAYS - EPISODE ONE TRANSCRIPT

Henry walks up to his father’s front porch talking to his mother on the cell phone

HENRY: Mom, hey, I need your help, I’m at dads
{Listens to response}
HENRY: Because I need to borrow money
{Listens to response}
HENRY: I got laid off, I’m broke
{Listens to response}

Father sits up in bed – ominous music plays

HENRY: You were married to the guy, what’s the best way to get money from him?
{Listens to response}
HENRY: Yeah I can’t divorce him

Guy grabs shotgun off the wall and cocks it

HENRY: You know what, I’m over thinking this, I haven’t seen him in two years, maybe he is a different guy, maybe he has mellowed – you know what I bet he has changed

Ed Goodson opens the door – aiming the shotgun at Henry

ED: Guts or nuts your choice
HENRY: He hasn’t changed {Whispers into the phone}

Theme plays

Ed Goodson walks back into the house – Henry follows

ED: Why didn’t you call first? Almost decorated my Buick with your balls
HENRY: Come on dad you wouldn’t do that to your Buick

Ed Goodson puts the shotgun back on its mounting

ED: I thought you were on of those jackasses, who show up on my door looking for a handout
HENRY: Right, the elections are coming up
ED: I’m talking about the girl scouts! They’re nothing but beggars with merit badges. There’s nothing worse than someone coming to your home, trying to get money out of ya
{Off Henry’s awkward look}
ED: What brings you to town Henry?
HENRY: Um, you know I thought you and I could talk face to face
{Ed steps up into Henry’s face}
ED: Here’s my face – talk
HENRY: Okay, this isn’t easy for me to say, dad there comes a time in a young mans life that …
{Ed holds out his hand in a stopping gesture}
ED: Son, are you coming out to me – because you wouldn’t last a minute in that world, you’re too pasty and you can’t dance
HENRY: I’m not gay dad, but thanks for letting me know that I’d suck at it
ED: Then what do you want?
HENRY: I just, mom says hi, she’s in Italy
ED: Well what’s that gotta do with anything?

HENRY: She was on the phone with me, uh, she’s doing the eat, pray, love tour, although I told her if she wants to get to the love part she will have to do a lot more praying and a lot less eating
ED: What’s that – a joke? You think it’s funny to insult a woman who pushed a giant moron through a tiny opening?
HENRY: I did, then you’re visual kinda killed it for me
ED: Are we done here? Because I’m going back to bed, it’s the middle of the night
HENRY: It’s nine o’ clock. There’s still kids playing outside
ED: Then play with them, I’m going to bed
HENRY: Okay, well if it’s okay with you I just crash on the couch?
ED: There’s a perfectly good cot in the attic
HENRY: The couch is fine
ED: I know the couch is fine, that’s why I don’t want you to sleep on it. What are we doing here, playing let’s make a deal? There is no choice – the cot is in the attic! Take it or leave, I’m going to bed!
HENRY: Wait I just wanna talk to you for a minute
ED: You got ten seconds
HENRY: Okay, here goes, dad, there comes a time in a young man’s life that …
ED: Good night

Ed leaves the room to go to bed

Next morning – fade in on the house from the outside to the inside – living room

Ed is sitting in front of the television eating cereal

{From television} Coming up, the inventor of carbon paper dies at the age of 88
ED: {Unintelligible} Oh please that’s not news, an old guy dies – so what? Now if he does something tomorrow that’s news!

Henry enters the room from up stairs holding his back

HENRY: Morning dad
ED: Why are you walking around like you’re in your third trimester?
HENRY: I’m about to push a giant complaint through a tiny opening! That cot is really uncomfortable
ED: You’re too good for that cot now? A navy buddy of mine died on that cot
HENRY: That would explain the big dark stain at the neck
ED: It’s not at the neck, I turned the bed around
HENRY: Quite a guest room, you’ve got there dad

Henry walks into the kitchen while talking

HENRY: Did you hear that noise coming from the garden this morning? It sounded like two animals fighting
ED: It was – me and a raccoon. I caught him trying to eat one of my cucumbers, I grabbed him by the tail and wind milled him into the shed – let him think about what he has done! Anything else you wanna complain about?
HENRY: I’m not complaining, it’s not what I’m doing. Garden looks great, cucumbers are huge, it’s like the land of the lost out there
ED: You should see my zucchini
HENRY: I think I did, last night, when you opened the door in your jammies
ED: Your brother and Bonnie are stopping by, to drop off some groceries and say hi
HENRY: Great, um, do you know how long they’re gonna be staying? I was hoping you and I could get some one – on – one time
ED: Why? Wanna braid each others hair and talk about boys?

HENRY: No, it’s not that, it’s just, I wanna, it doesn’t matter! What’s with the driver’s manual?
ED: Ugh, my license expires when I turn 72 next week, and they make me take the whole damn test again. If I don’t pass, I loose my license for five years
HENRY: Well, look, worse comes to worse, we’ll get you a bike; it’ll keep you in shape
ED: A bike? Take a look out that window; does this look like Bangkok? I’m not getting on any bike

Bonnie and Vince enter the house – Bonnie & Vince each holding a grocery bag

BONNIE: Knock, knock
ED: Shut the door
BONNIE: How bout hi?
ED: Hi, shut the door

Vince closes the door

HENRY: Look at this, San Diego’s king and queen of condos
VINCE: Come on, it’s not like we have three town houses in escrow, because we have four
BONNIE: Including one that had a murder in it – whazzup!

Bonnie and Vince do a weird hand gesture with each other

BONNIE: No, Ed, don’t get up for your daughter in law, I’m just holding 20 pounds of your groceries
ED: Did you get my fibre bars?
BONNIE: Yes!
ED: Did you get my fibre bread?
VINCE: Of course!
ED: Did you get my high fibre pasta?
BONNIE: Yes, you’ll be very happy, Ed. It’ll feel like you’re pulling a shipping yard rope through your intestines
VINCE: Henry, come here! Come on, come hug your brother from another mother
HENRY: What’s up Vince?
BONNIE: So how are things at the magazine?
ED: I got laid off and dad doesn’t know

Ed re-enters the living room

ED: Dad doesn’t know what?
HENRY: How hungry I am
ED; Dad doesn’t care!
BONNIE: I see the manual is out, I’m glad you’ve been studying
ED: Yeah, I haven’t studied yet, it’s hard to retain. You get older, the stuff you wanna keep in you, flows out of ya and the stuff that you wanna flow out of you stays in ya
BONNIE: Lovely sentiment, um, I’m sure you’re gonna pass Ed.
ED: Well I have to pass, cause if I don’t I won’t be able to drive, and I’ll be stranded out here all by myself
VINCE: Pop, you can always live with us, right pumpkin?
BONNIE: I’m sorry, what now?
ED: Well, that’s something to think about
VINCE: Where you going?
ED: Where I do all my thinking

Ed goes into the bathroom

BONNIE: You crazy, you just asked him to move in with us?
VINCE: Sweetheart, come on relax, it’s just something you say, he’s never going to take us up on the offer
BONNIE: Well what if he does, can you imagine him living in our condo? Think about it; think about our sex life, all the high pitched squealing, and all the weeping. You wouldn’t be able to do that anymore!

Bonnie & Vince go into the kitchen and join Henry at the table

BONNIE: So what happened with the job?
HENRY: Magazine went under, I got laid off. I’m broke. Went through all my savings and now I have to borrow money from dad and I don’t know how I’m gonna do it
VINCE: What’s the big deal, just ask him
HENRY: I keep trying, but every time I’m about to ask him, I, I just feel like I’m going to disappoint him
BONNIE: Henry, he’s your father. Of course you’re going to disappoint him, Mother Theresa would disappoint him
HENRY: She did, remember when he met her, Vince. He said it was like talking to fig wrapped in a napkin
VINCE: I don’t see what the big deal is? You disappoint him, so what? I disappoint him every minute of every day
HENRY: It’s different for you Vince, you grew up with dad, I don’t have a relationship with the guy
VINCE: Is that what you want?
HENRY; I didn’t think so, but then I see him and yeah I guess I do. Just wish he gave a crap
VINCE: Henry, what exactly are you looking for?
HENRY: Anything, just something to show he wants a relationship with me.
BONNIE: Like what, you want him to play Peter Gabriel on a boom box outside your window? I don’t …
HENRY: Just a gesture, any kind of gesture
BONNIE: Okay, I have news for ya, Henry. The only gesture your father makes is if someone cuts him off on the freeway. The gesture you’re looking for ain’t happening. So you just gotta be nice to him, ask him for the money and restart your life.

Fade out and back in – outside of the house – music playing in the background

Ed is sitting in his chair, listening to his record player and Henry enters from the kitchen

HENRY: Okay, dishes are done. I swept the floors, wiped down the counters so they look nice, nice, nice, and nice. I need to disinfect.
ED: Son! Sit down the house is clean enough. We didn’t accidentally kill a hooker, we had brunch
HENRY: You know what, you’re right. Hey, how about we study for you driving test?
ED: Good.
HENRY: Alright, okay. Your involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked car, and your unable to locate the owner, you must a) …
ED: What part of town am I in?
HENRY: I don’t know, downtown. It’s not that important
ED: I don’t like downtown, it smells of motor oil and hummus
HENRY: Fine, then you’re at the store down the street
ED: Which store, the one with the slow kid who works in produce?
HENRY: No the other one
ED: No, I like the one with the slow kid. He knows his vegetables
HENRY: Dad, you were a navy doctor, you performed surgeries in war zones. Why can’t you focus?

{Music becomes pronounced again}

ED: Go on, I’m focused
HENRY: No, it’s the song
ED: What do you mean?
HENRY: I know
ED: No
HENRY: That’s the song you and mom used to dance to
ED: How do you know that, you were five when we split up.
HENRY: I guess, you just remember some things
ED: What do you need, Henry?
HENRY: What do you mean?
ED: Well, you’ve been around all day, you cleaned the house, helped me study. What do you need? Money?
HENRY: Wow! You - really! I’m just being nice to my dad, that’s all!
ED: Son, if it looks like manure and smells like manure, it’s either wolf blitz or manure!

Ed walks back into kitchen and Henry follows

HENRY: Would you stop looking for reasons to be disappointed in me
ED: Stop giving me reason for being disappointed in you
HENRY: What reasons? I did everything right. I did well in college, I got a good job at a magazine. The thing went under and yes, I got laid off. I got college loans to pay, so what if I need a little help. Newsflash dad, so does half the country!
ED: You know what son, I’d have had more respect for you if you had just come right out and told me what you needed like a man. If I wanted somebody to be nice to me for money, I would have rented out the back room at the reeking oyster.
HENRY: That is so typically you. You love to be needed dad. But when somebody actually needs you, you loose respect for them.
ED: Which brings me to my original question – what do you need?
HENRY: What do I need? I need a dad that would for once, just once, let me walk out of his home without feeling worse than when I walked in
ED: You’re being dramatic!
HENRY: Dramatic! I haven’t seen you in two years, you don’t even give me a bed to sleep on. You put me in the attic, on a tiny cot that has a bloodstain, that is a bloodstain right, I need to hear you tell me that is a bloodstain – don’t tell me!
ED: I treat you no differently than anybody else
HENRY: Exactly! I’m not anyone else, I’m your son. You’re supposed to build me up, not tear me down
ED: I build you up
HENRY: Really, did you build me up that time I got a hair cut and you told me I looked like a lesbian in the Navy?
ED: A lesbian in the Navy saved my life!
HENRY: Did you build me up when you told me that my one and only father’s day poem to you was an affront to the English language?
ED: It was!
HENRY: I was eight!
ED: Even an eight year old knows that you don’t rhyme dad with bat

Ed leaves the kitchen

HENRY: Okay, if you ever wonder why you don’t have a relationship with your kids, this is why!
ED: I have a perfectly fine relationship with Vince. Why just today he asked me to come and live with him and his wife
HENRY: I guarantee that if you actually took him up on the offer, they’d freak
ED: You’re wrong!
HENRY: They wouldn’t know what to say. It would just be gibberish coming out of their mouths
ED: You don’t know what you’re talking about. And let me give you a piece of advise, if your gonna kiss my ass for money, at least put on a nice shade of lipstick!
HENRY: I don’t even know what that means! And is that really the only reason you think I’m here, for money?

Henry looks crazy; eyes go wide and cannot believe they are having this conversation

ED: Am I wrong?
HENRY: No, dad you’re not wrong. You’re right! You’re always right! You know what you’re reward is for being right? Being alone! And I’d keep an eye on your cucumbers, I let the raccoon out.

Henry goes to the front door and opens it. He closes it again and moves away quickly

HENRY: He’s on the front porch and looks pissed, so I’m going out the back door

Henry leaves through the back door and leaves Ed standing in the living room alone, pondering what was just said

Fade out

Fade back in – living room
Ed, Vince and Bonnie seated drinking coffee

ED: You know Henry said something this morning that got me thinking, all alone out here, rattling around in this old house. I thought I’d maybe sell the place, take you up on your offer and come live with you, what do you say?

Vince & Bonnie both freeze and looks shocked – mumbling ensues

ED: I’d take the guest room, in the back of the house, you won’t even know I was there

More mumbling ensues

ED: I’d help with the mortgage payments and my share of the household expenses

More mumbling

ED: Although, I can’t leave this house, my things are here, my garden is here so thanks for the offer but I’m not going to come and live with you
BONNIE: Aah, are you sure Ed? We have that extra room

Fade out

Fade back in – DMV offices

OFFICER: Can you tell me what the top most image is?
ED: Two squirrels fornicating. What the hell does it look like, it’s a gigantic E
OFFICER: And the line below that?
ED: Why do I have to keep identifying letters? I’ve been driving for sixty years and I’ve never been rear ended by a gigantic E!
OFFICER: Clearly you’ve never driven down Sesame Street

Cut back to later – still at the DMV offices. Ed has taken his test and is being marked

OFFICER: Uh, uh, uh. Ooh! Aaw!
ED: Aaw!
OFFICER: Would you look at that, you failed by one teeny tiny point. That is such a shame. Guess we won’t be seeing your pleasant face for another five years
ED: What do you mean, I failed?
OFFICER: Yeah, maybe you can get one of those motorized scooters my morbidly obese aunt uses! Next!
ED: You can’t fail me, I’ve gotta be able to drive
OFFICER: Oh I can! Kinda my job. But I’m sure you’re surrounded by people who love you and are dying to drive you where ever you want to go, given that you are such a delight. Next!
ED: I don’t have any people
OFFICER: Oh, come on.
ED: No I have no one. Boy I have really screwed up
OFFICER: It’s just a driving test
ED: I’m not talking about the driving test, I’m sorry I was rude to you, you didn’t deserve it. You’re just doing your job; you seem like a perfectly nice homo – sexual
OFFICER: I’d like to think that I am
ED: I’ll let you get on with your job
OFFICER: Wait! Don’t you have any family that can drive you to where you need to go? Any kids?
ED: Yeah, but I’ve screwed that up too. Well, I’ll let you carry on
OFFICER: Wait! Can’t believe I’m doing this.

He pulls out Ed’s test again and corrects it

OFFICER: Oops, here. 71 you passed
ED: Thank you
OFFICER: You know, my dad screwed up with me, then you know what happened – he fixed it. That’s the thing no matter how old your kids get, it’s never too late to be a dad

Ed takes something from his pocket

ED: Here, I’d like you to have this
OFFICER: What is it?
ED: It means a great deal to me, they gave it too me in ‘Nam for sowing a guys sack back on

He clips the pin on his jersey

Fade out

Fade in – outside the house – flash to inside

Ed sitting in his chair – presumably the next day eating his cereal – Henry enters

ED: Henry!
HENRY: Hi dad
ED: You wanna come and sit down? Have a bowl of grape nuts? Got a little gift for ya
HENRY: Honestly, I don’t want anything. I just came by to get my stuff. I’m leaving, um, my buddy is going to let me crash on his couch
ED: Where?
HENRY: L.A!
ED: When?
HENRY: Now!
ED: Why?
HENRY: Because!
ED: I seeeeeeeeeee!
HENRY: So I’m going to get my stuff now
ED: Ok

HENRY: Ok!
ED: Sure you don’t want to stick around and have a bowl of grape nuts?
HENRY: I can’t
ED: Why not?
HENRY: I’m going
ED: Where?
HENRY: L.A
ED: When?
HENRY: Now!
ED: Why?
HENRY: Because
ED: I seeeeeeeeeeee! You know, you might wanna stick around, you might like what I got you
HENRY: You’re not getting it. This isn’t happening. It was a bad idea for me to come here; I was looking for something that doesn’t exist, so now I’m leaving. I don’t want anything from you. Enjoy you’re life
ED: Fine! You’re gonna go – go! For the record I never really got you a gift
HENRY: I never asked for one

Knock at door

ED: I didn’t you get one.
HENRY: Fine

Knock at door

HENRY: You gonna get that?
ED: Get what?
HENRY: There’s someone at the door
ED: I didn’t hear anything

Doorbell rings

ED: I didn’t hear that either. Good luck Henry
HENRY: Dad, why aren’t you answering the door?
ED: Which door?

Knock at door

HENRY: Oh my goodness, I’ll get the door

Henry opens the door. There are two guys outside holding a mattress

M/GUY: I got a mattress delivery
ED: Wrong house
M/GUY: And Ed Goodsen doesn’t live here
ED: Very common name
M/GUY: Eddison Milfred Goodson the third
ED: Somewhat common name
HENRY: Dad, is this the gift?
ED: No, they’ve obviously made a mistake
M/GUY: Card says “To Henry enjoy this gift, Dad”
ED: This is getting very eerie!

HENRY: Dad, why did you get me a bed?
ED: You were complaining about the bed, so I got you a bed
HENRY: For what?
ED: Too sleep
HENRY: Where?
ED: Upstairs
HENRY: When?
ED: Tonight
HENRY: Why?
ED: Because
HENRY: I see! Dad, is this you’re way of asking me to live here?
ED: Why would I want you to live here? You’re a pain in the ass who only wants my money. You’re like a girl scout without the cookies
HENRY: I’m gonna get my stuff
ED: Just a gesture
HENRY: Excuse me?
ED: It was a gesture, the bed, it was just a gesture. Why does everything need to be said?
HENRY: We’ll take the bed. Thank you
ED: I’d wait to thank me. Wait till you see where I put the raccoon

Fade out

Fade in – living room Henry puts on a record and Ed walks in

ED: What the hell are you doing?
HENRY: Come on dad, if I’m gonna be living here, I gotta be able to use your record player
ED: Well gentle dammit, it’s not a pair of boobs on one of your sweaty dates

The music starts playing – Henry dances by himself

HENRY: Remember this? It had to be – spin, sway, come on Barb stay – with - me {impression of Shatner}
ED: Why can’t someone do a good impression of me?

They dance together

ED: If you wanna do it, do it right! It had to be you, spin, spin; it had to be you, sway, sway
HENRY: I told you Vince wasn’t going to let you live with them. He’s so full of it
ED: Don’t criticize your brother; he does the best he can
HENRY: Yeah, I guess we all just do the best we can
ED: Not you – you can do better. Still hope for you
HENRY: Thanks dad – you know you can be a really nice guy when you wanna be

Ed dips Henry during the dance

Knock at the door

ED: Who is it?
HENRY: Girl scouts, would you like some cookies?
ED: It’s shotgun time!

He drops Henry to the floor and goes for his shotgun

NCIS CROSSWORD

2010-10-16T07:35:00.000-07:00

Across

1. NCIS
4. What is Ari to Ziva
8. Mark Harmon's character
10. The surname of the druglord Gibbs killed after the death of his family
15. Call girl that in her imfamy assists NCIS with two cases
16. FBI agent and one of Gibbs best friends
17. NCIS special agent that got his innards cut out while on a case a few years ago
21. Mossad assasin
23. Where the NCIS head office is
24. First NCIS director we see on the show
26. Chief Medical Examiner
27. Secretative director and latest director of NCIS
28. McGee's younger sister
29. Female director that was killed off in season five
30. Jenny's father
32. The nickname Abby gives her assistant that tries to frame Tony for murder
34. Super nerd of NCIS
35. Which city did Tony and Ziva visit to escourt a Federal witness back to the states
38. Tony's first real love
40. FBI agent that does not like Tony very much
42. Tony's nickname for McGee
43. The NCIS agent that turned out to be the mole in season 6
44. Name of the band the gang missed out on when they went aboard the haunted ship The Chimera in season five

Down

2. The type of dog - Ducky's mother owned
3. The one American item that McGee and Abby traced to the lair where Ziva was being held hostage
5. CIA asset that tried to blow Tony up
6. Ziva's father
7. Gibbs wake up call for Tony
9. Played by Jessica Steen
11. Who killed his sister Paloma Reynosa
12. Ziva's boyfriend Tony shot
13. NCIS special agent who was murdered in season 7
14. Gibbs father
18. Tony's nickname forJimmy
19. The plane NCIS borrows in the very first episode
20. Tony's verbal sparring partner that was murdered by Ari
22. Very special agent of NCIS
25. In season 2 name the episode where Ducky's life is in danger when a victim turns up on his table with a big toe as a thumb
31. Caitlin Todd's former employer before joining NCIS
33. What Mike Franks lost during a gun fight with Bell's men on his beach in Mexico
34. The surname of the army colonel Gibbs dated
36. Super hot goth scientist
37. Marine that broke Tony's nose and dislocated McGee's shoulder in season 5
39. McGee's training ground
41. Gibbs hometown

SHIT MY DAD SAYS - SEASON 1 EPISODE 1

2010-09-26T04:01:00.000-07:00

Wow I was surprised with this show, it is entertaining, comedic and with that something that everyone enjoys! With just this one first episode to work off of the rest of the season should be brilliant if they continue in this line - let's hope they keep the streak alive and don't drop the ball after only a few episodes.

Henry played by Jonathan Sadowski is a writer who gets laid off from the magazine he was working at and has to move in with his father, a retired navy medic portrayed by the always enigmatic William Shatner while he tries to rebuild his life and career in the process so with that hilarity ensues!

It is a thrill ride of laugh a minute jokes and I believe if done correctly it might just become as big as How I Met Your Mother, but then again with William Shatner in the lead who would be able to dispute that fact.

Intriguingly enough Jonathan Sadowski doesn't stay in Shatner's shadow, he brings his own element into the show which might even rival that of the great Shatner. Using such a unknown actor was a big gamble but I believe it has payed off - the barbs between the leads are brilliantly written and even better coming from the chemistry between these two.

The brother and his wife are a bit overdone, but comedic none the less and all shows should have more than two characters but with the two leads as they are - it couldn't be better. I was laughing at almost every joke and had to wipe the laughing tears from my eyes more than once.

Absolutely brilliant - a solid 9/10

HIMYM - SEASON 6 EPISODE 1

2010-09-26T01:05:00.000-07:00

With the start of season six, I had very high hopes for another absolutely brilliant episode, but alas, it turned out to be only mediocre with the odd dash of brilliance!

I was surprised as the build up to this episode had been brilliant and then a let down, but I guess my problem stems from the lack of a brilliant Barney-ism! The only part was the fantasy sequence going on about the dibs Barney had called on the girl at the bar that ends up marrying Ted.

The Marshall and Lily line was a continuation of the previous season, but I expected to see her pregnant as they had jumped a few months into the future. Marshall was screaming his lines too much, which seems to be a common occurrence from the previous season, a bad habit forming!

Robin pulled off the ugly ducking thing amazingly, but the rant she went on after the guy at the bar hit on her (kind of like her victory dance) was really disturbing and as a name sake, I am deeply disappointed!

The Barney-ism that made me laugh was when Barney turned around to look at the girl at the bar that had piqued Ted's interest - the look on his face was hilarious. And the only other part was the high six between him and Ted, I have got to try that one out!

Rachel bilson made a reappearance and looked as fine as ever, and man oh man the girl on girl kiss between her and the girl at the bar, my ears just turned red!

I would recommend give Barney a few new catch phrases and for him to use his signature one some time in the episode! So "Suit up!"

I give this episode a solid 6.5/10

CHUCK - SEASON 4 EPISODE 1

2010-09-26T00:52:00.000-07:00

This week has seen the start of quite a few new seasons of all our favourite shows, and one of them is none other than Chuck starting with season 4.

Chuck and Morgan go off on their own spy mission to try and find Chuck's mom and so they travel around the world looking for her only to return to Los Angeles, broke and without finding her. Chuck's car gets repossessed and he has to find a job to pay off all their traveling debt, but General Beckman sabotages all his interviews and forces him to rejoin team Bartowski and work for the new Buy More that is solely under the guardianship of the CIA and NSA as the task center.

As Chuck and Morgan go off to try and find more information on Chuck's mom, Sarah and Casey head off to Venezuela to discontinue Volkoff Arms manufacturing and stop a EMP device that is very potent from falling into the wrong hands. But on route Sarah and Casey get kidnapped and it's up to Chuck and Morgan to rescue them.

One of the highlights of this episode is the Sex'ting premise that Morgan introduces - and the posing of Sarah on the plane is more than enough to get any red blooded males blood pumping!

It was not one of the strongest opening episodes of the shows entering the realm this week - but I give it a solid 7/10 for trying and the premise! Let's just hope they can build from here and grow from strength to strength.

NCIS - SEASON 8 EPISODE 1

2010-09-26T00:29:00.000-07:00

What another brilliant start to what has the inkling of being another awesome season of NCIS! After what some might say the best season so far the premier of season eight certainly did not disappoint!

I must say I enjoyed the comic element of Mike in this episode, even though he did not shoot anyone. Did anyone else see the start of Gibbs's beer belly as he was running to his car after finding the doll on Abby's car?

Ziva is still looking hot - and her retort about her not having tan-lines really got the blood boiling in the right direction! Anyone who still believes Kate ousted Ziva in the hotness, coolness or any other factor, must really have their heads read!

Abby seemed to have lost her sparkle - she was always the life of the show, her energy made you jump up and down with her. I think she needs a few Caf-pows before the next episode! McGee is as always his normal self - but i do have to comment on his weightloss, I think he should just gain five pounds because he has really lost quite a lot - but speaking as a slightly overweight guy - Well done!!

But intriguingly enough they left us with just enough to shout out loud - WTF!!! Who did Eli David find and who was Leon Vance looking for? I have racked my brains and I cannot figure out who it might be - unless it has something to do with the document Vance shredded on his first day as Director or the document the Secretary of the Navy took out of the folder that Gibbs had on Vance.

Who knows - but I sure as hell cannot wait for the next gripping episode!!

INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION ON TODAYS YOUNG MINDS

2010-09-23T19:55:00.000-07:00

We spend so many hours in front of the television set – we each have our favourites we enjoy to watch every day and most of us make a point of it not to miss that specific show. Every day we spend more and more time in front of the television whether it is to watch a show on a network, a DVD we have purchased or hired and now it has even moved on to the computer, with a lot of people who have the time and the access downloading their favourites on to the computer and the continually viewing the shows.

I don’t have a problem with a lot of the shows, as I don’t watch all of the shows, but I do try to watch a range and increase my knowledge base. There are some shows that not even I find inappropriate to show early in the evenings or late afternoon. Just as an example – here in South Africa we have the new versions of Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place showing on one of our pay channels at 19h30 Zulu time. These are the kind of shows I find demoralizing and definitely not good for the influential minds of our youths, as it is a constant barrage of sex, drugs, alcohol, cheating and other lude acts that our children view and then try to emulate because on the show it is considered cool if you do drugs of cheat on a test. And then we have the gall to say why are the youths of today so unruly and insufferable! Where are the parents?

I ask this question with my mind on these frivolous law suits being filed, one after the other where children hurt themselves or others after viewing a show, not understanding the content and then trying to emulate their on screen hero’s. One brilliant example of this is WWE – the wrestling shows that are on the air, their target viewers are teenagers and younger who don’t have the intellect to comprehend that what they are seeing on television is purely entertainment and not real. The children don’t understand that the wrestlers on screen, do get hurt but that it has all been choreographed before hand and that untrained persons should not emulate what they see. That is why I ask, where are the parents? Don’t the parents screen what their children watch anymore? Where is the mother or father, joining their child when their favourite show comes on and then explaining to the child, you cannot do that to your brother because you will get hurt – the guys on screen are entertainers and must not be copied as it is dangerous. No – it much easier and more convenient to let the child get hurt and try and sue the creator of wrestling for millions than what it is to sit down with them for five minutes and explain the concept to them.

Then on the other side the argument can be made that there are shows that help shape us in the good way, so what about them? I agree one hundred percent – but where are these shows now? What happened to Touched By an Angel – the weekly dose of religion wrapped in a beautiful message. Joan of Arcadia comes to mind as well – the problem with these shows the youth don’t like watching them because there is no action, intrigue or sex involved. But I believe this is a problem that stems from the shows the children watch from a young age. A wonderful show that I can remember from my youth was Digimon : Digital Monsters – and this show centres around young children being chosen to save the world along with their friends the Digimon from evil monsters. Now contrary to what the name might suggest the content of the show is extremely youth friendly. Each of the children represent a crest or beacon that the world needs and each of these are taught to the children who watch the show. Like courage, love, sincerity, reliability, friendship, knowledge, light and hope and each of these has become a virtue in my own life and hopefully in many others lives as well.

Television also plays a major role in the decisions that affect the course of our lives – with such a show as CSI, after the show debuted the number of applicants for crime scene investigators more than tripled and this is only by the visual effect this show had on its viewers. How many of us want to be cops because of the cop shows we see, the good guy putting the bad guy in jail is very appealing but never as it is on screen. We want our love lives to be as those we see in the movies and when they don’t turn out that way we go into a deep depression, go onto medication and ruin our lives. Anyone who says televisions influence on our lives is minimal is a moron!

Our lives are on the fast track – we live, eat and breathe in front of the television. Movie stars influence our daily lives more than politicians do. There is no more “family time” – it’s basically “my show is on so be quit!”! Parents are too busy or too tired to monitor their children anymore and it is a lot easier to leave them with the television as a babysitter than it is for themselves to spend time with their children.

We as a nation need to spend more time outdoors – walk your dog, jog around the block or for goodness sake visit your neighbour. We are so encompassed with the television our lives are passing us by. How many hours do we not spend in front of the television where we could be spending the time on our families and friends – reconnecting! I think it is time to abolish the television and bring back good old fashioned family quality time.

ALEXANDER LAVELLE HARRIS

2010-08-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

ALEXANDER LAVELLE HARRIS

He is the accidental hero who inadvertently comes up with a great idea or who surprisingly stakes a vampire. He is portrayed by Nicolas Brendan in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Profile:
Known as Xander
Dark Brown hair
Brown eyes
Six foot (6ft)
Born 1981 in Sunnydale California
Parents are Anthony and Jessica Harris

Powers:
He has no supernatural powers or abilities
He is an average Joe who has clocked more fieldwork than every watcher combined
Persuasion and empathy
Regards insight and understanding as his superpower
Has military knowledge from Season 2 episode “Halloween”

Xander is the truest of true life characters in this show; he represents the underachiever and the no-one from high school. Throughout the years he has gone from the goof to the mature reliable person Buffy can count on to save her life and those around her.

Season one – The first glimpse we get of Xander is as he is riding up to school on his skateboard and getting knocked to his ass by a rail as he sees Buffy walking by, small side note – thank goodness the skateboarder angle was dropped for Xander. He is the first person to find out about Buffy’s secret identity and is the co-founder of the Scooby’s. During the first season we learn that Willow has a crush on him – but he only sees her as a friend. During the course of this season he is seen as the jealous stalker kind – of as he has this massive crush on Buffy but she only has eyes for Angel. His main role is to save Buffy in the finale as he has to perform CPR to revive her.

Season two – Xander is still the class clown, with jocks bullying him and girls avoiding him. His main rivalry with Angel boils over as they constantly have words and seriously don’t like each other. Xander starts dating Cordelia as the year progresses, due to all the life and death situations they were thrown in together. In the episode Halloween he is turned into an army man and after the spell ended the military knowledge stayed with him and has served him well. He was the key figure in the demise of the Judge as he had the knowledge to acquire and use a rocket launcher. He was there with the final battle against Angelus helping Giles out of the mansion.

Season three – This was the climax of his relationship with Cordelia, as they broke up after Cordelia and Oz witnessed him and Willow making out while trapped in Spike’s basement. He went single for a while until Cordelia wished to Anyanka the Vengeance demon – and her wish was stopped and Anyanka was turned mortal and known as Anya. She asked Xander to the prom – the beginning of big things for them. In the episode “The Zeppo” Xander has to single handedly stop a bunch of zombies from blowing up the high school and during the course of that evening he loses his virginity to Faith in her motel room. During the final battle with the Major at Graduation day Xander was pivotal using his military knowledge in co-ordinating the students in flanks and attacking and beating back the wave of vampires.

Season four – This is Xander’s year of downward spiralling – he decides not to go to college and instead goes on a cross – country road trip which doesn’t go very far as his car breaks down. When he comes back to Sunnydale he has to move into his parents’ basement and pay them rent. He gets quite a few lame jobs. Anya return to his life and at first their relationship is purely sexual but as it progresses he falls in love with the crazy ex-demon. During the enjoining spell – Xander was the heart part of the “Super – Buffy”.

Season five – Here Xander starts maturing a bit, securing a managerial construction job and his own apartment with Anya moving in with him. This season is infamous because of the Dracula episode – where Xander is turned into Dracula’s manservant – brilliantly done! He has to contend with Willow and Anya’s bickering over him and Anya’s ex boyfriend Olaf the Troll who breaks his arm. Just before they go into the final battle with glory the hell god and her minions, does he ask Anya to marry to – to which she replies that she will say yes if they both survive the battle.

Season six – Sees another powerful spell with Xander as a key element – as he, Willow, Anya and Tara bring Buffy back from the dead. Xander and Anya are engaged and it’s the build up to their wedding with tensions building. On the day of the wedding Xander gets a visit from a demon pretending to be his future self in order to get Xander to leave her, which he does as he realises his fears and shortcomings. The rest of the year he has to work on getting over Anya and rebuilding his life without her. He is the pivotal character in this season, when Willow goes over the deep end after the murder of Tara; he was the one to use the yellow crayon story from kinder garden to reach her heart by using his words and determination, effectively stopping the end of the world.

Season seven – during the course of this season, he and Anya have a few sexual encounters in times of crisis but ultimately end things for the good of both. He was the lead constructor while building and renovating the new Sunnydale high school. During the battle at the wine cellar against Caleb the evil priest, Caleb destroyed one of his eyes saying he was the one that is all seeing and that he would put an end to it. During the final battle he was with Dawn fighting and killing a few Tulacan vampires – manning one of the crucial exit points in the high school. After the destruction of Sunnydale he was mentioned being in Africa – finding and recruiting new Slayers to the cause.

Relationships:
These are the main relationships for the Xan – man:
Cordelia Chase – season 2/3 she main Xander’s first real girlfriend
Willow Rosenberg – season 3 a brief make out session after years of her wanting him
Faith Lehane – season 3 she took Xander’s virginity
Anya Jenkins – season 4/7 his main love interest who he almost married

Some other less significant relationships:
Buffy Summers – recurring throughout the seven season as only an infatuation
Ampata – season 2 an ancient mummy who tried to steal his life force
Nancy – season 7 they had a brief date
Lissa – season 7 went on a date but she was a demon wanting to kill him

Xander is the man, goofy and wise. He is true embodiment of all that we are and want to be. The whole struggle to gain yourself.

WILLOW DANIELLE ROSENBERG

2010-08-27T19:59:00.000-07:00

WILLOW DANIELLE ROSENBERG

The wily red head vixen that stole our hearts as the super hot witch in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is portrayed by Alyson Hannigan.

Biography:
Red haired
Green emerald eyes
Height – five feet six inches (5ft 6in)
Born in 1982 in Sunnydale California
Parents are Sheila and Ira Rosenberg
She goes dark and turns her hair and eyes pitch black

Powers:
Telekinesis
Flight
Telepathy
Energy bolts from her hands
Can cast a variety of magical spells

She has come a long way from the shy, nerdy girl we met to the most powerful Wiccan in this plain of existence. The wily ways and sometimes risky humour entertained us and not to mention the jaw dropping kisses and sex scenes of a lesbian nature that we witnessed

Season one – We meet Willow and she is portrayed as a nerdy girl that does not risk much. She herself says she has had a crush on Xander since they were five, but because of her nature she was too afraid to do something about those feelings. Here Buffy becomes her best friend alongside Xander and helps her gain some confidence in who she is. During the course of the first season her main role is to aid Giles in his research via the internet and hacking into databases.

Season two – In this season Willow starts to explore the magicks. After Angelus murders Miss Calendar – the computer sciences teacher, Willow is given her class to teach. She also gets a bit of a more aggressive make over as she leads the Scooby’s in Buffy’s absence. Due to her long standing crush on Xander and his betrayal of her trust by getting into a relationship with Cordelia, Willow decides to risk it all and starts a relationship with Oz the lead guitarist of Dingoes Ate My Baby and who it turns out is a werewolf. At the end of the season she has become such an expert witch she is able to re – ensoul Angelus and revert him back to Angel before Buffy sent him to hell.

Season three – Here Willow explores even further with the magicks and we are introduced to her doppelganger – vampire Willow from another dimension, who as Willow describes – might even be a little gay, giving us reference to her future lesbian relationships. Willow joins a coven with Amy Madison and Michael Czajak which didn’t last long. Willow and Xander are taken hostage by Spike and share a kiss but didn’t know Oz and Cordelia were in the doorway watching them and having come to their rescue. Cordelia and Xander’s relationship didn’t make it but Willow and Oz were able to patch things up. Oz was also the person to take her virginity just before the assault on the Major at Graduation Day. She was approached by Yale, Harvard and Oxford but chose UC Sunnydale because she could be with Buffy and help with the good fight.

Season four – After some trials and tribulations Willow and Buffy become roommates but even while living together they drifted away from each other and only fully reconnected at the end of the season. This season was full of self discovery for Willow – she and Oz broke it off after his carnal relations in werewolf form with another werewolf, resulting in Oz leaving Sunnydale on a journey of self discovery and trying to tame the beast inside. Trying to further her magicks she joins a coven on campus, which resulted in the meeting of Tara McClay, her soul mate. She and Tara met and took things slow with Willow eventually coming out of the closest at the end of the season. She conjured a very powerful spell at the end of the season combining her essence with those of Buffy, Xander and Giles and going forth in destroying Adam in the Initiative.

Season five – This season sees Willow’s magic power increase dramatically and her relationship with Tara strengthens. Willow doesn’t have as much to do in this season and it’s only after Glory mistakes Tara for her key and brain sucks Tara does Willow really feature. Fuelled by her desire for revenge Willow goes on a rampage and fights Glory woman on god and we get a glimpse of dark Willow that rears again in season six. Even though in their first encounter Willow doesn’t do that much damage she gets a feel for the god and knows what to do the next time they meet. At the end of the season Willow reverses the brain suck on Glory restoring Tara to her rightful mind and significantly weakening the god and giving Buffy the chance of defeating her.

Season six – Here Willow spirals out of control, after an argument with Tara about Willow using too much magic, Tara leaves Willow and tells her she much quit the magicks and she’ll come back. At the start of the season we get another glimpse of Willow’s power when she restores Buffy back to life and her powers only grow as the season progresses. After Tara left, Willow de-ratted Amy and went on a magic spree with her while being introduced to Raiffe the warlock who enhances Willows powers but infects her with an addiction for it. Only after landing Dawn in the hospital and facing the loss of Tara does Willow decide to face her problems of abuse and quits magic. In one of the most heart wrenching scenes, Warren Mears shoots and kills Tara (which made me cry) and ultimately resulting in the awakening of dark, veiny Willow who goes on a rampage resulting in her filleting Warren alive and hunting the other two of the Trio. With the retuning Giles, he imbues her with the true essence of magic and using Xander are they able to talk Willow off of the proverbial cliff and calm her down.

Season seven – Starting off Willow was taken by Giles to England to learn the meaning of magic and help her deal and control her powers. When returning to Sunnydale she had to make amends with her friends who she tried to kill. After the tragic demise of Tara, Willow found a new love in the form of a potential Slayer named Kennedy. When the first evil rears its head, it’s Willow that has the power to turn the tables on it. During the build-up to the final battle with the first, Willow gets a call from Fred in Los Angeles, asking her for help. Willow goes to Los Angeles and battles with Jasmine a former Power That Be that has come to earth, and re – ensouls Angelus for a second time and also retrieves Faith and brings her to Sunnydale to help against The First. Willow was used in the final battle not as a fighter but as the person that would change the Slayer line forever, she used the Slayer Scythe to tap into the Slayer powers and turn all the potential Slayers into real Slayers thus making her a goddess on earth.

Relationships:
Major relationships for Willow are:
Daniel “Oz” Ozbourne – the werewolf and her first boyfriend
Tara McClay – the witch and her ultimate soul mate
Kennedy – the slayer and latest lover

Some other relationships that just didn’t last:
Xander Harris – fellow Scooby and long time crush but never reciprocated
Malcolm Black – the demon Moloch in human form
Rupert Giles – she only had a crush on him but never acted on it
RJ brooks – he used his mystical jacket to get laid

She is a wonderful person and a great friend.

BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS

2010-08-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie the main character Buffy Summers was portrayed by Kristy Swanson in the crappy movie version that gave life to the television series, where Sarah Michelle Gellar took over the role of Buffy Summers.

Biography:
Blonde hair
Green emerald eyes
Five foot twenty five inches (5ft. 25in)
Born 19 January 1981
Parents are Hank and Joyce Summers

Powers:
Heightened speed and agility
Superhuman strength
Accelerated healing powers
Prophetic dreams
Close group of friends – that no other Slayer had – gave her strength of character.

The story starts of in Los Angeles where Buffy learns from Merrick Jamison – Smythe her first Watcher that she is the Chosen One – the one girl in all the world with the strength and powers to be able to beat back the rising evils. When Merrick gets killed by Lothos she kills Lothos and burns down the school gymnasium in order to kill the rest of his vampire cronies, which results in her being expelled from Hemery high. It is later learned that after this incident she told her parents about herself and vampires and they had her admitted to a mental hospital for treatment. She decided to stop talking about vampires and was released six weeks later.

Not long after her release, her parents got a divorce prompting Joyce to take her daughter and travel to Sunnydale to start a new life. And this is where the proper story starts. Buffy gets introduced on her first day at Sunnydale high to a wide variety of characters, Xander and Willow her newest best friends, Giles the librarian and her new watcher and Cordelia the vapid cheerleader the embodiment of all that Buffy was. Together with her friends known as the Scooby’s they go after various demons and vampires, protecting the populous of Sunnydale and especially the school that is situated over a Hellmouth.

Season one – Buffy and her friends fight off The Master, The Order of Aurelius and various other vampires as the season progresses. In so doing her friends learn all about the legend of the Slayer and all of Buffy’s abilities helping protect her cover as she protects others. Angel also makes his first appearance as a mysterious stranger throwing out clues helping Buffy find and defeat the demons. All throughout she starts falling for him even though he turns out to be a vampire as well. The climax of the season is where Buffy goes to fight the master in his underground prison – but she draws the short end of the straw and gets bit by him and being thrown face down in a pool of water, effectively dying. Luckily it was only a clinical death and with the help of Xander who performs CPR and resuscitates her bringing her back to life. She goes after The Master and efficiently kills him.

Season two – The Buffy - Angel relationship goes to the next level and Giles also falls in love with Miss Calendar. Angel takes Buffy’s virginity and reverts back to his evil form, angelus and terrorises the Sunnydale inhabitants, aiming his attacks at Buffy hoping to emotionally hurt her. He is the one who killed Miss Calendar when he found out she belonged to the Gypsy clan that cursed him with a soul so many years ago. Together with Spike and Drusilla they try to take over the town and effectively end the world using the demon Acathla. Luckily for Buffy, Spike (who does not want the world to end and spoil all his fun) switches sides and helps her to stop Angel and Drusilla, and as Buffy runs Angel through with a sword sending him into the demon dimension he had opened, Willow, Buffy’s witch friend re- ensouls him using an ancient gypsy curse. A heartbroken Buffy runs away trying to cope with murdering her true love

Season three – Buffy finds her true self (and deals with the loss of Angel) after several weeks in Los Angeles and returns to Sunnydale and has to patch up her relationships with all her friends and family. Faith the “evil” slayer is introduced in this season, first fighting on the side of good and helping Buffy find her riskier side but after she murders the deputy major turns bad and joins forces with the big bad of the season Major Wilkens, who plans on devouring the graduating class and turning into a true, pure demon. Buffy strategically plans and enlightens everyone and together she and her fellow classmates take down the Major and blow up the high school in the process. At the end of the season the retuning Angel leaves Sunnydale at the behest of Buffy’s mother to help her have some semblance of a normal life – or as normal as it can get.

Season four – Buffy heads off to college and has too deal with a heavy class load and a few new romances as well as the United States Government imposing themselves on her territory and basically taking her glory. Her new loves comes in the form of farm bred Iowa boy Riley Finn who steals her heart and helps her take down the Initiative he was working for. She and all her friends basically drift off in different directions as all friend clichés do when going to college but in the end they reunite stronger than ever. In the season climax Buffy and the Scooby’s have to take down the cybernetically engineered Adam who was built from the parts of other demons, man and machine in the basement of the Initiative. So they all combine their essences with Buffy to form a “Super – Buffy” (heart, mind, soul and body) strong enough to defeat Adam and shut down the Initiative.

Season five – This was for me one of the saddest seasons of all – as Joyce the stable of the Summers house is killed by a brain aneurism after a long battle with a tumour on her brain. For Buffy she and Riley broke up when Spike revealed to her Riley was having his blood drained by vampire chicks because as he put it “just to feel”. On top off dealing with a new sister who a couple of monks gave to her to protect (she is actually a mystical key used to open the door to another dimension) she has to run the household and pay the bills since the passing of her mother and then to crown it all she has to do battle with the Hell god Glorificus who wants to kill Dawn and destroy all mankind. At the end of the season she did battle with Glory beating her to a pulp but was unable to stop one of glory’s minions from cutting Dawn and beginning the ritual bloodletting that opens the gates to the other dimensions. Buffy realised as per her vision quest that “death is her gift” and sacrificed herself by jumping into the portal to close it and in so doing she left this mortal coil to rest in heaven.

Season six – This has to be considered as Buffy’s darkest year. After her death in the previous season Willow, Anya, Xander and Tara vowed to bring her back to life believing she was trapped in a hell dimension being tortured. They ripped her from heaven and thrust her back to life leaving her to deal with being back on earth and facing the normal quarrels of life like raising Dawn and paying the bills. She gets a job at the Double Meat Palace slinging burgers and starts a love to hate sex relationship with Spike so she could escape into something else for a short while – when she breaks it off with Spike she does so because the hate is killing her and to deal with the break-up Spike tries to rape her. She fights him off and with his tail between his legs he leaves Sunnydale to get his manhood or vampire – ism back. The Trio, the evil in this season was defeated by Buffy at the end and to get revenge Warren shot Buffy and killed Tara turning Willow into dark evil veiny Willow. As Willow went after the trio (who were in prison) Buffy, Dawn, Xander and Anya had to try and stop her from killing them and losing herself but it was only through the return of Giles and his sacrifice and Xander’s close connection with Willow where they able to stop her. This is the first season where Buffy was not present at the final battle stopping the evil.

Season seven – Starts off with Buffy taking a more hands on approach to training Dawn and has to deal with the newly en-souled Spike back in her life. She gets a job as a guidance counsellor at the newly renovated Sunnydale high school where Dawn in also attending. She has to face the most powerful and ultimate evil in all the world known as the First. The first is the ultimate evil that is killing the Slayer line and all the potential Slayers in it before going after Buffy and Faith. This season sees the return of Giles with Buffy’s home becoming refuse and training centre to all the surviving potentials. Buffy gets a new friend in the form of previous Slayer Nikki Wood’s son – Robin Wood joining in on the fight. Faith also makes a return and takes the reigns once the potentials and the Scooby’s rebel against Buffy. With only Spike staying true to our heroine – he urges her to follow her instincts as she knows what she is doing. She goes after Caleb, one of the First evil’s henchmen who had kicked her ass a couple of times and with the assistance of the cameo appearance of Angel defeats him and gets the all powerful Slayer Scythe. With this Scythe Willow uses to tap into the Slayer line and gives all the potentials Buffy’s powers and makes them all Slayers. At the climax of the battle – Spike, Buffy’s full time lover uses his mystical amulet to destroy the Hellmouth prompting Buffy to finally tell him she loves him. After the destruction of Sunnydale, Buffy and the Scooby’s set out to find and train the remaining Slayers that have been awakened and thus ends our story.

Relationships:
Her main relationships have been:
Angel the vampire – season 1-3
Spike the vampire - season 6-7
Riley Finn the Initiative soldier – season 4-5

Some other short lived flings have been:
Billy “Ford” Fordham – season 2 used Buffy as bargaining chip to become a vampire
Owen Thurman – season 1 only wanted to date for the danger element
Tom Warner – season 2 jackass fraternity guy who wanted to sacrifice her to demon
Cameron Walker – season 2 swim team jock who only wanted to talk about the ocean and himself
Scott Hope - season 3 dated for couple of weeks but broke up because Angel came back into her life and she had to deal with the circumstances of that
Parker Abrams – season 4 only seduced her to get in her pants
RJ Brooks – season 7 used a mystical jacket to get laid

Buffy Summers will always be remembered for her uncanny whit and beauty as well as the passion she showed to her friends and family.
We are forever thankful for the entertainment and style she brought to our lives.