.........Update

Jeez, I feel like a broken record. This semester is incredibly hectic for me, and I'm going to try to catch up soon. So sorry.

On a side note, according to my super top secret stats bar, in the last two weeks I've had over a hundred hits purely because of an image of Michelle Pfeifer I have in my Hairspray review. Weird. But flattering. I think.

I have been keeping up with shows though. Castle's doing great, The Cape is still going strong, and House had two surprisingly good episodes with the intro of Cuddy's mom and a Rachel centric episode.

So since I'm too busy to do any writing, what about you readers? What are you watching? Is your semester as hectic as mine? Or just post something about how I'm so zeta slow. Any sign of life on this blog is welcome.

Castle's Back!

SPOILERS: ...Castle... hopefully, that's not a surprise

In case you don't read titles, Castle's back! And as far as I know, nothing else. So it gets its own post. But not a long one. Cause I'm lazy. And the Thursday finales took foooreeevvver. And I like short sentence fragments. And I have sooooooo much homework. (Yes, this is from January 3rd)

Thursday Night Mid-Season Finale

SPOILERS: Bones, Big Bang Theory, and a hell-of-a-lot-of Sanctuary

All I can say is, this is the most daunting post ever. Bones, ok. BBT, ok. FOUR episodes of Sanctuary in one post?! I'm almost glad I didn't take notes cause if I did my usual play-by-play this would be way too freakishly long. Thank goodness one of them is Breach which, while a good episode, doesn't require much commenting.

However, this is a lot of stuff to cover, in Bones as well, so if any of your burning questions or fond memories are not covered, let me know. I'll either add in another section or bump up your chosen episode to a separate review (which means me re-watching it and taking notes).

Hobey ho, let's go.

(Twenty points to anyone who gets that reference - and in advance, you are awesome)

For the Doctor Who fan...

In celebration of me finally catching up on Doctor Who (well, the new series of course) and the fact that I finally understand this, I thought I should share:

Time for a very long flight home...
~ Sarah

Tuesday Night Mid-Season Finales

SPOILERS: NCIS, Glee, SGU, and Riese

Whoops....I guess I fell a liiiittle behind. My bad.

Damn, this is a lot more stuff to go through than all the Monday ones. Once again, aiming for impact and general opinion rather than specifics, sorry, or else this post would be way too long and I'd never get to enjoy my vacation.

Which is going great, by the way. I love holidays. Video games, home cooked meals, being driven crazy by your family (but of course you still really love them)....thank goodness none of them read this blog.

Also, if you're interested in plays and/or gay rights, I highly recommend the play called "The Laramie Project"; very moving and emotional. On a similar note, hurrah for the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell! (You can tell when I started writing this post by this paragraph)

Anyways, Riese actually turned out rather less disappointing towards the end. My final say would be, watch it if you enjoy artsy sci-fi or fantasy. It's nothing really original and the actors fall flat at times of the potential I know they have (kind of like watching Natalie Portman in Star Wars - you can tell she's trying but the dialouge she has to work with is just too awful). However, I was struck by the beauty of the show - the costumes, the gadgets, the scenery, all really stunning. It's aesthetics make it past that dividing line that makes certain steampunks shine while others are merely clunky and flashy. If you have some time to spare this break, watch it, and maybe like me you'll look forward to a potential second season. But you'll also see that it's no surprise that they weren't given their own TV show - this is no Sanctuary.

Merry Christmas to All!

No matter you're religion, celebrate Christmas as a lovely themed day when, at the very least, everyone else is busy with family, leaving you a nice day off.

Except for people in service industries. Sucks to be you, sorry, but there's always Boxing Day. I always did like Boxing Day....

Anyways, here's something to bring a bit of Christmas Joy:

~ Sarah

Sad News (part 2)

Last time I posted under this heading it was because the Sanctuary premiere had been postponed a month. Unfortunately, this news also has its roots in SyFy. Courtesy of blastr.com:

"Syfy announced today it will end its original action-adventure series Stargate Universeonce the show returns to finish its second season in the spring of 2011. The upcoming 10 episodes will be the series' last."

Some people are sad, and some people are relieved. Interestingly, this means both of SyFy's Tuesday night shows have been cancelled (SGU and Caprica) while Sanctuary is thriving in it's Friday night slot.

My opinion is leaning towards the relieved. I'm always sad to see a show with potential cancelled, and SGU did have some gems with the characters of T.J., Rush [above], Eli, and even Young at times. Season 1 stumbled trying to find it's footing, and Season 2 seemed to be headed in the right direction until...

It turned out there was a higher intelligence involved in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. And then the religion metaphor, which was actually somewhat lovely to see at points, became heavy handed and substituted in in the place of science and actual ongoing action and drama.

So maybe it's time for the show to end. Like Dollhouse, the remaining episodes may spur them into actually reaching some resolution for the fans. Or like Kyle XY, Firefly, Jake 2.0, or the Middleman, maybe we'll be left throwing things at the TV going "WHAT THE @*&$#(@*#& you can't end it there! That didn't explain anything!!"

What do you think. Not given the chance to shine or a decision that should have been made ages ago?