Monthly Archives: July 2008
Project Runway Season Five – “Episode Three”
“New York at Night” July 30th, 2008 One of the best things about Project Runway is that each week gives each designer a clean slate, so that they can make up for past mistakes through sheer hard work and determination. … Continue reading
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Generation Kill – “Screwby”
“Screwby” July 27th, 2008 I’m a bit late in getting to Generation Kill, but as I stated last week it’s kind of hard to find things to talk about each week. This time around, with Screwby, Alan Sepinwall concurs: I’m … Continue reading
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Weeds – “Yes I Can”
“Yes I Can” July 28th, 2008 The title of “Yes I Can” refers to both Sammy Davis Jr. famous autobiography and the drive of Nancy Botwin to remain independent within the existing operation. This storyline drives most of the episode, … Continue reading
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The Mole (2008) – “Episode Eight”
“Episode Eight” July 28th, 2008 If you want Mole-like behaviour, there’s an easy solution: give people goggles that display the video feed from a camera being controlled by another contestant, and then let them loose in a variety of simple … Continue reading
Burn Notice – “Trust Me”
“Trust Me’ July 24th, 2008 We’re running Carla free this time around on Burn Notice, which means that the scent of normalcy is in the air. This is, really, the prototypical Burn Notice episode: it’s got your client of the … Continue reading
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Cultural Reflections on Comic Con 2008
While I’m genuinely addicted to Twitter most of the time, being away over the weekend and thus mostly away from my Twitter account was a good thing. Many of the people I follow, most of which I’ve met through some … Continue reading
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My Boys – “Opportunity Knocks”
“Opportunity Knocks” July 24th, 2008 Admittedly, I’ve been kind of hard on My Boys’ second season mainly because the show has been slow to really let characters transition into, well, storylines. I’m all for periods of transition for characters, something … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Mad Men – “For Those Who Think Young”
“For Those Who Think Young” July 27th, 2008 The breakout success of Mad Men has been a huge surprise – when I started watching the show last summer, it was a cable show from a network that didn’t do such … Continue reading
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A Cultural Vacation
Hey all, I’m off to beautiful Kejimkujik National Park for the weekend, and as a result there’s going to be a lack of postings around these here parts. I promise to get to Project Runway, My Boys and Burn Notice … Continue reading
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The Mole (2008) – “Episode Seven”
“Episode Seven” July 21st, 2008 This week’s episode of The Mole was all about what people couldn’t do: they couldn’t help themselves from sabotaging the first challenge, they couldn’t possibly sabotage the challenge where contestants could potentially see their loved … Continue reading
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