http://www.theidiotbox.org/ Copyright 2006 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:05:58 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss [alice ttlg] If this happened for real, a bunch of US cities got nuked, people really would be this stupid and boring but realism doesn't make it good TV. I am bored silly with Eric and his chasing the barkeep and his... [Jericho] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001543.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001543.shtml Jericho Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:05:58 -0600 [alice ttlg] The problem with this show is...there are so *many* problems. First, it's not funny. And it's not fun. And it's being way too serious when it's about making a television show. It should be fun and it should be funny... [Studio 60] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001542.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001542.shtml Studio 60 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:45:52 -0600 [alice ttlg] I started watching the 10/25/06 ep and found myself not really interested in any of these people anymore. Sawyer was in prison??? eh, not interested enough to care about this turn in his backstory. ohhh, look, let's kill bunnies and... [Lost] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001541.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001541.shtml Lost Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:56:06 -0600 [alice ttlg] We have the first cancellation of the season, Smith. Since I stopped watching it midway thru the first ep, I didn't really notice till someone mentioned it in passing and I checked EpGuides.... [Smith] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001539.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001539.shtml Smith Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:19:43 -0600 [alice ttlg] Wow, haven't done that in awhile, I watched all of BSG 2.5, eleven eps in one day, one right after the other. I kept meaning to go out to do errands but it poured here just about all day, I... [Battlestar Galactica] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001538.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001538.shtml Battlestar Galactica Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:36:19 -0600 [alice ttlg] Yep, the problem I had with this show is the problem. It's running theme of how many ways can they humiliate and uglify Betty. That's just wrong. What they needed to be doing was a character like Callie on Grey's... [Ugly Betty] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001537.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001537.shtml Ugly Betty Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:11:21 -0600 [alice ttlg] I give up. I just can't stand Megan, just can't. The actress was great in Rescue Me but here, that weird accent just doesn't work and I just can't stand the know-it-all character either. Not watching this anymore ever again.... [Numb3rs] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001532.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001532.shtml Numb3rs Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:25:05 -0600 [alice ttlg] I just have problems with this show. No matter what, it seems to come back to a one-note joke about how ugly Betty is. And no matter how bright or determined or just plain nice she is, she'll never be... [Ugly Betty] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001534.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001534.shtml Ugly Betty Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:38:31 -0600 [alice ttlg] I got all excited after the first five minutes of Lost, thinking, wow, finally some information! Something new about who, what, where, how on this island! Then I realized that's probably the last bit of new info we'll get all... [Lost] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001536.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001536.shtml Lost Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:37:32 -0600 [alice ttlg] I was really prepared to not like this show, it seemed too much of a ripoff of the movie Inside Man - and it is but it's a good ripoff. The premise is different, it focuses on the hostages more... [The Nine] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001535.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001535.shtml The Nine Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:27:51 -0600 [alice ttlg] This appears to be very true to the book and the movie. But unfortunately that doesn't make compelling, interesting weekly TV watching. In fact, it's very grim and depressing weekly TV watching. The book encompassed not just the phenomenon of... [Friday Night Lights] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001531.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001531.shtml Friday Night Lights Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:18:06 -0600 [alice ttlg] This show hits both the soap opera and conspiracy theory, ala Prison Break with kids. Too much of not a good enough copy of better shows. When will the networks wise up and learn that copying each other and putting... [Runaway] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001533.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001533.shtml Runaway Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:28:47 -0600 [alice ttlg] I can sum up the new shows this season in two types: soap operas and conspiracy shows. Brothers & Sisters falls heavily in the soap opera category, too heavily for me and it's got hints of Dynasty but without the... [Brothers & Sisters] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001530.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001530.shtml Brothers & Sisters Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:11:13 -0600 [alice ttlg] Gahhhh! Another conspiracy show! And when it or Kidnapped or Vanished (or two of them or all three) gets cancelled, TPTB will sit around with their thumbs up their butts wondering why it didn't work, why copying other brilliant shows... [Runaway] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001526.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001526.shtml Runaway Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:59:26 -0600 [alice ttlg] I adore Amanda Peet! She does deadpan comedy brilliantly! And she's hooked me into this show, no matter how the rest of goes (and it still goes great with Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry), it's worth watching just for her!... [Studio 60] http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001525.shtml http://www.theidiotbox.org/archives/001525.shtml Studio 60 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:56:29 -0600