Monday, February 16, 2009

What Boykins do Best


What Boykins do Best II, originally uploaded by Sandra Maynard.

Finally! Anyways: not much is happening so not much reason to update. One nice thing: we had a reputable concrete contractor come out and look at the pool. His price estimates were eminently reasonable plus he showed me samples and we are going to be able to get the pool & patio looking nice. Right now it looks like an abandoned section of an industial park.

What I'm Watching / Playing

I finished Fallout 3 and it's very good except I didn't much like the ending. At least there was a Giant Freakin Robot though. An expansion is due out in April but now what do I play?

Battlestar Galactica: Again no spoilers, but okay maybe a teeny one. After the disappointment of Earth, Gaeta found a way of bringing out the very best in mom, dad, and the twins. Being BSG it was of course the worst possible way.

Life: Is back! Hooray! Charlie is getting ready to slip to the darker side of things again - he shot the FBI guy who shot him. But then they had a nice chat so maybe there's hope. The first episode back came dangerously close to spouting some skydiving nonsense but fortunately it was kept to a minimum.

Lost: Yes, with each episode there are more questions, but answers are starting to show up too. Also: YAY JIN!

24: I spend every episode worrying that Tony is going to die (again). I hope they give him a better send-off than the first time he died.

Fringe: Between this, Lost, and BSG, I'm having an acute case of overloaded answeritis. I guess I shouldn't complain.

Cloverfield: I had not seen this re-invention of Giant Monster movies yet. It was good! People had complaints about the hand-held camera aspect but I thought it worked well and I never got seasick. I also heard people saying they didn't like the self-absorbed, yuppy characters. I liked them. They were still in harm's way because one of them couldn't leave without the woman he loved and the rest were friends who didn't want to leave without them. What's shallow about that?

Also, no children showed up anywhere at any time in this movie. When it comes to horror, all movies should ignore that children exist!

Doomsday A combination of The Road Warrior, 28 Days Later, and Resident Evil and it sucked. It had plenty of cheese, but there was a nasty attitude about it that left a scummy feeling in my mouth. Peh! Hey Sean Pertwee dies again, but that's just normal.

2 comments:

Anonymous Me said...

I'm so behind on lost and BSG. I'm just waiting to catch up on dvd.

I saw one episode of Fringe because it sounded great, but I was so unimpressed. Does it get better? Are you able to get involved with the characters?

I've been watching Friday Night Lights on hulu when I can stay awake - which is rarely. It's very good, though - especially considering it's all about high school jocks and cheerleaders. i like the coach.

Topcat said...

I'm sticking with Fringe because I like the mad scientist and the giant floaty subtitles. I really do wish the people were more interesting so now I'm just watching becuase the story has me intrigued and I'm hoping the characters will eventually get fleshed out more.

I've heard that FNL is worth watching. I'll have to give it a shot.