tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8733114375750944955..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Random musingsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33045345057445251372007-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:002007-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:00I read the EW article about Justice League and it ...I read the EW article about Justice League and it said Biel was in discussions but no one would confirm.<BR/><BR/>I always thought the other Jessica (Alba, not Tandy) would be a great WW.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675532548423293798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32325969003399252112007-09-29T15:25:00.000-07:002007-09-29T15:25:00.000-07:00Tell Me You Love Me was given the heave from our D...Tell Me You Love Me was given the heave from our DVR this week once all of the new/returning goodies came on. Basically the only way they could get someone to watch a depressing show like that is to show lots of T&A. Who wants to watch that angst, it's like a reality show for married people.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675532548423293798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26540914661683096842007-09-29T06:35:00.000-07:002007-09-29T06:35:00.000-07:00Ken - what did you think of Life?Ken - what did you think of Life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72632573516956925282007-09-29T02:52:00.000-07:002007-09-29T02:52:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Middleaged white men run TV AND advertising,...Hmmm. Middleaged white men run TV AND advertising, in case you didn't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86791311707663102072007-09-29T02:26:00.000-07:002007-09-29T02:26:00.000-07:00I'm in the pro-Mad Men camp. What I'm liking abou...I'm in the pro-Mad Men camp. What I'm liking about the show is its tone and pace. Scenes tend to be long, and the emphasis is much more on character than plot. It doesn't feel like anything else on the air. And I think the time period ironies are getting a bit less on-the-nose as the characters become more familiar. I admit that part of the appeal is that it's one of the few shows that keeps me guessing about what might happen next. Not in terms of suspense, per se. It just feels like the creators aren't putting all their cards on the table right away. So far, my patience is holding. <BR/><BR/>SD - I'm middle-aged, but I don't think my enjoyment of the show is nostalgia related; I turned 3 in 1960. And though the show's depiction of the era is indeed stylish, do you really think Weiner mourns its passing? He seems pretty critical to me (not that the two things are mutually exclusive, of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35573134879020993992007-09-28T21:46:00.000-07:002007-09-28T21:46:00.000-07:00I think "Mad Men"'s crap, too -- I dislike the sna...I think "Mad Men"'s crap, too -- I dislike the snail's pace reveal of plot/backstory, and I think the show's take on this period of history is one that I've seen done much better in film, albeit not in quite some time. Dollars to donuts the majority of the show's admirers, like Weiner, are middle-aged white men. I sort of get it, but I can't share in a nostalgia for our more stylish past. And though he's hinting at a fall (and how Draper isn't ready for it), he, like Chase, mourns for the old days. And that makes him a dinosaur.<BR/>By the way, I find it amusing that people can't express a negative reaction to a tv show without being insulted by the show's fans. That seems more childish than liking "Big Bang Theory" (though, I gotta say, wow...NOT a funny show, dude.)<BR/>--SDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50315272078801515672007-09-28T19:30:00.000-07:002007-09-28T19:30:00.000-07:00"Are you guys really that dumb are is this your id..."Are you guys really that dumb are is this your idea of humor?"<BR/><BR/>Well, speaking for myself, I'm dumb. <BR/><BR/>"It ruins the joke if you point out that ATM-using blind people can be passengers in a car."<BR/><BR/>And thanks for ruining the joke. I'll have to return the favor one day, Chris. The ATM is on the driver's side. Having that blind passenger crawling over the driver, knee to groin, elbow to chin, to reach it, reading the instructions and working the machine with his-or-her butt in the driver's face, is so uncomfortable. Or maybe the blind bank customers use it from the back seat:<BR/><BR/>"I'm putting in my PIN number now, so don't look. Are you looking?"<BR/><BR/>"No. And that's not a check you're depostiing; it's my shopping list."<BR/><BR/>Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm putting ON & OFF in Braille on all my light switches, as how else will my blind friends know if they've left the lights on - or off for that matter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39566089050598148582007-09-28T18:22:00.000-07:002007-09-28T18:22:00.000-07:00I'd like to see a different spin on Wonder Woman. ...I'd like to see a different spin on Wonder Woman. Her special powers are valued for crap the men of her time wanted. For instance, she's hired because she can type 500 words a minute, heat up coffee water with X-ray vision, and use her glass plane to run errands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4296946879976730532007-09-28T15:22:00.000-07:002007-09-28T15:22:00.000-07:00CAVEMAN hasn't aired yet? Well, that tells you ho...CAVEMAN hasn't aired yet? Well, that tells you how much I was looking forward to it. I thought it already had aired. Now I get to miss it twice.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15487625847654079112007-09-28T15:19:00.000-07:002007-09-28T15:19:00.000-07:00Amen re: the brilliance of Mad Men. To me, it's t...Amen re: the brilliance of Mad Men. To me, it's the first show, post Soprano's, that reaches that stratosphere of sucking you into another living, breathing multi-layered world inhabited by people, not "actors". It leaves me on the edge of my seat every week. And JD, who says it "sucks," and is apparently laughing at another Chuck Lorre setup, punch, obviously-written-sounding mediocre-fest as "funny" as his self-indulgent vanity card closing diatribes... Enough said. <BR/><BR/>I've never seen a period drama (not even in films) from 1960 that captures the look and tone more astonishingly than Mad Men. It's also cool that Robert Morse, such a 1960 icon in his heyday, is the senior sage here. That's another thing I love about it. It seems populated with adults (another throwback to its era) & not just very young adults. Then again, even the young adults seemed like adults back then. True - the smoking, bigotry & sexism was lamentable. <BR/><BR/>But the women sure were sexy. And more interesting to my yet to be ancient eyes than the Jessica Albas of today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89080265222508593902007-09-28T15:10:00.000-07:002007-09-28T15:10:00.000-07:00Wonder Woman isn't a prostitute, but she is a bond...Wonder Woman isn't a prostitute, but she is a bondage enthusiast. (The metal bracelets? The "Lasso of Truth"? Come on!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36247357382932067202007-09-28T14:32:00.000-07:002007-09-28T14:32:00.000-07:00For those of you wondering... I watched Cavemen ab...For those of you wondering... I watched Cavemen about two weeks ago from a downloaded bittorrent. Which lets me watch all new shows without me havin gto pay someone to tape it and send it to me in Holland.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69302590000936700862007-09-28T13:49:00.000-07:002007-09-28T13:49:00.000-07:00I think Bonds will be out of baseball. Longshot: h...<I>I think Bonds will be out of baseball. Longshot: he goes back to Pittsburgh.</I><BR/><BR/>Nope. Even if management were willing to spend the money, and even if the team could stomach Bonds' diminshed defense in PNC Park's large left field, the fan reaction would be overwhelmingly negative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1525790228793286862007-09-28T12:04:00.000-07:002007-09-28T12:04:00.000-07:00Mad Men is flat out brilliant, and AMC isn't ruini...Mad Men is flat out brilliant, and AMC isn't ruining it with too many commercials (and when the ads do come, they're preceded by trivia about the ads/companies, a nice touch).<BR/><BR/>Actually, I'm happy the show IS on AMC. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have gotten a second season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5366139810642529782007-09-28T11:35:00.000-07:002007-09-28T11:35:00.000-07:00I think Bonds will be out of baseball. Longshot: ...I think Bonds will be out of baseball. Longshot: he goes back to Pittsburgh.<BR/><BR/>Milton Bradley is getting a pass for his OWN behavior since umps don't know how to conduct themselves like gentlemen anymore.Schottzie03https://www.blogger.com/profile/16624465932868582438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66836956486981601392007-09-28T10:28:00.000-07:002007-09-28T10:28:00.000-07:00Rod Stewart? For a second I thought it was Marge S...Rod Stewart? For a second I thought it was Marge Schott.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876030936096946286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69419577188034655122007-09-28T10:23:00.000-07:002007-09-28T10:23:00.000-07:00What's the US equivalent of 'tosser'? 'Cos that's ...What's the US equivalent of 'tosser'? 'Cos that's what Rod Stewart is. And jd, bored by Mad Men? you obviously don't know what to look for. There aren't any monster trucks in it, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>PS Ken, did you ever meet Lisa Maxwell, who famously told the Frasier runners at her audition for Daphne that the script wasn't funny?blogwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362291687463326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12953777495870911902007-09-28T10:22:00.000-07:002007-09-28T10:22:00.000-07:00I wonder if the anti-smoking nazis will succeed in...I wonder if the anti-smoking nazis will succeed in rewriting history and snuffing all the butts before next season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9246533141571818432007-09-28T10:21:00.000-07:002007-09-28T10:21:00.000-07:00I too missed Cavemen last night...and I plan to mi...I too missed Cavemen last night...and I plan to miss it again when it actually airs (Oct 2), and then when it's cancelled, I promise I won't miss it at all..<BR/><BR/>...uh...never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43605615712481296652007-09-28T10:01:00.000-07:002007-09-28T10:01:00.000-07:00According to EW, Biel passed on playing WW.According to EW, Biel passed on playing WW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20120510721533156252007-09-28T09:38:00.000-07:002007-09-28T09:38:00.000-07:00I'm glad I did not miss Cavemen...I've got a watch...I'm glad I did not miss Cavemen...I've got a watching party planned with the same folks I invite over to watch the Labor Day Telethon every year.Schottzie03https://www.blogger.com/profile/16624465932868582438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-307742522168826602007-09-28T09:30:00.000-07:002007-09-28T09:30:00.000-07:00Rod Stewart, you got some 'splaining to doRod Stewart, you got some 'splaining to doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44814824003138389002007-09-28T08:34:00.000-07:002007-09-28T08:34:00.000-07:00Interesting to see "Cavemen" comments, since the s...Interesting to see "Cavemen" comments, since the show doesn't premiere until next Tuesday and ABC isn't sending out screeners.<BR/><BR/>AMC is ad-heavy, yes, but "Mad Men" has some sort of special dispensation -- only two breaks each hour.Jon88https://www.blogger.com/profile/16908049871851563389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91678477100923237692007-09-28T08:19:00.001-07:002007-09-28T08:19:00.001-07:00Speaking of comedies, did anyone see the second ep...Speaking of comedies, did anyone see the second episode of "Back to You?" It was 100% funnier than the pilot and has me hooked. Some really funny writing (with one horribly awful Rosenberg electrocution joke -- don't know how that one got by)and great performances. One standout was Ty Burrell who did some of the funniest physical comedy I've seen on tv. The show harkened back to the glory days of Frasier. Highly recommend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29385640502158476242007-09-28T08:19:00.000-07:002007-09-28T08:19:00.000-07:00jd,Are you blind or something?jd,<BR/><BR/>Are you blind or something?swaggerleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896588084283855537noreply@blogger.com