Category: oct2004

More “Lord of the Rings” references for all us drooling geeks who can’t take the hint. By David B. Grelck October 05, 2004 Again with the kick ass pop culture references. As Lorelai and Luke share their first real date at a small and cozy restaurant that we’ve never seen before, Lorelai tells him that she likes it, it’s “very…

Let’s go sexin’ By David B. Grelck October 05, 2004 Perhaps the most shocking thing about John Waters’ newest shock-fest actually has nothing to do with the images and ideas that he’s burned onto celluloid. It’s simply that I was able to convince my wife to come along to downtown Evanston, Illinois to see the damned thing. Even more shocking…

I need my pain. By Matt Springer October 08, 2004 We all know why readers of this site would have any interest whatsoever in Boston Legal, the new David E. Kelley hour-long that premiered October 3 on ABC. It’s not the potential for dancing CG babies, and it’s not the hope that Jeri Ryan will strut back onto the airwaves wearing…

Dude. Uh, dude? Dude. By Matt Springer October 12, 2004 And now we settle in for the journey at hand. The two-part Lost premiere/pilot was a gripping, harrowing, wholly original experience. It blew people away. In a season dominated by cop shows, cop shows, a Friends spinoff, and cop shows, it made an indelible impact. But that was just the beginning. It left innumerable…

No, kids, it’s perfectly okay to have sex with a married man if you two were destined to be together. By David B. Grelck October 13, 2004 Okay. So we’re four weeks in here and I have a beef. A big friggin’ beef with The Gilmore Girls writers. Why is no one treating the whole Rory/Dean thing as the scandal it is….

Flabbergasted By David B. Grelck October 15, 2004 Well, since this is gonna be a weird thing what with Anthony, Matt and I reviewing a single show, and since this is episode four, I do feel the need to say “Man, where the HELL did ABC get this show?” This is the first time on the major networks that I…

Six reasons why this season kicks all available kinds of ass. By Sarah Kuhn October 21, 2004 Going in, an inevitable cloud of melancholy hung over the 2004 fall TV season. No Buffy, no Angel, no Whedon love, period. No Alias ’til ’05. Wonderfalls was cancelled, The Simpsons kind of sucks now and that adorable Jake 2.0 is stuck on something called Medical Investigation. So how is it that…

They’re fat. So am I. Fuck it. By Matt Springer October 22, 2004 It is here, and it is good. The 2004 TV season is fully upon us, with only the classic holdout Fox still to unleash its hordes of new programming and returning series upon an unsuspecting populace. All the other networks have trotted out their slates to us…

If I were you, I would seriously consider salads. By Matt Springer October 24, 2004 I’m going back to the Final Frontier. For years now, I’ve bitched loudly to anyone who’d listen (and many who wouldn’t) about the sad, slow, excruciating decline of Star Trek. As far as I’m concerned, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga took Trek as I knew and…

Phlox, deflate your face at once! By Matt Springer October 26, 2004 For years now, I’ve bitched loudly to anyone who’d listen (and many who wouldn’t) about the sad, slow, excruciating decline of Star Trek. As far as I’m concerned, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga took Trek as I knew and loved it and recited the self-destruct code. Through seven…