So, here we are, fast approaching mid-August and I'm still waiting for the really great summer movies we were promised. Something tells me I may end up waiting until NEXT summer. I'm not going to hold my breath.
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That reminds me, the newest must-see shows will be arriving on network TV in a few weeks. Unfortunately there's a problem there too. There isn't much that really stands out and makes me want to rush over to watch. Yes, it'll be nice to have fresh episodes of House and CSI. And who knows, maybe some of these new shows that look entirely predictable will actually offer a few surprises. No one expected Medium over on NBC to be anything other than a Profiler clone and yet it was actually very entertaining.
I do have one hope. It's a bit of a combo hope though. No more Law & Order shows, no more CSI shows. We're going to end up scraping the bottom of the barrel pretty soon at this rate. Ok, we have CSI in Las Vegas. Great idea setting it in Sin City as it were. And then CSI: Miami. Good enough reason to show women in bikinis. Ok, works for me too. The next step? CSI: New York?
How about, instead of NYC, CSI: Seattle? CSI: Portland? No, wait, those might end up a little too much like Twin Peaks. Then again, would that really be such a bad thing? Or, hey just for fun, go to the anti-Vegas cities. CSI: Fargo! Or maybe more ethnic, CSI: El Paso! CSI: Memphis! CSI: Detroit! CSI: San Francisco! That last one could be interesting as they try and deal with the overwhelming politically correct rules of Bay City life. Imagine Grissom trying to get something as basic as the gender of the victim only to run into someone who isn't big on assigning gender roles. Or even better, they can have trans-gender suspects and victims.
As for the Law & Order group, what's next? Will they start branching out too? Should we expect Law & Order: Long Island! or Law & Order: Queens! Then again, maybe they'll branch out further than that. Law & Order: Jersey! Law & Order: Buffalo!
Ok, get the point? Too bad TV executives don't read my blog. Might save them a whole lot of money.
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Where are the books that were due out this summer? I'm still waiting on them. One in particular is the third book in the Ring series. You remember The Ring don't you? Dead girl in the well, video tape brings her back. The third book was supposed to be translated and published this summer. I'm still waiting, wondering just where the author was planning to take the story. If you haven't read the book, and you like horror, it's worth a look. The dead girl isn't nearly as psycho as in the movies which makes things a whole lot more interesting.
Guess I keep waiting.
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Hey, it's the weekend! Been waiting forever for it to get here! No, actually just been waiting 5 days but it sure SEEMS like forever. Lots of shopping head of us this weekend though mostly it's for house stuff. We're running out of damn near everything in the kitchen. So natrually once we've finished shopping CC and I will look at each other and say, "there's nothing to eat in here."
Same as always :-)
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