The I.T. Crowd

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So I've loved Big Bang Theory since it premiered (TV junkie extraordinaire and nerd that I am, I knew I'd watch the show from the moment I saw previews for it.) It's wonderful for a whole host of reasons, but mainly because, especially in the early seasons, they got being a physicist/astronomer/engineer down so well and Penny was just lovable. As an aspiring astrophysicist myself, well the humor just hit the right chord.

Anyway, I've tried to get my Computer Science boyfriend to watch it for ages, but he just doesn't particularly like the humor. Not sure particularly why, if it's the his mum is British and he just doesn't think American funny is funny, or because Computer Science majors are just a different breed. Regardless, TV junkie that I am I determined to meet him half way and watch I.T. Crowd. Which is sort of a British Computer Science version of Big Bang Theory.

I'm now half way through season 3 and it's just delightful. The only thing that I think it lacks is the properly second level of what I'm going to call "smart humor" - you know, jokes about Schrodinger's cat and all that. But any show that says "The elders of the internet would never stand for it!"
 is good in my book.

Oh and if you want to watch - as of 7/8/2013 it's free on Hulu!

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True Blood

It's that dreaded time of year: the mid-season hiatus. Which means I haven't had an OUT fix in ages. So not okay. The good this is Vampire Diaries returns tomorrow and I'll be watching it on my parents' 60" TV. In the mean time, having lots of free time (winter break, wooh!) and pretty much nothing to do (I do have to write a paragraph for my bossies in Aussieland this past summer, but I'm failing miserably at that) I've turned to books (8 of them, 1 down, 6.75 to go) and, of course, my go to, some good ol' fashioned television.

What's on my watch list?
- I finished the Australian teeniebopper show H2O: Just Add Water. I have to say, the third season definitely suffered from ducking out casts, plot holes, and a general sense of urgency. I will say that it had plenty of mermies and pretty girls to look at though. Overall, worth the watch, especially since it's on Hulu now, but only if you want to learn the accent and you really love mermies. Which both applied to me.
- I'm currently in the third season of True Blood. After ages of seeing the commercial for it for Christmas time, finding out Sookie is a faerie from that (although I still don't know it from the show yet), and the fortuitous discovery that my dad has HBO GO, meaning I can watch it legally, I've been on a major vampire binge.

I have to say the plots are superb, the color palette is gorgeous, and despite its graphic nature (both sexual and gory-wise) I just can't stop watching. Vampires, shifters, mindreaders, demons, and werewolves, oh my! All they need is an Australian mermaid, and it'll be perfect. My favorite characters so far are Sookie (of course), Godric (can he come back please?), Jessica (I think it's because I like the hair so much), and Eric (because I just can't figure him out, and I like that he fucks with everyone else's minds).

You can expect more commentary from me in the future, as I have very few friends that share the show with me.

Toodles!

Once Upon A Time - Shepherd

I promised more blogs right? Well I have to start somewhere, and I figure making my unhealthy obsession at least marginally productive would be an excellent idea - so I'm going to review some of the shows I watch - starting now.

I am absolutely in love with the new show from the writers of Lost - Once Upon A Time. It suffers from the same flaw that made me lose track in Lost - miss one episode and, pardon the pun, you're lost. Which is what happened to me and that show. I have intents to start that from the beginning... I would need to acquire it.

My roommates and I love OUT (that's what I'll call it, it seems reasonable, no?) - we look forward to watching it every Sunday and, along with Vampire Diaries, it's one of the few shows I actually watch when it airs. I'm a huge proponent of Hulu, but sometimes I just need to know RIGHT AWAY what happens on a show. Every single time we watch this show, we are left with more questions. It's entrancing - I love the costuming, the visuals, the script, the acting - it's all superb. And this coming from an indiscriminate TV junkie.

This last episode was no exception. Charming came so close to a resolution with Snow only to be thwarted once again by the Queen. I had such hope that he would be the first to remember, but it seems the forces of evil are too organized at the present time. I can't quite get an understanding of Rumple's motives - but that's the point of him, isn't it? I'm just SO FRUSTRATED by the whole thing, I want Snow and Charming to get together so badly, I'm so mad that his false memories have been implanted, and the doctor aka the uncle from Vampire Diaries is just Mr. McCreepyPants.

I continually enjoy the piecing together of the timeline, and revelations of the characters' pasts. Charming's real world wife as the daughter of King Midas? No wonder she's such a meanypants (I'm having a pants night, sorry guys)

Things I am most looking forward to in this show:

- next week's episode (which I won't be able to see until Monday :[ )
- someone remembering his true past
- the continued cracking of the spell (Snow's coffin last week?)
- more deals with Rumple
- general interactions among the first family (Snow, Emma, Charming, and Henry)

Them's the way I see 'em

Looking forward to keeping this blog (more) active!