Thursday, May 11, 2006
Wednesday Night Marathon
Wednesdays are always tough for me - too many good shows and not enough time to watch them all. Let's see, we had Amazing Race, Lost, Invasion, plus the Sharks game that went to triple overtime as well as the Giant's game.
Let me start off with the Amazing Race - in my humble opinion, this is the best show on television. Someday, I would love to participate in it - just look at the challenges the participants get to do: sky diving, bungee jumping, avoiding crocodiles, off road racing, boating, the list goes on and on. There is a little bit of luck involved in making it to the final three, but, if you know how to play the game, you can find yourself playing for the ultimate prize.
As a viewer, we are exposed to some out of the world places, and if you have a travel bug in you, you really appreciate the locations.
Central casting seems to follow a certain script in selecting teams, the hot babes with the low cut shirts, the gay dudes, the trouble married couple, the minority couple, the best friends, the old couple and the dating couple. Our final three fits right into the this formula, we have the hippie dudes competing against the best friends and minority couple.
My prediction will be the hippy dudes to win it all - they have the right attitude and are really fun to watch compete.
LOST
The question mark. We learned so much about the question mark - Is it another observation tower? What about the video camera inside the hatch? We got a peak of the 5th orientation film, the Pearl, so we now know of two hatches. Locke use to be a man of faith, now Eko has become the man of faith. The swan station must still be important as evidenced by the food drop a couple of episodes ago. What's up with Michael? Did he sell his soul to the devil? I read a funny quote about him - MADD Michael against drunk drivers as both characters he killed were involved in real live drunk driving incidents. Sucks breaking the law if you are a cast member.
Invasion
The aliens are coming! Get ready for the invasion of the body snatchers - I like how Sheriff Tom Underlay has morphed into a human advocate instead of Szura's henchman. Every show needs the stress of a drama and in the early part of the season, Underlay fit the bill as the bad guy, the reason for the tension. We now have a new villain, Szura and he's taken Tom's role as show villain.
Let me start off with the Amazing Race - in my humble opinion, this is the best show on television. Someday, I would love to participate in it - just look at the challenges the participants get to do: sky diving, bungee jumping, avoiding crocodiles, off road racing, boating, the list goes on and on. There is a little bit of luck involved in making it to the final three, but, if you know how to play the game, you can find yourself playing for the ultimate prize.
As a viewer, we are exposed to some out of the world places, and if you have a travel bug in you, you really appreciate the locations.
Central casting seems to follow a certain script in selecting teams, the hot babes with the low cut shirts, the gay dudes, the trouble married couple, the minority couple, the best friends, the old couple and the dating couple. Our final three fits right into the this formula, we have the hippie dudes competing against the best friends and minority couple.
My prediction will be the hippy dudes to win it all - they have the right attitude and are really fun to watch compete.
LOST
The question mark. We learned so much about the question mark - Is it another observation tower? What about the video camera inside the hatch? We got a peak of the 5th orientation film, the Pearl, so we now know of two hatches. Locke use to be a man of faith, now Eko has become the man of faith. The swan station must still be important as evidenced by the food drop a couple of episodes ago. What's up with Michael? Did he sell his soul to the devil? I read a funny quote about him - MADD Michael against drunk drivers as both characters he killed were involved in real live drunk driving incidents. Sucks breaking the law if you are a cast member.
Invasion
The aliens are coming! Get ready for the invasion of the body snatchers - I like how Sheriff Tom Underlay has morphed into a human advocate instead of Szura's henchman. Every show needs the stress of a drama and in the early part of the season, Underlay fit the bill as the bad guy, the reason for the tension. We now have a new villain, Szura and he's taken Tom's role as show villain.
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