Mike Tee Vee, part 1

WHY BIONIC WOMAN OWNS IT’S EXISTANCE TO BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

David Eick is the Executive Producer of the new Bionic Woman remake on NBC. David Eick is also one of the Executive Producers of the Sci-Fi channel’s Battlestar Galactica. The new Battlestar Galactica and the new Bionic Woman are based on old shows from the 70s. The Sci-Fi channel is owned by NBC. After the success of Battlestar Galactica, it’s parent company NBC probably looked at the 70s and said, “what other show can we remake?” David Eick stepped up and took on the Bionic Woman remake, which is now on NBC like Battlestar Galactica should be (if BSG was on NBC it might have lasted more than 4 years.) Thanks, Battlestar Galactica, Ronald D. Moore, and David Eick. And good luck… I’ll be watching closely tonight, because that’s the kind of guy I am (creepy nerd?) (I judge myself.)

CHUCK

Holy crap, I actually enjoyed this. Usually I struggle to sit through first episodes, but this one kept it’s pace, and successfully managed to be the “comedy/action/sci-fi” show it said it was going to be. It’s about a guy who accidentally “downloads” all of the government’s secrets, turning his brain into a mini-computer. Certain things trigger these memories. And of course, the CIA realizes he’s an asset, and so they keep an eye on him, and it must be kept a secret! Kind of like The Bourne Identity meets Mighty Max, meets True Lies.

Pretty good. Pretayyy, pretayyy, pretay good. (Anyone watch Curb Your Enthusiasm?)

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Pretty good. Pretayyy, pretayyy, pretay good. First time watching it; I’m three episodes in. People say so far this is the best season so I have little interest (or time) in watching the previous five seasons.

LOST

Recently, the guy who played Richard (Nestor Carbonell) took a role on another network’s show, so for the time being he won’t be back on Lost. However, he let it slip that his character is 400 years old (which is why, in Ben’s childhood flashback, he didn’t appear any different). Once this other show is cancelled, though, I hope he’ll be back, and we’ll get some flashbacks to his childhood, circa 1604. It would kind of be like the origin of Wolverine, in that you see this character in a completely different era (it was indeterminate, but Wolverine appeared to be a child in the mid 1800s, and due to his ‘mutant healing factor’ his body ages incredibly slowly. Right now in the series “Wolverine: Origins,” it’s telling the story of how he and Captain America worked together in World War I.)

HEROES

The title of this show could be “X-Men,” and I’d enjoy watching it a bit more. I’m still not watching out of enjoyment or a wonder of what’s going to happen next, I’m watching just because it’s a show I kind of feel like I should be watching. I mean, come on, “Adam doesn’t watch Heroes?!” Fuhgetaboutit. The only character I still enjoy is Noah Bennet (HRG), and it still feels forced to me. After the letdown that was last season’s “shocking finale,” I’m hoping season two finds it pacing and differentiates itself from all the other superhero stories out there. Two goods things: the opening music alone is still enough to keep me entertained (for an hour, even), and finding out the mysterious “symbol” is part of the creepy guy’s face that the Little Girl described last season as the “mean guy who looks back.”

The Internet
Soon (Oct. 4) I’ll be connecting via AT&T, because they’re $15 cheaper for faster service and I won’t be giving my money to THE MAN that is Comcast.