Last week on America's Got Talent, we were treated to an underdog story. The poor kid who was tormented in school and called names because he was.... a baton twirler.
Boohoo. Okay, it was motivational and everything perhaps. The FIRST TIME. On Britain's Got Talent. The only thing that redeemed this kid from being a pale imitation was that his act was more interesting. I can't judge whether it was better or not. But his batons were on fire. So.. you know. Heh heh. Fire. Fire!
And after that, we get an insurance salesman who turns out to be some phenomenal opera singer. Yea, surprising and moving and everything, I suppose. The FIRST TIME. On Britain's Got Talent. Though I think he sold cell phones rather than insurance.
Piers must've been suffering a severe case of deja vu.
Which, btw, why are two of the three judges on America's Got Talent British?
Finally, tonight, we have a good magic act. Called The Pendragons. And I'm thinking... wait, isn't there a famous magic act called The Pendragons? Did they steal the name?
Turns out. No, actually. They didn't steal the name. They are The Pendragons. They've been on the Royal Variety before, which is one of the big prizes of Britain's Got Talent. If the rules let them compete, then go for it, I suppose. But the show never said, y'know, these are pretty famous magicians already.
One final thought. Jerry Springer is not my idea of a good host. I'd much rather Ant and Dec. Even if I can't tell them apart.
Where do you get off calling the Incredible Hulk movie a 'blockbuster' before it's even hit theatres?
I have no intentions of seeing it. Hellboy II looked somewhat interesting, but still isn't something I'd go out of my way to see. The Batman movie looked dark and creepy -- yea yea, purists will love it for that, but it doesn't incline me to go see it. I would still like to see Hancock, but it may wait for DVD. Ditto Iron Man. Except.. wait... Hancock isn't out yet? I totally had the impression it had been out at least as long as Iron Man.... In that case, maybe I will still go see it. I shouldn't known a Will Smith movie was a July 4th movie.
Hrm.. I thought there was one more superhero movie coming out. But it wasn't the Punisher movie in December.
I don't think it was Wanted either that I was thinking of.
At any rate, give me another Spiderman, I'll be happy. Give me another Xmen, I'll be optimistic. Give me Wonder Woman and I'll be.. interested. Give me one of those gay superheroes and I'll watch it no matter how horrible it's reported to be.
In other news: "Charlie Jade" is a total snorer. Though kudos to Sci-Fi Channel for bringing us a Canadian/South African show I hadn't heard of. It's just that I hate hard-boiled detective narrators. :P
America's Got Talent may suffer from the same problem. I haven't seen it recently enough to remember. Or even distinguish it from Britain's Got Talent. I just have a general impression that Britain's got more talent than America.
But what I don't like is when acts repeat a performance in the finals. Yea, okay, Signature in particular took it to a whole 'nother level from their audition. But I wanted something new dangit! You get these really good acts that you want to see more of, and they give you the same thing they've already done. So, in the end, you only get to see 2 different things from them.
You take a risk when you try something new, but I want to see something new!
I wrote to Lifetime asking after "Blood Ties". Here's part of their response.
Thank you very much for your email regarding "Blood Ties," which will not be
returning to Lifetime.
Lifetime has heard your complaints in regards to the cancellation of "Blood Ties"
and we have never canceled a show without a great deal of consideration for you, the
viewers. However, "Blood Ties" did not meet the viewership requirements to stay on
air.
Okay, one, you only ran it once a week! Who does that anymore?
Two, you didn't even play the entire first season as far as I'm aware. Consistency and followthrough help.
Three, you totally would've had more viewers to start with if you'd kept Henry bi.
The letter then went on to say that they don't have the rights to make DVDs, but hey, you can purchase the episodes from Itunes! Or, you can watch the reruns on Lifetime Real Women (LRW), because doesn't everyone get all the random spinoff channels nowadays? And, whoopee, you can log onto their website to play games and stuphs!
And "There you can access the most up-to-date
information and read more about the show as well as participate in discussions with
other fans."
What up-to-date information? Why do I want to read more about the show? You cancelled it! There's nothing left to discuss except for the fact that you cancelled it!
I'm considering writing to the SciFi Channel. If they want to be more girl-friendly, then what better way than to revive a Lifetime show? :P
Since this is a geeky show, here's a geeky comment. It's spoily, but.. it's a sitcom and it aired yesterday, so..
Sheldon's sister makes a joke about how she once spent 9 months with her legs wrapped around his head. Because they're twins.
Even if fetuses have legs and heads for 9 months and would remain in the same position for so long, there's the fact that fraternal twins never share the same amniotic sac. So how did she accomplish this exactly?
Clearly one of them has had a sex change and cosmetic surgery. You heard it here first, folks.
"Blood Ties" is a Lifetime show based on a series of books by Tanya Huff. I'm sure I've blogged about it before. The book series is good, the spinoff Smoke series is even better. The Lifetime series is passable, though I'm still annoyed with them for apparently making Henry (the vampire) straight. Clearly we can't be expecting Lifetime to be showing Torchwood anytime soon.
Anyway, was browsing around Oberon Games and found someone had done one of those seek and find games with a Blood Ties theme. I like that genre of game and while theme games are usually sucky, it can't be too bad, right? So I'm going to check it out.
Usually I don't have much good to say about the SciFi Channel. But today, I'd like to say kudos on fixing the closed captioning issue on Doctor Who. From the excellent spelling of the unusual and even episode-specific names, I can only assume this closed captioned script is directly tied to the shooting script. Yet I haven't yet spotted any revisions, so it's even better than that.
So, thank you, SciFi, for not trying to reinvent the wheel by getting new closed captions from an American company who has no clue.
My only quibble is that I've noticed at least one dropped line. That could be a transmission thing.
And SciFi, don't think I'm letting you off the hook for chopping it up to insert commercials!