I meant to post this when i first heard about it a few days ago, but I forgot, so I’m sorry. This is an idea I just don’t think I can get behind. A company called RTC23 is making LCD and LED TV’s with Marvel characters on the bezel. Not only will the character/characters of your choice be on the bezel, but every time you turn on the TV you will see an image of them for approximately 8 seconds. What if you’re watching something really good, shift in your seat, sit on your remote, and accidentally turn your TV off? By the time you get back to the action because your TV showed you the standard 8 second picture of the Marvel character/s you love you could have missed something important.
Archive for the ‘TV’ Category
You Better Really Love Your Choice
On March - 2 - 2010
Matt Walsh’s Players set to debut on SPIKE
On March - 1 - 2010
From the hilarious and often demented mind of Matt Walsh comes a brand new Spike TV original series called Players. Walsh created the series and stars alongside Ian Roberts, friend and co-founder of the improv comedy troupe The Upright Citizens Brigade. The premise of the show follows two very different brothers (Walsh and Roberts) as they try to run a successful sports bar. This proves to be difficult due in part to their “night and day” personalities and in part to their useless staff.
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Check This Out. Don’t Make it Weird
On February - 25 - 2010
Archer is a fairly new FX show that airs at 10 PM Thursday nights on FX. It stars H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer, a mostly idiotic spy working for an agency staffed by imbeciles and run by his mother. He’s usually an asshole to everyone he meets, which at first makes you not like his character, until a few episodes in you realize sometimes he just doesn’t know better, while other times if he doesn’t act that way nothing will get done. He also seems to really like hookers.
At Least They’re Being Honest
On February - 23 - 2010
This is kind of old news now, but MTV has decided to remove the words “Music Television” from underneath its logo. It’s one of those things that’s sad, but you’ve seen it coming now for years. I wasn’t particularly a fan of the type of music MTV would back when they did play music videos, but they’ve replaced that time with shows like The Hills and Jersey Shore, two shows in which they cite the success of as being part of the reason for the change.
Super Bowl XLIV – The Film Trailers
On February - 8 - 2010
Following the cut are all the film trailers that aired during the Super Bowl in the order that they aired. There’s also one game trailer, since it was the only one I decided to put it in with the films.
You Win Doritos
On February - 8 - 2010
Would you like to see the best commercial from the Super Bowl? Oh you watched it? Well, watch it again!
Oh, and I added what I think was the ‘runner-up’ for your viewing displeasure
Shows That Aren’t Lost: Supernatural
On February - 5 - 2010
Seriously, let’s not forget that there’s other stuff going on. 24 is back. Smallville is still… just… awful. Also, this is the final season of Supernatural, the show about two brothers fighting demons and monsters across the country. Frankly I’m much more interested in how Supernatural is going to end, because it doesn’t confuse the holy hell out of me. Hell, Supernatural, defying all odds due to being on the CW, has some of the best writing I’ve seen on television for a sci-fi show. Despite having so many episodes that appear at first glance to be filler stories, they all manage to apply to and further the plot of the season. Now we’re watching the lead up to the big battle between Michael and Lucifer, assuming Sam and Dean allow the fight to take place.
Jack Bauer is Boring Me Lately
On February - 3 - 2010
That’s a line I never thought I would say, but season eight of 24 just hasn’t really gripped me like it has before. In a show that features mostly ridiculous plot points you expect them to ratchet up the action and not rely on their storytelling ‘abilities’. Just a few years ago this show began with a former president being assassinated and an airport takeover, in the same episode! I know last year it took a while to build up and it got better, but I just can’t bank on that right now. There will be spoilers under the cut.
Cuckoo Bananas
On January - 22 - 2010
The title of this post is a phrase used by film critic Alonso Duralde describing the insanity that was Crank 2: High Voltage, which was by writing/directing duo Neveldine and Taylor. The pair has written and directed both of the Crank movies, as well as the more recent Gamer. They also wrote a movie called Pathology and the script for the movie Jonah Hex due out sometime this summer.
Obey Bender
On January - 20 - 2010
Futurama is coming back!
Futurama is going to make a comeback this year. After Comedy Central picked up the syndication rights to the show a few years ago they have decided to order 26 new episodes. After the episodes were ordered the rumor was that none of the cast would be returning due to contract disputes with Fox, but those have since been resolved. I’m not sure when the episodes will begin airing, but the first episode is supposed to be called “Rebirth” and there is a video someone took of a screening of a couple minutes worth of it under the cut. So check it out.
