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.
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.
American Idol judge Randy Jackson thinks it’s time for the public to stop focusing on the judges of the competition and start paying more attention to the contestants. Come on Randy! Do you really think people watch those shows to see people who are only usually decent singers that you and the people you work for want to turn into the next Miley Cyrus? No, they don’t. People watch American Idol for two reasons: to see how bad the contestants get ripped on by the judges, and because the public are allowed to vote and feel like they have a choice in the matter.
Paula Abdul left the show before this season and up until now has been replaced by celebrity judges. Ellen DeGeneres, also known worldwide for her musical genius, will fill her role as the fourth judge in a couple of weeks when the Hollywood round starts.
Simon Cowell has recently publicly said this will be his last season on American Idol, and as who i think is the reason most people watch American Idol, the other judges have a right to be worried. I’m really curious to see where they go with it, but I don’t think it will really last much longer after he leaves.
ABC’s science fiction show FlashForward is a story about a group of characters trying to piece together their futures after a worldwide phenomenon caused everyone to black out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds and see a piece of their future on April 29th, 2010.
While the show may have had pieces of writing that were very dumb, I really dug it. It has been on a break since around Thanksgiving and it was slated to reappear in ABC’s line-up March 4th. Now ABC has pushed it back an additional two weeks to March 18th out of fear that no one will watch it because of American Idol. When asked how this would effect the very important date of April 29th David S. Goyer, one of the shows creators, said “That may be one of the casualties of American Idol”.
Oh man, another one bites the dust.
An older promo video for people who are interested in learning more is after the cut.
In case you forgot and lost track of it within all of the other important things in your life, the season premiere of 24 is tonight. Jack Bauer and company will begin their adventure in which they will no doubt save the nation from catastrophe. The premiere will be a 4 hour ‘event’. It starts off at 9 PM tonight and will air until 11PM, then tomorrow night it will be on from 8PM to 10PM.
The preview event for the action-packed Human Target is going to precede the 24 premiere tonight at 8PM. There’s going to be a whole lot of ass-kicking and explosions on FOX for three straight hours. I don’t think the entire series will, but the first episode has Tricia Helfer in it as well as Jackie Earle Haley.
The Golden Globes, which are being hosted by Ricky Gervais, are also on tonight on NBC. The award show starts at 8PM, so set your DVRs.
Trailers for 24 and Human Target after the cut.
I totally forgot to get to this yesterday. In yet another move that once again surprises everyone in terms of a company obtaining something, Nickelodeon has purchased the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After Marvel Entertainment obtained the rights to Marvelman, and Disney in turn purchased Marvel, I was expecting Disney to be purchased by something even larger. The United Nations, perhaps. And then in response to that, aliens would purchase the U.N. But anyway, Nickelodeon owns the Ninja Turtles and there’s nothing more I can do about it.
In case anyone was interested in knowing, apparently uses are soon going to be charged for Hulu, the website that formerly offered different television shows for free. This is clearly bad news for anyone who cared whatsoever for Hulu. In fact, I’d imagine it’s also bad news for Hulu. Frankly, Hulu is not a good enough service to be able to pull of a sudden switch from free to pricey.
The new television season is doing a little bit of a kick-off this week. While I have only managed to watch half an episode of Jay Leno’s new show there are a few shows airing tonight that are definitely worth your time.
Way to go Rick Bayless!! Top Chef Masters inaugural season ended tonight with Rick Bayless, a chef of Mexican cuisine, taking top prize (100k for his charity of choice). I’ve never been a huge fan of Italian food, or chef’s that seem like they’re assholes away from the camera, so I was never really routing for Italian cuisine chef Michael Chiarello. I was, however, also a fan of Hubert Keller and his French cuisine. I’m glad Bayless won though. If I had to pick a restaurant of one of theirs to go to I would DEFINITELY pick his restaurant. Mexican food is amazing when done right. Hell, even when it isn’t done that great it’s still not terrible.
Video of Rick Bayless cooking on his own show under the cut
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