Monday, August 27, 2007 Rant Archive
Power duo Hall and Oates said it best when they soulfully sang:
“She's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
better learn how to face it
She's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
pay the devil to replace her
She's Gone - what went wrong?”
This ranter is trying to move on in this hopeless world known as BIG BROTHER 8 without Jen. What went wrong indeed? For you, the loyal reader, I will try to put this behind me and deal with these worthless humps left on this desolate wasteland known as the BIG BROTHER house. The remaining houseguests are a detestable and boring lot. If it weren’t for Amber’s slow motion nervous breakdown there would be no point to watch at all.
So what did we learn about this vapid collection of vain gasbags tonight? Daniele is sick of her dad, Evel Dick, being all “Parent-y” with her, if Eric were going to Las Vegas he would lose all his money on the plane ride, Amber thinks she should be on AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and Jessica feels that shopping is really, like, a personal strength of hers.
After watching these guys flub their way around Hollywood without actually doing anything all season, I have just one request for next week’s upcoming ENTOURAGE season finale: At least don’t let MEDELLIN suck.
The movie the ENTOURAGE boys have been trying to get out all season long is finally going to be shown at Cannes, and it’s about time. We’ve been dealing with prima donna directors, execs in their suits tying production up with their red tape, and just about anything else going wrong that possibly could.
This week, the boys’ trip to France is delayed by a Code Red terrorist alert at the airport. So it’s private jet time, except the only one with a plane is Sydney Pollack – who happens to hate Ari. And they miscounted the number of passengers, which screws up everybody’s plan.
Fortunately, none other than Kanye West (in what has to be one of the worst cameo acting appearances) shows up with his crew and a plane. So it’s off to Cannes again and everybody’s happy.
It appears that the Marked are continuing to come on strong. With Tom (Joel Gretch) having given in to these body snatchers - in last week’s episode of THE 4400 - how will he ever help Diana (Jacquilin Mckenzie) stop the 4400 who is using their ability to attack one of his compatriot’s software company? And, what I still don’t understand is why these people want the future to remain the same. You have to figure that they benefit in some way, but because we haven’t been filled in yet on what exactly happens in the future and why it is supposed to be so disastrous, we don’t know if those with the mysterious mark are good or evil. In fact, that’s what this entire season has been about, trying to figure out good from bad. I mean Jordan (Billy Campbell) has been positioned as a bad guy since season one, and lately it’s been looking more and more like he may be some sort of messiah after all.
If good is bad and bad is good, than where does that leave Tom, now that he has been over taken by these mysterious people from the future? My gut tells me they are up to no good. If for no other reason than Tom went from having a sweet and compassionate smile to an evil looking and nasty snarl. Besides, that head honcho that came in from Washington in last week’s episode just oozes all kinds of sinister vibes. Than again, the “White Light Handbook” did say that Tom plays in integral part in saving the future. So, is it by becoming one of the Marked, or by destroying them? One thing we do know is that Isabelle (Megalyn Echikunwoke) was created by the Marked to stop the 4400 from changing the future, and that doesn’t bode well for them being the good guys either. That’s been the fun part of this season, bouncing back and forth between who to believe in and who not to. I mean I for one, am not the type that usually defends the government’s decision to kill its own people in the name of safety, but I have found myself rooting for NTAC, nonetheless.
Looks like the FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS boys are finally making the big time. That’s what Murray is thinking after convincing a record executive to sign the band to a contract, then negotiating a $2 million deal for them.
Unfortunately, the “record exec” is actually a part-time actor/dry cleaner who has no contract to offer. In fact, he barely has a business card. But his acting skills are so good, he even gets Bret on board for the fake deal, even though Bret knows there’s no actual deal. Now that’s acting!
It all started when Murray gets down on himself after another failed gig. So the boys try to cheer him up by hiring Ben the “actor” to give him an encouraging rejection call. But, as we’ve established, this guy can act. And he gets a little carried away. Next thing we know, Murray’s renting out night clubs and picking up tabs. Bad idea.
Murray’s character (played by Rhys Darby) has really grown on me. He was kind of grating and obnoxious at first, but now it’s become endearing. He’s been spotlighted in the past few weeks and has put in some great performances. When he made a speech about the boys and their fake contract at the night club, you just knew it wasn’t going to be pretty.
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Tonight was the season finale of BIG LOVE, and it was chock full of revelations, power struggles and confessions. Bill (Bill Paxton) has been jockeying for power over the UEB all season long, and he had come to a tentative truce with Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), until the divine one was shot three times by those crazy followers of the Greenes. Now Bill has an even more psychopathic polygamist to deal with, Alby (Matt Ross), Roman’s son. Alby has had struggles himself, what with being a closeted homosexual with multiple wives, and being an all-around bitter disappointment to his mothers and father. When you think about it, Alby really had no choice but to slowly poison his father, if he ever wanted to be taken seriously and take control of Juniper Creek himself. Meanwhile, poor Bill has been having trouble dealing with his own family.
With Ben (Douglas Smith) seriously considering taking on the polygamist lifestyle for himself, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) has become more and more concerned with whether she made the right decision for herself and her children. It’s seems pretty apparent that Barb was manipulated into taking on other wives by her loving husband. I mean, how could she say no, when Nicki (Chloe Sevigny) took such good care of her while she was convalescing from Cancer? It’s not that Barb doesn’t love her sister-wives, but how can any woman share the love – emotionally and physically – of her husband, when they have already been married to only each other for 18 years? And with Barb’s own mother disowning her over that decision, you can see how a woman might rethink the whole crazy deal. And, living in secrecy is getting to little Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) as well, which is why she has finally decided to spill the beans about her and her family to one-time prospective fourth wife, Ana (Branka Katic).