Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Rant Archive
It’s not uncommon for American literary lights to expand successful books into series. John Updike did it with both Rabbit Angstrom and Henry Bech. Philip Roth has written numerous novels about, well, Philip Roth (aka Nathan Zuckerman). But the king of sequels and prequels is Larry McMurtry, who has gone back to write additional books after Lonesome Dove, The Desert Rose and The Last Picture Show – among others. And that’s fine in a book.
Dearly beloved, we gather in these times of a writers strike to worship at the feet of our IDOL. Our course is set by the Rear Admiral of showbiz, Ryan Seacrest and the first stop on the IDOL juggernaut tour is Philadelphia, home, as his voice over tells us, “To such pop culture icons as Rocky…” And, yeah, that’s the only one. Besides the cheesesteak, Philly is also famous for building a court room in the basement of their pro football stadium to more quickly process the drunks and hooligans during and after Eagles games. This is our AMERICAN IDOL!!!
After a three-week hiatus the boys of NIP/TUCK are back and better than ever. Really, they are. Matt’s (John Hensley) melted face friend, Rachel, consults with Sean (Dylan Walsh) about some pain she’s been having in her face. Sean throws around a lot of medical terms and then Christian (Julian McMahon) walks in and cracks a joke. Sean and Rachel ask him to leave, but before he does he notices the real problem with Rachel is that she has an incisor stuck in her face. THE INCISOR OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER THAT BLEW HER UP.
Word has recently hit the web that actor Liev Schreiber (THE OMEN) is going to play the role of Wolverine’s nemesis Sabertooth, in the upcoming film X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. This news comes after months of Web speculation that Schreiber would be playing a younger version of William Stryker, the nefarious mastermind behind the Weapon X program, played by Brian Cox in X-MEN 2.
With all the fears and apprehension surrounding the writer’s strike, it is comforting to know that we still have a few new episodes of our favorite shows in the can. Considering the fact that BOSTON LEGAL seems to run on a different time table than most TV shows do, we may even be lucky enough to get a full season, or at least what passes as a full season for this program. Don’t get me wrong, I love BOSTON LEGAL, but I do get a bit frustrated with the fact that it seems to be on for one or two weeks and then it disappears for a month.
…Because it’s just that
good! In a mind-bending twist, studio Lionsgate has opted not to screen Sylvester Stallone vehicle
RAMBO for the press. A few reporters who attended a press junket for the film last week were treated to a screener of the movie—only after they were made to sign strict Non Disclosure agreements. Find out more inside.
This week Alison continues to be psychic, her husband continues to doubt her powers, her daughter continues to be a pain in the ass and they’re all broke and dependant on Cynthia Keener (Angelica Huston) to pay Alison for being a psycho. I mean I psychic, whatever. Can someone explain to me why Joe (Jake Webber) is so negative to his wife’s gift? I mean, I get that it’s his typecast and everything, he is a man of science so he constantly questions the validity of his wife’s powers, but common, if my husband was like YOU ARE PROBABLY OVERREACTING AGAIN every time I had a dream I’d be getting a divorce. Thank god Joe’s cute cause I find his character absolutely obnoxious.
If you’ve got a sec, take a quick look at the newest
car from the Wachowski Bros. upcoming SPEED RACER flick. This isn’t some CGI creation like we saw in that first
trailer, but rather a real car, which will be raced by real drivers. If you look closely at the car’s front bumper, you can make a decal reading “Super Autobacs,” which is the name of a real Japanese racing team, brought in for the film’s intricate race sequences. (Wait, it’s not ALL done in CGI? Could’ve fooled me…) Take a look inside!
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK! What’s that noise, you ask? That is me, banging my poor head against a wall, on behalf of poor poor Chandra Wilson, and her GREY’S ANATOMY character Dr. Miranda Bailey. Once the heart and soul of GREY’S, Dr Bailey has recently turned into Seattle Grace’s own Napolean. Small, mean, and marching around like she owns the place, Bailey has become a caricature of her worst impulses and tics. Gone is the pragmatic person who told Dr. McDreamy to stop messing with the interns.