The Apprentice

Oh Jeeze. I love Mark Burnett’s shows. We liked the first season of “The Restaurant”, Survivor is a great idea but is now slop, and of course, arguably his biggest success, “The Apprentice”.

I watched last season some of the time, but it honestly didn’t get interesting until the end when all of the losers were weeded out and all of the interesting tasks were happening with smart people.

This season, Carolie looks more like Diana and acts more bitchy. Donald Trump …

Drew Carey’s Green Screen

I always loved “Drew Carey”. It never expected to be more then it was, and it was always fun and silly.

“Whose line is it anyways” was funny for season one but quickly all of Wayne Bradey’s show dominating sketches sounded the same. I was a little bummed to hear it was cancelled, but then the other night I saw the end of a commercial for “Green Screen”, but gave it not thought. Tonight I saw it again, and it …

Upcoming Comic Based Movies for 2004

I was checking online today on one of my favorite sites for comic news, comicscontinuum.com and came across some photos for the Fantastic Four movie that is supposed to be coming out next July.

Now, even though I am a comic freak, I am a purest, and do believe in making good movies, not movies just because the characters are well known to make a buck. Doing that damages the public perception of the characters and comics in general as a visual storytelling medium.

That is why, giving credit to Sam

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Trip to Chicago to see Sarah’s cousin and the Varners.

The Varners got married in early June, and wanting to see how married life was treating them, we arranged a trip to stay with Sarah’s cousin Tim Gallagher in Chicago.

It was a lot of fun. Friday we got there really late, and I got to see Barry Bond’s 700th homer. Then, we went out and met one of Tim’s roommates at the bar. Packed, but fun, it was

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Dodgeball : A True Underdog Story (2004)

This is a fun movie. Ben Stiller starts out really funny as this over the top macho gym guy. By the end of the movie, you feel like the end of every one of his other movies, irritated like nails on a chalkboard.

But a movie about one of the greatest childhood games ever, is really enjoyable, in particular, a sequence during the training of the underdog “Average Joe’s Gym” team that involves

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Everybody Loves Raymond

It was the first of an all new fall season on CBS.

Like many shows, I came in on Raymond kind of late in the game. Watching for three years now this is the start of the final season after eight years total. It was a great one.

Marie and Frank are moving, and they “break” it to the kids. The moment every single audience member has been secretly praying for, the celebration that the nightmare of your parents across …

Two And A Half Men

Sarah and I watched Raymond last year and got suckered into the TV ploy, hanging on to watch a new show after a well established one. Starring Charlie Sheen as a shovenistic male pig, a real stretch, the show is about him, his brother and his brother’s son who is the humorous child’s perspective on a womanizing household.

A first episode with star talent in Elvis Costello and Sean Penn, this episode didn’t really have a lot to it, but …