Saw III

Ok, so I never watched Saw, the first movie but I picked up the overall plot.

Saw II I watched on tv, so all the good stuff was edited, but again, I picked up the story.

I am currently watching Saw III and am finding Jigsaw the most annoying "Non Killer" killer. He doesn't even have the balls to actually kill his victims. He just puts them in positions so that they either die or wish they die. This is unlike other killers, i.e. Jason, Freddie, Michael, who just go balls to the wall. There is no gray area, you either die or you don't.

And let's talk about the subplot of the man who's son was killed by a drunk driver. What the fuck is that shit? Jigsaw, in one of his many little recordings, calls the man "clingy." Really Jigsaw? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? Jigsaw thinks a man is clingy because he keeps his dead son's toys, yet Jigsaw, will kidnap a doctor and force her to do brain surgery so that you can cling to life. Now that sounds clingy.

And the character of Amanda the Protege. You can lock people up , attack them, and see them brutally murdered, but you can't stand to see a little brain surgery? What kind of a "Non killer" are you? And the only person you cut with your big knife is yourself? Really.

I hate this movie.

Doll House

I am a big fan of Joss Whedon. I have an unhealthy love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am never bored watching Firefly or Angel. I own Dr. Horrible's Sing along Blog and the Buffy "Once More With Feeling" Soundtrack. If this confession makes me lose cool points, I didn't need them anyway.

In this last episode of Doll House, Echo is sent back to college so that she can romance with an English professor. At the end of class, he returns the class' essay on "The economics of love found in Chaucer's The Wife of Bath." It just so happens that I wrote a paper on the Economics of love from that story for my Chaucer class in college. It was very exciting.

But beyond that, the episode gets better. The story is full of twists and shit that just blows you mind. Whenever you think you know, you don't know.

Hung

Since I have been house-sitting I have had access to HBO on demand. I have heard good things about HBO's Hung. Its a show about a down on his luck basketball coach, Ray, who uses his God given "talent" to make some extra cash.
For the most part, I really enjoyed this show. But I like shows like this or Weeds where good people are willing to preform illegal jobs in order to support their families. In the case of Hung, the father is divorced and his kids live with him. His house catches on fire and since he hasn't paid his insurance, they drop him and he can't afford to pay for the repairs. His kids have to move out and he has to camp in his backyard.
The show does a great job creating sympathy for Ray. This allows him to make the decision to become a man whore a respectable one, because he really doesn't have any other options.
His pimp, Tanya, is an interesting relationship. In the pilot episode they end up having sex and as Ray is leaving she screams at him "you should market your big dick, because that's all you have going for you." It was Tanya's angry words which spark the whole idea for Ray. She take the role as pimp, which is interesting because of the reversal gender roles. The woman is prostituting the man.

All in all, good idea, good writing, good acting, good show.

Stargate- Universe, This year's Battlestar Galatica

A group of people, on a ship, traveling to Earth. Where have I see this????

Oh, right, last year, on the same network.

It might be hard for some of you to believe, but I love SyFy, formally known as SciFi. I am a geek in the most sexiest form of the word. At least I think that, not sure if my theory is supported by others observations, but I will take their absence as support.

I was a fan of the Stargate movie. I was a fan of the television version, SG-1. I was a mild fan of Stargate Atlantis. It had flaws, but was entertaining. And from what I see, this new installment in the franchise, Stargate-Universe is going to join its fellow divisions as a show I enjoy.

The Pilot premier was on Friday at 9pm. I missed the first bit but I can pick up the storyline. A group of people, are forced to abandon their base on a different planet, through a stargate. So, most of the show takes place, on a ship, with flashbacks to how they were forced onto it. Which is annoying, because we already knows who survives the battle, because we see them on the ship.

The graphics are really good. Special effects, get an A plus. But I wouldn't expect anything less from SyFy.