Movie Edition: Prom Night

This was the worst piece of shit I have watched since that shitty remake of "Children of the Corn"

Brittney Snow plays Donna, a high school girl, who's teacher falls crazy in love with her. She comes one night after the movies to find her dad and brother murdered. She hides under the bed and is forced to watch her mother die at the hands of this killer teacher. Fast forward to 3 years later and she is going to her prom. Silver from 90210 plays her annoying friend, who I think dies first. None of the kids have died by this point (31 minutes in to the show.) The most aggravating factor is that we know who the killer is, we have known from the beginning. There is no mystery to who the killer is. Also, they don't even try to keep it hidden from us. The killer is kept in plan sight. Also, his attacks are unprovoked. I am not sure I want to watch anymore of this. I am hoping that there is a major flip, like, Donna is really fueling the fire by sharing letters and her plans with the killer. He was crazy in love with her and she played it up that she didn't love him, but secretly she met with him and kept him on a string.

That would be a good twist. Right now, this isn't a WTF in a good way. It is a WTF in a bad way.

Also, the best part. After a guy and Silver get into a fight and Silver goes upstairs, she totally gets killed. The guy is looking for her and Brit says to him. "You are going to lose her." And he replies, "yeah, right." Well, you did, loser. She is totally dead, and its all your fault.

This movie sucks. I am not watching it anymore....


So I watched it on mute while I watched another show. It pretty much ended like I thought it would. Except not as exciting as I had hoped. He tries one more time to take her, the office shoots the man. The End.

Criminal Minds

This is a damn good show. It follows a group of FBI profilers who travel around the states solving crimes. Its like CSI, but better. The reason I like this show, is because the profilers are suppose to be smart. They solve crimes by trial and error. Its not like other crime shows where the detectives and forensic teams solve the crimes in a very linear pattern. Its just annoying and unrealistic. Check it out at 7:00 pm on A&E. You won't be disappointed. You will be scared and excited. Thanks Jules, for the recommendation.

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.

"You're not the police, you're not a detective, you're a (20 something actress playing a) high school student"

Best line of the whole show.

Today's lesson in Beverly Hills High, be honest.
A lot of the so called "drama" in this show would be null and void if the characters decided to be honest with each other. For example...
Annie, come clean about hitting the homeless man. The jury will convict you of vehicular manslaughter and you will probably be put on probation (being a first time offered) for two years. No big deal, in the big picture. Plus, don't become friends with that weird nephew kid. He is going to kidnap you, tie you up in his basement and will skin you and wear you like a coat.
Dixon, be honest with the girl you are screwing and tell her you are 17 and what she is doing is illegal.
Jenn, be honest with Naomi and tell her you are a gold digging whore who spends her money like its water.

Also, word to the wise, everyone should have a mini tape recorder on them, so that they can record unsuspecting confessions, like Jenn's to Liam. And my point was proven. Thank God Liam isn't ask stupid as he lets on.