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I watched two new shows this week, one was utterly disappointing and the other was quite possibly the greatest show in the history of television.
The bad show was "The Unit", starring President David Palmer, the T1000 from Terminator 2, and Jennifer Garner's ex husband. The show is about a supersecret division of the Army that goes around kicking ass and taking names. And it was awful. The acting was on par with a porno. Not since Pedro Cerrano became buddhist has Dennis Haysbert mailed it in this badly. No further analysis is needed, as this show will probably not last until Midnight this season of 24. Here's hoping that David Palmer is reanimated, beats Lynn McGill to death with a chair, has a threesome with Kim Bauer and Martha Logan, and then runs for President again.
The great show was Black. White. Holy crap. The Eddie Murphy "White Like Me" SNL sketch from the 80's has been made into a television series on FX, and it isn't even my birthday. A black family from Atlanta and a white family from Santa Monica use makeup and crude hairpieces and trade races and move into a house together to help each other adapt to being the opposite race. A few quick highlights: The white women wonders what she is supposed to do when she walks into a room, asking, "Am I supposed to just high five everyone?" The black guy goes golfing. The white daughter goes to a rap poetry class and tells everyone there her favorite band is the Cranberries. I cannot wait for episode 2.
The bad show was "The Unit", starring President David Palmer, the T1000 from Terminator 2, and Jennifer Garner's ex husband. The show is about a supersecret division of the Army that goes around kicking ass and taking names. And it was awful. The acting was on par with a porno. Not since Pedro Cerrano became buddhist has Dennis Haysbert mailed it in this badly. No further analysis is needed, as this show will probably not last until Midnight this season of 24. Here's hoping that David Palmer is reanimated, beats Lynn McGill to death with a chair, has a threesome with Kim Bauer and Martha Logan, and then runs for President again.
The great show was Black. White. Holy crap. The Eddie Murphy "White Like Me" SNL sketch from the 80's has been made into a television series on FX, and it isn't even my birthday. A black family from Atlanta and a white family from Santa Monica use makeup and crude hairpieces and trade races and move into a house together to help each other adapt to being the opposite race. A few quick highlights: The white women wonders what she is supposed to do when she walks into a room, asking, "Am I supposed to just high five everyone?" The black guy goes golfing. The white daughter goes to a rap poetry class and tells everyone there her favorite band is the Cranberries. I cannot wait for episode 2.
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