Regarding Fringe.

Dear FOX Network,

I've been meaning to write this letter for a couple of weeks now. Now, I know you have reason to be suspicious of me, what with my ranting & calling you brain-dead bastards. But, really what did you expect me to do after you canceled Firefly? But that's not what this is about. Water under the bridge.

No, today, I'm writing about a little problem with Fringe. I admire your determination in marketing your new show. It's clearly pretty expensive to make & I'm sure you wanted as many people to tune in right from the beginning. I checked it out. The show itself is kind of hit or miss; there have been a couple of really intriguing episodes, along with some just plain meh. It does look like a good career move for Joshua Jackson though.

But my problem isn't with the show itself - it's with your marketing campaign. If you tell me one more time that there's never been anything like it on television, I'm going to sue you. Because it's a flat-out lie. There was something *exactly* like Fringe on tv before; it was called the X-Files. And it was better. And it was on FOX, you idiots. Do you watch your own network for crying out loud?

So, if you want to keep this not-10%-the-show-Firefly-was show on the air, fine. I don't really care. But stop pretending X-Files didn't exist just to make Fringe look better.

That is all.

JH

Teasers

Hoodwinked
I can't remember the last time I was this impressed by a PG Animated movie. I originally rented it because someone told me it featured a Ben Folds song. 

It is much more layered an complex than I anticipated. The music and visuals will keep kids happily engaged, but adults can thoroughly enjoy it as well. Set upon the basic story of Little Red Riding Hood, Hoodwinked provides a fun ride from start to finish, using a Rashomon-like storytelling device.

Lucky Number Slevin
I rarely get surprised by movies anymore.

So it's a real treat when I get blown away by something, when everything I thought I knew about a movie gets turned on its head.

Hitting Re-Start

I'm moving all my blogs to blogger to make my life (& my blogs) easier.  This one is for reviews - movies, tv, music, books.  I rarely read anymore, but when I do I'll talk about it. 

Here are the shows I'm likely to post about:

• Samantha Who?
  
• The Big Bang Theory
  
• How I Met Your Mother
  
• My Own Worst Enemy
  
• House
  
• Eli Stone
  
• Without a Trace
  
• Law & Order: SVU
  
• Bones
  
• Pushing Daisies
  
• Private Practice
  
• Criminal Minds
  
• Grey's Anatomy
  
• Numb3rs
  

(I don't have TiVo, but I have 3 VCRs.)

DVD Box Sets:

• Coupling (the British Version)
  
• All 7 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  
• Firefly (& Serenity)
  
• The Black Donnelllys 
  
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  
• Sports Night
  
• Pushing Daisies: Season One

Movies:

• Lucky Number Slevin
  
• Reservoir Dogs
  
• Hoodwinked
  
• Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill & Circle
  
• Walk the Line
• The Departed
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Garden State
• O
  
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• Iron Man

(I have both Blockbuster.com and Netflix, plus Columbia House.  It's a sickness, really.)

Music

• Adele: 19
  
• Jem: Finally Woken
  

Books:

• Joss Whedon: Fray