Misc. Thoughts
Nov. 30th, 2006 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerI just realized that "Scrubs" is kinda like "Family Guy," except the random jokes actually serve the plot. This thought was soon followed by the realization that while I still enjoy and am entertained by "Family Guy," I don't really laugh out loud too often during it, compared to how I usually cackle like a madman at least three times during even a lame episode of "Scrubs." "Scrubs" and "Venture Bros" are the funniest shows on TV right now (among the five or so other TV comedies I check out).
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Speaking of TV, I recorded Sci-Fi's 6 hour marathon of the first 6 episodes of "Heroes." Much praise has been slung for this show, a show about superheroes, so it's strange that I haven't watched it yet, but... well, I'm still a little hesitant because of Jeph Loeb's involvement. The man not only wrote TEEN WOLF 1 and 2, COMMANDO, and the Howie Long epic FIRESTORM, he's also one of the most undeservedly popular comic writers today.
Seriously, is there a term for cliched, hackneyed statements in stories, things where if you heard the first part, you could finish the rest? Like having a spy say, "If I told you any more, I'd have to kill you"? Or having characters say "You're going down!" or "Not in MY city!", you know, shit like that? Drives me bonkers. And oh yeah, like half of his books are having characters quoting someone or some thing else.
ARGH. Sometimes I think the only reason the man is fucking popular at all is that he teams up with excellent artists who can distract from his shitty, shitty writing. Case in point, anyone read the Loeb/Liefeld epic-in-the-making ONSLAUGHT REBORN? Loeb fans canNOT defend that. I dare them to try.
But still. "Heroes" is supposed to be excellent, so watch it I shall.
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So it turns out that the raccoon with no tail and the limp wasn't Oy at all! No, Oy showed up a couple nights ago, fine as usual. And the next night, I caught both raccoons together on my porch. I pointed them out to Mom, who thinks the bigger, limping one might actually be missing a leg in addition to its tail. But all the same we were just "awwwwww!"ing together... because the two raccoons toddled off down the porch side by side. They're a couple!
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If I had to recommend one single Stephen King book to anybody, I think it's be THE TALISMAN. I don't necessarily think it's his best, but man, it's certainly the one of his that I'll cherish the most.
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Speaking of TV, I recorded Sci-Fi's 6 hour marathon of the first 6 episodes of "Heroes." Much praise has been slung for this show, a show about superheroes, so it's strange that I haven't watched it yet, but... well, I'm still a little hesitant because of Jeph Loeb's involvement. The man not only wrote TEEN WOLF 1 and 2, COMMANDO, and the Howie Long epic FIRESTORM, he's also one of the most undeservedly popular comic writers today.
Seriously, is there a term for cliched, hackneyed statements in stories, things where if you heard the first part, you could finish the rest? Like having a spy say, "If I told you any more, I'd have to kill you"? Or having characters say "You're going down!" or "Not in MY city!", you know, shit like that? Drives me bonkers. And oh yeah, like half of his books are having characters quoting someone or some thing else.
ARGH. Sometimes I think the only reason the man is fucking popular at all is that he teams up with excellent artists who can distract from his shitty, shitty writing. Case in point, anyone read the Loeb/Liefeld epic-in-the-making ONSLAUGHT REBORN? Loeb fans canNOT defend that. I dare them to try.
But still. "Heroes" is supposed to be excellent, so watch it I shall.
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So it turns out that the raccoon with no tail and the limp wasn't Oy at all! No, Oy showed up a couple nights ago, fine as usual. And the next night, I caught both raccoons together on my porch. I pointed them out to Mom, who thinks the bigger, limping one might actually be missing a leg in addition to its tail. But all the same we were just "awwwwww!"ing together... because the two raccoons toddled off down the porch side by side. They're a couple!
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If I had to recommend one single Stephen King book to anybody, I think it's be THE TALISMAN. I don't necessarily think it's his best, but man, it's certainly the one of his that I'll cherish the most.
