Announcement

The house of night books are going to be made in to a movie.  Thought someone should write it on here, but I don’t have good expectations about it.

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Pushing Daisies is officially cancelled.  It might be picked up latter on but for now there is no more.

How I Met Your Mother

When I get older I want to have what Lily and Marshall have.  They do the cutest things and I love it.  Also I really want Barney and Robin to get together, they are perfect for each other.  And as for Ted I hope that we never meet his wife so the show lasts forever.  Okay maybe not forever but a really long time.  Also I really want a book filled with all of Barney’s amazing ideas like the lemon law and how sex is the cause of all political disputes.

Bryan Fuller is the new Joss Whedon…?

Let me go on record as saying that I LOVE Joss Whedon and I want him to be Ruler of All Things.  That being said, I didn’t realize it until recently that Bryan Fuller has given us so many wonderful things.  Bryan Fuller is the creator/producer and/or writer for Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, and Heroes!  He also created a show, Wonderfalls, which suffered from the Firefly Effect; it was cancelled after 13 episodes despite its brilliance.

I watched Dead Like Me after I bought both seasons a few years ago.  I loved it from the very first monotone narration.  Just last night I made my roommate, MO’B, watch the first episode.  That is when I realized Bryan Fuller created everything I love that didn’t come from Joss Future-Benevolent-Dictator-of-the-Universe Whedon.

George is such a relatable character…at least for me.  She makes the show with her uncensored comments and questions, ever curious boundary pushing, and adorable jaded façade.  The absurdity of teenage stubborn behavior is brought to light in an ironic and entertaining way…of course it is only entertaining because there is a TV between her and the viewer.  I absolutely hate her mom, but I think if George was my daughter I wouldn’t be able to stand her either—although I would probably make fun of her rather than yell at her.

This past fall I stole Pushing Daisies on DVD from my Mom…and watched it in one day.  And thank God I did because I ate a lot of pie that day, and I can’t afford to do that for more than one day, frozen pie is expensive?!  And why does it take more time to cook a frozen pre-cooked pie than to bake a fresh one?  I really don’t understand that.  Anyway, I am really upset that the show got cancelled.  It is so pretty, with all those colors and pies, and plastic-wrap kisses!  I think I’m partly to blame for it being sacked; I had class when it was on, so I didn’t watch it.  I wanted to but even when I tried to watch it on the ABC website, it wouldn’t work.  I decided to wait until it was on DVD but I didn’t mean for it to be the last season!  Just because I was loving it from afar does not mean I didn’t love it.  The moment I knew it was true love was when Kristin Chenoweth was cleaning the Pie Hole after closing, and took the opportunity to burst out into “Hopelessly Devoted”.

The last of Fuller’s creative contributions I have come to know—but most definitely not the least—is Heroes.  Over this past Christmas break I watched Heroes from the beginning on Netflix.  The graphic novel style, superhero adventure, made working in retail bearable for my four weeks at home.  The beautiful cast might have something to do with it.  But I’m pretty sure that the epic attempt to repeatedly save the world with help from, and blunders with, the space-time continuum, has something to do with my attraction to it also.  When the season resumes again on February 2nd I will begin posting episode critiques.

I will also be looking forward to Joss Whedon’s new show, Dollhouse premiering Friday, February 13th.

But back to my thesis, Bryan Fuller is not Joss Whedon, Bryan Fuller created TV I love, therefore people other than Joss Whedon can and do create wonderful television.  Also, networks cancel television I love.

The Host

The Host is the best book ever and better than Twilightit is about how aliens have already taken over the would through our bodies. They are called “Souls” and they are put in to our bodies and now humans are close to extinction. Then there is a “soul” called Wanderer and she is put into a human called Melanie, and starts to love the people in her memory and goes to find them.   I really don’t understand how Twilight has all this hype but a book that was written by the same person and many people wont read it.  It is the worst thing that could happen to a book so good.  I am currently rereading it for the 2nd time.

Legend of the Seeker

This show I found out about when I thought there was nothing good on and then I found this.  It is based off of a Book called the Sword of Truth. I have not read the books yet but I love the show it has everything I love in a show scifi adventure and a love story.  If you want to watch it it is on hulu.com.  I just spent the last couple of hours watching it from the beginning.

Heroes, Season 3: A Perponderance Of Peter Petrellis

It was a much more social weekend for us than we’re used to (excluding the holidays I guess). Still, I managed to find a few episodes of Heroes, Season 3 on my screen. I agree with MediaGad Llama, that the beginning of season 3 is a bit weird. With all this jumping around in time, I found it difficult to tell if we were in a reality that was really real, or if it was a future imperfect reality that we were hoping to change. Add to that all the Peter Petrellis, including the one put in the body of crazy, formerly imprisoned killer Jesse, and it’s easy to stop caring whether Sylar is good, bad, or just merely wonder about the likelihood of a hero with a lisp like that. It doesn’t affect his ability to be taken seriously, even by all the Llamas, and we’re glad that the world is actually becoming politically correct. Or maybe that’s in the future. I can’t tell.  One positive note,  the annoying girl whose mascara runs and people die whenever she gets angry has ceased. And I want it on the record that my annoyance with her and her brother has nothing to do with ethnicity. It had everything to do with a bad storyline, bad stereotypes, and bad mascara (waterproof anyone?).

Those who have watched before me swear that the season will improve.  All the Llamas say so. I’m keeping the faith.  In the meantime, I just wanna know, how can future Peter Petrelli have a scar if he has Clare’s ability to heal?

Put away your damned rainbows

In our house, when you’re talking about Sark, it’s not the fruity, juicy-living Sark that makes Love Sandwiches.  It’s the dark Sark, the brooding, vile, Sark that makes Hate Heroes.  I just wanted to clear that up.

A Whole New World

In an attempt to upgrade the Llamas Go Golfing blog, I blew the whole thing up. It was sad, but more than this, it was messy. Bits of code everywhere. Databases in shards across the floor. So sad. But it’s better now, I hope…