So last night Rock won it all on “Hell’s Kitchen.” I guessed early on that he would be the won to win. However in the later episodes I began to loath his attitude. I was routing for Bonnie last night, even though I knew she wasn’t the best overall. Frankly I think Jen probably should have been the one to win it. Julia, who was my favorite during the whole season, what just a little turd last night. I couldn’t believe her attitude, it was clear she was not happy to have been beaten out by Bonnie.
Angelica Huston will guest star on six upcoming episodes of “Medium.” Angelica will play an investigator named Cynthia Keener from a company called Ameritips. She strikes some kind of bargain with Allison.
It looks like in the upcoming season Julie won’t be liking the idea that Mike the Plumber tries to play daddy with her, and she gives him a bit of ‘tude. I really hate that they keep making Julie more rebelious and bratty. We already have that character, Bree’s kid/s!
Also it looks like Julie will get yet another shot at love in the new season.
It looks like in Season 2 we’ll be seeing a lot more of Claire testing and pushing her powers to the limit, which of course means a lot more blood and gore. In a sneak preview for the new season Claire is shown cutting off one of her toes!
Just a quick update right now, I’ll try and add more to it later. I’ve been out of commission today. Jessica nominated Dick and Danielle for nomination. The POV competition was held, if you want to know the winner, read on after the fold.
So tonight Sci Fi premiered their new show “Flash Gordon.” I watched it. My thoughts? I’m torn honestly. I realize it was the pilot, which means a lot of storyline and character introductions, but it was just slow. Let me do a quick recap for those who didn’t watch first.
Ming, Dale and Flash. Photo property of SciFi.com
Steve “Flash” Gordon is a home town hero, a three time marathon winner. His father “died” at a young age, he was the good son who stayed home with his cancer stricken mother to take care of her, apparently forsaking his own career/goals in the process. High school sweet heart Dale Evans goes off to Yale, lands a job as a reporter and returns home to interview Flash upon his third marathon win. Dale is of course engaged to a cop. However she seems still in love with Flash. Big shock.
Flash soon finds he’s being stalked by a mystery man (ie geek) in an RV. Enter Hans Zarkoff. He knew Flash’s dad, who was a physicist who supposedly “died” in a freak accident/fire. He warns Flash should he see his dad, trust no one. Meanwhile Dale the reporter begins investigating odd stories about “aliens” invading earth. She thinks they are fakes, until the cop boyfriend lets her know this alien has now killed a person.
Flash goes to Dale, convinced these are all tied together. As it turns out, daddy was working for a project involving dimensional rifts for NASA when he disappeared into one. It seems after 13 years, the rifts have begun again and now aliens are coming through. Daddy’s assistant was the geeky Hans. He helps Flash and Dale with the investigation, it’s possible Flash’s dad is still alive.
Flash and Dale get sucked into a rift, while following a robot sent by Ming to find the “imex.” They learn Ming is after this Imex. A slave girl helps them escape, she of course is no slave, but Alora, Ming’s daughter. She takes a liking to Flash.
They return to Earth. Flash learns the imex is really his dad’s old watch, a Timex. Alora is trying to steal it to prove herself to Ming that she’s not just a nobody. She of course fails, Flash keeps it. Alora returns home and faces her father. Flash however has the “imex,” which inside is a chip containing “all the knowledge of the universe.” He’s determined to return to Mongo to find his long lost father.
His dad is trapped on Mongo, attached to machines probably taping his brain for his knowledge. We get the sense that Mongo is a dying planet, they have no clean water left. Basically it seems the planet has polluted itself beyond repair and they are hoping to find salvation in Earth.
Let’s be frank off the bat, this is not Grandma’s Flash Gordon (my Grandma grew up with the radio serial). This is and always has been promoted as a reinvention of a classic. I can’t fault them for trying something new. After all, the story of Flash Gordon is one most know by now, either from comics, the old movies, the 80s movie, or the cartoons made over the years. However I can fault them on a few things.
First the good. The casting of Flash and Dale wasn’t terrible. They also at least stayed true to a lot of the characters.
The middle of the road. Obviously rocket ship aren’t exactly cutting edge. Flash traveled to Mongo in one, the story was written before there were space ships. To bring it up to date, they replaced rocket ships with a time rift/portal. The main problem I had with this was that it was too much like Stargate, another show they already have. Basically I felt like I was watching Stargate: Flash Gordon.
The bad. The tops of the bad would be the destruction of Ming all together. Basically we’ve got a blond haired blue eyed Aryan dressed in an outfit from “The Wall.” We get it, he’s a Nazi like tyrant. This Ming just doesn’t work at all. They should have stayed true to the old Ming, even if he was cheesy and out dated. This was the worst part of the whole movie for me. I also didn’t like what happened to Hans’ character. He was always the kooky scientist, but now they’ve made him an anti-social geek.
Will I watch next week? Yes. Only to see what happens and if it actually gets better.
So Kail was evicted tonight, and it was REALLY close. Eric stays, while the new HOH goes to Jessica!
I have a feeling Dick will be on the block next week, possibly with Danielle. Though if smart she’ll only put one up, in case the veto gets won by someone on the block and used.
Frankly I think Dick is a goner. He blew up at everyone tonight as the credits rolled. Currently the feeds are off though and have been for hours.
*update* Last night there was huge drama in the house. Danielle was in tears, she wanted to leave and wasn’t having fun. Dick came up with the plan, knowing he was a goner, to save her. He wants her to distance herself from him and try and convince everyone not to judge her based on her dad. He also wants to make sure he’s hated and EVERYONE will vote him out.
Dick had a fight with Jameka over her faith, Amber over being a bad mom and even lashed out at Dustin for being gay a few times. Dustin, Eric, Jameka and Amber were stewing outside.
Zack, meanwhile, has it in his head he can come between Jessica and Eric and can get Jessica to turn on Eric. It seems he was off with Jessica when this was going on. Jen . . . who knows where she was hiding out.
Lynette undergoes chemo this season and the effects of it. Her mother (Polly Bergen) remains living with her and causing problems.
Susan (who will learn she’s pregnant this season) is afraid Mike isn’t happy in their marriage.
Dana Delaney (Katherine) and Nathan Fillion (Adam) are one set of new neighbors on Wisteria Lane. They lived there years ago when Mary Alice was still alive.
Nathan’s character (Adam) is Susan’s new gyno.
Adam and Katherine has a daughter Dylan (Lyndsey Fonesca). Dylan and Julie were friends, but something is wrong as Dylan seems to have “memory loss” about events in the past.
The neighbors realize there is something “creepy” about their new neighbors.
Other new characters will be the gay couple moving next to Susan and Mike, which Susan won’t get along with, as well as Mike’s brother who moves to town.
As of last night when I went to bed, it looked like it was up in the air. Dustin and Jessica (who for some reason had sequestered themselves to their bedroom for 24 hours) were planning to keep Eric. Dick and Jen were planning to keep Kail. Zack would probably vote Eric out as well as he’s made it clear the guy hasn’t talked to him at all. Amber and Jameka seemed up in the air. Jameka at one point wasn’t believing the “lies” Jen was spreading about Eric. Amber, well Amber is just going to cry and we know that.
As of this morning it looks like somehow Dick and Danielle convinced everyone to vote Eric out! What what what! I know people love Dick and Danielle, but I’m really tired of Dick, at least his mouth. I’d love to see them both on the block together again and for Dick to go home. It would be VERY interesting to see how the game went without him around. Some might say it would be boring, but I’d want to see who tried to take charge of the house with him gone. Like it or not, Dick is running the house right now.
Tim Kring has reportedly gone on record stating that there will be new villains introduced in Season 2 that will make Sylar look “tame,” one of them being a “very scary villain.” Also one of the new villains was introduced in the season finale of season 1. This would be Molly’s “Boogeyman” who some suspected was Sylar originally.
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