Anyone else broke already? Yes? It’s only the first full week of December! You still have 16 more shopping days left before Christmas. Only 16? Crap..I better get busy. Oh yeah..no money! HA! I forgot!
No..seriously..I am rolling in the dough. I am getting myself a Dodge Viper for Christmas. My parents are getting helicopters and private planes. My imaginary girlfriend? Wait..since I am dreaming..she doesn’t have to be imaginary. She is real and she gets a 2-karat solitaire platinum princess cut diamond ring! It’s only $15,000! Pocket change..I say!
Yeah..back to reality. Although..I am getting some sweet graduation gifts. Not to late to send me yours either. E-mail me and we can work something out.
But for now..lets get to some television. That is why you are all here. So crank this sucker up into high-gear! Time for the week that was at Pulse TV!!
Seinfeld Quote of the Week
Kramer: “So you started thinking there’s gotta be something better out there right?”
Jerry: “Right”
Kramer: “Ya, well let me tell you, there isn’t. What are you thinking about Jerry? Marriage? Family?”
Jerry: “Well…”
Kramer: “They’re prisons, man-made prisons, you’re doing time. You go to sleep at night, she’s there, you wake up in the morning, she’s there. It’s like you have to ask permission to, to use the bathroom. And you can forget about watching TV. You know why? Because it’s dinner time, and you know what you do at dinner time?”
Jerry: “What?”
Kramer: “You talk about your day. ‘How was your day today, did you have a good day today or a bad day today?’ ‘I don’t know, how about you? How was your day today?'”
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Columns a.k.a. Read While Watching Reruns!!
Mathan Erhardt is all caught up! All is right with the world. He has his comments on a TON of shows. They include ‘The Boondocks’, ‘Boston Legal’, ‘Prison Break’, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Lost’, ‘My Name is Earl’, ‘Smallville’, ‘The Office’, ‘Extras’, ‘Reunion’, ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, and ‘Rome’! Goodness..that’s a lot of TV!
DeeDee has another review of a show. This time it’s ‘Nip/Tuck’! Check out her “Oh My God” moments!
Sarah Quigley talks about ‘The Apprentice’ as it begins to wind down this season!
Matt Basilo has a headache and a mixed bag of TV shows to talk about. They include ‘Lost’, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Survivor’, ‘The O.C.’, and ‘Reunion’!
Farah Syed tells you why December sucks when it comes to TV! There is nothing new! November sweeps have come and gone and that leaves December and a lack of new television! But think of all the presents you get. And hey..if you get a plasma TV for Christmas..will you be mad at it? I think not!
Patrick Gilchriest eyes the finale of ‘Survivor’. Not far away at all. But first he celebrates the fact that Judd is gone from the show! Join him!
Kevin Wong has his Thursday report again. Thursday is usually my favorite day of the week when it comes to TV. He talks about ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Amazing Race’. He continues his predictions. And I wonder what he will talk about once they are both over with? Well..he does talk about other things, but you will have to find out for yourself!
Recaps a.k.a. It’s The Start of December Light!!
John Duran does his usual. That includes ‘Lost’ from last week and ‘Desperate Housewives’!
Josh Clinton a.k.a. me..now has two shows to recap! It’s the new Real World/Road Rules Challenge first, followed by the always fun and exciting..‘O.C.’!
Kevin Wong is back LIVE to bring you ‘The Amazing Race’! Will someone finally get eliminated?!
Paul Meekin is back with a double dose of ‘The Apprentice’. First..a shot of Martha and finally a shot of Donald to put you into a coma! The good kind!
Tim Stevens has another ‘Nip/Tuck’ recap for you to enjoy!
Sarah Jane Correia has the latest recap of ‘Survivor’. We are down to the final four!
This week we had 3 DVD reviews!
Michaelangelo McCullar has more 21 Jump Street for you. This is the fourth season of the show. See how it did?!
Dan Hevia has the second season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) for you.
I continued my busy week of recapping as I reviewed the third season of Home Improvement!
Celebrities and Contests a.k.a. You Love Us!!
Murtz and former ‘Survivor’, Eliza, talk ‘Survivor’ one more time. Enjoy this now, because in a month..it will be all over!
Former ‘Apprentice’, Nick, is here once again for his comments on ‘The Apprentice’!
Former ‘Survivor’, Coby checks in with us to give his thoughts on things. He has said a lot and some have not like it. Find out what he has to say this time!
Yay! It’s Katie! Katie’s back! You know..she was on the ‘Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Gauntlet II’! Check Katie out! I mean check out her thoughts from the first episode.
Contest time again! Travis Leamons wants to give you two DVDs for free! Here is your chance to win The Adventures of Pete and Pete: Season Two! How? Follow the link. Or if you don’t like that one, then go here for a chance to win Roseanne – Season Two!
The Weekly Pulse Weekly Poll
Last week I asked the question…”will you be watching the NEW Real World/Road Rules Challenge on MTV?”. So here are the results:
YES..I LOVE them! – 5
NO..I HATE them! – 0
I don’t watch MTV! – 3
Well this one was pretty clear. If you watch MTV and thus watch the challenge, you pretty much love them! If you don’t watch MTV, well then you can’t love them. No one seems to hate them. Well some may hate the show, but they appear to hate MTV more, if that makes any sense. You can check out my recap of the first episode above!
Non onto this week’s question. It is a simple question. See below for more explanation, but here is the question..“what do you think about movies based on TV shows?” So click on the link and VOTE NOW! Remember..VOTE OR DIE!
What Did My TiVo Record This Week?
Friday
– ’30-Minute Meals’
– ‘$40-A-Day’
– ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Saturday
– ’30-Minute Meals’
Sunday
– ’30-Minute Meals’
– ‘NFL Primetime’
– ‘Desperate Housewives’
– ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Monday
– ‘Late Show With David Letterman’
– ‘Unwrapped’
Tuesday
– ‘Unwrapped’
– ’30-Minute Meals’
– ‘ComicView’
– ‘The Amazing Race’
– ‘Real World: Austin’ (The Stuff They Should Have Shown!)
– ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Wednesday
– ‘$40-a-Day’
– ’30-Minute Meals’
– ‘Made’
– ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Thursday
– ’30-Minute Meals’
– ‘The O.C.’
– ‘E.R.’
– ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Time to Talk a.k.a. Who Wants to Watch a SUCKY Movie?!
Have you noticed the number of TV shows being made into movies over the recent years? Have you? Lets see there was Dukes of Hazzard, Bewitched, and The Honeymooners that all came out this year. Before that..you had The Addams Family, The Fugitive, Charlie’s Angels 1 & 2, The Brady Bunch, Scooby Doo 1 & 2, Mission Impossible 1, 2, and soon..3, The Flintstones, Josie and the Pussycats, Wild Wild West, S.W.A.T., The Avengers, and the list goes on and on and on and on and on….
What do all these movies have in common? Yes..sarcasm guy..they are all based on TV shows as I mentioned. But they also all SUCKED! Okay..I shouldn’t say all of them sucked. Some of them were just okay like Mission Impossible. But it was nothing better than a 6 or maybe a 7. The rest were below 5 on the suckitude scale! Sure..if you liked the TV show, you probably liked the movie. But about 85% of these movies should have never been made!
Why were they made then? To make money, of course. Now you will ask me..”why are the movies made if they are going to suck so bad? Surely..people will not go and see a sucky movie..right?” Wrong! They go and see them because they have “stars” they know in the roles and thus go and see them. They may not even have seen the TV show, but then they see the previews to the movie and they make it look so good. They go and see it, only to find out that it SUCKS! Now fans of the TV shows may go and watch the movies as well. They watch them because they liked the TV shows and may think a movie based on the show will be interesting. And sometimes they like them, because the movies are fun and not too serious. It’s a good “popcorn flick”. One that is good to waste an hour or two of your time, but one that you won’t go and rush out to get the DVD when it comes out. But most of the time, they HATE them!
Are there any current TV shows that you would want to see as a movie in the future? For me..I can’t think of any. I know that any movie based on a TV show will likely suck! I may go see it, if I liked the TV show, but I know that the movie will be nothing going into it. So I am more likely to wait until it comes out on DVD, and then go and rent it for half the price of going to the movie theaters and seeing it.
So would I go and watch The O.C. Movie? By the way..I’m writing the script now. It’s subtitle is called “My Life”! Yeah..but would I go see that movie? Nah..probably not. And that is with the fact that ‘The O.C.’ is my favorite show on TV right now! The question I have for you is “are there any current TV shows that you would think would make a good movie?” Drop me a line, if there are any out there.
Now how about the converse of my statement. (Converse means the reverse, if you didn’t know) Can I movie be turned into a TV show and be good? Well..that is another debate for another time. But I will tell you a TV show that is on right now that could have made a good movie. In fact, when I saw the previews to the show..I thought it was a movie. It couldn’t be a TV show. It was too much like a movie. They couldn’t stretch the show out for that many hours. Well..they have and they will. It’s a money-making machine of a TV show and it’s on ABC. Still don’t know what show I am talking about? Does the word ‘Lost’ mean anything to you? Yep..that show could have been a great movie. Okay..the premise has been done before as a movie, but never this good. Disagree with me? Fine. But 20 million viewers each week can’t be wrong!
The bottom line is that TV shows that look like movies are AWESOME, but movies that are based on TV shows? They SUCK!
Well that does it for me this week. Any comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
“Life Ain’t Always Beautiful, but It’s a Beautiful Ride!”
And as always remember…“You Can’t Fight Fate!”. See you next week!
