How did this happen? I turn around for two seconds and the new TV season is upon me!
- TONIGHT marks the arrival of Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model. So far it looks to be an even more cynical affair than usual - after a plus-size model won the competition for the first time last season, Tyra has seemingly responded by removing ALL plus-sizers from the running, leaving us with nothing but depressing bonefish. I expect plenty of drama to center around the fact that Isis, however, was born a man. Tyra had previously said that all contestants had to be "born female" to be considered, but it seems the rules have changed. My main hope for the year: Dear god, please let this be less blatantly predictable than the majority of last year.
- Next Monday, September 8th, brings my most-anticipated television return of the year - Terminator! The Sarah Connor Chronicles is back with more cast members than ever, and supposedly picks up right from the end of the season 1 finale. I haven't had a chance to revisit season one, so I'm going to have to skim over some recaps to remind myself of a few of the deeper ins-and-outs before this one starts up. I believe we last left our heroes in trouble with the mafia over the lingering Turk issue. And Cameron has a date for the prom. HEE. God, I hope that plays out as hilariously on TV as it does in my imagination.
- On Monday, September 22nd, I have to decide whether I care enough about Heroes to keep watching. A three-hour premiere is going to take up the first night, which is going to have to be second priority behind Terminator of course. As Maria accurately observed, this is a show that you would expect to be a lot better than it actually is - the potential is obviously there. And certainly I've noticed it frequently feels more boring than it has any right to be. Sometimes I found it pretty compelling, though, when I got on-board partway into the second season. It's a tough nut to crack.
- On Sunday, September 28th - the day before my birthday - The Amazing Race comes back for its 13th year. I have to admit that, since I can't maintain my usual tradition of watching the show with![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
dontevenknow any longer, that kinda takes some of the luster away from the proceedings. Plus the presence of some unpleasant perennial traditions in the cast list - oh look there's a team of annoying young blondes in pink! - is a further turnoff. But you know it's still one of the most exciting and well-produced shows on TV, and there IS some originality on display as well... I mean, elderly hippie beekeepers?! That's pretty inspired.
- Friday, October 3rd brings the first episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which will premiere in prime time on Cartoon Network before running as-yet-unscheduled encores on TNT later in the week. You probably remember that the theatrical pilot movie... didn't exactly inspire me. I expect this stuff to play better on TV, however, and since it's Star Wars I'm morally obligated to give it at least a few episodes to try and capture my attention and imagination. If this doesn't work out for me within a month, though, I expect it to be rapidly hitting the chopping block, which is just downright sad considering the overflowing potential inherent to animation.
Even with nothing else grabbing my attention in the immediate sense, this is already too much! Man, I barely have enough time to maintain my gaming priorities, and now TV is jumping into the mix. Maybe I can try to watch episodes of some of these things while I'm online. That might be the simplest solution.
- TONIGHT marks the arrival of Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model. So far it looks to be an even more cynical affair than usual - after a plus-size model won the competition for the first time last season, Tyra has seemingly responded by removing ALL plus-sizers from the running, leaving us with nothing but depressing bonefish. I expect plenty of drama to center around the fact that Isis, however, was born a man. Tyra had previously said that all contestants had to be "born female" to be considered, but it seems the rules have changed. My main hope for the year: Dear god, please let this be less blatantly predictable than the majority of last year.
- Next Monday, September 8th, brings my most-anticipated television return of the year - Terminator! The Sarah Connor Chronicles is back with more cast members than ever, and supposedly picks up right from the end of the season 1 finale. I haven't had a chance to revisit season one, so I'm going to have to skim over some recaps to remind myself of a few of the deeper ins-and-outs before this one starts up. I believe we last left our heroes in trouble with the mafia over the lingering Turk issue. And Cameron has a date for the prom. HEE. God, I hope that plays out as hilariously on TV as it does in my imagination.
- On Monday, September 22nd, I have to decide whether I care enough about Heroes to keep watching. A three-hour premiere is going to take up the first night, which is going to have to be second priority behind Terminator of course. As Maria accurately observed, this is a show that you would expect to be a lot better than it actually is - the potential is obviously there. And certainly I've noticed it frequently feels more boring than it has any right to be. Sometimes I found it pretty compelling, though, when I got on-board partway into the second season. It's a tough nut to crack.
- On Sunday, September 28th - the day before my birthday - The Amazing Race comes back for its 13th year. I have to admit that, since I can't maintain my usual tradition of watching the show with
dontevenknow any longer, that kinda takes some of the luster away from the proceedings. Plus the presence of some unpleasant perennial traditions in the cast list - oh look there's a team of annoying young blondes in pink! - is a further turnoff. But you know it's still one of the most exciting and well-produced shows on TV, and there IS some originality on display as well... I mean, elderly hippie beekeepers?! That's pretty inspired.- Friday, October 3rd brings the first episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which will premiere in prime time on Cartoon Network before running as-yet-unscheduled encores on TNT later in the week. You probably remember that the theatrical pilot movie... didn't exactly inspire me. I expect this stuff to play better on TV, however, and since it's Star Wars I'm morally obligated to give it at least a few episodes to try and capture my attention and imagination. If this doesn't work out for me within a month, though, I expect it to be rapidly hitting the chopping block, which is just downright sad considering the overflowing potential inherent to animation.
Even with nothing else grabbing my attention in the immediate sense, this is already too much! Man, I barely have enough time to maintain my gaming priorities, and now TV is jumping into the mix. Maybe I can try to watch episodes of some of these things while I'm online. That might be the simplest solution.
2 monsters destroyed | destroy all monsters