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Rants & Raves: The New Bachelor

Posted by Ramya Velmurugiah | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 12:13pm

The Bachelor has always been synonymous with cheese but the latest episode took it to a whole new level.

Rozlyn drama aside, Jake's first one-on-one date was essentially a case of Disney Presents the Bachelor: the classic tale of Ali, the girl who is afraid to fly, and her forbidden, exploited romance with the dashing, but boring Jake – the pilot who, in his own words, “can fly anything”.

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I rant, I rave

Posted by Antalya de Bayram Tatili | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 @ 4:02pm

I have a confession to make: I do not like Boston Legal this season. I thought this would be the year of Jerry and all that is good, but instead it is the year of hating Lorraine and I spend all of her scenes making jokes about how she's probably a man and sighing and wishing she would just leave already. And then I compose letters to David E. Kelley inside my head and ask him what the hell he was thinking. But it's not just Lorraine, honestly. Last night's episode was the most depressing episode ever, including that death penalty one where Alan went to Texas just to lose and watch an innocent man die. Who did not see where the Joseph Washington storyline was going? It'd be one thing if it had been enjoyable in its predictability, but it most emphatically was not. Also, has Alan ever had a less sympathetic client in five seasons of defending people who are guilty as sin? And still no meta references (that I can recall,) and even the balcony scene failed to deliver last night, which I'm pretty sure is a first.

On the plus side, Katie is the best new character we've seen on the show since, well, Jerry first came along. She is absolutely charming. I am simultaneously rooting for her and Jerry to get together and scared to death it actually will happen and Jerry's heart will get broken.

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I rant, I rave, it's a thing

Posted by Antalya de Bayram Tatili | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 @ 4:05pm

My rant for today: The hot teevee gossip right now is that NBC is looking to spinoff The Office. Don't get me wrong; even if my love has cooled somewhat, there's still a lot to like about the show. Angela, Kelly, Stanley (very excited to see this week's episode!), Dwight "Danger" Shrute...the list goes on and on. But there have been persistent rumblings that the hour-long episodes were already too much of a good thing. NBC is not in the best of shape these days; is this worth the risk when a so-so spinoff could easily damage what is actually a pretty rare commodity these days - a healthy tv franchise? I have serious doubts.

The only good news here is that, if it does happen (it is by no means certain,) they aren't planning to snurch any of the original cast members. That's good because if Creed goes, so do I.

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