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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Series Netflix Should Revive

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , on July 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Netflix has gloriously taken it upon themselves to broadcast the new mini season of Arrested Development.  This begs the questions: why on Earth don’t all people cut the middle men and skip network programming altogether.  We’re moving into an age, where [at least in my opinion] television is largely watched through our computers.  How convinient all that would be!  Anywho, back to this post, following Arrested Development, The Street compiled 10 canceled television shows that should be revived in the same manner as Arrested Development.  Some got their due [like Firefly above], but not everyone is always happy.

Series Netflix Should Revive

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The Avengers Gets Another Joss Whedon Opening

Posted in Movies, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

He’s absolutely more known for the Avengers, but let’s take another step back into something he’s done in the past. No, not Dollhouse, that weird prostitute show that starred the sexy Eliza Dushku. No not Buffy: The Vampire Slayer that pre-Twilight vampire crazed show that starred the sexy Sarah Michelle Gellar. But right inbetween there: Firefly. And that’s today’s awesome mash up that combines two of Joss Whedons ultimate babies. I’ve posted before what was already missing from the Avengers, and this is also very relevant.

In Firefly related news, I heard they had a panel and the San Diego Comic Con, where he teared up at the many fans who showed up. Dammit, what I’d give to get that show back on the air. For nostalgia sake, the original opening is below.

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Futurama Live Action Sequence

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’ve told you before, in another life and another dimension I’d be a graphic artist.  And I totally think this would fall into the realm of what I’d be doing.  This graphic studio artist had to complete a project and chose a Futurama opening credits to a live action.  Despite his odd choices for certain characters [Ron Weasley for Fry, are you kidding me?], the video is very well done and immense kudos to this kid.  I like the cardboard effect, although it does get a little stale towards the end.  Regardless, keep doing what you’re doing kid.  Live your dream and I shall live vicariously through you.

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Live Free or Die: Breaking Bad Review

Posted in Reviews, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Breaking Bad returned last night in full force.  Following up immediately where season 4 left off, the episode spent a large amount of time feeling the ramifications of what happened throughout all the characters.  I’m not going into any spoilers until after the jump, so enough of this vague introduction.  Let’s get into the what happened!  Major spoilers below!!!!!!

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: South Park is the Best

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , , on July 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

My love for South Park is fairly well known.  And with recent blow up with Tom Cruise, I was reminded how South Park’s absurdities sometimes resonate with the truth, even it it didn’t mean to.  UGO has compiled a list of why South Park continues to be one of the best pop culture satires on air.  Everything ranging from greatness consistency to key awesome characters like Randy and Butters are covered.  Be sure to check the jump below.

South Park is the Best

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A History of Pawnee Signs

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on July 13, 2012| 1 Comment »

Parks and Recreation is definitely one of the best comedies on air.  It has some of the best characters ever created and the writing is so good.  One of the results of  the amazing writing is the creation of one of the best towns in the world, Pawnee.  I even wrote about why the town is so awesome.  One of the running jokes is how Pawnee’s signs and slogans have changed over the years.  Appreciate a visualization of these slogan names below.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Fox Releases it’s Television Line Up

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , on July 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We’re at the point where all the networks start hyping up their fall line ups.  Fox was one of the first major ones, showing what shows they were airing and when.  The biggest shows to be receiving hype are the Mindy Project, Glee, The X Factor, Animation Domination Sunday, and New Girl.  Collider has an article listing all of the shows and their corresponding line ups.  The trailers are out, and I’ll eventually watch them and see which ones I’ll bother keeping up with.  I’ll let you know when I get  there.  And they also say something about Kevin Bacon’s new show…So yes, I’ll definitely be watching that.

Fox Releases it’s Television Line Up

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Louie, Louie, Loiue, Louieeeee! – A Louie Review

Posted in Reviews, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 11, 2012| 1 Comment »

I’ve finally caught up with FX’s Louie to season 3 and there are a lot of feelings.  Louie is not your traditional comedy.  It doesn’t play by the rules of other sitcoms.  The lead character is probably on the bottom of the tv totem poll of lead characters in terms of looks or glamour.  There is no useless eye candy of a character to buy in its viewers.  The jokes aren’t as obvious.  And the it’s definitely one of the harder shows to watch on regular programming.  But while these things are often used as a means to berate any given show, these are actually Louie’s strengths.

Louis C.K. the creator and star of the show says that this show of his is set around 5 years before he claims to ‘have made it big’, when he was a semi-struggling comic tasked with raising his kids from a joint custody divorce.  He’s overweight, balding, and is awkward in social situations.  His life has its ups and downs [mostly downs], but Louie seems to have a certain…’code’ he lives to.  And when the absurdities of society humanity try to warp and influence his code, he’s put in a fixed position: conform or defy.  Much of the optimism in a relatively dark show is displayed through these moments when Louis stays true to himself, but one of the show’s [few] problems is that it takes so long to get there, it’s difficult to stay along for the ride to wait for the punchline [which is ironically no punchline in some cases].  All in all, Louie boils down to many hard truths that are difficult to hear, but resonate with profound meaning…all while making us laugh at some of the situations he’s put into.  Check out my review and some of the highlights of what is definitely one of the smarter TV shows on air right now.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Famous B!tch-Slaps

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on July 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

There are a lot of awesome slapping moments in television.  Definitely the most memorable in my head are the Chapelle Show’s Charlie Murphy vs. Rick James slaps and of course, Game of Thrones Joffrey slaps.  Warming Glow has compiled these and about 18 more photos of famous slapping scenes in television.  Be sure to check it out…that or watch Cersei slap the mess out of Joffrey here.  I can just sit here forever and watch that little sh!t get what’s coming to him.

Famous B!tch-Slaps

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Breaking Bad Recapped is Done Beautifully

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , , on July 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Breaking Bad is less than a week away.  I stand by saying that it’s the best television series on air.  The pretense is engulfing, the drama intense, and the characters extremely engrossing.  This video essentially sums up 4 amazing seasons and it’s easy to see Walter White’s dark descent into the criminal underworld.  Attached to the classically amazing Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, I dare this video to not send shivers up your spine.

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Black and Yellow: Baratheon Edition

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2012| 1 Comment »

Well talk about nerdcore.  Take Wiz Khalifa’s addictive beat from Black and Yellow and replace ‘You know what it is’ with ‘House Baratheon’, and you’ve got quite possibly one of the nerdiest things you could ever do with a song.  I’m not going to rat on these guys too much, because I personally think what they did was really awesome, clever, and neat, but if truth be told, they look EXACTLY like what people think of as ‘people who read the Song of Ice and Fire series’.  Regardless, I’m really hoping they come out with an entire album for all the houses and respective raps.  I’ll keep some tabs on this.

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My Current Crushes from Spring TV

Posted in Character Profiles, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 9, 2012| 2 Comments »

Spring TV may be over, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop talking about it.  With most television shows, I often fall in love with some of the leads, which lends it itself to about a thick 30-40% of why I’d watch any given television show,  with story and humor/drama being the other 30% or so each.  So today, I kinda compiled some of my favorite crushes from this past season and some of the reasons why I fell so hard for them.

The criteria of why I chose some of the women include the following: 1) Attractiveness – most people in this industry are fairly attractive.  From this category, I’m looking for unique looking people who behold beauty in their own special way. 2) Personality – Most of the people on this list will make me laugh.  It’s truly the gateway into most men’s heart.  And when you have to choose from a list of all beautiful looking women, character personality is a good way to divide the lines. 3) Plot Driving – Whether they’re actually essential to the story or just a pretty face is kinda important to me.  It makes it so much more intimate when the characters you care for actually mean something to story.  4) Fashion Sense – I’m a self confirmed Metrosexual, so I value the way women look and carry themselves.  Their choice in wardrobe is very important to me.

Each girl will be based on a scale of 1-5 for each category.  However, each girl only has 15 points to be spent on the four categories, so I had to choose carefully.  Read below how I rated all my crushes.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: The Walking Dead Will Be Tremendous This Year

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , on July 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Walking Dead redeemed itself in its season 2 finale.  And from everything I’m hearing it’s gearing up to be the most exciting plot line next.  Warming Glow has compiled a list of 3 reasons why: the new characters introduced.  We got a glimpse at one of them, the sword wielding figure in the hood, but who are the others?  Click below and find out why the Walking Dead may have its best season yet.

The Walking Dead Will Be Tremendous This Year

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The Mightiest Collection of TV Characters

Posted in Character Profiles, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 5, 2012| 5 Comments »

From artist Boo21190, whose stylized as Anna Rettberg has created quite possibly the best collection of television characters as they hang out.  I want to play a game with you, how many can you possibly name?  After staring intently for 2-3 minutes I was able to get about 21/26 [I included the three ships in the window, 27 if you can name that obscure building lol and 30 if you count the pets, one of which I’m guessing is Sabrina’s cat]  I’ll admit however that I can’t name the faces of all of them, but I know at least what show they’re from.  I dare you to do better.  Below after the jump is my answer key.  Only visit if you’ve counted up yourself

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My Favorite Town in the World: Pawnee

Posted in Articles, Television, tagged , , , , , on July 3, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s been a couple of weeks since NBC’s Parks and Recreation has wrapped up it’s 4th season.  As I’ve stated before, I thought it was probably the most heartfelt comedy that aired this past season.  There are many reasons why this show is amazing.  The writing for this show is absolute gold.  And with the amazing cast of characters that deliver the script are equally amazing.  However, I’d like to bring your attention to something that’s often used as a joke, but doesn’t necessarily get the spotlight it deserves: the town of Pawnee.  Within it’s writing, the creators of the show have created a colorful and amazing town.  The town Pawnee itself has had an amazing history of racism towards Indians, hilariously self-centered news broadcasters and talk show hosts, an odd picture gallery depicting gruesome events in history in their city hall, a hilarious series of ‘Welcome Signs’, and more.  In this post, I’ll look back on all the things that makes Pawnee awesome besides the lovable people at the Parks and Recreation department.

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The Nigel Thornberry Meme

Posted in Movies, Television, tagged , , , , on June 29, 2012| 1 Comment »

For those who don’t know, Nigel Thornberry is a cartoon character from the Nickelodeon show The Wild Thornberrys.  He has a very distinct facial structure and mannerisms that the internet has taken advantage of.  By implanting his face on many Disney princesses and other popular culture, he’s become a meme for the shock value and disturbing combination of a perfect body and hideous face.  I’ve divided this post into 4 pages because .GIF files are known to slow pages down.

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Breaking Bad Gets a Slightly Awesomer Mash Up with Pokemon

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , on June 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It’s small, but it’s still worth honoring considering that Breaking Bad returns in about 15 days. Breaking Bad is absolutely one of the best [if not the absolute best] television shows out there. This very scene was from the first season and can be known as one of the first steps taken in Walter White’s journey down his dark road. Well maybe not this particular scene, but the original one. If the Charizard actually did pop out, then we’d definitely have a strong candidate for ‘Best Fcking Television Show Ever Created’.

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Lego Game of Thrones

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on June 28, 2012| 1 Comment »

There’s a lot of cool things that can be done with LEGO.  An ambitious child/man [lol who knows], decided to reenact [or rebuild in his {of maybe even her} case] the Game of Thrones opening with LEGO.  Unfortunately, the soundtrack is not exact, so I’ve included the original below so you can try and line up the soundtrack with the muted LEGO video.  It’s fairly awesome when you put them together.

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Avatar Korra as a Disney Princess

Posted in Movies, Television on June 26, 2012| 1 Comment »

As Korra wrapped up this year, there’s a lot of pop culture still being thrown around and mashed up with the popular Nickelodeon series.  What we have here is artist Tristyn Pease who’s mashed up not only this photo but Korra’s helpful sidekick Naga in traditional Disney animation.  See the mini gallery below and continue checking out her blog below.

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Wrapping Up the Legend of Korra this Season

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , , on June 25, 2012| 1 Comment »

This past weekend Nickelodeon wrapped up The Legend of Korra Season 1 in an explosive fashion. I’ve talked about it before and how awesome the set up has been. The finale featured two episodes, Skeletons in then Closet and Endgame, and they wrapped up all the build up from the ten episode set up. There weren’t many spine tingling moments in these ten episodes, as compared to the Avatar: The Last Airbender, which usually had me goosebumping, but the last two episodes had its fair share of epic moments.

With excellent character development, beautiful animation and music, and enough hints to the previous series mythlore, the Legend of Korra season finale puts another big hole in my heart as I have to wait an entire another year before we can see anything from this again. I relate it to my experience with Game of Thrones, where I had to fulfill my fix by beginning the book series. But there are no book series for this. So this post won’t be the last we hear of this series, as I’ll try to keep the spirit alive and try to find as many pieces of Legend of Korra related pop culture over the next few weeks.

Read below to get my opinion and feelings on the season finale. SERIOUS SPOILERS BELOW

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