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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

6.15.2007

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"I think you're taking some risks. I think you'll find yourself in some guy's basement being ordered to put the lotion on the skin or you'll get the hose again" ~ George

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6.11.2007

Or these ten things that could have happened

Never see the one that kills you...


From a TV Guide poster named Memorin (or was it Bababooey323):
Just received this email - facts still need to be checked.
"Here is the thing… in the last scene we are seeing through Tony's eyes. Remember when he was speaking with Bobby...basically saying that you don't see it happening?
So here is what I found out. The guy at the bar is in the credits as Nikki Leotardo. The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito. Apparently, he is the nephew of Phil. Phil's brother Nikki Senior was killed in 1976 in a car accident. Absolutely Genius!
So the point would have been that life continues and we may never know the end of the Sopranos.
But if you pay attention to the history, you will find that all the answers lie in the characters in the restaurant. The trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed and killed by Christopher in Season 2. (the DVD players) The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store and the guys at the end were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (season 2 or 3). Absolutely incredible!
There were 3 people in the restaurant who had reason to kill Tony and then it just ends. Tony would like it to keep going but just as we have to say goodbye, so does he. No more Tony and I guess we are supposed to be happy that Meadow didn't get clipped as well (she would have been sitting between the shooter and Tony). In retrospect… very well done"

Or was it what Actuary6 wrote:
I am thoroughly convinced that the Sopranos are in witness protection. The "new" place to eat was the meeting spot for the family. I believe the FBI agent whom Tony had been meeting with agreed to put his family in witness protection in exchange for more info. on the terrorists.
With one of his crew members ratting him out to the FBI, he can't really go on with life as usual - he'll be arrested and sent up the river for life. If he wants to stay alive, he has to go into witness protection. Every time the diner's doorbell rang, he kept looking up to make sure that each of his family members got there. When Meadow finally arrived, he was at peace.
If you can see the logic in the above, Tony Soprano will be a "made" man living "in America".

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6.07.2007

Galactica!


From AICN, some insight in the - sniff, sniff - final season of BSG. The scuttle came froma special Galactica event that included...
Then Lucy Lawless came out to introduce and moderate the evening. She looked great, and throughout the night, the thing that kept making me laugh the most was just how big a nerd for the show Lawless is. I don’t think she’s a science-fiction fan in general (at one point, she thought that David Eicke actually coined the term “space opera”), but her enthusiasm for this program as a fan, not a cast member, was obvious. She promised that the evening would be “a discussion of all things BATTLESTAR,” and then she introduced the evening’s panel.

And so:::
* I got to ask “Galactica” mastermind Ronald D. Moore why the regular cast would be in “Razor,” the two-hour fourth-season premiere of the series (due in November), since “Razor” is said to deal with the Pegasus at the start of Cylon War II. Moore said the movie will actually depict several periods in Pegasus’ history, including its Lee Adama era.
Fat Apollo returns?
* Star Edward James Olmos said he so loves “Galactica” he’d do it for free. “They can keep my paycheck,” he told he gathered crowd. He also said his friends were appalled when they learned he had agreed to star in a remake of “Battlestar Galactica.”
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? "LOve this man. Here's his feelings on the show ending:
“Horrible,” Olmos answered, and despite renewed laughter, it was obvious he wasn’t kidding. He talked about how important he feels the show is. “I don’t think the Powers That Be will understand exactly what it is that they’re doing or the importance of it for at least 20 years. This is a mirror that Ron and David hold up to our world each week, and it’s a privilege to be part of it.”

It get's better.
Everyone talked about how Mary and Eddie set the tone for the younger actors on the set, and how they basically rule their own sections of the set. David said he may have created a set like the command bridge of the Galactica, but when he steps onto it, Eddie runs it like Adama, right down to explaining to the extras exactly where they’re supposed to be and what their jobs are as part of the flight crew. Same thing with Mary when they’re onboard the presidential shuttle. Everyone sort of looks to these two because they’re the older, more experienced actors, and they’ve worked on stage, in serious films, in other series.
The best news?
Filming on the fourth and final season began three weeks ago and will wrap in March. The two-hour “Razor” is set to hit SciFi (and DVD) in November; the 20-hour balance of season four hits SciFi in early 2008.


LOTS more good stuff, click here to read it all. I'll leave y'all with this:::
And then a guy who dramatically introduced himself as “Tennessee Luke” got up and said, “Okay, you’ve finished the show. And now your genie will give you any role. What’s the role?”

No one seemed willing to answer at first, so Jamie said, “Oh, fuck it. Hamlet.”

Katee: “I’m looking forward to working with David again on BIONIC WOMAN.”

Eddie: “I am the Bionic Woman.”

Mary: “And I am a Latino in space.”

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6.06.2007

...so we could save the world

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6.05.2007

Ben's Diary (Click to make BIG)



Pretty great work from this blog.

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Just Jack...and his phone



Props to Dark UFO and his sources for this screecap.

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6.04.2007

Dream a little dream

Behold the Haimster and the Feldmouse.
Ah, to be nine-years-old with pages of Teen Beat taped to the wall.



Credit: TVGuide.com


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