The Sword of Truth or Legend of the Seeker

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     So last week when I wasn't working or watching bad movies I was watching totally nerdy TV and reading equally nerdy books.  I started by watching "Legend of the Seeker", which is ABC's take on the book The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind.  After geting about half way through the first season of LOTS i started bugging Luke, who recomend the book; about different elements of the series.  (I like to chalenge myself by guessing endings and plot developments.)  After two failed conversations about the series vs the book I finnaly started reading the book.  The two are the same but very different.  In fact I was torn between posting two different blogs since I could treat each part like a seperate idea.  Both the series and the book relay hevaly on architypes and common elemnts of adventure quest fantasy books.  Yong man coming of age.  Father figure burns in his house, dies (Star Wars/ Eragon).  New father figure/wizard/teacher steps in.  Love interest arives on the scene that he can possible fall in love with no matter what.  Oh and the world is going to come to an end unless you go do this right now.  And don't forget the evil guy will be your father and or brother that you never knew about!  Gasp in shock and awe!!!!
     LOL ok maybe that was a synical plot line break down but its true.  I realy did like both the series and the book.  I like the book better; but I allways like the book better.  It was a four out of five stars for me.  The only reason it didn't get five was I wasn't overly wowed by the plot line.  Mind you I'm only on book one.  But book onw was season one of the series.  Heres to hopeing and knowing books usualy get better as they go.
     In regards to the series, I would have given it four out of five stars if I had not started reading the book.  But after reading the book it's geting bumped down to three stars.  The production took some liberties with the storie line that did not make sense and seemed to take away from the point of the story.  The show got better as it went.  The actors found there character and came to terms with who they were and became more belivable.  It also looked like the production got a great bump in the budget especially for effects.  If you like fantasy this is right up your alley. 
     (I can't wait to get book number two to read --- Oliver...!)

Yummy Doctor part 2!

Cant wait for the next season!!!
(Don't tell anyone, I forgot to hit the publish button...)

YUMMY Doctor!

Allways look forward to the specials by the Doctor!  Thought I would share!

Props master!

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/24/134001280/objectively-speaking-its-all-about-the-prop-master?sc=fb&cc=fp  Oh i can dream....  If only I was incharge of a prop house like this.   And not my basement, LOL

Picture Challenge #3

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So this chalange was to put up a picture of your favorite TV show.  While I do enjoy watching shows and do follow a few I do not consider myself an avid TV watcher.  But as I sat and thought about it more the one TV show I will watch no matter what is on, or what time it is; is the original Twilight Zone.  This is one of the shows I was introduced to young and very much cemented my love for the sci-fi world.  If you watch it you will see young great stars starting their careers in some of the craziest stories ever!  Plus the stories are so wonderful!!!!  I love the Librbary episode!  If you dismiss this show out of hand becasue it is in B&W or because its not hip and new your really missing out!

Primeval

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So this week has been an interesting mix of up and down.  And while I read War Breaker like a mad man I then promptly ran out of steam and spent my insomiatic free time watching BBC shows.  Now that I have Netflixs it so much easier then hunting for downloads and youtubing.  So I decided that I was going to catch up on the show Primeval.  I started into season 1 back when it first came out and then promptly gave up after 4 weeks because BBC has the worst slots on time ever!  I love there shows and when I had BBC America I watched it all the time.  I just realy hate having to make my life fit around a TV show.  So I do what I do and catch up after 3 years of it being on air. 

Basicaly Primeval is a show about scientist, dinosaurs, and rifts in time.  Yes it is Quantom Leap and Jurassic Park wraped up into one show.  Its a fun show that for 45 minutes allows you to channel your inner child and dream about what would happen in Dino's realy could live in your back yard.  Bassicaly a rift opens, some createure or other wanders through, the scientist go deal with the situation, some one almost allways nearly dies, and then they learn some insight to help them fight the time rifts. 

This is a silly Sci-fi rump that is lacking in some areas but makes up for it in other places.  There are a few plot holes and I did have issues with the quickly changing cast of chracters.  The effects are decent for the production and I do enjoy it.  Plus as a side note ladies there is some eye candy for you! 

I'm realy looking forward to the next season.  Its almost done being aired over in the UK.  Now I just have to find a good online channel to watch it on.  The last season ended with a great cast and some realy fun banter and set up.  Can't wait!!! 

Killing Big Bird

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Now I don't really watch much TV, in fact I watch little to none on any regular schedule or basis.  In fact the only thing on TV I watch with any regularity is the news especially the morning spots.  But as off late even that has become less of a source for me to gleam info from.  To my fellow facebookers I say thank you because you are always posting the best links and info on the news feed.  Without that and my car radio which get dialed into NPR and Liberal Radio in the morning I wouldn't know what is going on in the world.  So When I saw some of these posts and then heard about it on Liberal radio I was shocked.  The wonderful right is trying to shut down NPR and PBS.  They claim they are doing it for the budget and the betterment of America, blah, blah, blah.  I'm sorry this is a complete move to wrestle away any control the so called liberal presidency (I say Main Stream) has on media.  The whole system was put up in 1934 in response to a major need for regulation.  Its an amazing piece of legislation and it has stood the test of time.  It has built in checks and balance which have been working for years.  Without the support the FCC, NPR, PBS and any other public media source gets from the government we would have total anarchy within media.  It makes me sick to my stomach that bills like this are even proposed.  It makes me even more sick when because of the way bills are passed that budget cuts could be a very possible reality for these media sources.  It especially makes me sad because PBS and NPR are my most trusted sources for news.  Please take the time to call your state rep and tell them not to pass any of the SIX bills proposed! 
http://coloradoindependent.com/75026/killing-big-bird-gop-budget-would-end-pbs-npr-fundingcommunications-act-of-1934

Stuck in My Head!

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So that little man that sits in my head singing tunes and not just singing them but singing a short part over and over, well that small man has stopped singing.  Hes quoting Eddie Izzard!  For the last three days I have been hearing about Ba-naa-naas and monkey asking for bananas while giving you the bird, British people and death or cake or if they run out chicken.  I want cake!  Part of this is because the cast of AYLI has been running around quoting Eddie's stand up.  I decided to watch some this last week and now he's stuck in my head.  Well at least its better then the last song stuck in my head "Dingle Berries!"  If you are a fan of Eddie good job man, if not go watch him!  I need to see him the next time he comes through on a tour.  But if not I shall continue to watch him on DVD and TV.
Favorite Show by Eddie  and more on Amazon!

So I'm Behind the Times

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In regards to watching TV, Films and such I don't tend to watch things when their popular or when the air time is.   I'm a big fan of DVR, streaming video, and renting things.  I like watching things on my term without the commercials.  The funny thing is that I recently signed up for Netflixs.  I've had it before when it was brand new and the turn around time and selection was low.  I decided to try it again when the started offering the streaming on the Wii.  Well lets just say I think its the greatest inventions for couch potatoes the world over.  I don't think I've been disappointment with it but once and it was cause I doesn't stream on my old Mac. (Pre Intell Chip but it still works like a dream)  If your into Movies and TV you have got to get this very cheap service.  I have saved so much money with renting things and entertaining myself.  $10 vs $100 a month?! 
The Funniest thing that has come about because of the Netflixs is that I'm starting to catch up on TV shows that I decided not to follow for what ever reason.  For the last month when I haven't been working, or producing "As you Like It" I have been watching Lost.  I know laugh at me, that is so 2 years ago.  I don't care, it was AMAZING!!!! I got the hype before, I watched a few episodes thought it was interesting.  However I had class and then 2 seasons later had no idea what the hell was going on.  I'm actually sort of glad I was not caught up in the immediate hype when it happened.  I would of had no life!  LOL  J. J. Abrams does a great job in creating interesting concepts and story lines.  He knows what people want and how to give it to them.  Oh if only I could be a fly on the wall in his office!  Or better yet work for him.  I do have to say though that when I started re watching the series from beginning to end I did guess the end by the third episode.  I'm still debating on how much was, hell, heaven, limbo and earth but I knew that they were all dead.  The one thing that bothered me was that at the end the iconography got a little heavy handed.  In some ways keeping track of all of the story lines was like reading Dune.  It was fun, I enjoyed it, now I can move on into my next obsession, GLEE!!! LOL which is the only show I currently tune into when it airs.  Not this week though, sad face, it hell week.  Which is why I love DVR!




http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Complete-Collection-Jorge-Garcia/dp/B0036EH3WU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297193351&sr=8-1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/

http://www.amazon.com/Dune-40th-Anniversary-Chronicles-Book/dp/0441013597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297193706&sr=8-1

http://www.dunenovels.com/

http://www.fox.com/glee/

http://netflixs.com

Day 1: So I was told to do this

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After being a part of several media teams and starting my own business I was finally have been told and asked to start up my own blog.  I guess the first thing I should do is give you some back ground info on me and what I do.  Basically I'm a crazy young entrepreneur that said hell with it I'm gonna start my own business and start working for myself.  Its a little bit of a longer story then that but that's the basics.  I am now the Executive Director and Stage Manager of the theater company Storefront Shakespeare.  Basically what that means is I'm the bad cop of the company and I'm the one who maintains order and peace (Is that possible in theater?) while still maintaining the bottom line and supporting the artistic vision of my partner.  (Partner as in Business partner... get your mind out of the gutter!)  While I'm not working on SFSP I'm working at my day job that actually pays me money.  Its not glamorous or special.  I answer the phone and sneak in work for SFSP when I can; sorry boss.  Sometimes I get free lance jobs within theater, television and film and I basically have the best time ever working on those projects.  If and when I have free time I spend it being with friends, catching up with there lives and experiencing life with them.  We tend to have a blast arguing about books, movie, music, TV, drinks, Mr. Darcy and any thing else that comes to find. 
I regards to anything else about me I tend to be a big softy that growls and complains about everything.  I'm a little more introverted then people would think.  I also really just want to find joy in my life and try to make sure that everything I do brings it my way.  As far as this blog goes I'll try my best to remain fair about the things I say and not drag my friends names through the mud.  However keep in mind that this is a blog; and no matter how hard you try most everything anyone has to say is opinion.