Oct 09 2009
Exactly a week ago, from Rush Limbaugh: “This is the greatest teaching moment for Obama and he won’t get it. The people of the world hate this country more than they like him, and they don’t like him all that much.”
Today: Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize.
I’m sure this is somehow a bad thing for America.
Oct 03 2009
“Stargate Universe.” Mostly harmless.
Pilots are funny things. They’ve got either .75 or 1.5 hours to make a good enough impression on you to keep tuning in. They’ve got to introduce a bunch of characters and a situation that is compelling on its own, but ripe enough with possibilities so that the remaining shows in the season don’t suck.
“Lost” had an amazing pilot. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” had a pretty lousy one. SGU, as it’s known in the biz, just had a mediocre one.
It cribs visually from “Battlestar Galactica” and thematically from “Star Trek: Voyager” (or “Lost in Space,” for you old-timers.) There are too many characters. The setup is oddly contrived. The one thing it has going for it is that there are possibilities for the rest of the season.
So far, two thumbs enthusiastically sideways.