Chuck, Heroes & Journeyman
I’ll have to post on my favorite MMO, Lord of the Rings Online, another time. For now I’ll just say that Monday nights won’t be spent in Middle Earth singing my little heart out for a fellowship. Monday nights will be spent on the couch and the TV stuck on NBC for a few hours.
Having missed the premiere episode of Chuck last week (I think?), I picked it up pretty quickly. This is from the show’s website…
Chuck is a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government’s most vital secret agent. When Chuck opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now, the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at a Buy More Electronics store. Instead of fighting computer viruses, he must now confront assassins and international terrorists. With the government’s most precious secrets in Chuck’s head, Major John Casey of the National Security Agency (Adam Baldwin, “My Bodyguard”) assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA’s top agent (and Chuck’s first date in years), Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strzechowski, “Gone”). They’ll try to keep him safe by trading in his pocket protector for a bulletproof vest. Also starring are Joshua Gomez (”Without a Trace”) as Morgan, Chuck’s best buddy, and Sarah Lancaster (”What About Brian?”) as Chuck’s ever-supportive sister, Ellie. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak wrote, “Chuck,” which is produced by College Hill Pictures, Wonderland Sound and Vision, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
I found the show to be funny and entertaining. I don’t know that I’d drop everything I was doing to watch it if it weren’t on right before Heroes, but it’s conveniently placed in that time slot so I’ll probably continue to watch.
Heroes. I don’t know what to say about Heroes, other than it’s probably one of the best shows on television. If you don’t know what Heroes is all about by now, me typing about it won’t help.
Journeyman was pretty much done already in the late 80s. It was called Quantum Leap then and had a different cast. Yeah, it’s probably unfair to over-generalize Journeyman but there’s not much else there to the show than that. The acting is far from spectacular. And, in spite of the writer’s desire to create conflict, it falls short of the mark. Regardless of how shallow I find the show, it’s science-fiction and that’s good enough for me. Maybe NBC is counting on morons like me having the same attitude. My drooling, lobotomized demographic will probably carry the show for a few episodes, but I don’t see it having a huge following. I think they have 13 episodes in the can, but I’m not sure it’ll make it that far.
I’m listening to: Brian McNight - Never Felt This Way
Posted by: Vonski | 10-02-2007 | 03:10 PM
Posted in: Entertainment
Heroes is terrible. Alas we shan’t be friends.
Kidding. Except about Heroes. It’s terrible.
Aww. Alright, a friendship without an Heroes marathons. I can live with that.
Vonski, you’ve got great taste … I love Chuck - in fact I enjoy it so much that I download it from iTunes so I can watch it on lunch breaks sometimes …
One of the things that really perked up my interest in Chuck was the original tag line … “saving the world at $11 an hour.” .. Priceless
I’m glad Heroes is back and at full force already … it sure doesn’t disappoint. If you like podcasts at all, there is a great one that comes out each week (smaller with “instant reactions”). You can download them at http://www.thetenthwonder.com/ in iPod format or in a format you can listen to on you PC … they even have an ‘advanced AAC’ feature where they can put still from the show in … they discuss Heroes news, discuss the most recent show by scene, discuss Heroes topics (which are always interesting) and there’s a spoilers feature “after” the podcast, but they always let people know when it’s coming so they can stop before it starts. If you’re a big Heroes fan, you should think about checking out this podcast. Tenth Wonder was nominated for Best Fan Podcast at more than one awards ceremony this summer/fall.
Journeyman … yawn. (but 2 out of 3 ain’t bad…)
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll have to check that out! Yes, I stopped watching Journeyman. Not even remotely the best show out there.
I should amend my list of definite watches to include Pushing Daisies. That show is extremely charming.
I agree with Pushing Daisies. Very charming, although you have to have the right mind set for it. I have a co-worker who just doesn’t “get it”. I don’t know if you saw the movie “Big Fish”, but there are many elements of Pushing Daisies that remind me of that movie … I didn’t like the movie, though, so I wonder why I like the show.
Yeah! I can see that. Big Fish was… interesting. I can’t say I liked it myself but it wasn’t horrible either. Maybe I like Pushing Daisies because it’s just an hour long?