I was leafing through On Demand's listings on cable a few minutes ago. HBO has a whole bunch of episodes of a fairy tale show called "Happily Ever After" available, and I was browsing the summaries that On Demand provides, just out of curiosity.

Is it just me, or is describing Hans Christian Anderson's "Steadfast Tin Soldier" as "heartwarming" ( Read more... )

Re: the last poll:

... what about Team Bartkowski from Chuck?

Ah, summertime. Warm weather, ice cream, barbecue, and big-screen blockbusters -- and, as the broadcast networks settle firmly into Mid-Season hiatus, cable TV brings us new episodes of shows far better than anything the mainstream offers.

Two of my favorite shows have their season premieres this week: Burn Notice returned on Thursday, and ( Read more... )

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• jdarkwulf: I also found a nice clip of the end of Smallville.
  
  
• jdarkwulf: Have you seen that yet?
  
  
• athelind: Nope. I'm three seasons behind.
  
  
• jdarkwulf: Wanna see? No story spoilers, really.
  
  
• athelind: Sure, why not.
  
  
• jdarkwulf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZwsqMGZoT8
  
  
• athelind: Wait, wait, wait.
  
  
• athelind: WTF? I thought you said "no ( Read more... )

In a moment of magnificent serendipity, I just turned on the TV to catch the very beginning of the very first episode of COSMOS, which I have not seen since it originally aired.

Preach it, Unca Carl.

In the tradition of paka and hafoc:

"Jane Austen. Novelist.

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. We have the technology."

Friskies™ cat food has recently been broadcasting an ad that suggests that their product is laced with psychoactive substances. If you actually watch broadcast TV, you may have already seen this:

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Someone on YouTube has added a much more appropriate soundtrack:

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It really is more appropriate, and not just thematically: the music fits the action ( Read more... )

quelonzia and I sat down to watch our recording of the premiere of V last night ( Read more... )