Overall, this past year was not nearly as strong as 2009. Most of my returning shows were only sporadically good (DEXTER, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, I'm looking at you), and the new Fall lineup was about as weak as I’ve ever seen it (minus BOARDWALK EMPIRE and THE WALKING DEAD). Jack Bauer and Jack Shepherd both rode off into the sunset, I finally gave ( Read more... )

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Well, that's more like it.

I know, I know, I promised I wouldn't compare THE PACIFIC to BAND OF BROTHERS, but the recent spate of episodes had me worrying about the overall quality of this ambitious television endeavor. Once again I must remind myself that the Pacific Theater was a much different experience than the European one, a war of ( Read more... )

No more songs

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"Right now, some lucky bastard's headed for the South Pacific. He's gonna get billeted on some tropical island sitting under a palm tree with six naked native girls helping him cut up coconuts so he can hand-feed 'em to the flamingos."

-- Erik Jendreson, BAND OF BROTHERS “Curahee”

Ah, how reality trumps fantasy sometimes. The Marines who landed ( Read more... )