LEVERAGE – a TBS series is currently in its third season. I heard about this show from Wil Wheaton’s (Stand By Me, Star Trek: Next Generation) twitter and blog as he appeared in an episode in Season 2 and was back for a character reprisal. I like him as an actor and writer and so his working on a project was enough to get me to take a peek. The show itself is a somewhat light-hearted drama, think Mission Impossible meets The Thomas Crowne Affair. It stars Timothy (mrsfabp insists I use his full name, I call him Tim) Hutton with a cast of characters acting out a Robin Hood fantasy in modern times Boston. Good characters, plenty of twists and turns and interesting stories make it a good one. Watched the first two seasons and part of third consecutively – 30 shows all together, across about 4 weeks. They hooked me right from the start.
THE GUILD – this is another Wil Wheaton recommendation. He also appeared in a couple of episodes. What is unique about it is that it is an internet sitcom, only available from the website or Bing videos. It is a series of 5 minute long vignettes about a group of gaming people written by and starring Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). They are all about 5 minutes long and parody all of the thoughts you might have about adult who play role-play computer games. If you have heard of and liked “Dr. Horrible” (WIKI NOTE: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 musical tragicomedy short film produced exclusively for Internet distribution. It tells the story of Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain; Captain Hammer, his nemesis; and Penny, their mutual love interest. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day & Simon Helberg The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon). This involves several of my favorites and is sort of an inspiration to how The Guild Show was put together. Very funny, tongue in cheek comedy. Best part is that the shows are short; you can watch a whole season in less than 2 hours. Dr. Horrible is 3 15 minute mini movies, available on the website or through youtube.
EUREKA – this is a SyFy channel series that I had seen ads for and heard positive things about. I finally downloaded the entire first 2 seasons and began watching this week. I was hooked after the pilot and have enjoyed each and every show. Think X Files meets Northern Exposure for an idea of what this is about. Suffice it to say that this little town in the great Northwest, where everyone is a genius and a scientist for the US Government, certainly has a lot of weird things going on there.
Finally a short note about Mrsfabp. She too is getting into this new wave. She has to, as we no longer have cable. She has gotten into the more traditional types of series – watching downloads of HBO’s BIG LOVE, plus WEEDS and THE UNITED STATES OF TARA. She also watched American Idol last season, mostly downloaded and this season, downloaded and streamed at times. Also she was quite hooked on Dexter for a long time – maybe more than 2 seasons worth but more recently has not been watching it. She did ask me to update the United States of Tara Series with the newest shows though.
In the streaming department, I also watch MSNBC at night and at least check out what Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are talking about and pick and choose shows based on guests. Add to this the Yankee games during baseball season and the Giants during the fall, and you have a good picture where we are at in terms of TV show enjoyment.
On last thing. Even commercials are different in this internet age. As a family, we spent an hour last week looking at and talking about the viral ad on the internet starring the OLD SPICE GUY. It was funny and interesting and the latest ad reviews said that OLD SPICE business was up 100% in the month after these innovative ads hit the internet. Good show!
(For those who may not have caught it, the new title of this series is a nod to my most recent fascination, the Jessi Slaughter Internet machine and her father’s propensity to utter internet meme’s. For more details about this, you could listen to the Countless Screaming Argonauts episode that talked about her and her situation…)
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