Go Team Venture!
I wanted to mention my new favorite animated show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim: The Venture Brothers. On the surface, it’s a fond parody of (homage to?) the old Johnny Quest series. It manages to be somewhat respectful of the source material yet still extremely funny. It’s brought to us by some [...]
What is this from?
I’ve wracked my brain and I just can’t figure out what movie (or TV show?) the following scene is from. I want to use something similar to it in my screenplay, but I don’t want to plagiarize. So, if someone could let me know, I’d appreciate it. The scene is set in [...]
Gunsmoke
I forgot to mention the season finale of HBO’s Deadwood yesterday. That’s the show where everyone talks like my friends and I. Spoilers are ahead…
Plot Threads
Finally heard from the insurance company today. They’re not going to be able to look at my car until a week from today. Apparently there were 15,000 claims from this particular storm. At least the car is drivable with the windows replaced, though the rattling around of the small pieces of glass [...]
The Ever-Changing Wasteland
The TV networks have finished announcing their fall schedules, and it looks like things are really changing in that landscape as they move more and more toward year-round programming and less toward traditional fall premieres. I think this is a good thing, as there is no reason all the new stuff has to start [...]
Goodbye, Angel
“We don’t live in a fairy tale.”
“Looks like we’re getting kicked out of the garden, Eve.”
Sweet FA. Latre.