TV Junkie: A History

I watched a lot of TV shows over the years. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. And I watched accross the board. Keep in mind that I’m only 35 years old. I watched The Guiding Light for two years straight (it’s a soap opera whose German title was the Springfield Story)….

LOST – The Aftermath

There’s another question that has to be asked: What have Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof done to the mystery genre as such? Who is ever going to believe the next guy who comes along in fall 2013 claiming to have written THE mystery show and promising that it will all pay off in season five?…

TV Season 2009/2010 Diary, CW 19-20

Deutsche Version | CW 13-19 | CW 20 (LOST Finale) The Big Bang Theory 3×22 The Staircase Implementation It was a nice “origin story” that I enjoyed (The hair! The suits! The North-Korean spy-girl!). But I like Babylon 5! Chuck 3×17 Chuck vs the Living Dead Even though Shaw might be back I enjoy this…

Shogun / Novelizations

The time I spend reading books is getting ever shorter (which is mostly due to my extensive TV consumption). But now I’ve finally managed to read three books again: This one I read because (surprise!) of the TV series of the same name with Richard Chamberlain in the main role. The novel takes place at…

TV Season 2009/2010 Diary, CW 08-09

Deutsche Version | CW 07 | CW 09-10 Chuck 3×08 Chuck vs the Fake Name Chuck sad. The path of the hero is a lonely one. I think Chuck made the right choice (even though it was cruel to her) but I’m also sad that Hannah is gone (at least I assume she won’t be…

TV Shows – A Decade in Retrospect

Deutsche Version Since everybody seems to be starting to count at zero instead of one the first decade of this century and millennium is now over. So it’s time to recap these past ten years and take a look at the TV Shows it has given us. Let me give my résumé at the beginning:…

Xena: Season 1: Disc 1

Deutsche Version | “Xena: Warrior Princess” Marathon | Season 1: Disc 2 1×01 Sins of the Past Synopsis: Xena has left her old ways behind and even intends to bury her weapons and armor when she “encounters” a group of mercenaries who try to kidnap a group of young women from a nearby village. The…

TV Season 2009/2010 Diary, CW 39-42

Deutsche Version | CW 41 | CW 42-43 Bones 5×04 The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood I really enjoyed this episode with all its entanglements in suburbia and especially the bantering between Bones/anthropology and Sweets/psychology regarding the life there. Supernatural 5×05 Fallen Idols Kripke warned the viewers not to judge to quickly about the appearance…

MacGyver

I was getting in the mood and have started watching MacGyver again, starting with the first season from 1985/86. And I love to see so many known guest actors in it: Robin Curtis (Star Trek 3 & 4), Peter Jurassik (Babylon 5, Sliders), Nana Visitor (Star Trek DS9), Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street, V),…