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[lagilman]

Today's gonna be a busy day, so just a pass-through....
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"Heroes" rocked. Mind you, I am not only not a geek, I haven't ever read any comic books whatsoever. Yeah, is true and it desn't bother me a bit, no. That said, I loved this show. It was cliched, yeah -- even non-geeks knew that -- but it still rocked. Especially the switch with the brothers, which didn't so much surprise me as it confirmed to me that the writers are to be trusted with the above-mentioned cliches. Nice twist, very nice. Sort of counterpoint to the 'daddy evil' thing, which was painfully obvous.

I may be alone in not having mad love for Hiro -- he's great, and very cute-in-a-good-way, but I could see a little of him going a long way and too much becomng annoying, unless he gets some depth, fast. Claire the cheerleader is currently my favorite, because she's just so bloody-minded.

Now let's see what they do with all this set-up. Could be fabulous. Could sink and die. Am hoping for the former.
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"Studio 60." Feel the love. Just feel the love. And feel the cold sweat of that last shot of The Clock... fkcuing brilliant. I didn't expect to adore this quite so much -- I am not among the Devoted Sorkin Followers. But so far, not a single off note in last night's ep.
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But the best moment of tv last night came via the news, when they were talking about an Australian man who had come to town to be best man at a friend's weding and ended up in jail for drunk-and-disorderly (thereby missing the wedding). But that wasn't the story. The story was that he was caught performing, and I quote, "a sexual misdemeanor" in the lockup, and was charged $900 for, and I quote again, "HazMat cleanup." Eeeeee.....

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[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

The story was that he was caught performing, and I quote, "a sexual misdemeanor" in the lockup, and was charged $900 for, and I quote again, "HazMat cleanup." Eeeeee.....

That's a hefty fine (notice how I avoided saying "a stiff fine") for jacking off in jail... and I can't imagine he's the only one. They probably just didn't bother to clean it up before, because they didn't realize they could itemize it and charge you for it until recently. I mean, I wouldn't trust the cleanliness of a jailhouse mattress...

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

he was caught performing, and I quote, "a sexual misdemeanor" in the lockup, and was charged $900 for, and I quote again, "HazMat cleanup."

Oh man. Even couching it in euphemism seems like too much information.

[lagilman]

and from you, the King of TMI, that's saying something! ;-)

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

What, you don't enjoy my Adventures With Strippers posts?

[iamrazorwing.livejournal.com]

I am not only not a geek

You are a fantasy author; I'm pretty sure you qualify. ^_~

[lagilman]

Surprisingly, no. I'm not a comics geek, I'm not a Trek geek, I'm not an anime geek... I'm not even a Star Wars geek, by Dianora's standards. *grin*

My geekiness tends to revolve around food and wine. okay, ya got me. Nothing worse than someone fangirling zinfandel....

[arouraleona.livejournal.com]

Heroes kicked BUTT... as a total comic book geek I adored it. My fave right now is the guy that's going nutzo about seeing the future (or possibly creating the future, I"m not sure if he's caught on to the fact that he's simply a precog in his drug-induced haze), because hey, that's amusing in it's own way! Sure it is... also the geneticist is cool and intellegent... and quite good looking might I say... yummy.

The clock in studio 60 was hilariously brilliant... the FEAR in his eyes at the counting down... wonderful. Thank god for having to work a 3-11p monday nights... and thank god Dispatchers get to watch TELEVISION... YAY!