Week 7//CSI: Miami Fan Rant

This week was glorious in the fact that I didn't have to wake up @ 5:35 am from Wednesday to Friday thanks to no classes on Wed (Grito de Lares) and the DEME prof not meeting the class on Thursday for review. Still, I had the first two out of five midterm tests (INGL 3251 and CONT 4007). The Literature test went exceedingly well while the Federal Tax one probably ass-raped me...

Now for the bulk of this post:

See that there? That is the current cast of CSI: Miami, right? Good we have that out of the way. Yes, I am a diehard fan but this is not about Lt. Firecrotch ^...

When you hear CSI: Miami, what comes to mind? Lulzy acting, dubious science, bad guys getting pumped full of lead? If so, cookie for you, you got the gist of the show! Granted, it's not Emmy material but the people who watch it enjoy it. If you noticed the list of ideas, you noticed I've left out one word-slash-theme: romance. CSI: Las Vegas and CSI: NY did it nice and easy; there was evidence of the love grown between Gil/Sara and Danny/Lindsay. CSI: M tried their hands at romance twice and here are their results:

*Horatio/Marisol but we didn't see the extent of that relationship until after she died. Her death STILL brings him pain and for two seasons, Horatio might as well changed his named to Dexter With a Gun and a Badge.

*The debacle that is Calleigh/Eric. At the first couple of seasons, I could see this but from 3rd to 6th season, they seemed more of a brother-sister than lovers. Then suddenly POOF! Season 7 came along and they magically hooked up. See the difference? No? Ok, uh can you say "fan-service"?

I love reading TV Guide's Show Recaps from any show (Fringe recaps are hilarious and educational) but I've noticed a trend that does not please me in the least: the teenage fanbrat.
I know because I have to reluctantly acknowledge the fact that I was one for a while. Teenage fans tend to volatile yet treasured by networks because of they compose at least 35% of the TV audience. Yes, romance attracts a lot more viewers than just CSI-ing but abruptly catering that sector can cause disappointment for those who have been with the show for longer. For my part, I tend to enjoy my shows without being forcefed a bland excuse for Twu LUV (actually E/C has no evidence of that either...).

Another thing that arouses Twatlight-RAEG from this show is said fanbrat reaction to Eric Delko's departure. Like any show, actors will leave and do other things for many reasons: they might want to pursue film, the chemistry has run out or they are invited by other networks to work for them. But, dear fanbrat who read this, keep in mind that just because one actor is leaving "OMG TEH SHOWS GOING TO SUCK B/C ERICK AND CALLIE AREN'T TOGETHER!"...yes, I died a little inside writing that travesty. These are the same people who spam other people's fandoms with CAPSRAPE declaring that A/B ARE OTP AND UR SIK AND WRUNG FOR NOT SHIPPING THEM ('shipping is srs bsn, dontcha know?). Don't tell me that because Eric is leaving, the show's over: I saw when Speedle died and when Grissom left. Yes, their ratings slipped but hey, they're still on (if you haven't noticed by now, I'm a Horatio fan so I'm open to get the lulz for it).

TL; DR: Don't turn my forensic show into Twatlight. I mean it. I think I've discussed this before....

New Main Site!!!//Archie Rant//Jurassic Park

The Penguin's Literature and Art Site!

Sounds a little pretentious but hopefully I'll be able to put up this along with my devART page and others!

Besides this, I'm just a bit miffed by the newest Archie comic development...I
just want to know why Archie picked Veronica over Betty. I stopped reading the comics for a couple of years because they didn't catch my attention but this new event is just way out of whack. Why pick the nice, stable girl over the spoiled heiress? Unless something substantial developed in the last three years, Archie is reflecting the current trend of marrying into money (knowing fully well that Veronica's dad isn't his number one fan).

Anywho, this week's movie review is the one movie that scarred me for life with a crippling fear of an animal that's been dead for over 65 million years...

I watched this movie when I was four years old and I wet my pants. I still have nightmares of Tyrranosaurus rex coming into my room and eating me (and I'm hitting 20 this November). Regardless of Ornithoscelidaphobia (fear of dinosaurs), this movie is pretty good. My only irk is the "Lexi" character...no offense to Michael Critchton or Steven Spielburg, but that is one one-dimensional character. The best sequences in my opinion are the ones with the T. rex and the Velociraptor (now Utahraptor). Overall, three stars out of five but not because of my phobia XD

Well, that's it for tonight!

att. the penguin

Week of Ups and Downs...

Good news, I already enrolled in all the classes I could and finished the last of my tests before the Accounting department exam. Bad news, I have to wake up at 6 am 'cause now all my classes start at 8 am, giving me a little more sleep time and the fact that I have classes on Friday (granted, it's just one...). The main problem of waking up at 6 am is that by that time, the main road I drive to get to the University is in full traffic so, back to waking up @ 5:30 every day it is.


Saw this...don't judge me XD David Caruso acts good but Nicolas Cage was...creepy to say the least (beefy asthmatic he is not) I wanna see him do an episode where Horatio go completely insane, even if it is just for a moment (like Session 9 nuts). Once again, thank you Mr. Caruso, for making this movie that inspired one of the most disturbing hospital scenes in Silent Hill. Sadly enough, as much as I love Horatio Caine (pretty much the reason I started watching CSI: Miami), the writers are wasting not only his talent but the rest of the cast's as well. The following in my season-in-review:

• Eric is reduced to a forlorn puppy who I desperately want to punt (though last night he and Ryan were sniping at each other like the old times) and Calleigh's acting weird...just say it, you're having Eric's baby and be done with it (copy-cat from CSI: NY, I see).
• Ryan has improved bounds and Natalia started to not be such an attention-whore.
  
• Horatio's acting like a CSI again (yay!) and I like the whole family arc thing (sorry Julia, time to go)
• The whole thing with Dr. Price, SAW IT COMING.

/fan rant

*Saving up for Angels and Demons* hopefully, I'll get to see it this Saturday...even if it is alone. Man, that's depressing.

Gotta go, must review for tomorrow's final presentation!

att. the penguin