Under the Dome

Mixed Feelings
I just finished Under the Dome last month and was not aware a show was coming out. I think I would have enjoyed the pilot more if the book wasn't so fresh in my memory. King's website has a letter from the author regarding his thoughts on the show. He pretty much affirms that the book and show share only a title, some character names, and the town name. He seems to have given his approval. I like the idea that he suggests there will be an alternate ending; something that I don't think will really spoil the rest of the episodes.

However, every character seems to have gotten a major personality, role, and familial relationship overhaul. Some, like Barbie's, are hard for me to digest. Some seem unnecessary. Some seem like they have occurred because the show isn't on a cable network, where excessive darkness and gore would be more acceptable.

I have learned to believe that adaptations should not always be direct translations, but inspired by the original source. I...
Disappointed
This show Started out great, and seemed to have some potential. Then ended with a terrible finale that leaves you more angry than intrigued about having to wait for the next season to start. Very disappointing.
Moderately interesting story
I started watching this because I thought it was going to be a summer mini-series. I didn't have time to read the book, but it sounded interesting so I was excited to see that it was being made into a TV series. I must admit that I was really disappointed to hear that they have decided to stretch it out into a 2 or 3 year long show. It would have been nicer if it was just 8 - 10 episodes and then stopped. I can't imagine that it will hold my interest over several seasons.
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Burning Love: Complete First Season

Will You Accept My Hose? A Brilliant Web Comedy That Skewers Everything You Love And Hate About Reality TV
Note: "Burning Love" was a web series designed and showcased for Yahoo, so its contents were originally free to everyone. Most episodes ranged anywhere from 8-13 minutes (roughly) and the listed running time is a compilation that puts these various episodes together.

In truth, I watch too much reality television. It's a difficult genre to parody because it's already become a parody of itself! That why the web series "Burning Love" is so spot-on hilarious. Executive produced by Ben Stiller and loaded with familiar faces, this spoof of "The Bachelor" hits every note correctly and demonstrates an inherent silliness that is as outrageous as it is truthful. The show has had three real seasons so far (and two others that are mentioned in the shows but aren't so real). The second series was a take on "The Bacholorette" and the third "Bachelor Pad." "Burning Love" was the year of Mark Orlando (a perfect Ken Marino). Orlando is a studly firefighter played with a clueless charm and...


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Family Ties: The Complete Series

FINALLY
I am so happy they finally came out with this; especially since they now released season 6 and 7 on dvd. I also heard on the imdb message board that this will come with the family ties frame thing that shows in the opening sequence and a special bonus disc! I will surely be buying this.


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Touched By an Angel: Ninth & Final Season

TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL THE NINTH AND FINAL SEASON GETS A RELEASE DATE - NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Wow! This is the day I've been waiting for - to complete my collection of TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. Airing for 211 episodes and nine seasons ('94-'03), Touched By An Angel was/is a wonderful family friendly series that starred Roma Downey, Della Reese (who sang the show's inspiring and melodic theme song "I Will Walk With You"), John Dye and Valerie Bertinelli. The show maintained strong scripting and acting talent that had cross generational appeal for viewing audiences from all stratosphere's of society. This same audience longed for and desired quality programming that was rich with meaning and that would contain content that could be identified with (rather than the 'minus I.Q' programming that generally left us feeling as though we'd wasted an hour of precious time) and TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL delivered on the goods! When season 4 was released to DVD in December '07 and no forthcoming releases were announced, many fans (like myself) were devastated and disappointed, thinking that we would...
Finally the Complete Series will be available!
After such a long hiatus, I was beginning to doubt we'd get the entire series. I'm so glad I was proven wrong! No other show touched me like one does! Thank you CBS and Paramount for making my favorite show available!
I think I need cooling down.
Having been warmed through our southern winter by Touched By An Angel The Eighth Season, I think I need cooling down now with this announcement of The Ninth and Final Season. Thank you so So SO much CBS Paramount and Amazon for this perfect Christmas gift. I so look forward to reliving the heartwrenching two part "Remembering Me"; "As It Is In Heaven" (featuring a compellingly beautiful performance by Lesley Ann Warren); Wynonna Judd's outstanding performance as she brings her character's storyline to a conclusion in "At The End Of The Aisle"; and the fan favourite "I Will Walk With You". Although there can never be another tv series quite like Touched By An Angel, fans who were hooked when it first went to air, PLUS, a whole new generation can now be "Touched" by the fact that the complete series is now available to enjoy for many years to come.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 [Blu-ray]

A Very Good Season
Redemption, Part II -- Believing the Romulans are behind a Klingon civil war, Picard involves Starfleet in the conflict. (Return of Denise Crosby as Sela formerly Tasha Yar)

Darmok -- Picard is forced into a dangerous encounter with the captain of an alien starship. (Stars Paul Winfield from Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator, and Cliffhanger. Also stars Ashley Judd from Heat, and High Crimes)

Ensign Ro -- The Enterprise crew becomes an unwitting pawn in a deadly conspiracy masterminded by a Starfleet admiral.

Silicon Avatar -- The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise risks all in an attempt to communicate with a destructive force known as the Crystalline Entity before a visiting scientist can destroy it.

Disaster -- Troi holds the lives of the crew in her hands when she is forced to act as captain after the Enterprise is seriously damaged by a rare, natural phenomenon.

The Game -- The fate of the Federation is in Wesley Crusher's hands when he returns to the...
STNG Season Five - On cruise control!
Season five in so many ways, is just an absolutely incredible season that is packed with stunning, thought provoking episodes. As one watched these shows aired for the first time or is working their way through the DVD's, the quality of the writing and the actors comfort with their characters just becomes better and better by the episode. The shows popularity is at an all time high during this season. This is evidenced by the high quality of the scripts and shows that deal with so many issues brilliantly. The one true oddity about the season is the lack of a "Q" episode due to the lack of a good script for the character. Of key interest is the fact that more and more of Hollywood's big names were inquiring about and or getting spots on the show. In my opinion, many of the series best episodes of its seven year run came from this season.

The following is a list with a synopsis of episodes that stand out among all of the great episodes of the season:

Redemption part II - The...
Still very good, but some wasted opportunities
This season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is full of "society episodes" for example, Violations, the Masterpiece Society, the Outcast and the Cost of Living. They're all actually very good, it's the other episodes that the writers can't seem to get right this season. For a start the 2 part special "Unification" featuring Spock is long, drawn out and only has the last 5 minutes with any action. It's still good as a thriller but nothing really happens.

Jonathan Frakes continues his directing with "Cause and Effect" - the Enterprise caught in a temporal loop, leading to it's continual destruction each time. Frakes manages to film each of the 5 or 6 times it happens from a different perspective stopping it from grating. "I Borg" features the return of the Borg with the twist - a faction of them are individuals now. We didn't expect another Borg episode to take such a different stance, that's why it works. "Power Play" and "Disaster" are action packed - Die Hard - type episodes, and...
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