Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Louie returns with a stellar premier.



After a lackluster second half to an amazing first half of Season One, Louie came back with a bang. The jokes were a bit more subtle than some of the hilarious episodes of the first season, but they carried the same hilarity.

If you know who Louis CK is, you know his realistic humor. He's able to convey perfectly what everyone thinks about, but just can't explain it properly. Like how you may love your kids, but there are times that you wish they weren't born. Or how it's humane to raise your child in a broken home.

His ability to convey this is what separates him from the other crowd. His jokes may be vulgar at times, but it's because that's how people are and think.

With this said, I suggest you all check out season one, episode 1-7. Those are easily some of the best episodes in TV history.

Monday, June 27, 2011

The 5 best gay characters on TV.

Gay characters are often displayed as stereotypical characters who whine and cry a lot. There are varying degrees of severity to this, but more often than not, they're annoying characters. Here's my list of the 5 best however.

So here we go in no particular order.


                                                                             
Lafayette


The heart and soul of True Blood season 1. His role diminished in season 2 and sort of ruined the character, but his season 1 character was great though. Comedic, soulful, and edgy. He played a straight gay character, somewhat similar to Dafoe in Boondock Saints.

                                                                            
 Stewie

I can't pinpoint it exactly, but sometime after the show came back from the grave the writers thought it'd be good to turn him gay. So every episode, instead of trying to rule the world, he's just make funny quips about whatever and spout off some gay innuendos. Personally I thought it was for the better. Trying to rule the world got boring and really, giving him a personality was a great idea.


                                                                     
Dean Pelton
                                                                          
Now, he never actually came out in the show, but it's pretty obvious that he's gay. From the road map with all the rest stops rated, to his crazy and outlandish costumes or even his unabashed love for series lead, Jeff Winger. He brings hilarious gags to an otherwise humorous but not laugh out loud funny show.

                                                                        
Cameron
About as flamboyant as possible. He's essentially every stereotype imaginable, the difference is, he's loveable. Unlike other gay characters, he doesn't wallow in himself as if it's a wrong choice. Instead Cam plays Cam, an openly gay father of one who would do anything to help his family.

                                                                              
Lloyd
Lloyd while a small character, similar to Dean, Lloyd has a much greater impact. He's loveable and gets treated like crap. But when Ari finally showed he had heart, you couldn't help but smile. It brought a sense of emotion to the show that it considerably lacked before hand.

There you go, my personal top 5 list of gay characters on TV. You may notice a lack of a lesbian characters, but I honestly can't think of many shows I watch with lesbian role.

--Edit--  Seems I didn't clarify what the list was, it's gay characters currently on TV. And yes, Omar Little would definitely be number 1.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Amazing True Blood Premier!

I won't spoil it, but stuff goes down. After an amazing finale, this one picks up right where the last season left off. Twists and turns all around.

10/10 episode.

More photo's emerge from Rob McElhenney (Mac from It's Always Sunny) being fat.

A sort of After and Before look at the weight he's packed on.

As you can see, he's sporting an even thicker beard than before, as well as more pinchable cheeks than ever.

He claims it was for the role, but I don't see the star of Project Badass putting on pounds, unless he's changing the title to Project Fatass.

Sorry about that terrible joke. :(

Cedar Rapids was solid.



I guess I came in expecting too much from a small indie comedy, but from the trailers, I thought it'd be a riot. Instead it was merely a humorous take on the Andy Bernard character from The Office. While the cast is excellent, there's just something lacking. The main characters aren't very likeable until the second half. It provided good awkward humor here and there, it just lacked.

With that said though, the second half made up for it. It was pretty much hilarious after they start partying. The overall story is OK I guess, but it's not very memorable. Mostly what you'll remember this movie for is the 3 male leads. They each deliver some great lines and quotes.

I suggest seeing it if you enjoy comedies, at 86 minutes it's brief and if you don't enjoy it, it'll be over before you know it.

7/10

And now, an otter juggling a rock.


Sorry for the brief random video post, but how awesome is this.

The Class was an unappreciated show.



For those that don't know, after the success of How I Met Your Mother, CBS wanted to attempt a companion show to go with it. That show was The Class. It starred Lizzy Caplain and Jason Ritter. The show was about a guy who tries to set up a 3rd grade reunion party for his current gf. So he invites all the classmates he can. This ultimately rekindles relationships that went on to HS and lost loves. Due to this, they all reconnect and start being friends.

One of the hooks for me was that it has constant continuity. If you watch all of the episodes it feels like one long story rather than episodic like nearly every other comedy. That's where I think it fit perfectly with How I Met Your Mother, this could have been a new breed of TV.

The show has a very likeable cast, and the one's you don't like will be gone by midseason for some reason.  Everybody is familiar too, especially if you watch it now for the first time. Nearly every actor was in something else, whether the guy from Walking Dead, the girl from Party Down, the gay guy from Modern Family, the guy from The Event, the girl from Better Off Ted and so forth. Due to that, there's no awkwardness of if you're going to like this or that person since you're familiar with them.

Instead of course the network cancelled it, picked up Big Bang Theory and forever imprisoned good TV for bad.