Pop Culture Roundup, April 29
Welcome to this week’s collection of fun pop culture stories.
Fox to Remake Famed Schwarzenegger Pic
This news makes me want to die. I liked Commando as much as the next middle school girl whose dad was all about Arnie. But I don’t need to see a re-imagined version of it. Please, Hollywood, make new movies with new scripts, not just a bunch of remakes and rehashes of things we’ve seen 20 million times before. Perhaps then, number of ticket sales would increase along with the ticket prices and newer movies might really have a shot at being number one of all time. (Avatar is only number one if you don’t adjust for inflation. Gone with the Wind is number one.)
Television Review: Happy Town
Did you watch Happy Town last night? I have not watched it yet, because I was just way too tired to start a brand-new show at 10pm. My dog woke me up at 4am Tuesday and Wednesday, and I didn’t go back to sleep either morning, so I was wiped out last night. I will give it a shot, though, perhaps this weekend after I catch up with the pre-empted episode of Chuck. (Yay for the Blazers in the playoffs. Boo for pre-empting Chuck. I will be at the game tonight, thanks to the generosity of my husband’s workplace, cheering on Portland’s only major sporting team.)
Avatar: Are We Ready for a New Dimension in Television?
Are you ready for 3-D TV? I’m not, but Mr. Pop Culture Curmudgeon, with his rampant need to buy the latest and greatest, can’t wait until I allow him to buy a snazzy new TV.
The Future of VJs
Deborah Potter looks at the current and future changes in the television news genre.
SyFy’s New Drama Haven Premieres in July
Stephen King’s name gives this show a little street cred. Will you give it a shot to enter your summer rotation?
Supernatural: Hammer of the Gods
Another great episode review from Sylvia Bond at Pink Ray Gun. Did you like the episode? Did you recognize all of the gods in the episode? Did you understand the significance of the ones they chose to include in the little confab?
Mark Sheppard Returns to Supernatural: First Looks
Crowley is back tonight, to help the boys? Ulterior motive? Or does he really want the boys to win?
Mark Sheppard Returns to Supernatural: First Looks
Crowley is back tonight, to help the boys? Ulterior motive? Or does he really want the boys to win?
Second Webclip: Episode 20, the Devil You Know
A little clip from tonight’s eppy to whet your appetite.
Book Review: Supernatural, The Unholy Cause
Sometimes, I feel like a bad fan because I’ve never read one of the SPN tie-in books. Do you read them? Will you read them after the show is over?
A Show that Caters to Supernatural Fans Who Miss Ellen and Jo Harvelle
Ma’s Roadhouse is coming to truTV, and this blogger thinks it looks a little like our Roadhouse. Did you actually miss the Roadhouse when it was destroyed? I didn’t, although I was a big fan of Ellen’s character.
Dyspeptic Ouroboros: Alyssa Rosenberg on Pop Culture and Criticism
An interesting look at the sometimes confusing world of assessing our pop culture preferences.
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Tags: movies, pop culture criticism, supernatural, television
Uncategorized | Jennifer Roland | 
April 29, 2010 6:17 am | 
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