ria_oaks | Countdown to the Emmys!

Only a few hours left until the red carpet! Then Emmys at 8! Oh yeah. :) Am kinda ridiculously excited, considering that as usual the things I wanted to be nominated weren't, and as usual the ones that I want to win won't. But oh well, I'm still looking forward to it. If anything, I like seeing all the actors... looking forward to seeing the Losties (for the small part of me that still cares), the Heroes cast, evidently Wentworth is there even though he and PB aren't nominated afaik, Hugh and the other House cast, of course, and lesse... various others. The FNL cast (finally got my FNL DVDs and am enjoying finally seeing the rest of the series). Wonder if Jared and Jensen will be there? Dunno if SPN got any nominations, probably not.

Anyway.. before that, I have to do some work for Mom, joy joy. Sigh. So what am I doing? Sitting on the couch watching Friends and posting on LJ. Productive, no?

Oh yeah, and I watched the first episode of Reaper - very entertaining. :) Adding it to my list of things to definitely check out this fall.

Also, here's a sketch of J.D I did last night. Getting very addicted to Scrubs... and J.D./Cox fic. *cough* Gonna try to draw Cox next.

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I heard some people think Scrubs is better then Seinfeld. Pft. They should be stoned to near-death and burned at the stake for their beliefs.

Might watch Little Miss Sunshine later during my break. Any good? Heard it was.

Heh. They're very differet, so.. both very funny and entertaining in their own right, but Seinfeld's a classic dude. :) You ever seen any Scrubs? It's pretty insane, totally off the wall, but really funny. And the characters are entertaining and appealing. That all said, yeah, Seinfeld's probably the better by far. They're different, but Seinfeld did such a brilliant job of portraying the minutie of everyday life in a way that no other show has. That said, it's nice to watch a new show that I haven't seen practically every episode of. :)

Ooooh, yes, Little Miss Sunshine is fantastic. Definitely watch it. Very quirky, off-beat humour with some genuine, non-saccharine heart and emotion underneath. Also, Steve Carell. :)

I once saw the last 5 minutes or so of an episode, but other than that, no. The commercials haven't really caught my interest.

"That said, it's nice to watch a new show that I haven't seen practically every episode of. :) "

You haven't even seen the first episode of Seinfeld, have you? ;p

I'll probably watch the movie. Looking over what I have to cover and realizing that I've been going over this exact same shit for the past three years but now it's in even simpler terms makes me want to put a gun to my head; alas, I'm in Canada, and obtaining a gun here involves the equivalent of a complete rectal examination of your history and taking a course along with a written exam.

;_;

I was never that interested, but then I saw the ep with Chris Meloni in it and thought that it was really funny (and he was fantastic) and I've been randomly catching episodes since. Then s1 started a couple of weeks ago on M Channel at 10pm on weeknights and I started watching properly and got hooked. Mostly I think I'm just in love with Dr. Cox. :)

Haha, yes, I finally did see it. Am I wrong or did they re-do that episode later? The storyline was very familiar, but I know I haven't seen the actual pilot before. Then I read online that there are 2 versions of the pilot, so I'm intrigued... oh, I also finally saw that 'backwards' ep - or at least half of it. Would like to see the full thing. Pretty funny, and neat idea.

Watch it, it's brilliant. :)

That sucks... well, at least next year you'll be able to move on and study more challenging material, hopefully. :)

And I thought you were anti-gun? XD Least you're always ranting about how the US has too many guns...

15 more minutes until the red carpet! *bounce* Then 2 more hours until the awards.

It's news to me. I've seen the pilot several times on TBS and other networks that air the show and it's always been the same every time. An easy way to indentify it is the first conversation between George and Jerry, where Jerry criticizes George's shirt because he thinks the button is too high on it (they have this exact conversation in the final scene of the show, as well). They also call Kramer "Kessler" instead, due to certain legalities. Then later in the series Jerry tells Kramer that Marvin Kessler died and Kramer says something like "Kessler, huh? That makes you think...". I love the little nuances.

And yeah, the backwards episode "The Betrayal" is one of my favorites.

Yeah, hopefully. ;p

Mm.. I think it would be kind of cool to have a handgun, but in practicality I don't like the idea of everyone having one. :\

Emmys started at 4 here. Eastern timezone shifts are hawt.

I figured it was the pilot based on how different it looked, then when I heard Jerry call Kramer 'Kessler' I knew it was... but I'm sure I've seen several of those scenes before, so I guess I've seen the other version. Tried to find more info, but wasn't able to... just on tv.com.

Whaddya mean? Oh, you mean on your shiny new satellite? ;) Yeah, it's funny, cause they're in LA, but I think they air back east first... 8pm here, red carpet at 6, but probably at 4pm back east. Because I remember watching them last year in Halifax and they started ~8. Weird. Why don't they just air them at 4 here?? Anyway, I checked the TV guide and I'm quite sure they start at 8 here. They're not on right now, at any rate, afaik. Except for you. ;p *is jealous*

I know that there are flashbacks later in the season of various things (like Jerry moving in and meeting a somewhat-normalKramer for the first time). Maybe you saw one of those?

On the Digital TV/HDTV, yeah. You should consider getting DigitalTV, at least. Eventually they'll phase out analog and it'll all be digital. Monthly, it's only $1 more than Classic Cable (which you have). You just have to let them ream you on the signal receiver box or PVR (with a built-in signal receiver box). You get a shiny Program Guide and access to variety of other channels, some of which you have to pay extra for (but they're relatively cheap).

Nah, pretty sure I saw it properly. Lesse, here's the quote from tv.com: "There are two versions of this episode: the Original Pilot Version and the Revised Pilot version. Both are included on the Season 1&2 DVD." Intriguing.

Tempting. :) Dad said that he's heard that everything's going to be digital in a few years, so...

The other thing with the Program Guide is that you can use it to make your VCR record shows for when you might be out of the house, so you don't have to call your parents up and have them do it manually. Plus DigitalTV comes with US time shifting, so it would probably free-up that nasty TV schedule of yours.

I'd do it. $1 more no big deal, and you could pay for two of the $98 Digital receiver boxes for your TVs if you really wanted it, so it really wouldn't come down to anything extra from your parents. Something to mull over, I guess. At the end of the trial period I want the Digital TV + Movies package, but I need to talk it over with my Dad first. >.>

The Digital TV PVR is a lot more expensive though, at $325, but you can pay it off with a $10/month plan, but the PVR isn't really necessary.

Haha.. I loved the grandpa's advice to Dwaine about how he should fuck as many women as possible and how jailbait is the best. Old men who speak their mind are the funniest.

Then Olive's dance at the end.. I should've seen it coming.

Good movie.

Haha, yeah, that was hilarious. Isn't it a good movie? It's so quirky and well done, and god that dance at the end... fantastic cast, too.

Yeah. I didn't find that many parts laugh-out-loud funny, but it was a pretty easy movie to watch that had so many well-done elements such as the cast and writing. The colors were also really vibrant, too.

It was very well shot, yeah. Beautifully directed. Just a very solid movie all around, and a great mix of humour and emotion. It felt like a very geuine story about family, without the melodrama of so many other movies or shows.

Countdown to the Emmys!

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