Monday, July 28, 2008

DVR Picks - Oasis in the Desert Edition

You know your Tivo is running lean when you get excited that a new Antiques Road Show has been recorded - "Please, please be in HD! Please, I need to see people excited or disappointed in the value of their personal items in full HD....please.....come on.....dangit!!! 420p......

As an aside, next time The Roadshow (as I call it - when you've seen enough episodes you can call it "The Roadshow", it's a write of passage for young males in the US)...anyway, next time they film in Houston, I am buying a vase at Garden Ridge , walking behind their camera while they are filming a scene, then slip/trip/stumble and bobble the vase until it comes crashing to the ground, and then proclaim "Mam-Maw, Mam-Maw, I knew I shouldn't have taken you out of your jar! I just wanted to see how much it was worth! WHYYYYYYY!!!! WHHHHHHYYYYYY Mam-Maw...."

Since there is nothing on TV, I have set the Tivos to record any HD movies. Last night it picked up Man on Fire, which is very re-watchable. Ever notice how it parallels Gladiator? Girl stolen from man, man wounded mortally but must avenge girl, man must sacrifice himself even when he doesn't have to, man just wants to get to the afterlife, man convinces Ethan Hawke to smoke a controlled substance...wait....what?

1 comment:

Kyle Mattingly Mountain Guide said...

D.washington plays the same role in every movie. either good cop or bad cop. but most of the time bad cop, that is unless he is playing good cop.