Volpone
Zombie Hunter
OK.
OK.
This will ramble. More than it should.
Because I've been drinking. And I just realized I have a Sunday night TV lineup. A century ago, Sunday nights were amazaballs. "The Simpsons" (it didn't used to suck), "King of the Hill," "Star Trek: TNG"? (I may be forgetting. Actually I think that had wrapped by then.) Then "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys", "Xena: Warrior Princess", and "Highlander."
These days Saturdays are a "Sell My House" marathon but Sundays are more lame. UNTIL TONIGHT. Wanted dinner early, so I flipped on RetroTV for classic "Dr. Who." Retro's Who lineup has gotten lame since the BBC got greedy so it's often some terrible 1980s serial, but tonight was "Space Museum," with the 1st Doctor. Not a great serial, but at least it had a coherent plot and interesting action and acting. Then I roll to H&I for classic "Star Trek" and find they're showing "Mirror, Mirror." Eeevil Spock, with his goatee. Awesomesauce.
Now, in another thread, I posited that TNG has never had a decent cold-open. Well of late, I've been proved wrong with the one with Spock, the one where the space probe teaches Picard to play the flute (which sucks less than the way I explain it) and at least one other really compelling cold open. So I'm fully prepared to spend a 3rd hour in front of the TV. Tonight's TNG cold open? Riker falls asleep during Data's poetry reading. :/
OK.
This will ramble. More than it should.
Because I've been drinking. And I just realized I have a Sunday night TV lineup. A century ago, Sunday nights were amazaballs. "The Simpsons" (it didn't used to suck), "King of the Hill," "Star Trek: TNG"? (I may be forgetting. Actually I think that had wrapped by then.) Then "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys", "Xena: Warrior Princess", and "Highlander."
These days Saturdays are a "Sell My House" marathon but Sundays are more lame. UNTIL TONIGHT. Wanted dinner early, so I flipped on RetroTV for classic "Dr. Who." Retro's Who lineup has gotten lame since the BBC got greedy so it's often some terrible 1980s serial, but tonight was "Space Museum," with the 1st Doctor. Not a great serial, but at least it had a coherent plot and interesting action and acting. Then I roll to H&I for classic "Star Trek" and find they're showing "Mirror, Mirror." Eeevil Spock, with his goatee. Awesomesauce.
Now, in another thread, I posited that TNG has never had a decent cold-open. Well of late, I've been proved wrong with the one with Spock, the one where the space probe teaches Picard to play the flute (which sucks less than the way I explain it) and at least one other really compelling cold open. So I'm fully prepared to spend a 3rd hour in front of the TV. Tonight's TNG cold open? Riker falls asleep during Data's poetry reading. :/
