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Heart Goes A Long Way

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I watch a lot of TV. Always have, probably always will.

All of you people who don’t watch TV? I’ve got you covered, don’t worry.

I used to be a huge fan of sitcoms. Going all the way back to Ozzie and Harriett. I grew up on the classics and basked in the glory that was the 80s and early 90s, “Must See TV” era.

And then, things changed. Somewhere along the way, sitcoms became… mean. They became self-centered. They became… Seinfeld. (Except most weren’t even vaguely funny to me.)

Sure, there were some ones that I watched… and even some I enjoyed… but, for the most part, I was more than happy to see them go and unpleasantly surprised when they got renewed (I’m looking at you, Last Man Standing). The few I did like were, more often than not, cancelled before they finished their first five episodes. (The back half of the seasons these days get dropped to Hulu, which, thankfully, usually lets us see the best–and never-aired–episodes of those shows.)

In today’s vlog, I talk about two of the new ones I kind of see potential in. (I’m also attempting to schedule the posting of this, since I’m not going to be home after work… let’s see how that pans out…)

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Made it to Ten! Now on to the Weird Stuff.

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So… we’re one tenth of the way into this project. I’ve learned a bit about Premiere Pro and how much time it actually takes to produce a ten minute video. (Man, those processing times are killer.)

It’s also October… which means we’re well on our way to Halloween. It’s the season for strange and unusual things. Now, those who know me, I’m into a lot of strange and unusual things. This is the time of the year when it’s actually acceptable.

That means I’m going to take the opportunity to share some of that here. Maybe even with some guests on here. I’ll be trying a few new tricks to make that happen… like pulling in video from Google Hangouts and/or Skype and maybe multi-camera setups.

But, before we really get into all that, there are a few more TV show reviews to go.

Today, though, here’s the vlog talking a little about the mini-milestone.

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Thoughts on Quantico

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This is a show I wasn’t expecting much from. In some ways, I wasn’t surprised… but it didn’t leave me without hope.

Yes, it’s another review of a new TV show. There will be a few more of these and then they’ll trail off a bit once the new season is all up and running. That won’t mean an end to reviews, it’ll just mean they’ll move on to movies, existing shows, and other things with a bit more of a shelf life. Maybe mid-season I’ll revisit this batch of shows, maybe not.

Tomorrow’s kind of a big day… vlog number 10. It’s not going to be anything particularly fancy, vlog-wise, but a milestone none the less.

Hopefully, all y’all are enjoying this somewhat.

Here’s today’s vlog…

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Heroes: Then and Now

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Diving back into an old favorite setting is always interesting.

I was a big fan of the original Heroes show when it aired. So much that I stuck with it through the seriously problematic second season and the two uneven seasons that followed that. There were a lot of missed opportunities and missteps.

But that first season… that first season was so solid and so different from most of the other stuff on TV at the time. This was before the explosion of super hero movies on the big screen. Before everyone was doing it. It was risky and it was a big deal for those of us who were into such things.

I’m hoping at least the first season of Heroes: Reborn is like that. So far, I’m happy enough with it to not feel betrayed by the hype. (Though I am a bit annoyed at the hype… and having so much groundwork done in an online set of shorts that I’m sure a lot of people haven’t watched… that’s a problem Lost ran into.)

So, here’s today’s rambling on the show, then and now.

I just finished watching Quantico, so I’m going to go talk about that a little, for tomorrow.

[youtube https://youtu.be/Mb0g7scQECA]

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Comics in a Box Every Month

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A couple of weeks ago, I subscribed to the Comic Bento service. They’re kind of like Loot Crate and a number of other services that ship out a box full of stuff to their subscribers once a month.

In this case, as you may have guessed from the name, it’s comic books.

I picked Comic Bento because it’s the only one I’ve come across so far that, when checking out past shipments, I saw absolutely nothing that made me think “Well, that would just get put away in a corner until I finally threw it out or re-gifted it to someone.” Seriously, there are some Loot Crates I’ve seen where there was nothing that interested me.

But Comic Bento… well… they’re comic books. I’ve never really gone all that wrong in the past with comics. Even the “bad” ones have some redeeming quality… even if it is just inspiration to “do better than that.”

In today’s vlog, I open that first box. I’m pretty happy with what I found.

(Also, upon slightly closer reading, I’ve realized that  Executive Assistant Iris is from the team that did Witchblade… which I do actually own some issues of from back in the day and I also enjoyed the short-lived, Yancy Butler fronted, TV series. I just didn’t recognize the names when I saw them.)

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