Sometimes you just gotta hate. And I don’t mean to
contradict other times where I have said I don’t like to throw out the “H” word
but in the case of a fictional character on a Sci/Fi show I think we are o.k.
to spew a little hate and discontent.
The character I am talking about is Hal Mason portrayed by
Drew Roy, either the absolute worst talented no acting POS or a thespian of
such great quality he can act totally board-like with no personality thus
stripping all his own humanity away to play this shell of a whiffle ball. I
also refer to this character as “Helmet Head” for the obvious reason, once you
get a good look all you can fixate on is his hair that seems to not move and
for good measure a second reason becomes apparent with the first utterance of
dialog by this overpaid hemorrhoid commercial.
So here is what set me off.
Last night I did the rare thing and watched T.V. live instead of off the
DVR. I saw a new show called the “Last
Ship,” I won’t bother anyone of my loyal two readers with the details but the
show was fine for mindless Sunday night mind release into the world of T.V.
porn. (Note: Like that – two rambles in a row where I
managed to inject the word “porn”) The
Last Ship was supposed to lead into the season premier of “Falling Skies” a
show which I kind of liked the first season started to realize it was not
satisfying the itch it was trying to scratch by the second, totally did not
even know the third season aired and now starts the fourth go around. As the Last Ship ended and Falling Skies
started up I grabbed the remote – well first I had to shove the dog over as she
was sleeping on top of it. When you have
food she is all bushy eyed and bright tailed but when it comes time to turn the
channel she weighs 500 lbs. and turns into something like a singularity in
space where she draws all the loose objects toward her and her gravity well
just gets heavier and heavier the closer you get.
Sooooo, I grab the remote and switch some channels and hit
the end of an episode of Barney Miller.
Efff Yeah!!!! I did not know quality T.V. still existed. I missed the
entire episode but the outro music got my mind racing and I remember that RonGlass was in that show. Then connecting
the dots I realized that Ron Glass was also in “Firefly”, then I realized
Firefly was over 10 years ago and lasted ONE season….see where I am going? How
in the holy hemorrhoid (Wait – I used that word already…lets see…hmmmm (SNAP)
Got it!) …How in the merciful menstruating marsupial did Firefly get one season
but helmet head gets four years of the batcrap crazy Falling Skies?
Look. Lets get it straight. I like Science Fiction. I read a few books between other genres I get
into. I live out my inner 14 year old
and stop by the comic store every two or three weeks and grab a number of
issues of Sci/Fi, superhero, and TA Freakin DAAA the ongoing limited series of
Firefly. Obviously there is still a fan
following but the butt cheeses that own those Nielsen boxes don’t watch good TV
instead the salivate over another season of bad off key singing with American
idolaters and the hot chick that “seemingly can’t find a man on her own” needs
a show to screen 18 eligible bachelors over the course of four months, but
these same “producers” – I use the term VERY loosely, get to choose to kill off
good TV and keep crap like Helmut head harry on for – need I say it again? FOUR
seasons. Why o why.
It is not just the character Hal I despise, but the plot
sucks, the acting is worse, and I am rooting for the aliens that invaded Earth
to get it over with. Having said that,
the special effects are great and set design is pretty awesome too, so why are
they not working on a Firefly or move over to Defiance to make sure that show
stays on the air.
I am going to make a promise here. If I ever win it REAL big on the lotto, I
will have to start up my own channel. I would collaborate with Netflix and
release the shows through them and a paid internet channel and I would finance
a few of these shows that loyal fans want back. Start there and work my way to
a full schedule. It is already being
done there is some great stuff out there just not big enough budgets (the Guild? Or Space Janitors anyone?)
So for those that worship at the alter of sucky Sci/Fi check
out TNT on Sunday evenings for Falling Skies, for everyone else send me $5 in
the mail and I will let you be one of my shareholders in this new adventure I
am conjuring up.
Rant over – Gallologic Out
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