Firefly: Big Damn Heroes

Good lord.  Could there BE a more perfect show?  Probably, but I haven't seen it and I don't believe it.  Firefly has everything: wisecracks, spaceships, gunfights, and a weirdly libertarian message that I do my best to ignore.  I distinctly remember seeing an episode or two when it first aired, and thinking "Man, this would be a great movie, but I have NO IDEA what is going on."  Turns out, this is because Fox aired the episodes out of order.  Why?  Because fuck you, that's why.

Empire Strikes Back: Liveblogging by a superfan

The title's pretty self explanatory.  Join me as I liveblog (well...sorta, since I wrote this as I watched and then posted it) the best of the three originals.  I'll be using the original theatrical release, because I'm a purist.  My husband deserves credit for some of these as well, because that man is hilarious.

And if you ask nicely, I just might do the other two as well.  Oh, who am I kidding, I probably will-- this blog is mostly for my own amusement anyway.

True Blood vs. Vampire Diaries: A Battle Royale...OF BLOOD.

Originally, I was going to do two separate posts: one on Vampire Diaries, and one on True Blood.  But as I was organizing the posts, I realized that they are essentially the same show, only one is mostly about sex and the other is mostly about high schoolers and their FEEEELINGS.  So, much like Camelot vs. Merlin, I decided to do a head to head match up and declare a winner.  Because if there's one thing I like, it's judging things and declaring winners.

Mickey Mouse Star Wars: Deep breaths, people. We'll get through this.

So, Disney bought Lucasfilm and broke the internet.  I know *exactly* the moment the deal was announced, because I got an email from my husband, my facebook blew up with people wondering if it was April Fools Day, and my twitter feed was like a nerd livetweeting his nightmare.

And I am here, as your benevolent Star Wars Overlord, to tell you that EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE.

The Avengers: Why You Should Watch This Movie

So, this post goes out to one Jweigs, who HAS NOT SEEN THE AVENGERS, MAKING ME SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER OUR 20+ YEAR FRIENDSHIP.  Really, girl.  Get your shit together.

Teen Wolf: This one's gonna be embarrassing

Yeah, so, Teen Wolf.  Not the Michael J. Fox movie that my husband won't turn off if he happens upon it on a Saturday afternoon, or even the lesser-loved Jason Bateman sequel, but the MTV-trying-to-be-Vampire-Diaries-mopefest.

I kind of can't stop watching it.  To the extent that as soon as I finished the first season on Netflix Instant, I watched the entire second season on MTV.com, even though their player is all kinds of buggy.

I know.

Downton Abbey: A show tailor-made for me

First of all, if you haven't seen Downton Abbey yet: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?  It is, quite possibly, the bestest show in the universe (yes, better than Pretty Little Liars and Game of Thrones, and that's saying something.  That something being: I have really random taste in TV).  This show is also basically aimed right at me, since my dissertation is pretty much "Downton Abbey Goes to India" (or more specifically, "The Downton Abbey Flu Episode Goes to India") and I have a weakness for Edwardian fashion.