RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, April 11th to Monday, April 18th:
-So, I'm guessing that the entire two months period in the WWE leading up to WrestleMania 27 was just some great lead-up to WrestleMania 28 in Miami next year.
(http://www.businessinsider.com/the-rock-vs-john-cena-set-for-wrestlemania-28-2011-4)
-While I'm still on the topic of the WWE, I would like to give my sincere happy trails (as a fan, even though it has turned to casual as of late) to Adam Copeland a.k.a. "Edge" on his retirement due to previous neck complications. I wasn't as huge of a fan with "Edge" in his hey-day as I was with other WWE superstars, but I will admit that the guy had one hell of a career resume:
-14 time WWE tag team champion (with Christian, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio and Hulk Hogan)
- 2 time Money-in-the-Bank Ladder Match winner (the only wrestler to do so)
- 2001 King of the Ring Tournament winner
- 2010 Royal Rumble winner
- WCW United States champion during the WCW/ECW Invasion storyline of 2001
- 5 time Intercontinental champion
- 7 time World Heavyweight champion
- 5 time WWE Champion
- One of the few wrestlers in the business who played both the heel and the face really well
-Only wrestler to both permanently shave Kurt Angle's hair off and Spear Mick Foley onto a flaming table during a WrestleMania match
Now that's a resume that even the best of professional wrestlers would be dying to have as their own. And the man's not even 38 (while going out on top as the World Heavyweight champion, too)! I hope that man enjoys his retirement. He deserves it for risking his body every week just to make quite a few people like me happy.
- Alright, so after months of hype and rave reviews from critics all-around, "Game of Thrones," the HBO series based on the book "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin, finally debuted yesterday to television. Now, I never read the series of books by Martin, nor will I ever read it until maybe after two or three seasons (not a big fan of the fantasy genre, with the exception of "Lord of the Rings"). However, with that said, I still found the first episode of the series to be an enjoyable hour of television; not as good of a pilot compared to, say, those of "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Walking Dead," but still better than most things on television these days. I found all of the characters on the series well acted and enjoyable, the visuals looked like that of a Romantic era painting, and I thought that those behind the series did a good job introducing Martin's world and its major players to newcomers like myself. Also, it had blood, head cutting, and plenty of bare female breasts. What more could one possibly ask from an HBO show?
- Sucks to see that such a loyal fanbase like Sacramento about to lose their Kings to Anaheim. I would hate to see anyone of Chicago's sports team leave (even one of our baseball teams), so to see this happen to a small market that has had a team ruled by incompetent owners just makes me tear up a little (especially the clip of the Kings announcers tearing up when saying their final goodbye for the season). I know people are going to counter my argument by saying something like "well, if they're so loyal, then why couldn't they sell out a single game this year that wasn't against the Lakers?" Well, if your team has been in the lottery every year since 2006, I would probably not show up to the games either. However, I suppose that the NBA is a business first and foremost, and if the Maloofs want to move the team from a broke city like Sacramento (and its old arena) to Anaheim, then I suppose they have the right to do so.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa....whoa! Two good "Family Guy" episodes in a row (first last week's "Tiegs for Two" and now yesterday's "Brothers and Sisters")?!?! What year is this? 2006?
-I hope that Derrick Rose's remarkable one-man show Saturday against the Pacers can finally put the MVP debate to rest.
-And now, after a three week hiatus, time for this post to wrap up with a brand new installment of the NBC Thursday Night power rankings (and, no, I will not be including the awful "Curb Your Enthusiasm" wannabe "The Paul Reiser Show" into the list) for the episodes that ran on April 14th:
1. "Parks and Recreations"- "Andy and April's Fancy Party" (40 points)
God, this was such a fantastic episode! Like, honestly, the best half hour of comedy that I've seen since the "Modern Warfare" episode of "Community"! From the great cold opening (the show's best so far, in my opinion) with Ron Swanson pulling his tooth out to the awe, shock, and disgust of all, to the almost perfect surprise wedding between Pawnee's favorite young surprise to the wonderful dinner party scenes that came along with it (my favorites: Chris talking with April's deeply emo friend and then getting into it when the DJ play "Jump Around," Ron giving instructions on how to operate a proper ex-wife ethegy, and Tom's friend Jean-Ralphio giving his thoughts on the perfect best man's speech). It was a wonderful episode that had a perfect mix of humor and heart, and one that featured another great leading actress performance from Amy Poehler. Honestly, it made me completely forgive NBC for revealing this spoiler to viewers a couple of months ago. No other episode on Thursday really came close, except for maybe...
2. "30 Rock"- "I Heart Connecticut" (30 points)
...but only because it was the episode out of the other three that brought the most laughs.
3. "Community"- "Competitive Wine Tasting" (25 points)
While this episode will not go down as one of the funniest, or most memorable, episodes of season two, it was a very enjoyable episode filled with some great laughs ("It's hard to be Jewish in Russia, yo!"), and entertaining plots bouncing off of each other all around, like a satisfying early season one episode. Furthermore, Stephen Tobolowky did a wonderful job in his guest role as Abed's teacher in the Greendale "Who's the Boss?" class, and it was kind of nice to see Chevy Chase play a Pierce Hawthorne that was less of the scorned asshole that he has been in recent weeks.
4. "The Office"- "Training Day" (15 points)
If this episode was a taste as to how this show was going to be like once Steve Carell officially exits two weeks from now, then count me in among the current fans feeling really pessimistic about the show's future. It wasn't that it was bad and unfunny, but it wasn't good either, like a borderline C+. I mean, I thought that Michael Scott was supposed to be this guy that had matured (finally) following the showing of "Threat Level Midnight," but apparently he's just the same Michael Scott who still behaves like an insecure, jealous child whenever his delusional greatness seems threatened (in this case, when everyone tried their best to woo Will Ferrel's character to the best of their abilities), even though he knows that he's going to be the Dunder Mifflin branch's temporary (I assume) replacement after his last day. But knowing that Ferrell is only on the temporarily and that Carell's final episode two weeks from now should be great, I'm not getting too worked up about it.
And now, the new, updated tally of the rankings:
1. "Parks and Recreations": 300 points
2. "Community": 255 points
3. "30 Rock": 225 points
4. "The Office": 220 points
With around five or so episodes left to go for all four of these shows, I think it's safe to say that it's "Parks and Recreations" to lose in the race for my official/unimportant title of "Best Comedy on NBC: Early 2011," with the other three shows desperate to catch up.
Easter Sunday, the one time of the year where every Christian celebrates by telling Judas Iscariot to suck it following the Resurrection Mass, is six days away! Enjoy the buildup to the holiday, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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