by Angela Tung on Sunday, December 30, 2012, no comments
Another year, another 365 days of television. Let the idiot box recap begin! Most Disappointing Copper looked so promising. BBC America plus New York City in 1865 – how could it not be awesome? But it wasn’t. It wasn’t terrible but it was just blah. I felt nothing for most of the characters, and aside [...]
by Angela Tung on Monday, September 17, 2012, 2 comments
When I watch TV, I like to keep my ears peeled for interesting words. What do I listen for? Idioms, lingo, slang, technical words and jargon. Hell on Wheels does an excellent job, as far as I can tell, of having accurate language for its time. For instance, last night Bohannon called Reverand Cole “mad as [...]
by Angela Tung on Sunday, August 5, 2012, no comments
Today is the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and I had no idea until this morning. Why is this significant? Yesterday I happened to read a story about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes which questions whether or not Holmes is a real victim, or if she’s the real fame-monger in this situation: [Holmes's NYC] [...]
by Angela Tung on Friday, July 27, 2012, 2 comments
Last weekend I had the chance to see the movie version of Judy Blume’s classic novel, Tiger Eyes. When I was devouring Blume’s books as a kid, I didn’t know much about her. It was the early ’80s, before the internet and having access to all the information a person is willing, and sometimes not [...]
by Angela Tung on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, no comments
I totally expected to enjoy Being Elmo (which I did). I expected it to be cute but not cloying, like Elmo himself. I even expected to cry a little, which I did when Elmo played with a Make-a-Wish child. But what I didn’t expect was to be so inspired. What may be construed as spoilers follow. [...]
by Angela Tung on Sunday, December 18, 2011, 2 comments
It’s time again for my year-end retrospects! Last year I wrote about all the TV that I loved. This year I still love TV, even more so, if that’s possible. There are the old standbys that I still enjoy, like Dexter (which isn’t as good as it used to be but I still like it), [...]
by Angela Tung on Sunday, December 11, 2011, no comments
I’ve always been both fascinated and horrified by serial killers. When the Jeffrey Dahmer killings surfaced – I was about sixteen and in Florida on a trip with my family – I bought the People magazine with him on the cover, with my mom’s full approval. She wanted to read the gory details too. Don’t [...]
by Angela Tung on Sunday, September 4, 2011, one comment
Twenty-five years ago this weekend, I saw Stand By Me for the first time. On his blog, Wil Wheaton wrote about how the movie changed his life. No doubt. He went from regular kid to movie star appearing on-Good-Morning-America, to Wesley Crusher, to nerd god. Albeit to a lesser degree, it changed my life too. [...]
by Angela Tung on Monday, July 4, 2011, 6 comments
Last night MB and I saw Transformers 3. I knew I was in for something really stupid, but the movie exceeded my stupid-expectations. A couple of plot holes would have been acceptable, but there were so fucking many. SPOILER ALERT. Why did the Autobots agree to be blasted off into space? Why were humans trying [...]
by Angela Tung on Thursday, May 26, 2011, 5 comments
Since I last posted about my television shows I love, I’ve found several more. Yay, TV! River Monsters. I’m not sure when or how I started to watch this show. It must have been a night when there was nothing on, and MB and I were just flipping through the channels. We both love most [...]