TV Year in Review 2008-2009, Pt. VI

Posted on June 24, 2009 by TallGent

Rejoice! My post(s)! She is done! Thanks for reading.

Shows I will miss when they end next year cont’d:

Supernatural

The future of the show is still up in the air after Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki’s contracts expire. A recent Entertainment Weekly article hinted at the show’s creator Eric Kripke pulling the plug. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that next year will be it. Five seasons. One of the steadiest performers the CW has ever had amongst more widely advertised stuff (Gossip Girl. XOXO.) And most save for the hardcore fans know it exists. Talk about quietly building a reputation while flying under the radar.

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TV Year in Review 2008-2009 Pt. V

Posted on June 19, 2009 by TallGent

My Mondays are different from everyone else’s. I believe other people call this day…Friday? Life got in the way. Sorry, guys.

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My life with the Pre

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Khidr

So I guess it’s a good time to throw out some initial impressions and thoughts now that I’ve had the Pre for a few days. I’ve never owned an Iphone and I think that some of the reviews that compare the pre to the Iphone are at least slightly misleading for a few reasons. First, the Iphone is a 3 year old platform. Many of the reviews ding the Pre for not having oodles of apps, but ignore the fact that the Iphone also didn’t have oodles of apps three years ago. That’s as far as I’m going to go there. If you love your Iphone, I’m happy for you. It’s a great platform, but it is not for everybody and competition is good.

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TV Year in Review 2008-2009 Pt. IV

Posted on June 14, 2009 by TallGent

More postponements thanks to liberties taken with the International Date Line. My newest one is named Inga. She’s from Sweden.

I’m back now so without further putting-offness….

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TV Year in Review 2008-2009 Pt. III

Posted on June 12, 2009 by TallGent

Yeah, I know I promised to post it earlier, but I go by very liberal interpretations of the International Date Line so…moving along with the Dollhouse.

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TV Year in Review 2008-2009 Pt. II

Posted on June 9, 2009 by TallGent

Shows I will miss most cont’d:

Reaper

Reaper was a show that I probably had too much hope for because like so many shows I like, I saw a potential in it that was never tapped. And maybe it was never meant to.

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TV Year in Review 2008-2009 Pt I

Posted on June 8, 2009 by TallGent

TV Year in Review 2008-2009

I think it’s safe to say no one expected the shakeup that occurred with the announcement of shows returning for the Fall 2009 season.

Shows barely on the bubble are returning while steady old venerable are being cast aside, even after their annual consistency of success. This is almost unheard of.

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Microsoft Hates Netbooks

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Khidr

Usually around these parts, I try to keep my Microsoft hate to a quiet simmer. They put out great products, as easy as it is to hate on them – the Zune, the 360, and yes, Windows 7 are all mature beautiful implementations in their respective spaces. But two stories I just read on portablemonkey just plain ‘ole made my blood boil:

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