NEWS: HEROES RECAP ON NETFLIX

In case some of you didn't watch the first half of Heroes season in the fall, Netflix is offering a chance to see a recap. You can order the recap, which also has full episodes of two new shows they're touting, Raines, staring Jeff Goldblum. I have it but haven't watched it. I think he talks to the dead or something. Nothing like Medium though, I'm sure. Also on the DVD is a show called Black Donnellys. I have no idea what it's about but the people aren't black at all, which I'm kind of offended by. It was created by the guy who brought us Crash, so again, surprising. Of course, they were going to air that show in the ER timeslot, but the show did so well, it kept ER where it is and put Black Donnellys in limbo.

The main reason for me telling you this is Heroes, I could really give a crap about the other stuff. Sci Fi has also been running a few marathons, but I'm not positive when the next one is. Heroes starts up again in two weeks (January 22). You can also watch the episodes online at http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/heroes.shtml or on iTunes, but iTunes costs money, although it is a little easier to watch it.

TRANSFORMERS

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808716430/trailer

As a kid growing up I played with these. These aren't your mother's Transformers. Again, ALMOST Jack Bauer BAD ASS, almost.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/hd/

Holy crap, check this shite out!!!! This is almost, almost, Jack Bauer BAD ASS!

JUST A REMINDER

Two weeks from tonight Jack Bauer returns!!!! I'll try to blog it, live if possible, but close to when it airs. JACK IS BACK!!!!! I couldn't be happier if Jack Bauer was going to be sitting right here in my living room with me on my nice blue couch. We'd be eating popcorn and drinking Pepsi. He probably prefers the real movie butter popcorn, so we'd be having that. And then in one of his whispery voices he'd say, "Pass the salt." Yeah, Jack.

MAN VS. WILD and EVEREST

Over the Christmas break I discovered the Discovery Channel. That's not totally true, as you know I was already in love with I Shouldn't Be Alive, but I found two new shows that are equally amazing. The first being Man vs. Wild with the stunning Bear Grylls. Yes, that's his name. I mean, maybe it's not his name, but I think it may be. It's sexy, regardless. Wait, I just looked it up, his first name is Edward, very British, and one of his middle names is Bear. He was British Special Forces and has climbed Mount Everest, which is interesting since the other show I've been watching on Discovery is called Everest: Beyond the Limit.


Seriously

If you haven't checked it out it's basically Bear being dropped in the middle of nowhere with little more, or most of the time less, then the clothes on his back, and being forced to survive and find his way to civilization. It's extremely educational, and Bear takes his shirt and/or clothes off every now and again. He teaches us about getting water out of elephant dung, keeping yourself cool by peeing on a shirt and putting it around you head, how to climb trees, waterfalls and vines, and eating a fish straight out of the river like a bear. Ha, like a bear. Yeah. He builds shelters, boats, rope, sun dials, milk, sunblock, just about everything you'd need to survive. The guys will love it just to see him eat a Zebra raw, and the girls will love it, for, well, you know why.

The other show I was lucky enough to catch is Everest: Beyond the Limit. Apparently it's 6 or 7 part series that's turning into a regular series. At first when I started to watch it I thought, okay, let's watch a few yahoos climb Everest. Because really, why would you spend $50,000 to climb a mountain that's the height planes fly and is forty below? But wow, it has me enthralled. I've only seen the first two episodes but it's crazy, what these men put themselves through. And because they knew I'd be watching, there's even a cutie doctor who's trekking up the mountain as well.

What these people's bodies go through during the two months they're on the mountain is extraordinary. And the Sherpas that help the climbers up, set up the camps, and run things up and down the mountain are the most amazing part of the whole thing. Luckily the people going on this expedition have much respect for the locals, especially when one of the Sherpas dies from altitude sickness. We see first hand in the first two episodes what that does to a body, when someone from another team gets sick and the cute doctor takes care of him. To think what could happen to you by being only 1/6 of the way up the mountain is crazy.

So I recommend you check these two shows out, since they're both not only good TV, but fun to watch as well.

COMMERCIALS I HATE

If you noticed on the sidebar I've added a link to a blog called Commercials I Hate. It's a hilarious blog by a friend of mine and since it's related to television, thought it was a good fit with what I do here. Check it out!