Posts with tag DarthVader
Posted Sep 23rd 2007 10:01PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Family Guy, Episode Reviews
(S06E01) A long time ago, but somehow in the future . . .
Who would've thunk it? When Family Guy premiered back in 1999(!) many people tossed it away as a pale imitation of The Simpsons and kind of ignored it. Who knew that eight years later, at the start of the show's 6th season, Seth MacFarlane and his crew would be able to get the approval of George Lucas himself to air a spoof of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It shows how far Family Guy has come since it returned to the prime-time airwaves.
Continue reading Family Guy: Blue Harvest (season premiere)
Posted Jun 18th 2007 11:23PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Animation, Adult Swim, Episode Reviews
Before action figures became collectibles that should never, ever be removed from their little plastic bubble packaging boys and girls actually played with them. Sometimes, the adventures that these little characters had were not what they were intended for. In fact, I'm sure that some of these action figures did things that would make a grown man blush.
Continue reading Robot Chicken: Star Wars Special
Posted May 14th 2007 8:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Family Guy, Episode Reviews
(S05E17) As I got into this episode, two things occurred to me. First, since next week is the season finale, when did they decide to cut this season to 18 episodes? More importantly for our purposes here though, this episode felt very familiar. It took a minute, but when Lois and Mayor West got to the debate, I remembered what it was. The main story was very similar to the season two episode, "Running Mates."
Continue reading Family Guy: It Takes A Village Idiot, And I Married One
Giveaway Monday: That '70s Show The Complete Series Stash box set
Giveaway Monday: Back to You season one DVD
Six shows that I am watching pretty regularly this season
