lizards-related stories
Posted Nov 8th 2009 2:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, V
You probably heard that
ABC's V premiere got off to a big start in the ratings. In fact, it was the biggest drama series premiere of the season, seen by 14.3 million viewers and netting a 5.2 rating among adults 18-49. What does all that mean? To me, it says that even without the
skywriting promotion that was canned, ABC marketing had raised awareness and drew the curious, the sci-fi fans, the nostalgic and a few more watchers for the launch.
Despite the big number, there's a good chance that
V will sink in future outings because viewers like me were not hooked. I wanted to fall in like/love, but it didn't happen. Here's five reasons why:
Continue reading Five reasons V didn't work for me
Posted Oct 9th 2007 2:04AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E03) Back by popular demand, we're sticking with the format that
Varun put to such good use in
his most recent reviewcap of
Heroes.
I'm actually thrilled he came up with it as my fingers were on the verge of falling off after pecking out the gargantuan review of the first episode. Since we happen to lack Claire's immaculate regenerative qualities, Varun and I would have been fingerless by season end had we kept up with the old format.
Continue reading Heroes: Kindred
Posted Oct 2nd 2007 1:30AM by Varun Lella
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E02) "Have you seen a scary white man?" - Hiro Nakamura, time traveler.Last week at TV Squad we had a big discussion on how to handle our "reviewcaps," the episodes of the big shows that we both provide a plot summary and review of. It seemed that we were getting a lot of very detailed plot descriptions, but not enough review. These special posts seem to go on and ramble on forever and there clearly needed to be some change. It was decided that we would treat reviewcaps not as entire episode treatments, but rather a review where all the major plot points are touched upon.
So I present to you, my lovely audience, my first ever (intentional) reviewcap!
Continue reading Heroes: Lizards
Posted Feb 4th 2007 9:25PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Sports, CBS, Commercials, Super Bowl
In the tradition of the frogs, and the lizards, we have the crabs. We didn't get the usual punchline that we expect from these ads, but it was still good. There is some really nice CGI going on there with the crabs stealing the cooler of Bud and then worshiping it. The mimicking of the motions the cooler makes as it settles was cute.
Budweiser is just solid. They aren't all home runs, but they are always enjoyable. I'd be up for seeing them develop a couple of the crabs into characters for a future series of spots. There's got to be a sand in the crack joke just waiting to be unleashed, right?
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