Team Peaks

Last December sci-fi and pop-culture blog i09 did an interesting article on "The Smartest Man in the Room." Essentially, the author argues she's tired of the super-genius who gets away with being a jerk because he's a super-genius. Remember what happened on TV right after House became a huge hit? We got a TV show about an abrasive lawyer (Shark), an abrasive magician (The Mentalist), and an abrasive pathologist (Bones). And it's a trend that continues today, with Rainn Wilson's new show, Backstrom (premiering tonight to terrible reviews), hopefully being the apex.

Your new lovable anti-hero, America!

Characters Matter More Than Plot

Last week I accidentally watched the entire first season of Castle in two days. I say “accidentally” because I didn’t realize I was done until the disc threw me back to the menu.  And I guess I technically didn’t watch the entire first season.

See, my new used DVD player is about ten years old. It’s about the size of a VCR and has issues reading discs that are anything less than pristine. Pretty much everything I get from the library has to be washed in soap and water if I’m going to have a chance of getting through it. The library should probably wave all my library fines in thanks for my hand washing all of their discs.