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Movie of the week was a non-movie: Jeremiah, a TV show which aired first in 2002 on Showtime. That it ran on Showtime explains why I hadn't seen at the time, because the plot is exactly to my taste. "Some dramatic thing wipes out most people on earth, the survivors need to try to make something of what's left".
That being said... I'm not sure if I liked it enough to get the next DVD. (DVD #1 contained the first two eps, an hour and a half of the show.) I didn't dislike it, but it was a touch too unbelievable for me. Plot: Fifteen years ago, a virus killed off everyone over the age of 15. Then poof, virus vanished and everyone under 15 could grow into adults just fine. The world went to hell a whole lot more than I would believe (entire states taken over by white power groups, for example), and yet the main character still remembered how to drive a car just fine (gas and batteries pretty much didn't exist anymore, and were rare enough to be worth more than anything else in the world). I kind of liked the characters, though other than the two main ones, most of them were way over the top or unbelievable. ...I think I'm talking myself out of the next DVD.
The book I'm currently reading is annoying in an unusual way. Ratings through Amazon are usually accurate, but in this case... Tomorrow, When the War Began got 157 five-star reviews, and only 22 lower stars (only two one-star reviews). I'm up to chapter two, and I would have expected those stars to be reversed.
The book starts with a teenage girl writing something. She said something bad happened, and everyone asked her to write about it. Fair enough start. The whole of chapter one of the book is her writing about her friends. Not as part of the story, no plot happens, just "Mike is 15, he has dark hair and lives in town. Jessie is 16, she's really nice, her hair is blonde and curls when it gets wet. Mary is 15, she lives near Mike, but that's all they share. She plays sports, which is nothing like playing the piano. She's the captain of the..." The entire first chapter of the book, just about her friends, just list of boring, superficial facts.
Now, the whole book is just that one teenage girl writing, and apparently she's writing: We went to the woods. Mark said, "Yo dude, what's up!" Mark laughed at his jokes and said, "Not much, man. We're going to go..." People do not remember exact wording (days? weeks? months?) later! GRSNJDNEFDELW
Amusing thing is the book is Australian, but I hadn't known that at first. There are so many odd words that I thought it had to be set on some alien planet. Google explains a lot, but not all. What in the world is a "myxo'd rabbit"? Myxo seems to mean slimy, but... slimy rabbit?
And BSG! The BBC America channel has started showing it. I've forgotten so much! Even what some of the characters looked like and their voices! Clearly this is a sign that I need to rewatch the series when I have time. :D
Lastly, let's cheat and see what next week's movie is... Arg, how'd The Blind Side get back to the top? (Maybe I should just watch it to be rid of it...) Let's move The Last Unicorn to the top, it's been so long since I've seen that that it might as well be new.
Edit: Not lastly! I forgot about cooking. This week: SUCCESS! Mmm. I made spaghetti sauce and even though I made what might be a big mistake, it came out really, really good. I followed this recipe, though I forgot the can of tomato puree, so I had only half the amount of tomato-stuff in it. I cut the spices by less than half, and it came out so yummy. Not the best sauce I've had in my life, but better than anything from a jar. It was oddly sweet, even though it had only a half teaspoon of sugar in it.
That being said... I'm not sure if I liked it enough to get the next DVD. (DVD #1 contained the first two eps, an hour and a half of the show.) I didn't dislike it, but it was a touch too unbelievable for me. Plot: Fifteen years ago, a virus killed off everyone over the age of 15. Then poof, virus vanished and everyone under 15 could grow into adults just fine. The world went to hell a whole lot more than I would believe (entire states taken over by white power groups, for example), and yet the main character still remembered how to drive a car just fine (gas and batteries pretty much didn't exist anymore, and were rare enough to be worth more than anything else in the world). I kind of liked the characters, though other than the two main ones, most of them were way over the top or unbelievable. ...I think I'm talking myself out of the next DVD.
The book I'm currently reading is annoying in an unusual way. Ratings through Amazon are usually accurate, but in this case... Tomorrow, When the War Began got 157 five-star reviews, and only 22 lower stars (only two one-star reviews). I'm up to chapter two, and I would have expected those stars to be reversed.
The book starts with a teenage girl writing something. She said something bad happened, and everyone asked her to write about it. Fair enough start. The whole of chapter one of the book is her writing about her friends. Not as part of the story, no plot happens, just "Mike is 15, he has dark hair and lives in town. Jessie is 16, she's really nice, her hair is blonde and curls when it gets wet. Mary is 15, she lives near Mike, but that's all they share. She plays sports, which is nothing like playing the piano. She's the captain of the..." The entire first chapter of the book, just about her friends, just list of boring, superficial facts.
Now, the whole book is just that one teenage girl writing, and apparently she's writing: We went to the woods. Mark said, "Yo dude, what's up!" Mark laughed at his jokes and said, "Not much, man. We're going to go..." People do not remember exact wording (days? weeks? months?) later! GRSNJDNEFDELW
Amusing thing is the book is Australian, but I hadn't known that at first. There are so many odd words that I thought it had to be set on some alien planet. Google explains a lot, but not all. What in the world is a "myxo'd rabbit"? Myxo seems to mean slimy, but... slimy rabbit?
And BSG! The BBC America channel has started showing it. I've forgotten so much! Even what some of the characters looked like and their voices! Clearly this is a sign that I need to rewatch the series when I have time. :D
Lastly, let's cheat and see what next week's movie is... Arg, how'd The Blind Side get back to the top? (Maybe I should just watch it to be rid of it...) Let's move The Last Unicorn to the top, it's been so long since I've seen that that it might as well be new.
Edit: Not lastly! I forgot about cooking. This week: SUCCESS! Mmm. I made spaghetti sauce and even though I made what might be a big mistake, it came out really, really good. I followed this recipe, though I forgot the can of tomato puree, so I had only half the amount of tomato-stuff in it. I cut the spices by less than half, and it came out so yummy. Not the best sauce I've had in my life, but better than anything from a jar. It was oddly sweet, even though it had only a half teaspoon of sugar in it.
