In which an uncharacteristic inability to express a complete thought drives me to the bullet (point)
2009 October 29
- Halloween is this weekend! There will be many Halloween themed episodes on TV tonight, including Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, The Mentalist, FlashForward (okay, not positive the episode actually has any Halloween in it, but the title is “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps” – that totally counts!), and of course, The Vampire Diaries. If you’re into that sort of thing. (I could include Supernatural, but every week is Halloween on that show.)
- Although most of the themed programming will be on tonight, Monday night’s episode of Castle took advantage of the holiday as well as Nathan Fillion’s rabid Firefly fan base by dressing him up as Captain Mal Reynolds for the show’s opening. The scene was riddled with ridiculous call-outs – “What are you supposed to be?” “Space cowboy!” (cue Firefly banjo twang) and also “Didn’t you used to wear that, like, five years ago?” Firefly fans everywhere lost their minds with excitement. And also wept, because, you know…they’re Firefly fans.
Space cowboy, complete with suspenders and period firearm
- There will also be Halloween themed episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Medium on Friday night. I don’t really care, and you probably don’t either, and now’s when I’m forced to admit that I wrote this entire bullet point so that I could mention the title of Friday night’s new episode of Law and Order. “Human Flesh Search Engine.”
- In news unrelated to the holiday, NBC has ordered another six episodes of Chuck, much to my delight.
- Levis has been airing an ad for their new campaign that features what some consider to be a recording of Walt Whitman’s voice. It’s a beautiful short film, but I agree that its aesthetics are undermined when at the end you realize it’s just trying to sell you a pair of pants.