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Posting during lunch break - too cold to walk, and foot's been bugging me off and on, so giving it a rest - since I need to walk about 20 minutes to get to the ferry tomorrow. Going to the Poconos again for Thanksgiving, or rather slightly south east of the Poconos. Visiting the Aunts. So will be thankfully offline and away from the internet for the duration - should you miss me, that is. Considering I've been in a right funky posting mood of late, I somehow doubt it. Work, life, the universe and everything...won't bore with details.

Read all about the reboots/sequels/remakes of movies and tv shows in the paper and online this week. To date:

Tron 2 - The Legacy. Can't imagine many people will see this sequel to the 1980s cult hit. At least I think it was 1980s. Interestingly enough - I saw it and enjoyed it at the time. (Sci-fi geek - I've pretty much seen all the sci-fi movies that weren't gross and gory and monster flicks. ie. the cult ones.)

The Tourist - a remake of the critically acclaimed but poorly received French film Arthur Zimmerman (I think - can't remember the title exactly.)

Let Me In (it's still out there somewhere) - a remake of the Swedish film, Let the Right One In.

The Buffy Reboot by Whit Anderson - which everyone who is still a big fan of Buffy and follows these things and is on my flist or associated with it, has commented on. Including every entertainment news feed out there, and everyone peripherially involved who could possibly have an opinon on it. Whedon's was hilarious - although 85% of the people who read it took it seriously. Proof that self-deprecating snark really does go over people's heads. Particularly when it has a grain of truth inside it. (Which if you aren't careful makes you sound more whiny than snarky. Whedon, in my opinion, was treading a very fine line between the two. That's the problem with off-the-cuff remarks - which I'm guessing his was, it can get misinterpreted. And unlike me, he can't just delete or retract it. Fame? Not all it's cracked up to be.)

I don't get the whole urge to remake, reboot crap. Sequels? Sure. But why re-do it? Is it this urge to make your own mark on it? To show people how you view the thing? Lots of things have been rebooted and remade of late: La Femme Nikita has been remade and rebooted at least four times (Alias, Nikita, Dollhouse, Covert Affairs.) X-Files? Seen lots and lots of versions of this one. They used to remake Hithcock films - I know, Why???? Do you really want to be compared to Hitchock? Shakespeare - I get, he's been dead over 200 years, and well was theater, people redo plays all the bloody time. But film is harder - because we get to look at the original for comparison.

Back to work.

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I think I'm losing interest in No Ordinary Family...the writing is bordering on cliche. And whomever is playing the daughter is a dead ringer for Amber Tamblyn - to such an extent, Momster thought she was Amber Tamblyn when she saw a preview of it. Shame - there was potential here. Now, sort of gone.

So far, the only new series this season that are holding my attention are: Raising Hope, Terriers, and The Event. (I haven't watched The Walking Dead yet so can't comment.) Watched two hours of The Event tonight - mostly to get through the DVR bank before taking off tomorrow. Probably won't watch much tv in the next two days, which is a good thing.

Is anyone else watching The Event? It's actually gotten pretty good. There's a lot of complex characters, and they have the Lost trick of doing brief flashbacks to show us why the characters are doing what they are doing. Plus it has some excellent character actors - Laura Innes, Zevik Ivanjko (the guy who played the opposing attorney in Damages first season and committed suicide during that season? Well he's playing far more interesting role here. A twisty one. ), and Hal Holbrook (who is playing a really creepy villian). And it has strong male and female roles - possibly the least sexist tv series I've seen in a while. Has good pacing.

Just finished watching The Good Wife - which ended on a cliff-hanger. And blew me away. This show just keeps getting better. Also, it's hilarious. Great lines, great acting, and intricate plotting.

And in Entertainment Weekly? They released pics of Game of Thrones - the HBO adaptation of the epic George RR Martin series - which has the writer directly involved with casting, writing, and production. Martin for those who didn't know this already - was the producer and creator of the fantasy series Beauty and the Beast and before he began writing novels, produced and wrote for television and film. Go here for some great pics:

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20385926_20442931,00.html

And their choices for Danerys, Jaime, Cersise, Tyrion, and Ned Stark could not be any more perfect.
I may have to get HBO for this series. Well this and the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's short story and play by Tommy Lee Jones and Cormac McCarthy - starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson, as well as directed by Tommy Lee Jones. We also have the adaptation of "Game-Plan" the book about the OBama/McCain/Clinton race for president.
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. I'm gone...for the next few days. Off to the wilds of Northeastern Pennsylvania, around Allentown, Bethelhem and the Poconos. Hopefully it won't rain all weekend. But I'm welcoming the break from work and apartment hunting.