A Note About Book or Movie

In my first installment of Book or Movie, I'm bringing up "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "Charlie St. Cloud."

But my post got deleted.. twice. So Basically I thought both books were worse than the movies.

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The straight-edge wannabe punks from Nick and Norah were making my physically ill with their wanton sexual desire and indecisiveness. Where the hell did Caroline go? Norah is such an irresponsible friend. And the whole movie plot of trying to find the late night concert given by "Where's fluffy" was sadly lacking in the book's plot. In face, the book barely had a plot. Two kids like each other, pretend to date, and spend a whole night worrying if their hangups can get the best of them.

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The last five or so chapters of Charlie were unrealistic, dumb and way too in touch with one's inner sensitivity to be written by a dude. Sam the ghost shows up in adult form? He tries to use his wind-liness to help Charlie find Tess? Lord give me strength. And charlie became a paramedic and sat at Tess' hospital bedside for days and months. If I woke up form a near-death boating accident, I would want the weird dude to get out of my hospital room. Zac Efron made that movie have life.

A Note About Predictability and Games

Last night I played one of the most engaging tv-centered games I've seen in a long time. Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, I played Hawaii 5-0 Bingo. Filled with predictable and time-honored plot twists, I think I hit bingo about ten minutes into the show. Thanks CR for the great find!

Last night included these bingo scores:
1. Apple product placement
2. Book em danno
3. Grace Park undercover in a skimpy outfit
4. Scott Caan hates his demonic ex-wife
5. Morally ambiguous overweight Hawaiian fella
6. Scott Cann proclaiming love for his angelic daughter
7. Bad guys are part of terrorist cell - this is a pretty common plot twist
8. Daniel Dae Kim lurks in shadowy surveillance van
9. Alex O'Loughlin breaks police brutality laws
10. Alex and Scott flirt shamelessly

sadly there were no boat chases, helicopter rides, car crashes, or Danno saying "Back in Jersey." But surely, next week will cover those.

I really do love 5-0. But I have to ask, why is there no spot on the board for shameless chevy promotions?

A Note About Seeing the Footage on TV

This past Friday night, I saw the episode of Blue Bloods I watched being filmed! -Refer to my September 16th entry about seeing Blue Bloods filmed.

The episode was about an off-duty officer who is shot in a diamond heist. During her family's grief, the NYPD and the Reagan family's quick time frame to catch the criminals and bring them to justice. Commissioner Dad, officer Jamie, Detective Danny, prosecutor Erin, and even retired commissioner grandpa worked on the case.

Here is my horrible cell phone photo from the set.

A Note About Dancing with the Animals

First of all, I think theme nights on reality contest shows are completely overrated. Second of all, when they involve the theme songs of old tv shows, I am far more repulsed than nostalgic. There is a difference on American Idol (for example) of doing a theme "Songs from Musicals" rather than a narrow theme like "Songs from Jekyll and Hyde." Which, is beautiful music, but has no place on AI.

Back to Dancing's asinine theme of tv themes... While Bristol Palin is not the best dancer, and man, had she had her dirty laundry aired, she's been giving it a try. I personally favor Jennifer Grey (nobody puts baby in a corner), but I haven't been following all that religiously. Tonight, Bristol and her partner danced to the theme song to "The Monkees", and they wore monkey suits. Not only is that a cheap trick, but they looked ridiculously stupid.

And as expected, Florence Henderson, AKA Mrs. Brady, danced to "The Brady Bunch" theme song.

A Note About Why I Love Jimmy Fallon

While jonsesing for some new "Robert is Bothered" clips, I found a new jimmy Fallon video where he mocks the Bieb-ster. Love the dance moves and ignoring calls from Alan Greenspan.