CBS's Newest Comedy: Partners.

It seems that once a year, CBS tries out at least one new comedy show that is ultimately doomed to fail from the beginning. This year, it's Partners. This show is nice, but it's not great, and would definitely be my last pick if I had to choose between almost any other comedy on television right now. 

To sum it up: four people, three "partners". Joe and Louis are best friends since childhood. Joe is engaged to Ali. Louis is dating Wyatt. There's a gay joke ever two sentences. The end.

I love that CBS is adding more gay to their programs, but how the two gays are portrayed in this are absolutely outrageous. One is overly flamboyant and someone who I'd want to punch in the face if I met them in real life, the other is played by hunky-Superman himself, and is a soulless blob of nothing. 

When I saw that Brandon Routh was going to be on this, I got so excited, it was ridiculous. Any show with some Superman flavor has my attention ;) But this is Brandon Routh at a low point for me. His acting is just terrible. 

Then the other three were just rounded up randomly, thown into a mix, with the hope that they'd work out together. This cast is horrible. I think David Krumhotlz and Michael Urie work okay together, but I don't like either of them really. And Sophia Bush? I guess she had nothing better to do after the finale of One Tree Hill.

My prediction: this show will be cancelled before the end of the year. I will probably be watching to the end, in hopes that they fire the writers and create something better. 

Earth's Mightiest Heroes.. DVD Disappointment!

As I said last week, I got Volume 5 of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Tuesday. And I am BEYOND disappointed with this release.

The episodes on the DVDs are not in the order they were aired, they are in the order they were produced. So if you watch them in the order they're in on the DVD, you're going to skip around a lot and be extremely confused. At one point, the "last time on the Avengers" segment actually SPOILED some major points for us before we realized that the episodes were out of order.

When studios release shows like this, it only tells me one thing: they don't give a shit about the show. They don't care about the fans, they're just putting some mess down on a DVD and calling it a day in an attempt to earn some money.

I was very happy that the season starts off with a cameo from the Fantastic Four. That was a nice surprise! Then we got a cameo from the Guardians of the Galaxy later on, another happy surprise.

But the jumbled up episodes completely ruined this release for me, especially since I can't even watch the episode "Behold... The Vision!" yet, as it's episode 14 of the season, but on the DVD they have it as episode 9. I'm putting a hold on watching it until Volume 6 comes out to finish the rest of the season, so I can watch the episodes in order.

Revolution

The series premiere of NBC's Revolution was last Monday, with episode two airing TONIGHT! (So you still have time to catch up!) Sean and I just got around to watching the premiere last night, and it was pretty good. Not great, just good. Most of the actors are just scum. They give the lead male role to a piss poor Twilight actor, and then they give the lead female role to a nobody.

The only acting choice I was happy with was of the woman who helped Danny at the end. And even then, I couldn't put my finger on where I'd seen her before. But after a quick trip to Google, she is Maria Howell, another nobody, but the woman who was cast to play Seeder in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire!! That made me happy! =) Really happy I'm going to get to see her act some before I see her in Catching Fire!

Then the only other two acting choices I was okay with were of the Captain (the magic mirror in Once Upon A Time) and the "dead" mother (Erica Evans in the 2009 remake of V).

The story-line for the show is nice. Post-apocalyptic stories seem to be the big rage nowadays, so NBC might as well get in their shot at it while they can. I HATE HATE HATE it when films/shows do the "so-many years later" aspect at the VERY beginning. That just overloads the rest of the show with ridiculous amounts of flashbacks, which is probably what is to come for the rest of the season.

The acting is pretty bland, and there's not enough mystery surrounding the mystery. I don't see this show getting a second season. This doesn't nearly compare to Eric Kripke's last television creation: Supernatural. However, the boyfriend said he'd stick around for episode two at least, and he hates watching TV.. so that's one point for Revolution.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Review

Last week (it might have been the week before, I just happened to notice last week), Walmart released Volumes 1-4 of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes on DVD. And for ten bucks each, I couldn't pass on them =)

In just a couple days, I have concluded watching all twenty-six season one episodes. I thought all the heroes were portrayed perfectly. Especially how stealthy they made the Black Panther out to be, most of the time I forgot he was there, and when he did appear it was a "whoa" moment. Haha! Only problem I had was how BORING The Wasp was. The only time she seemed really bad-ass, was when she took her gigantic form.. which was once. Most of the time she seemed really petty, and was just a damsel in distress. She should not have had as much screen time as she did.

What made me the happiest, was that Iron Man wasn't made out to be the most important character in the show, which is what happened with the live action Avengers film. I'm probably the only person who will admit to this, but I hate Iron Man. I find his character annoying, in both live-action and animation.

The cameos by the Fantastic Four made me really wish they'd get a new animated series! Seriously, somebody make this happen.

What's great about me finishing all of season one today.. is that the first thirteen episodes of season 2 come out in a Volume 5 DVD set tomorrow (as does the live-action movie!)! I'll get that after work tomorrow, and let ya'll know what I think.

You all should watch this show. It's awesome.