another way LJ has taken over my brain

[kellinator]

Okay. Remember how The Nine, the show about the bank robbery hostages, was supposed to be THE fall show, except of course to the people who thought Studio 60 was THE fall show? Well, I've been watching it and it's really not all that and a bag of chips. (It is better than Studio 60, and I'm going to shut up about that now before ariedana hurts me.) I actually tried to not watch it a couple of weeks ago, and James got all agitated. "You made me stop watching that other show that's probably cancelled now to watch this!" So I watched it. BTW, "that other show" was Kidnapped, which was dreadful. James also loves Studio 60 to the point of referring to it as "my show." Our television incompatibility is starting to worry me. Luckily there's Boston Legal and Jack of All Trades and all my Homicide DVDs which he claims he likes. But I digress (and how!).

Anyway, The Nine is watchable if not brilliant. Though I spend most of it staring at Tim Daly wishing he were still devious brilliant sexy-as-hell Harlan Judd from the late lamented in-the-same-damn-time-slot Eyes instead of cranky cop/gambling addict Nick. (Aside: How amusing is it that the brothers from Wings ended up in the two most-buzzed dramas of the new season? Somewhere, Crystal Bernard is pissed.) But in the past couple of episodes I've noticed something that makes it much more entertaining and relatable to me:

The Nine is just like LiveJournal.

Think about it. You have something that happened, only no one's quite sure what, and you have to try and put the pieces together by looking at everyone's version of events. You're not sure who knows what because you don't know who's on which filter and you're not sure who's not supposed to be told about what's on the filter and then there's the bigmouth who forgets about filters and blabs to everyone that somebody's pregnant. In the same vein, you also have the competing social events and you can't remember who's been invited to them and who's persona non grata and who's blowing them off to go have sex. Then there's the guy who can't check his LJ because he's in jail so he doesn't know what the hell's going on. And finally, you have a poll on whether someone should live or die. See? Just like LiveJournal.

Comments

[kungfoogirl.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, do I love Boston Legal.

I'm a TOTAL dork for Denny Crane and Alan Shore.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I love that show beyond all reason. I want Alan Shore so bad. He is the perfect bad-boy crush -- especially because he doesn't really exist so I can't get myself in trouble with him. ;)

Sometimes James will just randomly go "Denny Crane!" I keep telling him he has a man-crush on Denny Crane.

[fanagle.livejournal.com]

Though I spend most of it staring at Tim Daly wishing he were still devious brilliant sexy-as-hell Harlan Judd from the late lamented in-the-same-damn-time-slot Eyes instead of cranky cop/gambling addict Nick.

That is EXACTLY how I feel.

[hooper-x.livejournal.com]

the girl is really really into the nine. Doesn't do anything for me. I've been trying to follow Heroes as best I can, especially since it airs during RAW, and we both watch Jericho, but that's about it.

Oh, and Dexter. We like Dexter a lot.

-hx

How funny

[sempereadem.livejournal.com]

Have I told you lately that I love you? AND your posts are very topical?

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Interesting comparision(sadly havent seen the Nine yet, even with Phlox on there)...but it all matters little WHEN YOUR BROTHER IS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD IN AFGHANISTAN!! ;)

Simple way....

[laughingpain.livejournal.com]

The simple way to make sure that you don't get in the middle of a toilet flush, and have your shit aired is: don't have your nose in the bowl waiting to see the shit flush....

Potty Humor aside that is one of the things that has amused me about people in general: waiting to see the train wreck, or the monkey on the leash... Sometimes I wonder if they do it because they have been on the leash, or trapped in the burning car, desperately wanting to make others feel their pain (that was once my category), or they have never had something tragic happen that this is their vicarious moment to feel something that they know is down the road for them...

More and more I think that the old saying of "I stand at the door knocking, all you have to do is open the door" is a misnomer at best. I think that it is from the other point of view, and that person should just keep their door closed.... That is until a trust worthy porpoise comes by, only sounding like a dangerous Land Shark... then it is OK to open the door...

::Ding Dong:: Land Shar.... eerrr... I'm only a Porpoise, let me in and we can play! - LP

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

You just kill me when you're clever like that. But I think that my friends list doesn't look like yours. :)

Sometimes that is not a bad thing...

[laughingpain.livejournal.com]

If your friends list looked the same then you would have all the drama circle, as well as the rest of what I can only observe as a "normal life"...

Just something to consider: when the cars wreck, just look the other way. Otherwise you will be called in for questioning, considered a suspect, followed, and lambasted. Then when cleared of what you saw, and your statement is given, you will get half hearted appologies, and reminders of shit that you did not do.

Live free, look the other way.

[wacko1138.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Studio 60 has been picked up for a full season.

[squiddna.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

I had heard a rumor stating the exact opposite and I was quite disappointed.