Bored to Death Season Finale

It's over, but it's not done. Last night saw the season finale of HBO's Bored to Death, but the comedy noir has already been renewed for a second season, so fans will only have to wait a couple months for Jason Schwartzman to reprise his role as author turned armature detective Jonathan Ames.


Last night's season finale centered around the much anticipated boxing matches between rivaling magazine tycoons George Christopher (Ted Danson) and Richard Antrem (Oliver Platt), with Jonathan and Ray (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/477f3b6bc5/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-from-between-two-ferns-comedy-deathray-and-zach-galifianakis) filling the two undercard fights against their comical counterparts. We also fallow Jonathan as he puts off writing to woo Stella (Jenny Slate), and track down a would be blackmailer.

If you've been watching the show thus far, this finale does a great job of staying the course. Usually this would be a bad thing, but Bored to Death is consistently such a great show; it's hard to bring that little extra to a finale. Schwartzman, Galifianakis, and Danson all did a wonderful job in last night's finale, and the cinematography, again, beautifully  makes New York City look less like the world's most trash covered island. But I would have to say "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard" and "The Case of the Stolen Sperm" were better episode.

With that said, Last night's episdoe was still very enjoyable, and I can't wait for the second season.
Rating: 8/10

Wish List: Totally Rockin' Tee

Ready to take your air guitar to the next level? How about a T-shirt that actually lets you thrash? The geeks over at ThinkGeek.com have come up with this face melting bad boy that lets you play fifteen chords through the mini-amp.

Yeah I can rip some pretty mean solos with the Electronic Rock T-shirt, but it's about the music man. So who wants to be my drummer? No bass shirt though. But that's cool, one less to split the groupies with. Come to think of it, I don't think I'll be getting to many groupies with this great nerd gear. At least not the type of groupies I would want.

The tees cost $30 a piece, and the guitar shirt also comes with a magnetic pic, this ain't no keytar shirt. This shirt is metal. Check out the videos to see the Think Geek Garage band testing out their rock wear.

Fourth Kind Movie Review

The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler, opens this week and has a viewers wanting to believe. The Universal release opens with Jovovich giving a P.S.A. ala Hitchcock, or Vincent Price, and then goes on to follow Abigail as she tries to find out what exactly is going on in Nome, Alaska where her patients are suffering from sleep disorder while all "seeing" the same owl.

Once Dr. Tyler starts putting her patience under hypnosis, it's obvious that it's not an owl watching the people of Nome.

There are a lot of very intense scenes in this movie, and I can not say enough about the cinematography and score for this movie. I've never wanted more in my life to travel 3,300 mile to see mountains and forest. Lorenzo Senaatore (Director of Photography) shows how a city can be so beautiful, and isolating at the same time.

The footage from Dr. Tylers hypnosis studies are scary. 

But the acting leaves more than just a little to be desired. I can see how it would be hard for an actor to try and portray a character, and sync up their cadence and actions of another person during the split screen scenes.

Rating 7.5/10

It's really hard to get into detail about this movie without throwing out a couple of spoilers. So keep reading if you'd like to see what I really think about The Fourth Kind. I make an idiot out of myself...

Droid Review. Is it the iPhone Killer?

Verizon is hoping to topple Steve Jobs and his iPhone with the latest phone to hit the market The Droid.


Now I just picked this phone up earlier today, but I can already tell you this phone has a lot going for it.

The one feature which stands out the most for me is the screen. I always had trouble reading the screens off other phones, but the combonation of the Droid’s slightly larger screen, and its higher resolution, I can actually read web pages in their standard zoom.

While the screen was a pleasant surprise, the full QWERTY keyboard was the selling point for me. I’ve always have had trouble with the full touch phones, and the slide out keyboard works great, although sometimes the sliding feels a bit clunky.

The Droid also comes with a 16GB flash card. I’m dropping some tracks onto my player right now.

It also supports a 5 megapixel camera which I’ve already have been playing around with.

Is it the end all to be all when it comes to the cell phone game? No. Not even close. And with the iPhone 4G rumored to be debuting, I don’t think the Droid will be atop the cell phone hill for long, if at all.

I’ll have a full review for you later next week after I get some more time to play around with it.

Natural Born Time Killers

If you're like me, then you seem to find yourself with a couple extra minutes of boredom on your hands during the work day. Well I've got something for you. Check out these four great time killers next time your boss has his back to you.