The Pale Light of Day

So I finished the trip. We landed squarely in tinsel town. I was happy for a bit. But Murphy- she a bitch and done took it away. So suffice it to say I'm back home and once again eagerly awaiting my departure. And it's cold. 

For my own mental health I think it's best if we all ignored that this even happened. Good. That's settled. Now back to our regularly scheduled program: Grant's and raves. 

So last night I watched Tin Man. Normally I don't watch the Sci Fi channel anymore, partly because of time but mostly because their production values are so shitty. They Have really great ideas but it all seems so half assed I am tempted to think that the BBC had something to do with it. But now the BBC has teamed up with HBO their quality is becoming- dare I say- surprisingly decent. Before I digress let me point out that I'm not a big fan of the OZ series. In particular the musical. I know from the few books I have read that that is not at all a good representation of the world of OZ. (I have come no where near the whole 66 books in the epic cycle.) So I had high hopes for this show, maybe due to my lack of familiarity with the rest of the stories. Given the cast I was hoping it would be good. But alas, Sci Fi channel once again you failed me. 

I do have to say primarily the fault rests with Zooey Deschanel. She is kind of cute, but in the past I have tolerated her lackadaisical character choices because they usually worked for the spacey girls she played. But next to actors like Neal McDonough, who's characters are very much in the here and now (or there and then) it comes off as a little bit strange. To say nothing of the fact that it gave Alan Cumming nothing to play off of. That's really hard to do. I wasn't sure if this was all in my head until Richard Dreyfuss came on and made me sit up and pay attention again. Now he is an accomplished actor and I'm a fan, but he's never stood out that much in a movie to me before. In my humble opinion that's because he didn't have to have that much of a connection with the others, allowing him to do his fabulous thing UN-hindered. 

I won't even complain about the special effects. I've come to grips with the fact that the level of quality of special effects in Sci Fi shows are fairly... well... bad. Hell, even FOX has better cgi on their weekly shows. That's just sad. Unlike (apparently) the rest of the populace I almost never complain about modern cgi. I don't see the fakeness that everyone else sees, so to me it sounds uniformed and snobbish. But hey, I only work in entertainment what do I know? The audience knows best.

And to wrap up this glorious return to posting I have a picture I stumbled on to on the web. My apologies to whom ever this belongs to, I couldn't find the link again.

A Dryad

Wow. Mother nature is hot as hell. Screw tree hugging, it's time to steal the next base. Le Rowl.

Until next time.

Always-

I saw you sneaking out the back door baby...