Wedding Ring Deflects Bullet, Becomes Self Aware, Kills Robber.

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Ok, so only the first part is true. But still how cool is that? Donnie Register was being robbed at his Antique Store (who robs an antique store?) and lifted his had in front of his face when he was shot at as if to say, "You know, I think I can catch this bullet." Or maybe it was just a reflex. Either way, "The bullet managed to go through two of his fingers without severing the bone," said his wife, Darlene Register. "A part of the bullet broke off and is in his middle finger. The other part is in his neck, lodged in the muscle tissue. But it's not life-threatening." I'll file this under "Awesome."

Day Late with change in my pocket

Sorry that this didn't get posted yesterday, but... i was busy playing bejewled at work all day.

So the Heroes finale has come and gone. They did some things well, and they did some things less than well. Over all I was pleased with the finale. It falls short of last years obviously, but with the writer's strike Kyp and I discussed that this whole season has felt a bit rushed.

On the up-side we got to see Sylar being a little more Sylar by shooting Maya. We got to see the Bell shock soem people, and threaten Bennet. And we got a little bit of light humor.

I guess I don't have much to say about the episode itself...

But basically I think that they've made a terrible mistake. By showing they can regrow the skin of someone who received burns from direct exposure to radiation, as well as and eye that got shot; and now from this episode to bring someone back to life... How will they actually kill anyone off? For instance, one of the things that I thought was great was Nathan getting shot; his character was great, and I genuinly liked him; however, he got shot twice in the chest... all they have to do (and I'm hoping they don't) is have Claire decide to save her biological father by giving him some blood. As for Nikki dying, eh. As Kyp and I agreed, if you didn't see them die... chances are they aren't dead. The big promo for this episode was "two heroes will fall" well... Maya died (despite being brought back) and Nathan is dead (presumably)... so there's definately a possibility that Nikki will return.

Now, Adam... we have NOT seen the last of Adam, I'm willing to bet anything he'll return... he was way too good of a character for him to be gone. Adam like Linderman in the first season was a perfect badguy because he truly believed what he was doing was the Right thing. Sylar is a perfect bad guy because he's become drunk with power in a sense, and even last season there was a moment where he looked to stop, when he was talking to his mother... but her rejection sent him further over the edge.

Now, the final scene; like I said it was fantastic, however the whole Parkman forces them to listen, kind of makes me think he might eventually go rogue, and become evil. Because the whole idea was what his father was saying how it started by listening to minds, then putting thoughts in people's heads, and eventually he just snapped... I could see that happening to Parkman. Honeslty, I'm hoping next season they will make one of the "heroes" consciously choose to become bad. We've already seen the Bell leaning towards becoming Good with the, 'you saved our lives', "really?... cool".

Anyway, again Overall not floored, but it definately was stronger than the rest of the season. I look forward to next season as Tim Kring has actually said he wasn't too pleased with this season himself... that means he'll push himself to make next season better.

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Coming Soon- Mark and Kyp's Video Review of the Coen Brothers' latest film:
"No Country for Old Men"

...i just got the title.... i'm sometimes an idiot
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Mark's TV Review: Sports Night

One of the earlier works of Aaron Sorkin, Sports Night follows the cast and crew of a Sports Center-esqe show on a third rate network in NYC. Casey McCall (Six Feet Under's Peter Krause) and Dan Rydell (Dead Poets Society's Josh Charles [I refuse to use SWAT to reference this man!]) are the fast-talking witty best-friend co-anchors of Sports Night which could be seen as an early frame for Matt and Danny of "Studio 60". (Both shows were pre-maturely cancelled). I've had Kyp's box set of this show (that yes, we'd already watched in college) kicking around the apartment for a while, and decided to pop in the first disc and see if it was something I could watch again and still enjoy.... I burnt through the first disc in one sitting. You find yourself so wrapped up in the strong story lines, and incredibly fast paced "Sorkian" dialogue that before you know what happens the episode is over.

New T.V. writers could take some notes from Sports Night on how to do things well. We have reveals, relationships, realizations all done superbly. From the reveal of a man's death through a simple graphic in the background, to Casey's ranting about a college football coach leading him to realize he had mis-judged the man he had spent the entire episode attempting to rip apart.

However, more than anything else, the show allows you to identify with the characters, and you become invested in them. What's truly amazing about this is the speed with which it happens. The viewer is literally thrust into the middle of the late night sports show atmosphere where if it takes more than 10 seconds, you've missed the shot, and you've messed up the show. Plain and simply, Sorkin goes above and beyond developing his characters quickly, and making you like them, and more than anything making them Human. The characters are incredibly believable, go through struggles that you and I very well may have gone through, and have feelings just like you and I.

Now; how does Sports Night measure up to Sorkin's other works? (TV Shows, will pass on movies and stage shows)

The West Wing; Studio 60 and Sports Night. West Wing i think can't be beat. The story arcs were always dead on; and as soon as he left the show... the show started to crumble. Studio 60 was great, i loved it, but it couldn't last. Sports Night easily takes the cake over Studio 60 and I think holds a strong place next to, not below, West Wing.

All of that is terrific, honestly, there's not much i would change to this show; the ONE thing i NEED to change however is a biggie... and i know Kyp will back me up on this.

LAUGH TRACKS SUCK.

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