Shmee.Me

July 3, 2015

Thanks Ash Vs Evil Dead, I Need A Starz Subscription Now!

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we now have our fist set photo of Ash vs Evil Dead, and it looks perfect! Chainsaw arm? Check! Blood? Check! Stupid self-assured look on Ash’s face? Double Check! This looks like so much fun, but that means I will have to pay per episode, get Starz, or wait until the season is over and get the set, and I want to do none of the those things. <sobs> Oh well, I have a lot of TV to watch (I say to convince myself unsuccessfully) <sniffle>.

For you lucky shmucks with the Starz channel, you will have to let me know how it is this Fall.

P.S. I hate all of you with Starz for not already inviting me over to watch this. Your names will forever be listed in my Necronomicon.

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015

Hey There Is Sci-Fi on SyFy Now!

So I was watching the first episode of the space bounty hunger show Killjoys, which was pretty good, and I think it will be a decent summertime distraction, when it occurred to me I was being shown nothing but Sci-Fi based show commercials. I mean Killjoys is jammed between Defiance and Dark Matter, so there are three solid hours of pretty good Sci-Fi programming right there. With the SyFy channel being nothing more than a place for ghost hunter “reality TV” and wrestling for the last couple of decades it is nice to see it return to the genre that gave it its name. Well its original name anyway. Nothing is named SyFy because that is terrible, and the branding people at NBC that thought of it should be thrown in to a sarlacc pit where they can be digested for centuries with Boba Fett (that’s right Boba Fett is dead nerds!).

I hope this is a trend that continues because it might make the SyFy (sarlacc pits for everyone!) Channel my go to place for summer TV. Almost like it was when I was thirteen. Oh man I am old! <sobs in to keyboard, but recovers with the knowledge that Boba Fett is an overrated jerk>

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015

The Risks Of A Deadly Adoption!

Well you have to hand it to Lifetime, at least they were smart enough to be in on the joke. A Deadly Adoption makes fun of their cheesy melodramatic movies perfectly. Had Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig went full on farce, this movie never would have worked, but instead Ferrell and Wiig played it straight. Proving that in the right context Lifetime Original movies are funny enough on their own.

A Deadly Adoption is about a rich couple, (Ferrell and Wiig) that after a tragic dock accident at their diabetic daughter’s one year birthday party are no longer able to have kids, so when a seemingly nice young pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes) arrives from the adoption agency they invite her in to their home for her last trimester (it is the only logical thing to do). Things get deadly, as the title promises, after that as you can assume.

This story was perfect for a spoof of Lifetime movies. The tragic accident was nothing more then a slip in to the lake, Jessica Lowndes character’s motivations didn’t make a lick of sense, and they talked about the daughter’s diabetes non-stop just in case you somehow misted it. Plus they assure you that it is all based on a true story. I assume they took it on faith that at some point a pregnant woman has fallen in a lake. I don’t know who green-lit A Deadly Adoption, but they deserve a hug.

Ferrell and Wiig play the leads with the perfect amount of over the top serious cheese. If you didn’t know who they were you may even get through A Deadly Adoption thinking it was just another Lifetime Original with some even odder than normal moments. However, just their presences in this movie makes it hysterical. It is like them being in it gives you the freedom to laugh at the craziness of this movie, and the Lifetime movie formula in general.

I am sure this movie will be replayed a lot by Lifetime, so if you missed it, do yourself a favor and watch it next time it is on, or rent it when it comes out to DVD or VOD. It is not often people are intelligent enough to make fun of themselves, but Lifetime really went for it by getting Ferrell and Co to do A Deadly Adoption for them. They actual made a Lifetime Original must watch TV by making fun of Lifetime Originals. I can only hope someone over at Hallmark was watching!

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015

Orphan Black Season Three Wrap-Up!

Season three of Orphan Black was kind of odd. It seemed to go everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. It is like instead of advancing or retreating it went sideways. It was still a good season, but one I think in the long run will be mostly inconsequential. The premise of this season was to find out the origins of the clones, so I guess they figured that out, but it still feels like they are no closer to any of their other goals.

The acting of Tatiana Maslany continues to be amazing. Without her this whole show would fall apart. She makes every single clone different and unique. Tatiana better get at least an Emmy nomination this year, or I think we all should riot. Newcomer to the show Ari Millen as the Caster clones does a good job as well by playing them all on the brink of madness.

I look forward to next season of Orphan Black, but I just hope that things progress. Side stories are interesting, but they can get tiresome after awhile. Now we have to endure the long eleven month wait for season four.

June 15, 2015

Game Of Thrones Has A Hero Problem!

Well Game of Thrones season five has come and gone. It was a very controversial season, and one that will not be soon forgotten. Like the seasons before it was boring until it was exhilarating, and then it was shocking. They have their formula down pat. They have a problem now though. Small spoilers here, so watch out. There are almost no heroes left. They have actively punished or killed them all. While it makes sense that perhaps the show is winding down, so they need to trim up the cast a bit, but it is going to be hard to watch when there is almost no one worth rooting for.

We will see if season six can give us someone to get behind, but pretty much the Mother of Dragons is the Seven Kingdom’s and the show’s last hope. There is no one else left that we care about. True they could bring some people back to life, but that would cheapen the deaths of other characters and make us wonder why they aren’t walking around.

The writing staff at HBO is going to have to take a long hard look at what they have left, and write something amazing for the next season, or they may start to loose viewers as well as characters. If all the fans have left is the villains than that is not a show many people really want to watch. Not one that I would want to watch anyway. There is plenty of other TV to keep me busy.