April 8, 2015

Big Brother Canada is probably the most intense show ever and because of that, I can’t get enough. Let’s talk about what has transpired over the last week, shall we?

I was such a big fan of Kevin but he went and made the biggest blunder of the season so far. To be fair, it’s not entirely his fault. He won the instant eviction HOH after trying to throw it and was given only five minutes to decide his nominations – without talking to anybody. He decided to appease the “strong” males in the house by nominating Naeha and Britnee. Had he been able to talk about his nominations – I feel we would have seen a very different set of nominees. I just hate that Graig and Bobby got what they wanted, Naeha out of the house.

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But in good ole’ Big Brother fashion, we got a power shift! After being on the outs for two weeks – Sarah and Brittnee took control of the HOH, with ultimately Brittnee winning it. This could not have worked out better because now Sarah can play in the next HOH, which is hopefully a mental competition.

The feeds were cut because of the instant eviction, so we missed a lot of house drama that was shown on Monday night’s episode – but boy, WHAT AN EPISODE! Brittnee’s master plan was to fool Graig into thinking he was safe and that Johnny was the target for the week – but in actuality, it’s him she’s after. She put up two pawns – Bobby and Kevin, which still offended Graig because how dare anyone nominate someone from his alliance!

Graig’s hopes and dreams were crushed when Johnny ultimately won the veto, saved Kevin, and found himself sitting on the chopping block with his fellow flop shop alliance member. Hmmm. So good.

I'm enjoying this season so far. It looks like it's gearing towards a split house, which I cannot wait for because split house seasons are so much fun to watch as a viewer. Here are my rankings of the remaining houseguests:



 No. 1 - Johnny 
He's cute, funny, smart, and good at the game. I have a bit of a crush on him, so of course that pushes him to my #1. I'm so happy to see that he won veto this week and how much he scares Graig and the rest of the flop shop. Be my boyfriend after the show ends, please?

No. 2 - Sarah
She has such a good hold on the game and I think people are taking how strong she is for granted. She just has an all-around cool personality. I'm really hoping she will be able to pull out a win in this next HOH.
No. 3 - Brittnee
I don't know if conning Graig into believing he was safe was a great game move, but my god was it entertaining! Britt surprised me this week - after two weeks of invisible gameplay, we finally got to see some fire in her!





No. 4 - Kevin
I'm ranking him a bit higher than I should, because he still has time to win back my love! He made a foolish error last week but the instant eviction is partially to blame. Hopefully if/WHEN Naeha comes back, he can redeem himself.






No. 5 - Zach
I'm actually super impressed by Zach's gameplay so far. He has both sides believing that he is with them and is on nobody's radar right now, despite being one of the stronger physical competitors in the house. He has at least final 4 on lock.






No. 6 - Jordan
Jordan is playing a similar game to Zach except he does not have the protection of the flop shop. Still though, as of right now - he has no targets on his back. At this point, Newport could easily coast to the end. But it's still early.






No. 7 - Ashleigh
Here's where the ranking gets difficult because everyone else is sort of flopping. However, I do think Ash has the best chance of breaking away from the god-awful chop shop and possibly making moves later in the game.






No. 8 - Pilar
She's sweet, I just don't think she was made for this game. Sometimes I forget she's in the house because she rarely talks game. However, when she does - she mentions targeting the chop shop boys + Godfrey, so she's okay in my book!







 No. 9 - Bruno
Probably the most UTR guy from the chop shop - but he's still a member of the chop shop. Hopefully when the house expels the evil that is Graigory, he might become more tolerable.






 No. 10 - Willow
It's a no for me, but thank you.






No. 11 - Bobby
To think he was my favorite on day 1. Just goes to show that I should never pick pre/early-season favorites ever again. If I have to hear "don't want to get blood on my hands" ONE. MORE. TIME. I'm going to lose it.






No. 12 - Godfrey
Little to go gameplay and an overall unlikable personality. When he does play, it's mostly terrible. He has no true alliance and is being targeted by most. All he is, is a chop shop shield.





No. 13 - Graig
Say goodbye to the "ginga ninja" this week! Watching his meltdown in the house has been the highlight of the season so far. Now all we need is Naeha (or Sindy tbh) to beat him in the comeback competition.





Big Brother Canada airs Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday nights on Global. 

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Big Brother Canada: The Chop Shop Flops
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Big Brother Canada: The Chop Shop Flops

April 6, 2015


So a couple months back I posted a story about a possible Happy Endings revival. The Happy Endings writers twitter account (@Happywrites) tweeted a countdown clock ending on April 1st. Throughout the next two months – clues were tweeted that heavily pointed to a fourth season of the gone-too-soon sitcom. Now obviously it was in the back of everybody’s minds that this could be an April Fool’s joke. But what kind of people would toy with their fans for over two months like that? Well, now we have our answer. The entire thing was an April Fool’s day prank.


Let’s just say I was a little more than livid. Our reward for being "hyper-passionate" fans is to be strung along for months. While small, Happy Endings had a group a very passionate fans who stuck with the show until the very end. Why would the writers purposely piss off those same people who supported them? It doesn’t make any sense and that is why I thought this was originally not a prank. The show was cancelled two years ago, why are you taunting your remaining fans? It's a dick move that gets few laughs. I wasn’t the only one upset either, take a look at the reaction on twitter:



My sentiments exactly.
















According to the creator, he knew nothing of the countdown prank originally. But since it had garnered interest in a series renewal, he couldn't say anything.

"It took on a life of its own to the point that actually there was some interest in finding a place to do a few more episodes or an hourlong special,” David Caspe tells Entertainment Weekly. “So then I couldn’t comment because I wasn’t allowed to say anything yet. But as we hit April 1, nothing has really panned out, and I don’t want to keep people hanging on, so I have to say something. Happy Endings remains cancelled for now."

He went on to apologize for the prank, "I want to apologize to anyone who is annoyed. It was just a writers’ room bit that kind of got away from them. I realized that this could piss off a lot of fans, and our hardcore fans and critics are all we’ve ever had…. But I also have to say that it was really awesome to see how much love there was for the show. We didn’t really think anyone was watching anymore. It was great to see that someone was.”

I call shenanigans. Caspe couldn't send out a tweet immediately after seeing the countdown clock? There is no way he wasn't involved with this. "Sorry guys, nothing official is happening" would have sufficed. But no, he along with the writers dragged fans around for months. This may be a case of hyperbole here, but I hope Happy Endings never comes back and the writers continue to be unemployed.*

*Except not really. I would very much like Happy Endings to come back. 

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Happy Endings Writers: The Epitome of Evil
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Happy Endings Writers: The Epitome of Evil

March 25, 2015

Being a TV buff, one of my favorite past-times is amassing a pretty nice collection of my favorite TV shows on DVD and blu-ray. With some of my favorite shows coming to an end, a complete series box set comes with that. My collection is nowhere near perfect but I'm working towards getting all of my favorite shows on blu-ray (or DVD if blu-ray is unavailable). While streaming is great and all, there is nothing I love more than unboxing a new tv season set!

Take a look at my collection below:
  • Arrow – Season 1, 2
  • American Horror Story – Season 1
  • Bates Motel – Season 1
  • Being Human – Season 1, 2
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Season 1
  • Community – Season 1, 2
  • Chuck – Seasons 1, 2, 3
  • Elementary – Season 1, 2
  • Dexter – Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Dead Like Me – Complete Collection Box Set (2 seasons + Movie)
  • Friends – Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (complete series)
  • Fringe – Complete Series Box Set (5 seasons)
  • Happy Endings – Season 1, 2
  • Heroes – Seasons 1, 2
  • The King of Queens – Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (complete series)
  • The Office – Complete Series Box Set (9 seasons)
  • Orange Is the New Black – Season 1
  • Orphan Black – Season 1, 2
  • Parks and Recreation – Season 2, 3, 4, 6
  • Shameless – Season 1
  • Smallville Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • South Park – Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Supernatural – Season 1, 2, 3
  • Weeds – Complete Series Box Set (8 seasons)
Not the biggest but I'm working my way there. Here's what my wishlist looks like.
  • American Horror Story - Season 2 (Asylum) and 3 (Coven)
  • Dexter - Complete Series Box Set on blu-ray. I currently own the first six seasons on DVD only.
  • Friends - Complete Series Box Set. While I own all 10 seasons on DVD, some are in pretty rough shape. Friends was the first show I ever bought on DVD and some of the discs and cases are over a decade old.
  • The King of Queens - Complete Series Box Set. Similar to Friends, a lot of my older DVDs are in poor quality and this box set is pretty cheap on Amazon.
  • Chuck - Complete Series Box Set on blu-ray. I only own the first 3 seasons on DVD.
  • Don't Trust the B In Apartment 23 - Complete Series
  • Happy Endings - Season 3. While never officially released onto DVD, Amazon offers a DVD-R copy of the final season.
  • Being Human - Complete Series Box Set. IF IT EVER GETS RELEASED! I've been tweeting the official Syfy account for months asking about it. The show ended over a year ago, it's time for a box set!
  • That 70s' Show - Complete Series. It's less than $30 on Amazon, which is a great deal. 
  • Parks & Recreation - Complete Series Box Set. It's going to be released this June. 
  • Shameless - Season 2, 3, 4 on blu-ray.
As you can see, I'm trying to transition my collection from DVD to blu-ray. I'm going to work on getting these over the next year or so.

So what does your TV-on-DVD collection look like?

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What Does Your TV Collection Look Like?
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What Does Your TV Collection Look Like?

March 23, 2015

So after falling a bit behind, I finally caught up on the current season of Survivor. It's the 30th season entitled "Worlds Apart," which pits three tribes against each other. One tribe is comprised of people with white collar jobs, another with blue collar jobs, and the final tribe is the "no-collar" tribe. I thought it was an interesting premise. The fact that Survivor can keep creating original twists to the game after thirty seasons is impressive in itself. However it is being dragged down a bit with the lack of root-able castaways. Let's take a look at the specific tribes, shall we?

The No-Collar Tribe

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The No-Collar tribe is easily my least favorite tribe so far. Really, not a single likable person in the bunch. Nina, the oldest in the tribe, was deaf. You would think that the no-collar tribe would have just a little bit of compassion for someone with a disability like that? Eh, not so much. She was outcasted from the get-go. Also, this tribe doesn't have the greatest gameplayers either. Take for example, Jenn. "I don't know why everyone takes this game so seriously?" she wonders in episode two. Hmm, I don't know Jenn, it's not like you're playing for a million dollars or anything? Right? It's scary to think that she found one of the first idols of the season.

But she's not even the worst to come from this tribe. Nope, that would be YouTube "sensation" Will. He's terrible in challenges and has a poor social game - but comes across as if he's superior to the others, There's just something about him I can't pinpoint, but there's a smugness there I just can't deal with. 

The Blue-Collar Tribe

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As expected, the blue collar tribe slayed the physical competitions at the start of the game. However, that didn't stop cracks from forming within the tribe. Before being voted off, Lindsey went toe-to-toe with two of her tribemates, Mike and Rodney. I'll give her credit, her argument with Rodney was justified because his misogynistic should not go unnoticed. I'm hoping at some point somebody puts Dan through the ringer as well - because his obnoxious behavior is grating my nerves. 

Despite some annoyances, two of my favorites this season are from this tribe: Mike and Sierra. Mike is hard-working and has his head in the game. Even when Lindsey was screaming at him, he kept his cool and composure and didn't fight back. However, I am a little disappointed he went with the split vote at the first blue-collar tribal council, blindsiding Sierra (who received two votes but was not voted out). I feel for Sierra. They come back from tribal and Dan and Rodney tag team her with criticism. Right there is when Sierra became one of my favorites because I always root for the underdog on these shows. I'm hoping she can cause some chaos now that the tribes are swapping. 

The White-Collar tribe

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And lastly we have the white-collar tribe. Filled with business executives and wall-street sharks, what could possibly go wrong with this tribe? Unsurprisingly, they lost the very first challenge and supplied us with the first blindside of the season. Carolyn, the oldest on the tribe found the hidden immunity idol, and began running things very quickly. So much so, even when the tribes swapped - she held onto that power - taking out her fellow white-collar, Max. 

But this tribe is important because it has Shirin, my ironic fave for the season. She's absolutely insane and I love it. I doubt she is going to last much longer, but I hope others decide to drag her to the end because they think they can beat her - only to have her come out on top. I love it when that happens. 

Despite a so-so cast, we've gotten some good fights so far, some cray-crays, and a few blindsides - and we're only in the beginning weeks of the game. I have a very good feeling we're going to see a lot more drama this season and I can't wait to see what's to come!

Survivor airs Wednesday nights at 8pm on CBS.

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Survivor: Worlds Apart Recap
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Survivor: Worlds Apart Recap

March 20, 2015


It's my favorite time of year! I'm talking of course, about Big Brother season! Normally, I would have to wait until June to get my BB-fix, but for the past few years, fans have gotten a bonus Canadian season to obsess over. And let me tell you, the past two seasons of Big Brother Canada have been far better than Big Brother US. Hell, last season's BBCAN was one of the greatest seasons of Big Brother I have ever watched. It easily ranks into my top 5 favorite seasons of BB. So this season has a lot to live up to. Over the past few days, the cast has been released in groups. Here's all 16 houseguests!
Bruno Ielo, 31
Brittnee Blair, 25
Bobby Hlad, 27
Sarah Hanlon, 27
Zach Oleynik, 22
Willow Macdonald, 26
Sindy Nguyen, 25
Pilar Nemer, 22
Johnny Colatruglio, 26
Kevin Martin, 22
Naeha Sareen, 29
Graig Merritt, 36

Ashleigh Wood, 21
Godfrey Mangwiza, 22
Jordan Parhar, 21

Patricia Denner, 41

So every season I say I'm not going to pick pre-season favorites because every time I do, I end up hating that person when the show premieres. Yet every year, I declare a pre-season favorite. Well, not this year. Nope. I'm not falling in that trap again. I'll reserve my opinions on all of them for the first week. Check out more information at the official website!

Big Brother Canada cast revealed!
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Big Brother Canada cast revealed!