Drew Carey, Heroes, Across the Universe

I should start writing these more often so I don't have as much to write about at one time.

So I'm watching Drew Carey on The Price is Right. First, how weird is it to see anyone else on that show? Just doesn't seem right. Drew doesn't seem to be taking it very seriously either. He just spent an entire contest laughing at the contestant. He could barely describe what was going on because he was laughing so hard. Even when he's not laughing he almost seems like he's phoning it in. On the other hand, he's probably mad that they didn't let him bring in all his Playboy playmate friends to be Drew's Beauties or whatever he'd call them. Or maybe they did. All those fake model types kinda look the same to me anyway.

So I'm really late on this whole Heroes phenomenon thing, but I just watched the show for the first time a few weeks ago. Just after I finished the first season on DVD, I started watching the new season on TV. It hasn't been going well. I have to say I'm surprised at the reaction that's getting. Everyone is acting amazed that this season is starting out so weak, but frankly the show ended really weakly last season. Seems like the writers gave up 3/4 of the way through the season and still don't care. Maybe they fired the good writers, or they quit, or something, but I was really disappointed by the ending of the show. It's been said before, but what kind of fight was that with Sylar at the end? It was crappy, that's what kind. And why in the world did Nathan need to fly Peter, when Peter could fly himself? I know, I've heard all the excuses about Peter not being able to control himself at that point, but I just don't buy it. The worst thing of all, though, was they made this big deal about all of them getting together in that place at just that time. It made it sound like they were all going to need to use their power together to stop Sylar or stop the blast, or something. Instead most of them just stood there and watched. It was pointless. All that lead up just to drop the ball at the 1 yard line.
Oh, and the biggest thing that bugged me about the show was the Haitian. He did a lot of bad things and didn't seem to have a problem with his orders, but then suddenly he did. Not only that, but suddenly he could talk? I have to admit, I missed the first few episodes of the show, so maybe I missed something in there, but his character seemed to have no motivation for his actions. And he wasn't the only one. Oh, and in the future episode they made a huge mistake. They said Sylar was able to regenerate because he'd taken Claire's powers, but then later they showed that he hadn't taken her powers, so how did Sylar regenerate after being stabbed. It looks like the only difference between what happened in the past and future was that Nathan flew Peter at the end instead of letting him blow up the city. So what was the point of the future episode? It should have given them some insight into how to stop things, but it really didn't, since it only took Hiro calling Nathan a bad guy to get Nathan to fly his brother away. Hiro didn't need to go into the future for that. It was dumb.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show, for the most part, but there were definitely huge holes that needed to be filled. It doesn't make me really want to invest time into this season. I haven't watched all the episodes and I don't think I will.


I watched this movie the other night called Across the Universe. It was a pretty good movie. Well, it was a pretty good art piece, it was actually a pretty bad movie. They made a movie using Beatles and other era songs set in the 60's. It was a love movie, but there was a definite political overtone to it. Problem is, they couldn't seem to decide which way to go with it. Definitely anti-military, seemingly anti-establishment, but also anti-protester? It was confused. That and the dialog was not the best. Didn't always feel natural. Seemed like all the speaking parts were there just to get to the next song.
When it comes to the songs though, it's a completely different story. They did an excellent job with the singing. The actors and actresses were good singers and decent actors. The main character has some serious talent and hopefully this movie will get him some bigger roles in the future. The lead female was pretty good too, but I hear she's dating Marilyn Manson and that's not saying a lot for her personality in real life.
The movie is worth watching if you like artsy type movies. I'd say if you liked Moulin Rouge you'd probably like this movie. It's a little trippier and more political, but the music is just as good if not better. I would say the story in Moulin Rouge was better, though.