The Emmys Wrap Up 2009

Well...What can I say about this years Emmy Awards?! Except... YAY Kristin!!!!!

Totally adorable acceptance speech. Makes you that extra mad that Pushing Daisies is not coming back! So now she's got a tony and an Emmy...next stop Oscars!!!
-I also loved her dress...it was sparkley and pretty.



The other awards I wasn't fussed about much....cause after Kristin winning, I was pretty happy.
Neil Patrick Harris hosting was fun. A HUGE improvement on last years moronic reality hosts. But then that was never gonna be hard to beat!

Mad Men winning was good. -I do like when shows I watch win.
30 Rock winnnig was a given, and I'm giving that show a go now....especially since I won the first season on dvd for free.

I was glad ER won the directing award, its been a long time since ER was included in the emmys, not counting guest stars...and it was a nice little ending to the series.



Not a lot more to say really....some the dresses were nice, some were quite boring. The more I see Mary-Louise Parker's short purple dress, the more I like it.


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Carlie

Catch up

Oops. I've been slack again. -Can't believe I haven't discussed my TV viewage since July!

So...pretty much anything I was watching before is now finished.
-I was right I am screwed for In Plain Sight....I hate having to wait till next year for things!!
-Nurse Jackie was awesome. Definately looking forward to the next season...next year...

I finished Brotherhood for good. Not bad. I felt the last episode sorta wrapped up a few things, it was a nice little ending, while not being an ending too I guess...seeing as there was going to be a 4th season. The last 2 eps were my fave from season 3. I thought season 3 got a bit boring, especially at the start.

Still have 1 ep of NCIS left to get and watch....I just don't care that much...makes me sad.

I finished Freaks and Geeks. Loved it.
Borrowed Arrested Development. Loved it. -Strange strange show...but once I watched enough, I got really into it. -I'm now another fan waiting for a movie!

I also finished the WW ages ago too.....course it almost doesn't feel like it since I've been watching as I go on my computer with editing for the video...

Now I'm watching Pushing Daisies again. I finished season 1 yesterday, and am starting season 2 tomorrow.

I also finished Friends as my, I'm bored and want to watch something I've seen hundreds of times and don't need to pay too much attention to. So now I'm watching Gilmore Girls. And the odd early Friends ep if I only have half an hour.


I think that's all to report for now. Emmy's are in a couple of weeks. YAY! New tv starts back soon. YAY!

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Carlie

Current TV Watchage

So...I'm halfway through season 6 of The West Wing already...makes me very sad. lol. But I am working on making my very own Josh/Donna fanvid...could be interesting.

I finished Scrubs. I really liked the way it ended.
I finished season 4 of Will and Grace...which is all I have...for now.

I've started Freaks and Geeks. And there are a few others that I can borrow from Ness after that...

In terms of downloaded shows...I'm enjoying new Showtime show Nurse Jackie. -A little weird, but entertaining.
I'm loving In Plain Sight....Course once we get through season 2 we'll be screwed!
I'm still behind on Brotherhood, and NCIS. I've got 2 more eps of NCIS left to download...I just can't be bothered..I think I'm losing interest in that show.

Still gotta catch up on Mad Men too...I haven't watched season 2 yet and season 3 is starting. oops. Maybe I can track that down soon.

Oh well...before I know it, september and the Emmy's will be here. Maybe Kristin will win this year. :)

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Carlie

Why I Like TV Series More Than Movies Part 1

Just something I felt like noting down. -Now this list won't apply to every single movie ever made...but to the majority anyways.

1. Movies are short term. For anywhere from 1 hour to 2 and half (occasionally), you follow a story. They are self contained (not counting sequels and whatnot), and never evolve past what is done at the end of the film



2. Because of the limited time period of movies, there is only selective character development. Only the pivotal characters evolve, the minor characters fill their role and rarely get a lot of attention. They generally a 2 dimensional and serve a specific purpose.



3. TV series allow you to follow characters from week to week, year to year. Some characters play larger roles one week, and smaller ones the next. But you generally count on them being around. You become attached to these people you let into your world, they become like a friend.



4. TV is an investment. Its not just an hour and a half of time wasted, but you're in for the long haul. It's a commitment, to following the stories and the characters each week. Movies you can watch over and over again, but it is still the same exact movie.



5. Series allow you watch a specific part of the storyline, instead the whole narrative. You can watch 1 episode from the middle season, and then jump to the end, and back to the start again if you so desire.

The West Wing....In The End

So.....very good ending...sad as it is to not have any more eps to watch. I guess it ended well.
It was very nice, and end of an era.

I was a little confused cause I thought that they jumped forwards again at the end...but they didn't.

As far as my predictions went.....
I did guess that Sam would be Deputy COS...cause really what else would Josh give him...he's too good for anything lower.
I did guess that Charlie would go to Law School...which was pretty good, seeing as I had NO idea, and there were no hints given in the flash forward!

I guessed Annabeth or Donna would be Press Secretary or media relations/communications (director or deputy in Annabeth's case)...so I was close. Annabeth did become A press secretary...just for The First Lady.
I never would have imagined that Donna would become Helen Santos' Chief of Staff...an excellent position for her though...all growed up with her own office...twice the size of Josh's :P
- but shall I mention the mirroring of her and Amy.....cause I'm also guessing that Josh took her to Tahiti...he likes it apparently.

-Kate should go work for The First Lady...apparently that's where all the blondes are :P

I was off with CJ, I guessed she'd end up back in PR or some random government position.
I never would have guessed that Toby would become...well we're not exactly sure what he is...but I'm guessing a lecturer or something, all they said was he was at Columbia...I'm gonna assume the school and not the country :)


also my DVD set arrived today......can I just say how fitting that it came on Aaron Sorkin's birthday!

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Carlie

A follow up

So I had a few more comments to make on the whole 'getting to the end of WW' thing...

Over the past year...my TV viewing has taken a huge change in nature. -I discovered the beauty of Wicked and Pushing Daisies within the same week I think. And then everything just catapulted from there. See I have Kristin Chenoweth to blame and thank for everything almost.
I always knew I'd love Wicked. -I'd been waiting for it to come to Melbourne for a long time.

I'd forgotten about Kristin -who I'd seen in other things, and knew I liked, but with the strike and other things going on, -I'd forgotten about her. Then the Emmy nominations came out....and I figured I'd better watch Pushing Daisies. After 1 ep I was hooked!
Then I made it my mission to watch anything Kristin I could get my hands on. Ness and I even did our Kristin movie night.
We were even contemplating watching just her eps of The West Wing.....wow oh wow what a mistake that would have been!

I think Kristin was the final straw that broke the camels back when it came to us watching The West Wing....it was one of those shows that was WAY over my head at the time, and I probably wouldn't have been able to find it on Aussie tv anyways.
But with not much left on tv, or nothing overly interesting, we decided to give it a shot. -We LOVED Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. We loved Bradley....Allison...Rob Lowe....and a bunch of the people who guest starred over the years.
Within 1 ep we liked it....and slowly started to get used to all the political stuff...then we developed a love for everyone else. Janel, John, Martin, Richard, Dule....Moira....and then it snowballed into obsession.

And the rest is history.
On October 4th 2008....our lives as we knew them changed.

While I can't wait to watch the last four eps and see how things end up....I'm SO sad for it to all be over. The excitement, looking forward to new eps, and the fear of spoilers, and the thrill of knowing the things we did know.
So I'd just like to thank Aaron Sorkin for creating this wonderful show....and thank GOD for DVDs. Without them we would have missed a rare jewel of a TV show.



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Carlie

And then there was Four....

So there it is, we're down to the final four episodes of The West Wing.

Its really pretty impressive that it's taken us this long to watch it. But we didn't want to rush through it, and also, we had to break down the episodes a little.
Last weekend we did the very sad, but extremely well done, death of Leo McGarry episodes. -Which just happen to coincide with the whole, Josh and Donna finally getting together episodes....figures.
One thing I'm very glad about is the fact that they did it pretty early in the season, and not just in the last episode...which while would have been closure, tends to pretty much piss you off cause you don't get enough time for sweetness.

So anyways...back to The West Wing...

By the time we finish season 7....it will have taken us 7 weeks to watch all 22 episodes. Which is quite impressive....some seasons only took 3 or 4 weeks....

But I always get sad when a series is over. Here's hoping I don't bawl, shouldn't happen in public.....but I'm not making any promises. I've cried for every finale I've seen, even Cold Feet which I only watched random eps here and there - and the last few eps ever.
I just get sad when things are over.

-Aaron Sorkin you better get working on another TV series so I can have something new to watch. There's a severe lack of smart stuff on tv these days.

Well at least when it's over, I'll have watching the whole thing over from the beginning to look forward to - I finally ordered the dvd box set. YAY!

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Carlie