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12/10/2005 - BEST TIP OF THE HAT/WAG OF THE FINGER EVER!
TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUSING EDITION OF TIP OF THE HAT, WAG OF THE FINGER! Interesting note before we begin, this is like the 12th time today i've tried to write this. So, as i'm already stealing this bit from Stephen Colbert, i'll continue my trend whore-ness and make this the END OF 2005 EDITION! The first tip of the hat of the END OF 2005 EDITION goes to Square Enix. They didn't manage to bring out Kingdom Hearts II yet, but that was made up for. Oh, how it was made up for. Advent Children ended up being probably the greatest film of the year, maybe second to March of the Penguins. Not only was it a testament to the current state of technology, but it left fans of Final Fantasy VII with something we haven't felt since beating Sephiroth; a sense of satisfaction. Thank you. Thank you. Tonight's first Wag of the Finger goes to Fox. You just don't get it, do you? Sure, you made some decent decisions with bringing back Family Guy, and doing whatever you did to make Simpsons funny again, but between Arrested Development, Kitchen Confidential, and Prision Break, it's going to take a lot to get me to use you as my source for Seth MacFarlane over Adult Swim. Come on, now. Come on. Tip of the hat goes to specialty blogs, especially those over at the Weblogs Inc. Network. You have the TV blog, the Movie blog, the Gadget blog, the Gaming blog, the Food blog, the Freeware blog, and my personal favorite, Luxist, the Rich blog, which rates things in dollar signs, from Caviar vending machines to diamond-encrusted iPod nanos. Each blog has pretty much the same basic layout, but they all have a unique feel, which is nice. I'm also especially addicted to the TV one, as they have Top 5 lists almost every day. Wag of the finger goes to movies. We had a few gems here and there (March of the Penguins, Serenity, The Weatherman), but on the whole, just a bunch of suck. Come on, Dukes of Hazzard? The Island? Deuce Motherfucking Bigelow 2? WAG OF THE FINGER FOR THE YEAR 2005: Jack Thompson. (Dis)Honorable mentions: President Bush, The Longest Yard, Tom Cruise, Kevin Federline, SNL (HOW CAN YOU TAKE A GUEST LIKE JASON LEE OR STEVE CARREL AND MAKE A BAD VARIETY TV SHOW?!) TIP OF THE HAT FOR THE YEAR 2005: Television, for not only out-performing movies with style and panache, but for delivering one of the greatest years ever. Between the final season of Six Feet Under, Lost, Arrested Development, Grey's Anatomy, Mythbusters, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Kitchen Confidential, Comedians of Comedy, The Boondocks, re-airing Cartoon Planet, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Doctor Who, Entourage, Harvey Birdman Attourney At Law, Prison Break, Extras, Colbert Report, The Showbiz Show With David Spade, Everybody Hates Chris, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Sunday Pants, this may have been the best year for television ever. I'm not even counting the stuff I didn't watch, like Veronica Mars and Medium. Not only that, but there was less reality programming clogging up the networks, and that which did appear (Big Brother, Beauty and the Geek, Hells Kitchen) ended up being pretty good. THANK YOU TV, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ALL OF THE PLANET. Honorable Mentions: "Trapped in the Closet", Google, those wacky orange gates put up around Central Park, Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (Mmmmmmmm.) All in all, not that bad a year, really. //Greg::12:04 AM EST\ # | |
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