Ali-ASS

[verbminx]

OK, seriously, seriously, seriously. I am renaming Alias. It will henceforth be known as Ali-ASS. Because that show jumped the shark last year. In fact, all JJ Abrams's shows jump the shark when he goes to work on his next major TV project: Felicity sank in earnest with the advent of Alias, so I thought there was a pretty good chance that Alias would quickly become lame once Lost was on the air. And it is, and it did, and so on. And I don't believe for two minutes together the stuff that happened at the end of the episode, even if they are currently saying it's for real.

Though the end of tonight's episode did finally cause my mom to disavow the show and any interest therein. I like to punish myself (I watched The X-Files religiously up until the last season or so, and even then I caught all key episodes and skipped MOTW episodes), so I'll probably keep watching it. Actually, it resembles The X-Files in a bunch of ways in the last year or so.

So does NightStalker, but at least that show has an excuse... it's a remake of the show that inspired The X-Files. Wasn't so hot, but didn't completely suck. "At least," Tom said, "it's better than Invasion."

Ummm... I watched last night's Lost tonight, too. Much better.

I think we've now pretty much covered all the new TV shows. My viewing schedule will probably pretty much slide back to Lost, Veronica Mars, and Gilmore Girls (which has also been sucktastic in the last year or so, but whatever). TV is bad for you.

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I have the same visceral response to Jennifer Garner which is why I've avoided Alias too. Only Jennifer is a SCARY HORSE GIRL.

I am neutral about Michael Vartan -- I do have friends who are obsessive over him though. I might check it out or I might not. It's not that big a deal.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I can deal with Jennifer Garner now... or at least I could before she started dating Affleck (and let him impregnate her with his demon seed! and married him!). But I used to really hate her because, actually, I hated the simpy little snot she played on Felicity. I didn't watch Alias most of the first season because I haaaaated her so much.

Now, like I said... only the first two or three seasons of Alias are worth watching, and no, don't make a big deal out of it. You'll love Marshall, and Vartan *is* cute for a French dude, but. Still.