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Prison Break Goes All Wacky!

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John Griffin
on August 30, 2006
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I have heard many people on the interweb praise this week’s episode of Prison Break but to me it was just darn right wacky.

Following on from a strong season opener last week the show seemed to lose itself all of a sudden and turned into one hilarious moment after another. One thing that was driving me nuts was the way our escaped convicts, America’s 8 most wanted men no less, enjoyed making plenty of eye contact with the general public and acting all paranoid. Link stupidly eyeing up women and Eminem Junior overacting like a deer in headlights on crack and crystal meth were just some of the highlights.

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Then we had the ‘daring’ rescue into a court house for Link’s son which involved little more than spraying a water pistol black and trying to nab him in an elevator. Surely the actors must have realised how ridiculous this scene was while filming it. Of course the escape was equally ridiculous as Michael and Link sped away in some run down truck while being shot at by Chicago’s finest.

I could continue to go on about the Indian-vet-leathal-injection scene but I won’t. I accept that with the first season a lot of it had to be taken with a pinch of salt but it was still set in a believable world in which actions had realistic consequences and characters acted naturally. This has been thrown out of the window now. Something tells me the writers didn’t think they would get a second season and it shows.

The Dry Period (Part 1: TV & MMA)

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John Griffin
on August 20, 2006
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The last few weeks have been very dry in these parts. And no I am not referring to the weather, which continues in its randomness, but am talking about games and TV. All the good TV ends before the summer and starts up again in September and it has become much more noticable to me this year because I stay on the US TV schedule more than ever. They really don’t have a clue how to space it out like we do in the UK. Of course there is the arguement that there are less eyeballs on the screen at this time of year, which might be true, but in an age of Tivos this is becoming less important. Last year Battlestar Galactica started in July which is extremely early and it didn’t affect the ratings.

All this squashing of schedules leads to some almost hellish weeks during the start and end of the TV season. I remember earlier this year in January there was an insane week of stuff headlined by four hours of 24 along with Prison Break, Lost, BSG and the usuals. I am missing some out there but those alone are ridiculous and it’s a fore gone conclusion that it will happen again multiple times this season.

There has even been a strange lack of MMA on over the last few weeks only to be totally shattered on Thursday by an awesome UFC show. But before that there had’t been anything on apart from WFA a month prior. Of course there isn’t much to moan about anymore as they are going for another 10 crazy days of programming - why can’t they pace it! We have Fight Night, TUF4 Episode 1, All Access Babalu, UFC 62 Countdown, TUF4 Episode 2, UFC Live and Inside and then the UFC 62 pay per view!
This is all good stuff but I could be watching it nicely spaced out over a number of weeks rather than cramming it all in. Listen networks damn you!