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"V" is on the verge of being So Bad It's Good. I'm hangin' in.

I feared this when The Prisoner was nailed for a remake - the older version is pretty boring. The new version attempted to keep up. I didn't get past the nightclub featured 7 minutes in. And Jim Caviezel makes my stomach turn.

V is so ridikoulous it's not worth correctly spelling.

So i guess it's another night of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Yay!

Last week's SoA had me weeping like a wee babe. I don't expect this week's to be as good, but an average Sons of Anarchy episode is superior to 99% of anything else that will be on any channel, any day of the week.

Jiggity, I'm right there with you, though it doesn't say much since I cry at the drop of a hat these days. However, as a testament to the awesomeness of last week's episode, my not so touchy-feeling husband turned to me after the credits rolled and said, "That gave me chills."

Hee hee, no, bonnie. He's giving Ryan a run for his money.

And oh but Russell is HOT. Mmm.

Joe Biden just used the word "hell" on The Daily Show tonight. Can't wait for the moral outrage tomorrow.

I've been watching the 60's The Prisoner and actually digging it. It's very trippy, subversive and oddly attracting -- a child of its time. Tons of tonal shifts though.

Tuesdays make me weep. Especially when I have things to write and study and nothing to procrastinate with. Well, not nothing. There's always YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR_XMy2S_xM&feature=player_embedded

(It's my friend's. And it's hilarious. But don't hate me for shilling! It's all I have left to do to keep me from the paper that's supposed to get done. I've gotten just that desperate. Goddamn you Tuesday. You're ruining my day, my routine, my productive and my reputation. Well, fuck it, I'm just gonna go to bed at 10. That's the law school spirit.)

I did French homework and watched The Forgotten...shoot me.

V was good this week, it really doesn't deserve the derision. People bitched about the forgotten crashed fighter in the pilot episode, well, that was a plot point this week. As was all the damage and death caused when the Visitors first arrived.

It's not brilliant, but it is entertaining and there is far worse stuff on TV. The twists have been good and the deeper story is really getting interesting. I wish the writers/director would smarten things up a bit but that is likely not going to happen. I really didn't need to have Erica see the Secret Control Room when someone opened the door she just happened to be staring at. That was pretty dumb. But the introduction of the 5th Column, the very vague hints of what the Visitors really want, and the beginning of the Resistance has kept things interesting. Still hoping Alan Tudyk comes back but that is looking doubtful. Pity he and Morena didn't even get a scene together.

Sons of Anarchy is the best drama currently on television. Period. The scene last week after Gemma's story when Jax put his hand on Clay's shoulder and Clay grabbed his hand I literally had tears in my eyes. The payback on Zoebel is going to be extraordinary. There better be a pile of Emmys for that show next fall.

The Pris6ner: I WANT MY 6 HOURS BACK.

I guessed early on what the Village actually was, who created it, and where the holes were coming from.

As to the purpose of the Village, I was VERY disappointed. They could have just TOLD him, instead of going through all this breaking him stuff. The whole theme behind the original Village was that it was where they took spies who quit during the Cold War, and you didn't know which side was running the Village, so you didn't know who to trust. I don't want to give a spoiler to anyone who hasn't seen the new one, but I just didn't care about the new reason for the new Village. I got to the end and said, "That was it? I wasted 6 hours for that?"

Also, don't watch it in 3 two hour chunks like AMC showed it. It's definitely 6 one hour chunks. The two hour chunks were boring.

Like that humorless bitch who did Nathan and Mollee's routine.

Ah, yes. Choreographer to PDiddy's bands, self proclaimed "Not a dream killer," the magical and mythical Boom KACK! herself, Laurie Anne Gibson. She's the good type of reality TV bitch. Its like Jillian Michaels without the cursing and scary forearm veins. The routine was awful but I don't blame her. Nigel saddled her with a Disney Princess and a Teenage Douche. What could she be expected to do with dancers that didn't have the maturity for a Bollywood number? Nothing, that's what.

The Prisoner is OnDemand but don't waste your time. I would like to see an episode by episode review though, just to compare my thoughts. I thought it was crap but Im not a deep thinker either.