Mike's Bloggity Blog

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There were only 300 of these posters made and they’ve been sold out for months. But I want this so bad. Like so, so, so bad. I can’t handle it. I would laminate the shit out of this thing. And then someday show it to my kids, not to give to them, but to show them how much cooler I am than them.

The poster is created by Eric Tan and is a part of a set that was designed 16 top designers and artists. This one is definitely my favorite but check out the other ones, because they are all pretty cool.

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Little known Mike’s Bloggity Blog fact: I have a degree with an honors in Spanish. That’s right, I got a Spanish degree from New Brunswick. Try to guess how happy that made my parents.

After watching it, don’t you wish the show was called Perdidos all the time?

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It’s about freaking time.

>After a very confusing conversation with a friend,

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“why didn’t we think to take this raft before?”

There is so much good TV on right now that my TIVO is almost full!

And it only gets worse tonight because the spectacular LOST is back!

If you haven’t watched this show before, I’m not going to try to even convince you because there would be no point. I’ve never missed an episode and I still have no freaking clue what is going on. I’m fairly certain J.J Abrams is the only one that does and maybe Michelle Obama.

Anyway, let this post serve as nothing more than a reminder to not call, email, text or do anything to get my attention tonight while I am watching LOST. Please note, in honor of the show, flare guns will be accepted as a means of contact.

And in case you are like me and have the memory of a cotton ball, ABC will do their best to recap the entire show in the two hours leading up to the season premiere. Wow, that won’t be confusing at all.

>So once we got past the treacherory of d-listed celebs that was Golden Globes Red Carpet, I settled in to catch the actual awards. There were some surprises and some much deserved winners. And as with anything that involves Hollywood, some lingering questions.

Most Satisfying: Kate Winslet picks up two golden globes for two different movies (The Reader, Revolutionary Road). If there is a more perfect actress out there, I haven’t seen her. What makes this better is that Winslet seems to be a really nice person. A really nice and funny person. Here’s hoping these awards mean that the 5 time Oscar nominee won’t be going home empty handed this year.

Most Frustrating: How can Tom Wilkenson‘s Benjamin Franklin be nominated in the same category Neil Patrick Harris’ Barney Stinson. The Best Supporting actor category needs to be split up between dramas and comedies. It doesn’t make sense that these two very different genres are competing against eachother. Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant on How I Met Your Mother and deserves his turn on the stage. The Foreign Press needs to fix sooner rather than later. Although I can’t help but wonder if Bejamin Franklin himself has his own bro-code.

Most accurate: Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Wall-E wins! Okay it was only for best animated movie, but any award this fantastic movie wins is beyond well deserved.

Most surprsing: Anna Paquin winning best actress for True Blood. Look I’m all about supporting Canadian talent (and vampires for that matter), but Paquin over my second mother Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters)? Well that’s just something I can’t support. Canadian vampire or not.

Least Surprising: 30 Rock won best comedy series, best actress and best actor. This is getting old.

Most (and still) baffeling: Tell me again how LOST wasn’t even nominated for Best Drama. True Blood really? At least it didn’t win, that honor went to In Treatment. Never heard of it? Don’t worry, only 446,000 watched the show when it first debut back in January 08. It was HBO’s lowest Monday night premiere EVER.

Most convincing: Alright, alright. I’ll go and see Slumdog Millionaire! Jeez, you don’t have to be so pushy.

>LOST=Awesome
The Fray=Awesome (except in concert)

The Fray + Lost=

This promo rivals the famous Grey’s Anatomy season 3 promo that also featured The Fray. Remember that one? I think this new LOST promo might actually be better because the show is on such a hot streak. And with only 32 episodes left, this season is going to be, well, AWESOME.

The Fray’s new song is called You Found Me and can already be downloaded on Itunes!

UPDATE: In case you can’t see it. Click here.

>My favorite award ceremony of the year is Sunday night and what kind of entertainment writer would I be if I didn’t do the whole “who will win, who should win” that every other blogger is doing today.

With that said, I thought I would spice it up with a whole new category. Ladies and Gentlemen I present my Emmy dream list of winners and the special category of “If they win I’ll kill myself in front of small children whist blaming them or their parents”

Please note that I can only work with the list of nominees which even more unfortunately I had no say in determining.

Outstanding Comedy
Should win: 30 Rock
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Drama
Should Win: Lost
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: Boston Legal

Outstanding Actor (Drama)
Should Win: Jon Ham (Mad Men)
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: James Spader (Boston Legal)

Outstanding Actress (Drama)
Should Win: Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters)
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: *life spared for lack on any infuriating potential winners.

Outstanding Supporting Actor (Drama)
Should Win: Michael Emerson (Lost)
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: William Shatner (Boston Legal)

Outstanding Supporting Actress (Drama)
Should Win: Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy)
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)

Outstanding Actor (Comedy)
Should win: Alec Baldwin
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: Charlie Sheen

Outstanding Actress (Comedy)
Should Win: Tina Fey
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: *life spared for lack on any infuriating potential winners.

Outstanding Supporting Actor (Comedy)
Should win: Neil PAtrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: TIE: John Cryer (Two and a Half Men, Kevin Dillon Entourage)

Outstanding Supporting Actress (Comedy)
Should Win: Amy Poehler
ITWIKMIFOSCWBTOTP: Hllan Taylor (Two and a Half Men)

So what do you think? Did you notice that pattern there?

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I need to get something off my chest.

So we’ve seen three episodes of the new show 90210 and people hate it. Actually, people hate it and say it pales in comparison to the orignal, including Energy 101.5′s Meg Tucker who thinks it will be canceled in six weeks.

However, I would politely disagree, especially with the comparison comment. Can we call take moment to reflect on the original Beverly Hills 90210? It sucked, it sucked a lot. It sucked so much that Melrose Place spun-off of it! And you know what sucked slightly more than 90210? Melrose Place. The only reason we think that the original was good is because it was such a culturally important part of our child/adult hood (depending on your parent’s morals). But at the end of the day, 90210 always sucked.

I mean honestly, Shannon Doherty, Jason Priestly, Jenny Garth, Luke Perry and the rest of the gang were the epitome of god-awful actors. They make Jessica Simpson seem like Jessica Tandy. But this was over 10 years ago, so it’s okay if you forget, but I challenge you to make it through an old episode that is currently repeating on TVtropolis. You can’t, you won’t, you shouldn’t. The script was awful, the stories were recycled and even when they tried to do shows on important “issues”, the characters had quickly moved on from their life lessons the very next episode. And when ever you feel like talking about the huge hole in Tori Spelling’s chest cavity, I’ve got some theories.

The new 90210 isn’t an amazing show. It’s no Lost or Brothers & Sisters, it’s not even a Gossip Girl. But it’s a show about rich teenagers in Beverly Hills, what are you expecting people? It’s an okay show, there are some funny moments and some interesting characters. But come on people give it a break and enjoy the ride. Plus if anything else, it’s only a matter of time and Andrea Zuckerman returns to a crowd of people who struggled to remember that she was even on the air.

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It’s pretty obvious that FOX has the worst track record for canceling shows before they are able to grow into any sort of success. Their trigger finger often shoots shows down after their first or second airing. While I think I was the only one that enjoyed last years show called Drive, it doesn’t mean that I don’t still cry myself to sleep sometimes. I happen to know that others, who wish to remain anonymous, still miss shows like The Tick, Firefly and Arrested Development. No one, however misses Back to You or Unhitched.

But I’m ready to give Fox another chance, mostly because their newest show Fringe debuts Tuesday night. Of course it helps that it was created by the always imaginative J.J Abrams. After watching the trailer for the new show, I’m a little nervous because it seems to be an intriguing show that begs paying attention to. Out of all of Abrams creations this is definitely in the Lost or Alias territory and miles away from anything resembling Felicity or What About Brian?

Fringe stars Joshua Jackson (Pacey!), Lance Reddick (super creepy guy from LOST) and Anna Torv (her first North American project) and definitely has something to do with what is probably something like could or could not be aliens or maybe terrorism, but definitely not robots, unless you use the word robot loosely.

Anyway, watch the trailer yourself and check out Fringe as it debuts tonight with it’s 90 minute pilot followed by the hilarious spin on the japanese game sensation Hole in the Wall. Man, didn’t that last sentance read like an ad? And to think Fox isn’t even paying me and will probably cancel Fringe before next week. Fool me a half dozen times……