Sopranos

I just finished the thirteen episodes of season 1 of The Sopranos. I began watching it because two big tv guys (larry and jaydon) said it was in their top three shows of all time. With that in mind, I was pretty disappointed in the season. I am assuming these guys can't remember this far back because this one season of sopranos didn't even compare to heroes, and let's not even try to compare it to lost. As most shows do, I'm assuming it will get better as the seasons go on, but there was just not that much excitement for a show dealing with so much killing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show, but it was mostly the last three episodes that were doing it for me. I'm gonna take a break from sopranos and take a look at the wire. we'll see what happens.

character rankings...

1. pussy
2. christopher
3. a.j.
4. tony
5. artie bucco
6. silvio
7. meadow
8. paulie
9. hesh
10. junior

Joe Schmo Show

So I was recently turned on to the Joe Schmo Show by T-time. I watched all 10 episodes within the last week because it was so good. Those of you who have no idea what it is...it was a parody of a reality show aired for two seasons in 2003-2004. In the first season, which is known as much better than season 2, the producers went out and found a guy that they wanted to center the show around. They then found 9 actors to play the 8 other reality show contestants, as well as the host of the fake reality show, Lap of Luxury. They filmed the show like Big Brother, where everyone lived in a house and competed for immunity and then voted out a housemate one at a time. It was hilarious to watch 'Joe Schmo' or Matt Kennedy Gould, deal with the ridiculous situations that the producers and directors put him through. The private interviews by the actors were also great because they were acting completely different than in the house. The best was the guy who was pretending to be a flaming gay guy with a cuban accent and then in his interviews was straight as an arrow. It was also awesome when the whole show ended and Joe Schmo finally found out that the whole thing was fake. He took it really well and was overwhelmed by the whole thing. It was great to watch because he was a great guy. The show wouldn't have worked if he wasn't such a great guy.

Rankings

1. Matt Kennedy Gould- "Joe Schmo"
2. Steve "The Hutch" Hutchinson- "The Asshole"
3. Carlos "Kip" Calderas- "The Gay Guy"
4. Ralph Garman- "The Smarmy Host"
5. Molly Crabtree- "The Virgin"
6. Dr. Pat Lane- "The Quack" (played by Kristin Wiig)
7. Earl Bradford- "The Veteran"
8. Ashleigh Rivera- "The Rich Bitch"
9. Brian Keith Ethridge- "The Buddy"
10. Gina Price- "The Schemer"

Gossip Girl Here

I just finished watching the introductory season of gossip girl and i enjoyed it more than i thought i would. It's on CW so i wasn't expecting much. Being co-created by Josh Schwartz of O.C. fame, it is easy to make comparisons. The main character, Dan, is no Seth, and Dan's dad, Rufus, is definitely no Sandy Cohen. What makes it better is how much less i hate Serena than i did Marissa. Bad boy, Chuck, is a great addition to the cast, as he brings more thrill to the show.

I'm looking forward to watching next season, while adding the new 90210 spinoff and the new palm beach show to my CW lineup.

Obviously here is my character rankings...

1.Nate
2.Chuck
3.Rufus
4.Blair
5.Dan
6.Vanessa
7.Lily
8.Serena
9.Georgina
10.Bart
11.Eric
12.Jenny

Lost Character Voting

If you haven't realized this already, I am a big fan on voting on things. After we finished voting on Six Flags rides on the way home on Monday, we decided to vote on Lost characters. We only used characters from this season so the list wouldn't get too long.

When you take a look at the list, look at how ridiculous some of Fox's votes are. I loved to see where Jack finished, but was extremely disappointed in the winner. Although I can understand people liking him, I don't feel he deserved to be there over Sawyer. And they didn't. Mags spite voted Sawyer low so that Sayid would win. Great move on his part, but disappointing as an honest voter.

Check the results...


They are also here in order...
1. Sayid
2. Sawyer
Hurley
4. Desmond
5. Locke
6. Linus
7. Jin
8. Jack
9. Lapidus
10. Faraday
11. Juliet
12. Richard
13. Kate
14. Claire
15. Miles
16. Keamy
17. Michael
18. Widmore
19. Rousseau
20. Sun
21. Charlotte

Kingda Ka was a Great Adventure

I just got back from an all day excursion to Six Flags Great Adventure. First off, it was a great time. As I thought, the park itself was not up to par with the Disney's, Universals, and Busch Gardens' of the world. There were a lot of coasters and many of them were fantastic. As per the usual, on one of my trips to a theme park, we voted on what the best rides were. The results are below...

Check out the spite voting by Larry....what a jerk.

5/9 Rankings

Shows

1. Lost
2. Heroes
3. 30 Rock
4. The Office
5. 24
6. Friday Night Lights
7. Chuck
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. American Idol
10. My Name Is Earl
11. Family Guy
12. House
13. Greek
14. Big Brother
15. Grey's Anatomy
16. Entourage
17. Rules of Engagement
18. Brothers and Sisters
19. Cane
20. Back to You

Characters

1. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock
2. James 'Sawyer' Ford- Lost
3. Cappie- Greek
4. Dwight Schrute- The Office
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights
6. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock
7. Michael Scott- The Office
8. Mark Sloan- Grey's Anatomy
9. Johnny 'Drama' Chase- Entourage
10. Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm
11. Noah Bennett- Heroes
12. Gregory House- House
13. Jeff Bingham- Rules of Engagement
14. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes
15. Jack Bauer- 24
16. Chuck Bartkowski- Chuck
17. Ari Gold- Entourage
18. Benjamin Linus- Lost
19. Chuck Darling- Back to You
20. Randy Hickey- My Name Is Earl

4/28 Rankings

Shows
1. Lost
2. Heroes
3. 30 Rock
4. The Office
5. 24
6. Friday Night Lights
7. Chuck
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. American Idol
10. My Name Is Earl
11. Greek
12. Family Guy
13. Big Brother
14. Grey's Anatomy
15. House
16. Entourage
17. Rules of Engagement
18. Brothers and Sisters
19. Back to You
20. Cane

Characters
1. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock
2. James 'Sawyer' Ford- Lost
3. Dwight Schrute- The Office
4. Cappie- Greek
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights
6. Michael Scott- The Office
7. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock
8. Johnny 'Drama' Chase- Entourage
9. Mark Sloan- Grey's Anatomy
10. Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm
11. Greg House- House
12. Noah Bennett- Heroes
13. Jeff Bingham- Rules of Engagement
14. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes
15. Jack Bauer- 24
16. Chuck Bartkowski- Chuck
17. Ari Gold- Entourage
18. Randy Hickey- My Name Is Earl
19. Alex Karev- Grey's Anatomy
20. Chuck Darling- Back to You

Final Four

Final Four rides...

2. Splash Mountain- Magic Kingdom

1. Tower of Terror- Hollywood Studios

1. Spider Man- Islands of Adventure

6. DarKastle- Busch Gardens Europe


In the first matchup we have Splash Mt. and Tower of Terror. These are the two most extravagantly themed rides in existence. TOT gets the advantage for having a slight better ride experience.
On the other side we have Spider Man and DarKastle. After riding DarKastle for the first time, my friends and I had an argument on which was better out of these two, because they are almost identical. I think the theming to DarKastle blew Spider Man out of the water so it heads to the final.

TOT takes the championship home. Bracket is here...