The Orville

A new season of The Orville started on Fox last Sunday. I can't wait! I watched all of season 1 on Hulu and have already streamed the first episode of season 2. I had to wait a whole year for this show!

It is the brainchild of Seth MacFarlane. Yes, the guy who came up with shows like Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad! Because of the humor on said shows, you would think The Orville wouldn't be something I'd watch, but you're wrong.

Yes, there's adult humor, but not like his animated shows. And it is set in space, on a spaceship. Oh, and he picked the absolute best executive producer to help him out with a show like this: Brannon Braga! Braga goes all the way back to Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he started as an intern. He's since had his hand in a bunch of Star Trek creations. And also, MacFarlane brought in Jonathan Frakes (William Riker on TNG) and Robert Duncan McNiell (Tom Paris on Voyager) to direct in the first season. So, I mean, obviously, the guy is doing something right.

The show is cute, has enough sci-fi/space elements to keep it moving and deals with things with humor. And then there is the long-term plot they have that Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson are divorced and he still loves her.

I cannot wait for more episodes of this to air. It's actually going to give me something to kick the kids off the TV for.

It's a Conspiracy!

It's a conspiracy, I tell you!

I have yet to see the new "X-Files" episode.

There's a good reason for that. I had to go get the kids last night and then get them to bed. By the time this was accomplished, I was too tired to try and see if the episode was OnDemand yet. So I went to bed and decided I would try to watch it at some point during the day today. I knew that would be difficult because trying to watch anything that isn't a kid's show when any one of the kids is home is SO difficult!

Then I saw THIS posted on "The X-Files Facebook Page:

Yes! They had released it online for FREE!

So I sat down to watch it.

Yep, coffee in hand on my new computer. Now here's where the conspiracy comes in. Got through the teaser, the title sequence and was ALMOST through the first act. But the moment we see an REAL LIVE ALIEN on the TV, Shockwave decides to crash! WHAT??????

Okay, no biggie. I just restarted Shockwave, and went back to the link. After interacting with an ad (versus watching 2 and a half minutes of ads), I was able to jump back to just about where I was! Yay technology!

But then AT THE SAME SPOT Google Chrome decided to stop working! WHAT???????? This is a conspiracy, I tell you!

I guess I will go do laundry and go the grocery store and hope that I can watch it later on the actual television. Maybe the kids will play quietly somewhere in the house so I can do that....

The X-Files Season 6, Disc 1

Just finished watching "The X-Files" Season 6, Disc 1. So here's my impressions:

The Beginning
Okay, let's kind of continue from where the movie left off. (See, this is why I watched "Fight the Future" in between Season 5 and Season 6!) But at the same time, let's introduce characters you LOVE to HATE!

Character #1: Agent Spender. He's CSM's son! That right there kinda makes you want to SMACK him upside the head. AND then all the crap he pulls with Mulder and taking over his office and stuff just makes you HATE him even more!

Character #2: AD Kersh. Scully and Mulder get reassigned and now report to AD Kersh. In subsequent episodes you learn to hate him more because he's obviously out to keep Mulder and Scully from the X-Files.

Character #3: Agent Fowley. You're never really sure if Mulder and her had a thing at one point or not. But she's "supposedly" there to protect Mulder's work on the X-Files. Eh. Not sure if I believe her or not.

Drive
Eh, I can take or leave this episode.

Triangle
This episode is like PERFECT! It's shot in single camera long shot format. Essentially it's like 4 extremely long shots, no breaks, nothing. The camera follows the characters. A lot of shows are doing this now, but I LOVE that The X-Files was one of the first to do single camera!

Also, it had some of the BEST shots ever!

1. Scully kisses Skinner. Not romantically or anything, just in appreciation and the like.
2. Mulder kisses Scully. Okay, it's 1939 Scully and not current day Scully, but still! And then she punches him!

And it had one of the best lines ever too!

Mulder: I love you.
Scully: Oh brother...

*sigh*

Dreamland I
Okay, part 1 isn't as good as part 2, and sadly I have to wait until disc 2 get part 2! That just sucks! But one of the characters looks familiar because I've seen him in "CSI: Miami," "CSI" AND "Criminal Minds." Michael B. Silver plays Howard Gordin in this episode (and part 2). But I do love David Duchovny dancing as Morris Fletcher and the faces he makes! JUST great!

Okay, so that's my bit about disc 1. Can't wait for disc 2!

Yet Another New Blog!

I seriously don't know why I do this to myself. But I have started yet ANOTHER blog, this one! I think I'm going to use it to keep track of things like the books I'm reading, shows I'm watching, and maybe some things I have written too. I am currently a librarian and am loving the job, but I find that some of the books I want to read and TV shows I want to watch are insanely popular! So I guess I go on the waiting list for them. Oh well. No harm in waiting.

Currently, I am reading a Star Trek book on my eReader. I actually enjoy the eReader from time to time. Especially since I can download FREE books to it!

I am presently awaiting "The X-Files Season 4, disc 5" from Netflix. I had checked this entire season out from the library, but found I lacked the time to sit down and watch all 6 discs before the due date. Therefore, I am sticking with my Netflix subscription.

As for writing, well, I am participating in WriYe this year and am currently working on about four different major projects right now. I've got a few minor projects to churn out too, but I would really like to finish these major ones, as some of them have been on my plate for over 6 years now!