Super Bowl NY Giants Win

Watching ESPN, no one can stop talking about the Patriots coach running in the field with 2 secs to go. it was kind annoying but most of the pros are taking it easy, with stride. They forgive him. As for Eli Manning, like I said before, now people will recognize him more now. Most people thought something else of his demeanor but in reality, it was cool and collected. Even when they had to do that meaningless play at the 2 secs, Eli was completely professional--he takes it seriously and its no big deal. John Stewart guessed the Giants would win, that they would 'put something in' and they did. I hope he won his bet. As for the commercials, they always wane down after the half-time show. Same old same old, I was kinda disappointed when it came to the commercials. The Dawyne Wade/Charles commercial was funny and really rounded out that whole commercial story. Also, Tom Brady was completely professional and a good sportsman about loosing in front of the press.

Go Daddy.Com Web Exclusive Commercial

GoDaddy thought they were clever by tempting viewers with Danica Patrick to go to their website for the 'real' commercial, that is 'too hot' for TV. The commercial 'teases' with a 'beaver,' the beaver actually looks like that beaver from that other commercial--with Abraham Lincoln about a sleeping pill or something. We all knew we weren't going to see anything out of her jacket. Come on!

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Super Bowl XL II Crazyness

I couldn't post a pre-feelings of the show today, I wanted to post my feelings before the game and then later, but might as well do it now. Now, I used to go nuts about Brady and the Patriots going to the big game, but this year, I feel more for Eli Manning and the Giants, now being called 'the underdogs.' I really don't feel them as 'underdogs.' I think they passed that last year. I think Eli proved himself enough. But I guess everyone else will decide that by the end of this game. As for Brady, I don't feel the same way about him anymore after personal decisions (even though we all don't know the whole story and appearances can be deceiving) and his stubbornness of wanting to be on the game, even though of his knee. He could have put his ego aside and let baby boy Cassel play. But I guess he is a little thickheaded to think they wouldn't win without him. I find myself cheering for nimble Wes Welker, who is finally getting proper attention after not being able to do it before.

Every Super Bowl I usually watch the commercials more than anything. Even though the majority of them we will be seeing all year, some they won't run again, so it always interesting. When most go to the bathroom during the commercials, I used to go to the bathroom of the game Usually by the fourth quarter, I got bored. This year, I really am not cheering for either the Pats or the Giants. Just hope things work out, if that makes sense.

Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills

As everyone may know by now, I am a tokusatsu fan. And many might know, when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first came out, there were plenty of followers and rip-offs. Saban, that started it, did a bunch of them such as VR Troopers, Masked Rider, and Big Bad Beetleborgs, but there were two others that didn't belong to Saban. There was DIC that did Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (from Gridman) and the USA network (produced by DIC, they still own the rights) brought their own original show, not made from a Japanese series and it showed. I am talking about Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters. When I first heard this show was coming out in 1994 on TV Guide, I thought it would be an animated series. I imagined aliens with different colored skin and tattoos on their foreheads.

But alas no, It mostly followed the MMPR plot to a tee. A glob much like Zordon contacted teenagers to fight an alien force. And the teenagers weren't likable, they were annoying. The show had like what felt to be 13 episodes, they had 40. The writers Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl came from Chicago's comedy troop Second City, so it could have been believed that it was a parody. But maybe it was too much on tact to be so. It is notable to have had Zsa Zsa Gabor as a guest star, Michael Bower from Nickelodeon's Salute Your Shorts, and one episode had Kevin Castro (Tanker) of Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. I remember that episode very well, he played Orion, a former Alien Fighter--who warns one of them about the blob Nimbar that he will betray them because he betrayed him. I found this interesting because this was not ever covered in Power Rangers, if you could trust your 'mentor.'

Friday Night Lights: Better case for "Everyone Leaves Me"

Those teenage shows where the character says "Everyone leaves me" gets annoying, but this episode ("Leave No One Behind") is actually good and rings true. When I heard the character of Matt Saracen was going to rebel and drink, I thought it would be far-fetched and wouldn't make sense in just one episode. Actually, he has alot of problems to deal with. In this episode, he hangs out with Riggins and drinks and goes to a strip club---when his grandmom is admitted to the hospital emergency place. So, the coach grabs him and pours shower water on him. He has a heart breaking monologue, saying his coach left him for a better team, his coach's daughter left him for another guy, his last girlfriend---his grandmother's caretaker left him for her home country of Guatemala (which my parents are from!) and more importantly, his father left her for Iraq. He then asks what is wrong with him, his coach replies nothing. Simply touching. It made so much sense.

Why oh why resurrect Paradise Hotel?

Why oh why resurrect the train wreck that was Paradise Hotel? Those of you who don't remember the short-lived FOX reality show, it has come back. Season 2 will air on MyNetworkTV and Fox Reality channel. At the end of the first season, they had a preview of season 2 and FOX canceled. The show was about men and women in a hotel and at the end of episode, there would be an elimination round. The men and women could switch their partners and had to sleep in the same room, but that didn't mean they liked each other. And supposedly they had to 'play the game' but there was really no rules to the game.