And becoming exponentially more irritable every day. Watching the news is not helping on the irritability front, so I’m trying not to do that, and I have no patience for sports teams right now, either.
Basically, I will be sitting in the den eating salsa and watching “reality” ghost shows until The Girl decides it’s time to show up.
Like this one: Celebrity Ghost Stories. It’s got everything I love about cheesy t.v.: Unintentionally humorous re-enactments, using blurred focus so that it’s REALLY obvious that the celebrity in question is not actually doing the re-enactment! Overwrought celebrity prose! Proof positive that perhaps these folks have had too much easy access to pharmaceuticals for far too long! Awesome.
Or this one, which I’ve just filed under WTF: Paranormal State. It’s way too plot-involved to be an actual reality show, in my humble opinion. It’s more like a low-budget version of Supernatural, which is itself a low-budget t.v. version of a whole lot of low-budget horror movies. But I watch it anyway, so it must be doing something right…
And then there’s the classic Scariest Places on Earth, which I still love. I mean, come on, how can you resist? It’s hosted by Linda Blair with voiceovers from the teeny tiny psychic woman from Poltergeist!
But if you want something a bit more highbrow that still contains the super-cheesy fun elements of classic History Channel television, might I recommend this one: Clash of the Gods. Watching Thor battle the serpent of Midgard–with all the opportunity for bad CGI and overwrought tiny hammer-waving that it represents–is totally worth the price of admission. Seriously. If Thor’s actual hammer was that small…well, SOMEBODY was overcompentsating in the comic books, is all I have to say about that. Plus, it features a medievialist blogger that I like as an expert! Bonus!
In other news, finished reading the entire Twilight series. Feral Girl, while I understand and empathize with your desire to not suffer through bad literature alone, you owe me big time. Dear GOD, that was bad. The entire second book’s plot is based on the fallout from a paper cut, for Chrissakes! And no, I am not kidding.
October 14, 2009 at 12:43 am
“Clash of the Gods” is by far the most entertaining — for all the special reasons I’m entertained by History Channel shows — show that channel has done in a while. So much gesturing! And the experts range from the obviously awkward to the overly enthusiastic to Eddie Izzard. I’m about to enjoy the Thor episode, and am happy to see the specific quality I’m looking for won’t be missing from it.
October 14, 2009 at 12:59 am
Marc –
I watched it last night and all I could think was, “Oh my God – this is the History Channel re-enacting JACKPOT! I wonder if Marc’s seen it yet?”
Thor’s hammer! It’s so very…tiny!
October 14, 2009 at 1:35 am
I’m halfway through it. All this time, I never realized until these re-enactments that Thor was really battling the juggalos.
October 14, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I had a boss who was deep into paranormal things. I kept my office stocked with bent cafeteria spoons.
He felt I was mocking him.
October 15, 2009 at 2:27 am
I read Twilight, that was bed enough. But the movie was by far much worse. I almost became unhinged over the camera angle, shove it up his nose already.
Ok, back to calm now.
May I suggest Hunger Games. It is a quick read and has everything that the other lacks.
October 15, 2009 at 2:36 am
I recommend the Dresden Files. I love the quirky sense of humor.
And you are watching waaayyyy too much TV.
And for vampire movies you can’t go wrong with John Carpenters’ Vampires. Or the Lost Boys. Both are funny in their own way.
November 17, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Using a bit of humor. Try “Please look, but don’t touch.” Or turn the tables and say, “You can touch my tummy if I can touch yours.”