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Tag: The Big Bang Theory

  • Comic-Con 2010 on the way

    Well, the inbox is getting stuffed with this and that regarding breakfasts and panels and viral marketing and yada, yada, yada.  That can mean only one thing: Comic-Con is around the corner.  And as I poured over the recently released schedule over the weekend, I found myself excited for…very little.

    DreamWorks Animation will make its first appearance with the Will Ferrell-starrer “Megamind.” Disney will pretty much take over the place as “TRON Legacy” makes its third trip in as many years to San Diego.  Sony will be in Hall H two days, first offering up action fare with “Salt” (which opens the Friday of the convention) and “Battle: Los Angeles,” then coming back with comedies “The Other Guys” and “The Green Hornet.”

    Warner Bros. will tease “Green Lantern,” “Sucker Punch” and the new “Harry Potter” while Overture will have “Let Me In.”  Lionsgate will break out “The Expendables” and Universal is planning some hijinks for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” to go along with Hall H presentations for the new Greg Mottola film “Paul” and the more appropriately positioned “Cowboys & Aliens.”

    Oh, and fresh off of giving Edward Norton the heave-ho for, I imagine, deigning to try and make “The Avengers” a better movie than it’s likely to be, Marvel Studios will strut its stuff with “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.”

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  • 7/1 Web Round-up

    Michelle Pfeiffer• Drew McWeeny catches up to “In the Realm of the Senses” 23 years later on Criterion Blu. [HitFix]

    • Anna Pickard breaks down the “Funny People” trailer. [The Guardian]

    • Steve Weintraub chats with “Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons at the Saturn Awards.  (It’s one of my favorite sit-coms, so I thought I’d share.) [Collider]

    • So you’ve been asking yourself, “What does a producer do, anyway?”  Here’s a primer. [indieWIRE]

    • So if you live in Glascow, you can finally watch Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” in a cinema. [The Independent]

    • Deborah Landis, designer of the red jacket Michael Jackson wore in “Thriller.” [Speakeasy]

    • Dan Zak catches up with “Chéri” star Michelle Pfeiffer at 51. [Washington Post]

    • The 25 sexiest movies ever.  Eh. [Entertainment Weekly]

  • 1/16 Oscarweb Round-up

    Roddy Piper in They Live• A brilliant roundtable: wrestlers discussing “The Wrestler.”  It’s just nice that Luger has his faculties about him now. [Fox Searchlight]

    • While we’re on the subject, the top 10 wrestlers in movies.  I’m big on #10 and #3.  Not so much on #1. [The Times]

    • Making the SAG award statuette. [The Envelope]

    • Kate Dailey reports from a SoHo Q&A with “Gran Torino” director and star Clint Eastwood. [Vulture]

    • A nice Leonardo DiCaprio appreciation. [The Guardian]

    • Feel-good films for a global recession. [The Independent]

    • Patrick Goldstein picks up on TV producer Chuck Lorre’s recent post-“Big Bang Theory” vanity card, bemoaning the negativity of this year’s Oscar contenders. [The Big Picture]

  • Small screen query

    Taylor Kitsch in Friday Night LightsOff topic, of course, but I wonder if everyone else is as disappointed with some of the fall’s mid-season series as I am.

    My DVR is generally packed with “Friday Night Lights,” “The Office,” “Heroes,” “The Shield” and yeah, “The Big Bang Theory” (I love it — it’s harmless).  But at least three of those are a total drag this season.  “Lights” hasn’t learned the soap opera lessons of its second season and is settling into another melodramatic groove, while “Heroes” is just too convuluted (as usual).  I honestly just watch it out of habit at this point, but I derive no enjoyment out of it.

    “The Shield” is properly building the tension for a Shane/Vic stand-off, but I can’t shake the feeling that it’ll be a soft landing.  “The Office” is hilarious as always, and “Big Bang” is my guilty pleasure.  Thank God for small miracles.

    I latched onto the first two episodes of “My Own Worst Enemy, glued to the set and eating it all up, only to feel a weird lull during the third episode.  Boredom set in and suddenly I got the feeling that the show doesn’t have much space to grow.  Maybe it’s just me.  And I also picked up “Supernatural” on a friend’s recommendation this season.  Very cool show.

    Mainly, I just can’t wait for “Lost” to come back.  Blew my mind last season.

    Anyway, you guys?  Thoughts on the fall TV season?  Agreements?  Disagreements?