I don’t know why I’m watching “American Idol” tonight. I’m so tired of Little David Archuleta. And he’s absolutely going to win.
Category Archives: Screen time
Coming attractions: Movies I'd like to see
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
The first movie I remember going to the theater to see was “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” — a.k.a. The One Where The Guy Pulls the Heart Out of Some Unfortunate Someone. I’m not sure what my parents were expecting from 6-year-old me, but I’m betting they didn’t expect me to throw up in the middle of the movie. Which is what happened. Despite that less-than-pleasant introduction to Mr. Ford, I later developed a bit of a crush on him. Then there was that whole Calista Flockhart thing, after which I had little use for him. But then we went to see “Iron Man” and there was a “Crystal Skull” preview with a Harrison Ford voice over and I swooned. So there you go.
“Get Smart.”
Steve Carrell makes me laugh.
“Hancock.”
I’m a sucker for a Will Smith summer blockbuster.
“The Dark Knight.”
The last Batman movie was really good, and I expect this one will be, too. Also: Christian Bale is scrumtrulescent.
“The X-Files.”
You likely won’t be surprised to learn that Rockford was way into “The X-Files” when it was on TV, which means I watched it along with him. I was awfully disappointed in the first movie. I want to believe that this is going to be excellent. I want to believe that Robert Patrick will be nowhere near it, and that it will end Scully and Mulder living happily ever after.
TV on my time
We’ve had a Netflix membership on and off for a few years. It’s fun to get a DVD in the mailbox, and the no-late-fees policy is great for people who have trouble returning movies on time.
Until recently, our queue has mainly been made up of movies. A few months ago, though, we replaced the movies almost entirely with TV shows. It started with “Doctor Who.” The new episodes were being broadcast on BBC, which wasn’t part of our cable package. Rockford was heartbroken. A quick search on Netflix proved fruitful, though, and soon we were watching the Doctor’s adventures on our own schedule.
Now our queue is filled with TV shows. Some are on channels we don’t have, while others are shows we’d heard about and never tuned in to watch. Watching TV via Netflix works for me because it’s sort of a delayed instant gratification. We have to wait for the discs to arrive, but then we can watch three episodes in a row!
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