Hey folks! It's been a fun and tiring 3 days so far. With spotty wi-fi and limited time, most of my updates are on my Twitter feed. I also just uploaded some pics to my Picasa Photostream. Both can be found on this blog, but you won't get any email updates when new things are posted. They will just magically be there. Keeping checking back throughout the day tomorrow because lots of new Tweets will be hitting my feed.
Boo for the Cleveland Indians' no smoking and no re-entry policy. Take a lesson from the Cavs and learn to not discriminate against your own fans.
for my birthday.
I ended up getting the 16 GB so I don't overload it and have to change things out more often. After playing with it for a few hours, I am already in love. I like the free apps I downloaded so far, and I think once I get the navigation down (it's hard for a shortcut-key mogul like me to switch to point and swipe) I'll be in heaven.
I went with the iPod Touch instead of the iPhone because they were identical in the features I wanted, except the Touch has wi-fi instead of 3G. I do need an excuse to be unplugged every now and again and I treat my phones like crap. Plus, with the $20/mo additional fee on the cell bill, this seemed like the best choice for now. The only thing it really lacks in my mind is an integrated camera, which the iPhone does have. However, I just got an awesome digi-cam for Christmas and I can hold back on uploading until I am in proximity of my laptop.
What this means for you readers - all two of you. I have decided to make this blog mobile-friendly by setting up a mobile mirror at http://nodisintegrations.mofuse.mobi/. You can get there by clicking the "Mobile Friendly" icon at the top of this blog. It also means that come Comic-Con this year, there will be nothing stopping me from posting mid-action. We'll have to see if this blog or Twitter wins out on that. I may have finally found a use for Twitter after all this time following others. I can already tell that some sort of stylus would be a benefit.
Here's a quick run down of my initial impressions:
I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I DVR'd Castle last night and finally watched it tonight. I wasn't show how this new procedural would fair, especially since it's on ABC (which I haven't watched a show on for many, many years). The premise is that a mystery writer is questioned about his books and fan mail after two murders are committed that replicate murders that take place in his novels. It definitely sounded like a one show deal or a Murder She Wrote remake from that description.
The show stars Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle (the titular author) and Stana Katic as Kate Beckett (the strong female detective). Both characters were decently fleshed out in the series premiere, which is always a good sign. The actual crime and clues that served as the plot were okay. Mystery fans would find it a little predictable, while some might have been surprised at the few twists in plot. The first episode was definitely character-driven, and I was impressed at the snappy dialogue.
Fillion's character is very similar to his previous roles as Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog), Bill Pardy (Slither), Mal Reynolds (Firefly), and even Caleb on Buffy season 7. He's smarmy, arrogant, and womanizing, but also surprisingly observant and has very interesting relationship dynamics with his daughter and his mother. Katic's character is similar to Starbuck (BSG), but only in terms of inner strength and wit, and can also be very conservative and a touch obsessive. She's also a closet Castle fan.
Overall, I was very impressed by the pilot and will tune in for at least a few more episodes to see which way this show is going. I liked its pilot better than the Dollhouse pilot (which I am currently hoping is just due to network interference). So far, it looks like they are naming the episodes after Castle's book titles which could get interesting if the series get picked up for another season.
So take a chance and tune in on Saturday, March 14 at 10:00 pm on ABC to see the pilot when it's aired again, or skip ahead to the next new episode on Monday, March 16 at 10:02 pm on ABC.
'Battlestar Galactica' Items to Be Auctioned Off to Fans
Start saving your Holiday pennies...
Five Reasons Why 'Smallville' is Better Than 'Heroes'
All I can say is that I couldn't agree more with the turn Smallville has taken this season. It lives up to the 5 points illustrated in this article this season, and I can't wait to see where it goes next.
I have been posting all my adventures at SDCC over on TD's PCP blog. I'm not syndicating these to ND because I'm lazy, so go over there and check them out!
To tide you over until you get the full reports, here's a link to SciFi.com's full video of the Battlestar Galactica panel I attended:
http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=279928
It was just as frakkin' awesome as the video makes it out to be.
