Funk Babblings

The TV-watchers among you are probably familiar with the new CW Network, the result of a merger between UPN and WB. Now CW is going to have a show with no commercials. Well, no traditional commercials...

The network plans to air "CW Now" without commercial interruptions. Instead of buying spots, MediaVest clients, including top advertisers Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Kraft, Masterfoods and Activision, will be integrated into segments of the show dealing with topics such as what's hot in music, beauty and fashion to reach the fickle 18-34 demographic.

So because you and I and everyone else don't want to watch commercials and use DVRs to skip them (or just download commercial-free versions), TV shows themselves are turning into commercials. Of course, Smallville watchers have probably seen that coming for a while now.

I keep intending to write about all the books I've been reading, but it's inching closer to a year's worth of books, and sadly I don't think I could do any of them justice at this point. I may still try (wading through an 845-page book means the read-books-pile isn't growing so quickly), but it's still getting less likely.

But what I can talk about is comics.

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I finally watched last week's Smallville, and was quite amused....

But first, ( Smallville meets Buffy )

( Smallville meets the Duke Boys )

How sad is it that both these episodes resonated with me?

Up to this point I've sort of half-heartedly been watching occasional episodes of Lost just because nontacitare was watching it. But tonight it hooked me. Why?

Delenn was on! ....Er, I mean "Danielle" (hmm, almost an anagram of Delenn), I mean Mira Furlan.....

As soon as she spoke I was ecstatic. Delenn!

Although it doesn't look like she'll be a regular, it does look like "Danielle" will be a recurring character. Reason enough for me to finally give up on Smallville, which has only been going downhill.

Ooh, I can't wait until tomorrow night. Apparently Lana is going to play one of stega's parrots. Or vice versa. Or something like that.... ;-)

Too bad I don't get the Sci-Fi channel anymore. But I haven't heard anything about the TV people getting upset the way the movie and music people have....

Update: Ursula K. Le Guin has some comments on the miniseries. I don't think she's happy.

Much-belated second update: Le Guin wrote more about how she hated the miniseries.

Finally saw Spiderman 2 tonight, and all I have to say is that after the first Spiderman movie and three seasons of Smallville, this movie was a huge relief. Peter Parker (or even better Mary Jane) could teach Clark Kent a thing or two.