Category: Media Consumption

Try not to laugh. I bought “The Matrix” on DVD when I got my DVD player in November, 2000. I’ve owned it for almost two and a half years. Yet I have never watched the movie. That is, until tonight. Yes, I am finally watching it after all this time.

I knew when I saw the previews for “The Matrix” that I would like it. I loved the concept behind it – there really is no reason why I’ve never actually seen it.

We warmed up with “X-Men” first, which was really good. Now I am ready to go see “X-Men 2” tomorrow, and in two weeks I can see “The Matrix Reloaded”. Yeah, the rest of you have been waiting years for it – I justs have to wait two weeks. Pretty smart, huh?

“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.”

Tivo recorded tonight’s episode of NBC.com >ER, but I didn’t realize that the president was on earlier, so ER ran until 10:20 or so. This would have been all good and well if I had turned on the TV and spotted the delay before 10:50 tonight – when it was too late to catch the ending in real time.

I tried looking at the website for the synopsis there, but it goes from last week’s episode, to next week’s episode – which, by the way, is number 200 and features “innovative storytelling.” Also, when I checked out Television Without Pity, it’s not listed there either. It’s the mystery episode!

Can anyone hook me up? I really, really want to know what I missed! I put the details up to the point the recording ended in the extended entry portion (so I wouldn’t spoil it for anyone). Help!

Just yesterday I was complaining about the concept of a Reality TV channel. Then the TiVo, always looking out for me, shared a clip of Manor House, currently airing on PBS. Nineteen volunteers move in to a house set in Edwardian Britian and live out life as servants and masters. They have to live by the rules of Edwardian society, where people know their place and do as is expected of them.

Taking Manderston (an authentic Edwardian pleasure palace in the Scottish Borders), a family of five and a newly formed staff of 14 – this six-part series turns back the clock to re-create life as it was for the new rich and their servants during the halcyon period in British social history before the First World War.

For those of us that love things such as “Sense & Sensibility” and “Pride & Prejudice”, this looks like it will be quite perfect. I’ve already set the Tivo to start recording it today!

And yes, there is a Snob-o-Meter on the site so you can test your snob powers and determine if you would have ended up upstairs or downstairs!

I saw it on the Captivate screen in the elevator, and I really hoped it wasn’t true … but it is. A Reality TV Channel is in the works. Come on people, enough is enough! I turn on my TV to get away from reality – I don’t need a reality channel! Well, unless they promise to air The Amazing Race. I really, really miss TAR! Bring back TAR! Bring back TAR!

Confession time: I’ve seen almost every episode of 90210. I missed the first season because I was in Germany when it started, but I have caught most of those in reruns. Yeah, the show is silly, but I don’t care. It makes me happy, and that’s what matters in the end, isn’t it?

So when I spotted the blurb on the Captivate screen in the elevator yesterday announcing the 10 Year Reunion Special that will air on May 11, I had to make a note of it. Come on, you know you have guilty pleasures too…

I thought of Kristine and Kathy right away too – I knew they would be talking about it too! It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this.