Monday, May 21, 2012

Fact or Faked: TMZ for Science Nerds

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is a reality show investigation series on the SyFy network.



The show's resident investigators which includes an ex-FBI Agent, a effects specialist, a journalist, a stuntman and a gorgeous ex-Price is Right model. They all get together in their situation room ala TMZ and discuss all things viral on the web which means debunking any paranormal sighting through every possible scientific angle.

If they can't recreate the alleged paranormal activity through their scientific methods and DIY skills, the video is then dubbed to be legit.


Often the situation room meetings result in further scrutinizing the video as either fact or faked. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is not as fun as Scare Tactics in terms of entertainment, but some episodes though obviously a load of bull remains engaging enough. So is it worth watching? You can just let run in the background while playing Diablo III. This TV show doesn't need your full attention span.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Saying Goodbye to 'House'

House is such an epic TV show. Can I actually say goodbye to it? It was hard to bring myself to watch the final season, let alone the final episode. I mean its not a plot-driven TV show where its hinge on a strong narrative season after a season. Its more character driven at its best and the laurels rest on Hugh Laurie who clearly embodies every bit of the unconventional medical sleuth called House.



House is a diagnostician wunderkind who couldn't care less about a patient unless he's afflicted with something very life-threatening and challenging for him to figure out which could range from something mundane as copper poisoning to something ghastly viral or bacterial. House is indifferent to his patients as to his co-workers, lovers and bestfriends. And like any good anti-hero, he has his struggles with painkillers caused by his limp. For med school dropouts like me, the medical jargon is just the icing, the real meat is when House gets by figuring out the most obscure delibitating illnesses the patients are made to suffer at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. House could bring back patients from the dead, but couldn't save most of his personal relationships if his life depended on it. But he's happy that way which makes this cruel and smug figure appealing to viewers.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/18/2804733/painful-goodbye-to-house-after.html#storylink=cpy

House is more like comfort food. Easy to digest week after week, its like the same old soup, but there's always something new after every taste. So you don't get tired of it, you look forward to it. You make sure TiVo gets the sour doctor on your playlist. I'm sure even for the cast of actors the end is quite bittersweet.

Just like any good TV Show, M*A*S*H and X-Files just to name a few, I would just love to let my fave TV shows like House M.D. go on forever.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera on TV: It's the Year 2000 All Over Again!

Pitting Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera will always be part of Pop's classic showdown. Now no longer dolled-up but more MILFy than ever, these two sassy moms will now go head to head on two popular reality show singing competitions.


As Christina Aguilera made her mainstream comeback on TV as being one of the vocal mentors on the revolving chairs in NBC's hit singing talent show The Voice, Britney Spears finally wanted to be part of the game by signing on to America's X-Factor for a whopping $15 million dollars no less. (Hey Simon, she better be worth the price tag!)

I find Xtina's stint on The Voice a revelation, it surprised me that she actually knows her shit as a singer, that she's not some shallow celeb bobblehead and that she actually brings something new to the table on The Voice week after week. Xtina treats us to the technicalities of singing such as doing 'runs', hitting notes, 'pitch' and 'breaks' and having good vocal tone. Her soulful pipes can even mimic how a contestant sang a certain note, enough for her to push the point of her constructive critique past Adam Levine's staple snark.


Britney on the other hand, I'm not so sure, this pop diva wasn't known for the strength of her pipes, but more of her pop ditties, dance moves and constant tabloid gossip. But I'm keeping my hopes up, the past decade hasn't been kind to Britney, I'm a sucker for a comeback story and I hope X-Factor would at least do something positive for her career. Britney in the last two years or so, has managed to keep things together for her children at least. Last we've checked, the judge has ruled in her favor, she's got back into handling her own money and away with the bad trappings of Hollywood.

So here's hoping to good TV Reality show fanfare! Can't wait for both shows to come at each other's throats. And while we're at it, let's revisit the good 'ol days when Xtina and Britbrit used to tear each other apart.