hummer Bloghttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/default.aspxen-USSpout RSSGuilty Pleasurehttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/archive/2008/1/23/24280.aspxThu, 24 Jan 2008 03:40:41 GMTcdd0f780-13db-4d93-b0f4-ada579d02ae7:24280hummer0http://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/comments/24280.aspxhttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/commentrss.aspx?PostID=24280Yep.&nbsp; Title pretty much says it all.&nbsp; The movie has little plot.&nbsp; If it were written as a story, I would get bored pretty quickly.&nbsp; However, its saving grace is its action scenes, which were pretty damn kick-ass.&nbsp; In addition, there were plenty of good-lookin&#39; people in there although I couldn&#39;t really grasp Agent 47 as a character.&nbsp; More background on him would have been nice... Well- more <em>plot </em>would have been nice although the violent scenes were fun.&nbsp; Feels like a watered-down Bourne movie.&nbsp;Lovelyhttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/archive/2007/10/4/20410.aspxThu, 04 Oct 2007 05:05:25 GMTcdd0f780-13db-4d93-b0f4-ada579d02ae7:20410hummer0http://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/comments/20410.aspxhttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/commentrss.aspx?PostID=20410<em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pushing Daisies </span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'">is one of the most charming series to come to television in quite some time.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was highly anticipated by television viewers everywhere, and the first episode aired on Wednesday, October 3 did not disappoint. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Lee Pace stars as Ned, the &ldquo;pie-maker,&rdquo; in this comedy-drama. <span>&nbsp;</span>Ned possesses the extraordinary gift of being able to restore the dead back to life with a single touch, but with another touch, the revived will go back to being dead forever.<span>&nbsp; </span>The gift possesses the stipulation under which the revived can only live for sixty seconds without consequence until someone else nearby dies &ndash; an approximate exchange of a life for a life.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ned uses this gift in order to question murder victims on their killers before collecting the monetary reward.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Finally after seasons after seasons of sex, love angst, and scandals comes a fresh new series that is delightful as it is witty.<span>&nbsp; </span><em>Pushing Daisies </em>has an almost fairy tale-like feel to it with its storybook simplicity: Boy possesses Gift.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tragedy befalls Boy and his One True Love.<span>&nbsp; </span>Boy reunites with Girl years later.<span>&nbsp; </span>Boy revives Girl.<span>&nbsp; </span>Boy and Girl cannot touch or else Girl would die.<span>&nbsp; </span>Boy and Girl in love regardless.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well, it is a relative simplicity.<span>&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But there is no dancing around the attraction and no games between the main characters that are found in nearly every other series floating in TV land.<span>&nbsp; </span>The plot does not drag, but rather skips along merrily without feeling as if it was being fast-forwarded (Hello, <em>Gilmore Girls</em>).<span>&nbsp; </span>Already endorsed by critics from <em>TV Guide</em>, <em>Variety</em>, and <em>New York Magazine</em>, <em>Pushing Daisies </em>is off to a wonderful start and can only get better.<span>&nbsp; </span></span>0__0http://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/archive/2006/10/22/3351.aspxSun, 22 Oct 2006 05:23:00 GMTcdd0f780-13db-4d93-b0f4-ada579d02ae7:3351hummer0http://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/comments/3351.aspxhttp://www.spout.com/blogs/hummer/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3351<font face=Verdana size=1>Ooh la la..&nbsp; Didn't notice this bloggy spot until now.&nbsp; Wheee.. First post!&nbsp; Murghh.. Should probably go sleep.. Is nearing 1:30 AM.. *spasms*&nbsp; Right.&nbsp; Sleep.&nbsp; Pillow.&nbsp; Blankets.&nbsp; Gooooood</font>