So, Just saw The Bridge (FX) and was pretty impressed so far.  I read a couple reviews that claimed the lead character’s emotional issues detracted from the story, but I disagree.  I mean, you have to have unique characters and she is normal enough that I think she is going to have a great arc over the season, assuming, of course, that it doesn’t get canceled like most of the other shows I enjoy.

Anyhow, The Bridge is definitely one to start watching, if you haven’t yet.

Summary: A crime drama set between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico that gets rolling when a dead body is found one night smack dab on the border between the two.  Two detectives, one from each side, reluctantly team up to try to determine what happened and why, which leads them to new discoveries, each stranger then the last.

(also, fyi, I would have linked to the FX Networks website, however, when I tried to view the page it said ‘This site is currently only available to viewers living in the United States.‘, so they can go fuck themselves).

So, this week there was a phenomenon. A 2-hour TV movie aired named ‘SHARKNADO‘.

Enough said?

In case not: It boggles my mind that a studio paid to make this.

UPDATE (17JUL13):

Ok, having now seen it, let me give my review. (there may be spoilers… if, in fact, such a crappy show can actually even be spoiled)

First of all, the only thing I enjoyed about this show was how the sharks during the bar scene make an ‘om nom nom’ sound when they are trying to eat someone.

Second, the green screen work was horrible and very noticeable throughout the entire thing.

Here are the bullet points for the rest of the story, too lazy to put in in proper conversation form :

1. I couldn’t help but notice the ambulance with the kids from the bus never left to go to the hospital, or wherever it was supposed to be headed.  It was also eerily quite… if you are gonna send all the extras home, why not just move the ambulance off camera??
2. Why, exactly, did the truck explode?  To my knowledge gasoline does not ignite when in contact with wet asphalt (or wet concrete for that matter).
3. They seem to just make stuff up whenever they need to, i.e. as they speed down the road – her: ‘Slow down.’ – him: ‘We have to get there before they clear the accident.’ – her: ‘What accident?’ – him: ‘Oh, something I saw on the news…’. Then there is the random can of gasoline just sitting on the edge of the pool.  What the hell could that possibly have been doing there, if not solely a prop?  I guess it could have been a gasoline powered pool pump…
4. The tornado sucks the pilot girl up like she was a piece of popcorn, yet our ‘hero’ can hold the unhinged tin door shut with his bare hands.
5. I admit I did not know anything about shark physics until watching this.  To my surprise, if you shoot a shark that is being spun around inside a tornado, when it dies it will fall out of the sky.  I guess sharks get really heavy when they die…
6. I guess the same physics that apply to sharks also apply to aerodynamics, which allow a helicopter to fly around unmolested inside a tornado.
7. And lastly, assuming what he did at the end was even remotely possible, how did he not hit the girl with the chainsaw?

There were probably a lot more little things.  This is just a list of the most ridiculous ones that jumped out at me while watching.

Enjoy : )