TV Season Recap Podcast Adventure!

Ashitakas Angels Podcast #3 - Ashitakas Angels

Long time no podcast, dear readers. That's right, Mind Grapes and I decided to do another podcast. This time around, we decided to do a sweeping season recap! Exciting, I know. We basically talk about all the shows we watched (in part or in total) and give our general impressions (plus bonus haikus! yay!). Just be warned, it's a long one. So, do whatever you need to do to settle yourselves in...grab your favorite beverage, pick your favorite chair, etc., and let the beautiful yet (hopefully) entertaining chaos that is an Ashitaka's Angels podcast overtake you.

ETA: Please ignore the random musical interlude around the 4 minute mark. Don't really know what happened there. Oh yeah...we're professional.

lasagnas for one

Did you guys know that tonight might be the last episode of Flight of the Conchords ever? I wrote a post about it a long time ago that the show definitely was going to end after the second season, but I've actually been hearing lately that it's only a maybe right now. Which is good. Because I love Flight of the Conchords the band and I'll be happy with them still around, but I'm going to miss Murray SO much. And Mel and Dave and Doug and Greg and everything about this show. It's so quirky and wonderful! If this really is the last season, then I salute a great two seasons of a magnificent little show!

This is my favorite song from the season thus far. It may not be as funny as Sugalumps or Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor or as wacky and random as Korean Karaoke, but I like it because it's just a really nice song. Not only are the lyrics funny and cute, musically it's a really catchy song. This is the only song I've bought off of iTunes so far (I've been waiting for the CD to come out), because I just couldn't pass this one up:


I'm really really excited because I'm going to be seeing Flight of the Conchords in concert on April 24th. It'll be my first time seeing them live and I can barely stand it! I'll be sure to report back here on my experience :)

Oh, happy dance, yeah!

This may be one of the funniest things I have ever seen and quite possibly my favorite FOTC song:

I don't know what is wrong with me, but the total randomness of this scene coupled with the background video and the translation made me laugh so hard I was crying. Gosh, I love this show.

I need a right foot shoe

You can watch the premiere of Season 2 of Flight of the Conchords here.  OR you can watch it tonight at 10 on HBO.

I've already watched it and thought it was hilarious.  Especially Murray's song.  And Bret's weaving.  Doesn't mean I won't be watching it tonight anyways with my Boom Queen shirt on though!

I'm also posting this video, because I think I may be in love with Murray.

Happy 2009!

Oh my god it's January!  A new year!  A time for new beginnings, fresh starts, yadda yadda yadda... 

Let's face it though, the real reason January is awesome?  Let me lay it out for ya:

Sunday, January 11th:  24 Season 7 Premiere

Friday, January 16th:  Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 Premiere

Sunday, January 18th:  Flight of the Conchords Season 2 Premiere

Wednesday, January 21st:  Lost Season 5 Premiere

Also, Supernatural, House, 30 Rock, and Fringe all return with new episodes this month!  Oh, it's going to be a good year! :)

Some more 2009 ramblings:

I added a few new blogs to the sidebar, including a great television blog, The Watcher, and in honor of Good Grief talking about the Wings , I've added my favorite Detroit Red Wings blog, Abel to Yzerman (besides television, the Wings are probably the thing I'm obsessed with the most).  And last but not least, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, friend of Ashitaka's Angels, The Derelict's, video blog.  Enjoy!

I'm doing a Lost season 4 rewatch and so far, I'm finding I'm enjoying it just as much as I did the first time I watched it.  Look for a Season 4 in review post later in the week.

Promotion for Battlestar is heating up.  You have to check out the You Will Know the Truth website.  The clues are getting crazier and crazier every week!  Also, visit Galactica Sitrep for all the new promos, interviews, etc.  I think I desperately want this dvd set.  

It's been such a long time...

I feel really bad about not writing on the blog for as long as I have, but school lately has been kicking my ass. This is the first time I'm able to finally sit down and have a go at the blogging for a long time.  Because of this, this post is going to be a roundup of all the things I've wanted to talk about the past 2 weeks, but haven't been able to because of being busy.

Things That Are Happy Making:

• Adam Baldwin as agent John Casey on Chuck.  I love Chuck.  I think it's a really funny, cute, clever little show that more people should watch.  But my absolute favorite part of the show?  Casey.  Adam Baldwin can say more in Casey's signature "grunts" than most actors can say in words.  This is my favorite Chuck scene, by the way.
• The last episode of Fringe was by the far the best episode of the whole show.  I like Fringe, but I normally don't really pay that much attention to it while I watch, but this episode had me on the edge of my seat.  I was actually really upset that we have to wait until January for the new episodes.  Walter and Peter are still the best parts of this show, and I find that their relationship is really interesting and kind of sweet (in a twisted sort of way).  Ya'll need to become acquainted with Walter.  He's a riot!
• Speaking of best episodes of television shows, the True Blood finale.  Fantastic.  Normally for me, this show is a mixture of cheesy badness and sort of goodness, but the finale was all goodness.  Sam and Tara are still my favorites, and I can't wait to find out what's up with Admiral Cain.  (I really hope Lafayette's not dead though!).  For the lols: Sookie...can you feel my influence?
• The oldest ever Lolcat!  From 1905!  And it still can't get a cheezburger!  Words cannot describe how awesome this is.
• HBO has bought the rights to turn the "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series by George R R Martin into a television series!  I love these books!  I just finished "A Clash of Kings" and I'm already on to "A Storm of Swords".  If they do it right, this show is going to be awesome!  Tricia Helfer for Cersei!
• New promo for season 2 of Flight of the Conchords:

• Twilight in Fifteen Minutes: SAY MY NAME, BITCH!  Also, OMG LEIK HI MAH NAME IS ISABELLA SWAN.  Plus, OMG EDWARD IM SO BORED IM SERIOUSLY GOING TO DIE OMG.  The Twilight fandom can be pretty amazing sometimes.
• I don't know guys, I may be more excited for Lost to return than Battlestar Galactica.  I don't know what's wrong with me, but I've been on such a Lost kick lately.  I can't wait until the DVDs come out!  New season 5 promo pic.
• Now, this doesn't mean I'm not excited for Battlestar.  Oh my freaking god am I excited for Battlestar!  Here's the new promo for the season:
• OMG ADAMA IN THE AIRLOCK, WHAT?  Here's a mysterious website with mysterious clues for the upcoming season: You will know the truth.  These last episodes are going to be epic.
• Prince Caspian on DVD.  For Narniaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
• The Killers' and Kanye West's new CDs.  Music is good too, people!
• Hugh Jackman in Australia.  Rugged...

Things That Are Sad Making:

• So, I knew I would have to mention this sooner or later, but Pushing Daisies has been cancelled.  I think I felt like if I didn't mention it, it would make it not true, but alas.  This is especially hard because the last few episodes have just been amazingly good.  Our drunk, Twilight-watching friend, The Derelict, has a wonderful rant about the subject here. 
• Heroes.  This is the stupidest show on TV at the moment and I can't believe I keep subjecting myself to it every week.  I liked this show during the first season.  I didn't love it by any means, and I always felt like people praised it way more than it deserved (I love this article: News Flash: Heroes Was Always Bad), but I enjoyed it nonetheless, mostly because it was something new and fresh and exciting and I really liked some of the characters (Ando! Nathan!).  Now that all the newness has worn off however, it's just...bad.  And it gets my blood boiling more than any other show.  This show has crappy dialogue, annoying characters, horrible acting, inconsistent characterization, and totally indiscernible plots.  And don't even get me started on what the show has done to Sylar.  That, my friends, is the worst crime of them all.  It's gotten so bad, I was happy that Elle got killed off so Kristin Bell can be free of this crappy show.  Fly away, Kristin Bell!  Fly away, to bigger and better things (like a Veronica Mars movie).  And yet, I keep watching out of some sick hope that maybe it will get better (or for the fact that it comes on after Chuck so I just leave the TV on out of habit).  I can't wait until 24 comes back in January so I will have no choice but to stop watching.
• House.  Why?  Why do the writer's love Thirteen so much? WHY?!  You know, I didn't hate Thirteen when she was first introduced, but the fact that she is shoved down our throats constantly every single week has made me LOATHE her.  She has freaking more screen time than House for gosh sakes!  Her character isn't even that interesting, and Olivia Wilde isn't even that great of an actress!  So why do the writers insist on giving her so many story lines? She makes me miss Cameron....and I used to hate Cameron!  I know this sounds silly, but Thirteen is ruining this show for me.  I was way more interested in this week's episode of Fringe than I was House.  And that makes me sad, because House was a show I used to consider a favorite, and now I barely care about it.  Go DIAF, Thirteen!  Even professional television critics agree with me!
• The saxophone.  Tis the devil's instrument.

Thursday excitement!

So this is pretty much the greatest thing ever.  A little promo for the second season of Flight of the Conchords!  Premiering January 18th!

Gosh, I missed those two.

Some more Thursday excitement:  Remember, new episodes of The Office, 30 Rock, Supernatural, and (for good grief) Smallville on tonight!

Tis a good day...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Second season will be last for Flight of the Conchords

I'm not crying.  It's just been raining...on my face.  :(

Watching this clip over and over again has been the only thing that's been able to console me:

In less disheartening news, I was very excited to find out that Flight of the Conchords got nominated for 4 Emmys including 2 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" and "Inner City Pressure".  Although it totally got robbed out of a Best Comedy Series nomination.