So ends the Salem Series with Part 3, which is about beer or about food or about something else. I dunno, I just wanted an excuse for the animated blueberry beer image. You'll see. You'll wish you were drinking along.
In other news, I'm officially addicted to HBO's Rome, or if you're on the other side, BBC's Rome. Granted, the progression of time is really understated in a bad way (some episodes seem to span a timeframe of about two hours, while others cover a year), but screw me if this isn't Melrose Place with helmets and bloodletting. It's also clever how they play it mostly by the book as far as history goes, banking on the less-legendary main characters of Lucius and Titus to keep things unpredictable. Plus, the guy who plays Pompey starred in Hellraiser 2 as Dr. Channard. I've yet to see Kenneth Cranham in a role that doesn't require him to go headless. I can't imagine that it's been too critically heralded, as you've got to think this would be a huge turkey if the cast wasn't so terrific. Don't be a critic, be a watcher. You'll like it. You'll hate the little kid, but you'll like it otherwise.
Posted by Matt on 10/19/2005. E-mail me!
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I actually liked Orbitz…of course, I was around twelve when it originally came out, so I would put almost anything unconventional into my mouth.
Well, except for man-tinkin. I ain’t putting them in my mouth.