Cherries and Lame-ass Vampires

 

Oh my god – the cherry tree in the backyard has erupted into a whole shit-load of delicious cherries.  I must have pulled a half-pound of them off the tree and I ate most of them last night.  I regret that this morning… not because of that you sickos – because I don’t have a lot of them to take to work now. 

 

 

I have been warned though that the birds and the raccoons will sweep down upon the tree and finish them all off in no time.  I hope to get at least a million more of them before then.  Mmm cherries.

 

 

So, last night the BLADE TV series premiered.  Wow – it was a colossal waste of money.  It’s pretty bad, but I guess that was kind of to be expected.  The movies weren’t all that good – pretty “stoic”.  That’s my beef with comic book movies – the whole concept behind a bad comic book character is that they are the same at the beginning of the episode as they are at the end – this ensures the longevity of the series – unfortunately, it makes for boring films because in a film, we want to see a character change.  Spider-man works because we see him change, Batman begins worked because we saw him change, and Superman Returns works because we see him change and figure shit out.

 

 

 

BLADE unfortunately doesn’t work on this level, and never has.  I haven’t ever picked up a Blade comic, but I assume it’s a lot like the Punisher in that Blade kills vampires in every issue – simple enough.  The funny thing is, the series will undoubtedly make the producers some sweet cash because of international sales.  The show looks like it was made specifically for that market.  I’m sure Spike TV’s first window option wasn’t enough to make the show on it’s own, but it was surely enough to trigger some CTF cash before the rules got changed.  Now the series will definitely struggle to go into a second season because how the CTF funds were re-allocated, but if they go, I’m sure they will still make cash. 

 

Lame TV makes money – the sad reality.