Some stuff to look forward to in the coming year:
December:
Wolf Creek - With Australia and Japan kicking our ass at the genre that we gave birth too, it is only fitting that Wolf Creek comes with all the horror fanboy hype that surrounded Saw and Haute Tension. Personally, I don't know much about the story, but putting it in the same sentence as those three has me on Fandango, preordering tickets as we speak.
January:
Hostel - It's been pushed around, bouncing from release on Christmas day all the way to Summer 06, but coming from God (Quentin "Costa" Tarantino, and our hope for the future (Eli Roth) bring you what is being called the most fucked up grindhouse torture picutre to hit major release. Considering this comes 6 months after The Devil's Rejects I'm primed. Roth's previous homage outing, Cabin Fever, was flawed, but ultimately does more right than wrong. He really could go either way. Hostel will show us which, and with Tarantino involved, I have a feeling it's all gravy.
The Shield - It's fifth and final season begins in January. Look for it all to come crashing down on Vic Mackey and his strike team as Ghost Dog comes in to kick some ass. Great show that hasn't been it's self lately looks to come back for a strong finish.
24 - If they go through with the balls to the wall rumor that I heard about the first episode, look for the craziest season yet. Jack Bauer, no matter how rediculous it gets, helms a show I watch week in and week out. Gravitas.
Scrubs - With AD currently somewhere in limbo, Scrubs will sit on top as the best comedy on Television. Ask me again if HBO or Showtime comes through.
Howard Stern begins on Sirius - 1.9.06, the face of radio changes forever. My hero Howard goes uncensored in a few short days. I have my radio, do you?
March:
Sopranos!! - The best of the best is back to show these come-lately dramas how it is done. Enough Said.
V for Vendetta - This one had me worried considering the Wachowski's tendency to fuck things up, but early buzz is great, and the source material is some good stuff. I'll be there.
Spring:
PS3, Halo 3 - Something tells me neither of these will actually hit in the spring, but if Halo 3 is even a shadow of the experience that 2 was for me, I can tell you that most of my time will be spent there.
June:
return of Rescue Me, 30 days - FX commences summer ownage with what is sure to be a tense season of Rescue Me and the only reality show that I watch that doesn't involve comedians of comedy, Spurlock's 30 days. Hopefully this time out we get to see more of Morgan.
Fall:
return of Nip/Tuck - This current fall's BEST show, and I will defend the finale to anyone that has a problem. I can't wait for this to come back. Faze has said that it is this show's MO to drop storylines and pick them up when it is convenient (Kit, Daugher Macnamara, Julia's Mother, No Carver for 6 episodes). Faze is a fan of Lost, and therefore has no credibility on the matter. Remember when there was a monster on the island? A hatch? A Science vs Faith argument? A crazy French lady and a Desmond? Some of this shit stretched across seasons and this guy can't cut Nip/Tuck ,in it's half the episode run and fifty times the quality characterization that comprises a LOST season, some slack.
August:
Sin City 2 - RobRod, the yin to Tarantino's yang brings you the second chapter of his Sin City translations. When he wants to, he can make a great picture, so look for this to be as great as the first.
Winter:
Nintendo Revolution - This console has a lot of the Gen-why crowd excited, and for good reason, though I think by the time it finally launches, XBOX live arcade will have stolen much of the thunder of the whole back catalog thing. Granted, they will never be able to get Nintendo's back catalog, which consists of most of the greatest games of all time, but to johnny not hardcore videogamer, the services will look the same, unless Nintendo's is free.
There's all I can think of..what about you?
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