Saturday, May 25, 2013

The revival of America's most dysfunctional family


If you're a big fan of hysterical laugh, authentic jokes, and enjoy watching TV shows, then you must be familiar with Fox's narrated comedy 'Arrested Development' back in 2003. Centered at the Bluths, the show introduced the most dysfunctional, yet amusing family to the audience for the first time on small screen. Since its debut, the show has received widespread critical acclaims, including bunch of Emmies and a Golden Globe and also created a cult among the die-hard fans.

Despite all the acclaims this show has gotten, sadly enough, the rating was never that kind to the Bluth family. After only three seasons, Fox finally announced a heart-breaking news that the network will axed the show for good, amid the poor rating. Many devoted fans were really mad and disappointed by that call, ultimately because the show it self was really, i mean really funny and refreshing, probably the most hilarious comedy on TV at the time. Until now, i really can not get the idea why the rating was so low. Seriously, were the jokes too hard to understand or people simply didn't have any sense of humor back then?

Anyhow, the frustration that had been lingering on the fans for not having a proper closure, now completely gone, because the streaming website, Netflix has already committed to pick up and produce the show as its semi-original series. After 7 years waiting and hoping for the Bluths to come back, now the fans could celebrate that the fourth season officially will be available on Netflix on May 26th. Yes, it's only one day left before we get to see what's been happening to the Bluths since the show went off air.

All hail King Heisenberg!


So, I finally caught up with one of AMC's hit series, 'Breaking Bad'. I meant to watch this show however, since I saw its rating on IMDB was quite impressive: 9,4. But I have never got the time to download and watch it anyway.

And since I had become less interested in some shows I was currently watching -- i found 'Revenge' was way over complicated and absurd on late episodes, 'Once Upon a Time' started to show some flaws in story, effect, and the acting from its casts, and 'Glee' at last really portrait the confusion of a showrunner to focus on a storyline -- then I decided it was time to check on this people's-talk-about-a lot series. And it turned out to be a right decision after all.


The pilot was really got me hooked. Bryan Cranston truly did a great job of playing an underachiever chemistry genius (no wonder he got 3 consecutive Emmies for this role). Started with a character who took shits from everyone, Walter White -- the role Cranston played -- hit his turning point when he diagnosed for lung cancer.