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As a Memphian, I dread seeing this show. The reality of Memphis is, unfortunately, best represented by "The Police Women of Memphis" and "The First 48", not by down-home, cheesy dialogue and stereotyping. It's more offensive to me than Marc Cohn's horrendous "Walking in Memphis".
This show might have grabbed me if it were based in Jackson, MS or Shreveport, LA and not Memphis. The reality is Memphis is too dangerous to film a series based on/in it. Take for instance the recent "The Blind Side", also a movie based heavily on, but not in, Memphis.

Saying that the city is a major player in the cast is ridiculous - this show is what people think Memphis is, not the consistent top 5 homicide city in the country that it is. We do not live in a quaint bluesy metropolis driven by music and soul; we live in one of the most dangerous large cities in the country, but there is something there under the surface that we love.

Based on the sneak previews, this show is merely Memphis performed in blackface; a soft-shoe tap of a procedural that does more to emphasize the stereotypes than to relate the reality. But that said, I'm sure everyone outside the city will love it simply because Earl Hickey, "The Blind Side" and "In the Heat of the Night" had a disgusting, greasy threesome and spawned this trash.

Isn't Hayden Planetarium the chick who plays the cheerleader on Heroes?

the oddest part of the episode is the timing...

so, it's saturday night and they receive a 1 day rush order. That order wouldn't be received traditionally until beginning of business on monday, giving them til tuesday to deliver.

for a bunch of geniuses, they sure don't understand shipping.

They used the superbowl to promote the heck out of My Own Worst Enemy 6 months before it aired. Of course they cancelled it when they didn't get the financial return on it they had hoped.

They need money to afford to hold on to shows that need time to develop an audience. They should jack up the price of the Superbowl Commercials to offset the cost of burying money into shows they have no faith in.

Hancock 2 would not work as a sequel.

The only way it would work for me would be as a prequel - featuring more alcoholic, unlucky hero and less redemption story.

That's what we were sold on from the moment Hancock emerged - ooh, it's a hero that screws everything up - sweet! Wait, there's another and she's close to him for absolutely no reason other that plot device? Crap.

Give me drunken, homeless anti-hero.

"blowing in slots"

uh huh huh huh

Klaatu barada nikto.

IT'S A TRAP!!!

oops... it cut off.

I caught a sneak preview on Tuesday for Beowulf in digital 3-d and after the pre-review on Cinematical that exclaimed that the IMAX 3D version was like watching Star Wars on the big screen for the first time, I couldn't wait.

Without 3D glasses, the movie is junk. Whereas movies based on videogames strive to translate into cinema, Beowulf strives to be a video game. Fight scenes play out like weak imitations of the PS2 game "Shadow of the Colossus". Voice acting is only saved by John Malkovich; however, even he grates 60% of the time.

It was pretty; however, it was far from consistent in its visual treatments. Secondary characters ride on horses like they were crash test dummies mounted on sticks devoid of any expression or fluidity of movement. Cut scenes are merely 3D fashion shows with completely useless fly-bys through tree limbs in reverse. Jolie will put butts in seats, but if that's all you want to see, rent Gia: she still can't act, but she's a cracked-out, naked lesbian supermodel.

No, I would not watch it on DVD, TV or any other medium sans 3D. Like the equally vomit-worthy Miami Vice movie, Beowulf would have been better off without any attachment to previous works. Other than 2 boss battles, the movie is Great Stuff... no, not as in a great movie; as in that aerosol can of spray foam that you use for filler that's highly toxic, but expands to fill a bunch of imperfections temporarily.