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Dawson's Creek A
show with a lot of intelligence and not just another teenage drama.
The storylines are interesting, characters are endearing, and the
dialogue is witty--the actors and actresses don't look bad either.
First season, Dawson likes Jen then he realizes he loves Joey, the
girl next door who's loved him since the beginning of time. Second
season Dawson and Joey together then they break up because she's in
love with Jack who turns out to be gay. Third season, Dawson and
Joey remain friends but then she falls in love with Pacey, Dawson's
best friend, and goes away with him for the summer to go sailing
down the coast. Fourth season, Joey and Pacey are still together,
Pacey's sister Gretchen returns to Capeside as a break from college,
Dawson becomes friends with Pacey and Joey again, Dawson and
Gretchen fall in love, Joey loses her virginity to Pacey, Joey and Pacey break up, Dawson and Gretchen break up, they graduate from high school, Dawson and Joey kiss before he leaves for college summer class.
Fifth season, Dawson decides that he doesn't want to go to USC and returns to Massachusetts disappointing Mitch (his dad) who dies in a tragic car accident, everyone is in Boston attending college except Pacey who becomes a chef, Audrey (Joey's roommate) begins seeing Pacey, Dawson alienates Joey after his father's death, Dawson wins an award for his latest film then decides to go to film school in Boston, Dawson dates Jen and loses his virginity to her, Dawson and Jen break up amicably, Dawson leaves for California again to be a Production Assistant.
There are only a few more episodes left in this the sixth and final season of Dawson's Creek. The season began with Dawson returning to Boston to prepare for a shoot. He and Joey end up sleeping together on her birthday. Dawson doesn't tell her he had a girlfriend in California but Joey eventually finds out and stops talking to Dawson. Meanwhile, Pacey and Audrey break up after she overhears Pacey say that he doesn't love her. Joey starts seeing Eddie (a co-worker and fake classmate) who she helps get into writing school in California. They break up knowing that a long-distance relationship won't work. Dawson and Joey become friends again after a Christmas party at his house in Capeside. Dawson goes back to California to finish a movie which ends up getting bad reviews. Dawson tries to sell his "coming of age" movie. Joey and Pacey together again until Eddie returns.
How will it end? My bet is (at least I'm hoping) that Joey breaks up with Eddie and ends up with her soulmate Dawson.
Smallville
The show delves into what Clark Kent (aka Superman) was like when he was a teenager in Smallville. It suggests that Clark and Lex Luthor (Superman's enemy) were good friends in Smallville. The show is based on Clark learning to use his superpowers while dealing with villain--most become evil as a result of exposure to Kryptonite. Series also include his father (played by John Schneider formerly of Dukes of Hazard), his mother, Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Chloe Sullivan and Lionel Luthor.
I think that Tom Welling is a hottie. But that's not the main reason why I watch it. It's an interesting take on Superman. My favorite episode is the one with Christopher Reeve (original Superman) who translates a message for Clark. I loved Christopher Reeve in the the Superman movies. I think he is really Superman for trying to rehabilitate himself from being a parapalegic. Anyways in that episode Clark learns who he is and translates a message that's in his spaceship. Most people don't know this but in the inner most circle of that message when translated (using translation letters from the comic book) says "Made in Taiwan" which was added by graphic artists as a joke.
Gilmore Girls
A mother-daughter relationship show about a single-parent mother who raises her daughter by herself eversince she gave birth at sixteen while she re-kindles her relationship with her parents. I envy the way the mother and daughter are so close eventhough they are very different. Makes me think what I would have done if I had a daughter at sixteen. Rory, the daughter, reminds me of myself as a teenager...studious, wearing uniforms, boyfriends. I just wish that Jess wasn't going into a new spin-off. I love that he has that bad-boy image but loves to read.
24
A show with a different format--the entire season is about events that happen within a 24-hour period involving Jack Bauer, a CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit) agent, and David Palmer, President of the United States and former U.S. Senator. Unfortunately I missed the first season but read the archived episodes on the Fox 24 site. In it's second season, the story revolves around a nuclear bomb. After several episodes of looking for the bomb to avoid having it detonate, CTU was unsuccessful in disarming it so detonated it in the desert. Now it seems that 3 Middle Eastern countries conspired to get the bomb to the US. Jack Bauer is trying to prove that it's a lie while the President is preparing to start a war with these countries. Ironically, on the 4/1/03 episode it is alluded that these countries were framed so that a certain US corporation will profit from the oil that will be available once the governments of these countries are overthrown. How eerie is that? The storyline was probably written last year and filmed months ago yet it's ironic that it's being televised at the same time the war is going on in Iraq.
Friends If you
haven't heard it, where have you been? Hilarious comedy of 6 friends
who live in New York. This season, Rachel gives birth to Emma, Ross' baby. For awhile they live together for the sake of the baby, but have a fight so she's living with Joey.
The Bachelorette I've watched a couple of the Bachelor episodes, but wasn't into it as much as I was the Bachelorette. I just want to say that I liked Ryan Sutter from the start when he walked out of the limo (he looks like a cross between Tom Welling of Smallville and James Van Derbeek of Dawson's Creek) and even more when he read her that first poem. Yes, I was one of those women who was hoping she'd choose Charlie. Boy, didn't the people in the editing room do a good job in making it look like she was going to choose Charlie?? But for you who don't know, Ryan was actually a football player in college and the World League. He was also in the NFL but was injured. He has a degree in architecture. He was also a model. His paintings can be found at various places in Colorado Springs. He also has an EMT certification which led him to becoming a fireman. Click here to link to a page with more info on Ryan.
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My Best
Friend's Wedding Julianne and Michael have been best
friends since college. Then he tells her he's going to get married
and Julianne gets jealous. She has 3 days to break them up. Sports
and Romance...my favorite combination.
Notting
Hill Can you tell I'm a big Julia Roberts fan? In this
film, she's paired with Hugh Grant, who plays an Englishman that
falls in love with Julia's character, Anna, an American starlett. A
number things threaten their relationship. The soundtrack is
perfect...it's filled with a number of classics.
Sleepless in Seattle Meg Ryan falls in love
with someone she's never met after listening to the radio on
Christmas Eve--a boy talking about his father, a recent widower. She
becomes determined to meet him even though she's currently engaged
to be married. An absolute classic. A great soundtrack too.
X-MEN A great adaptation of the comic book of
the same name. Professor X runs a school of mutants, humans who have
special powers. They fight Magneto who wants Mutants to rule the
world who are treated as outcasts by normal humans. Can't wait for X-MEN2 to come out next month!!
Star Wars Written and directed by George Lucas, the series involves the Skywalker Family. In Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Anakin and Amidala fall in love and get married. The next film will explain how Anakin/Darth Vader becomes evil and what happens between him & Amidala.
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Soundtracks
I listen to all types of music ranging from romantic to dance to alternative including songs from Air Supply, Celine Dion, Natalie Merchant, 10,000 Maniacs, Dream, Dishwalla, Fuel, Lit, Puddle of Mudd, Lenny Kravitz, Creed, Alanis Morrissette, Blues Traveler, Lisa Loeb, Chicago, Cake, The Calling, Vertical Horizon, Lifehouse, Fastball, Christina Aguilera, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Imbruglia, Harry Connick Jr., Dido, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Whitney Houston, Vanessa Williams, Ricky Martin, Blondie, and Andrea Bocelli.
I love soundtracks. They are filled a mix of different types of music. My favorites include Notting Hill, Sleepless in Seattle, My Best Friend's Wedding, Dawson's Creek and The Commitments.
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Miss
Saigon The story of a young Vietnamese woman and an
American soldier who meet during the Vietnam war. A tragic love
story set to beautiful lyrics and music. I was fortunate to catch a
show in Toronto.
Les
Miserables The literary classic, about an ex-convict who
rises from poverty during the French Revolution, set to music.
Powerful solos and harmonies. It was so great I had to watch it a
second time when the company came to San Francisco in 2000.
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